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American Eagle Leads $3.45M Investment In Dormify

PYMNTS

Founded by Amanda Zuckerman and her mom Karen in 2012, Dormify offers college students and post-grads tools, resources and products to create their first home away from home. Dormify announced a $3.45 million Series A investment led by American Eagle Outfitters.

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Here Are 35 Casualties Of The Retail Apocalypse And Why They Failed

CB Insights

Formerly beloved brands such as Aeropostale, American Apparel, and PacSun bit the dust in 2016, and the pace of retail deaths has accelerated since then. Additionally, many of these physical retailers have lost the cache they once had as new direct-to-consumer brands with a hyper-focus on specific products have taken off.

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Former StanChart Exec Joins Zafin

Tech and Finance

In this newly created role, Basker will lead two strategically important pillars in the growth agenda for Zafin — capitalizing on business opportunities through a coordinated transformation of Zafin solutions, processes and disciplines to achieve scale and speed and global expansion of advisory services.

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Fools Rush In: 37 Of The Worst Corporate M&A Flops

CB Insights

Date: March 21, 2012. Zynga, creator of Facebook games Farmville, Mafia Wars, and about a dozen different types of online slot machine games, paid $210M in 2012 for OMGPOP, creators of DrawSomething!, Date: 2012. Zynga and OMGPOP. Price: $210M. a viral gaming hit for iOS and Android. Caterpillar and ERA. Price: $677M.

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Here Are The Asian Smartphone Upstarts Gunning To Displace Apple, Samsung, And Huawei In The Region

CB Insights

Using CB Insights data, we mapped out the key emerging Asian smartphone brands challenging established players. Below, we dive deeper into these various smartphone brands and the companies that own them. Oppo, Vivo, and OnePlus are smartphone brands run by the BBK Electronics Corporation , headquartered in Dongguan, China.

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18 Corporate Innovation Labs In Healthcare

CB Insights

The app has won multiple awards since it was released in 2012. Associated funds: Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation (JJDC) is the venture capital arm of Johnson & Johnson and falls under the umbrella of Johnson & Johnson Innovation. Founded: 2012. Cardinal Health — Fuse. Founded: 2014.

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The 2015 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Department Whose Brand Isn’t Improving Award. August 2012: Big merchants announce new consortium to combat interchange rates. Diebold seizes the merger moment with fledgling Wincor Nixdorf to change its already well-known brand. Best Leadership Performance in a Core Conversion. Bank project management offices.