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DECEMBER 30, 2020

Many enjoyed huge first-day price pops, heating up the IPO market even more — and 2021 seems poised to only continue the fireworks. Popular stock-trading app Robinhood Markets reportedly recently hired Goldman Sachs to lead a possible 2021 IPO that would value the company at more than $20 billion. Then shares soared 85.8

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AUGUST 17, 2016

Pixlee , a San Francisco-based startup, allows retailers or brands to market directly to customers by using their own photos through curating them from social media or having the customer directly submit them for use, which the company says leads to a more authentic and engaging shopping experience for consumers.

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JULY 31, 2020

Founded in 2012, Affirm’s business lies in offering shoppers the ability to pay for goods in installments via short-term loans. The company’s financing option is visible on the checkout pages online for big brands like Walmart , Expedia Group and soon the quickly-expanding eCommerce app Shopify.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2019

Direct sales company Younique, which has been pivotal in its approach to social media marketing, has launched an augmented reality (AR) makeup trying-on tool, according to a release. . The tool uses facial analysis and bridges the gap, the company said, between online and in-person shopping.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

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 will use the investment to scale talent, expand pop-up locations and enhance the online experience. Dormify announced a $3.45

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2020

A mega-merger between Grab Holdings and Gojek is getting closer to being realized in what would be the biggest tie-up of online firms in Southeast Asia, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday (Dec. Grab and Gojek are both powerful players in Southeast Asia’s market for ride-hailing, food delivery and payments. 2), citing unnamed sources. .

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2018

Chinese eCommerce giant Alibaba has acquired Daraz , Pakistan’s most popular online shopping destination, thus expanding its empire into South Asia. Daraz was founded by Rocket Internet in 2012 and has since expanded across five South Asian markets, including Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Nepal and, of course, its home country of Pakistan.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2020

It’s all the fashion these days to battle it out online for more market share when it comes to selling clothes to consumers. This isn’t Amazon’s first attempt at breaking into the luxury fashion market – the retail giant originally tried in 2012, but was not successful. Part of the problem is the eCommerce brand’s image.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2020

But Walmart had some tech upgrades of its own to announce, and the company was the source of some of the week’s more interesting speculation as market watchers began to openly wonder if it could be the buyer that GrubHub may (or may not) be looking for. In the home alone, Amazon reported 100,000 smart home products from over 9,500 brands. “It

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2017

There seems to be an awful lot of piling on these days on the big online platforms. Take a look at this chart, which lays out grocery chain market share. Walmart has the largest market share at 14.2 billion into Snap since it started in 2012, and its IPO in March of 2017 raised $3.4 This one is particularly amusing.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2019

Imran Khan, who spent three years at Snap as chief strategy officer, has created a new retail company, Verishop , which aims to “bring joy back to online shopping, and do it at scale with the ease of online purchasing and fast delivery we’ve all come to expect.” High-End Retail. The company generated about $3.3 Retail Challenge.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2019

Founded in 2012, Jumia also became the first African unicorn startup in 2016 after a $326 funding round that included Goldman Sachs, AXA and MTN. We’re really focused on growing our existing business, leadership position, number of sellers and consumer adoption in those markets,” Poignonnec said.

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APRIL 12, 2019

Founded in 2012, Jumia became the first African unicorn startup in 2016 after a $326 million funding round that included Goldman Sachs, AXA and MTN. Some of its brands include online takeout service Jumia Food, travel booking service Jumia Flights and classified services Jumia Deals. billion, according to reports. Jumia Scope.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2018

More important, perhaps, than the innovations they made on behalf of their more famous lead players, was how their contributions accelerated those innovations’ time to market. In a 2012 interview, then-CEO Ken Powell reported that one in four trips to the grocery store included the purchase of at least one of its products.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

In the face of an existential threat from e-commerce platforms like Amazon and Walmart ’s Jet.com , mall owners and real estate investment trusts with a core retail focus have explored private market investments in retail technology, e-commerce companies, and direct-to-consumer brands as a way of strengthening their core strategic business position.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The move will give Aon access to the $200 billion digital insurance market in addition to the ability to use CoverWallet’s platform to create client-forward initiatives to help with the company’s overall growth strategy. Honey began in 2012 as a way for consumers to easily locate savings while shopping online.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Consumers want everything these days, from online shopping with one-click ordering and fast delivery to an exciting and high-tech shopping experience at physical stores. The company also announced Nina Barjesteh as the new marketing chief and the creation of a new position of chief customer officer. to less than $0.29. percent to $1.19

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Accenture

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

An obvious reason is the inroads they’re making into the market, both domestically and globally: recent Accenture research finds that digital-only banks operating in the UK could amass a total of 35 million customers globally within the next 12 months, up from 13 million today. Why the intense interest in the neo-challengers? Profitability.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

The company behind major mattress brands like Tempur-Pedic, Sealy and Stearns & Foster posted a full-year decline in revenue this week, marking the first annual decline for Tempur Sealy International since 2012. But consumers today can smell inauthentic brands.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

Call Blue Apron what you will: a struggling retailer, a comeback kid, a prime example of hype in the online world, a respectable survivor. Back to 2012. According to Blue Apron’s own website and other reports , the story begins way back in the halcyon days of 2012. Social Media’s Role.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2018

Thriving or just surviving in the omnichannel age means offering comprehensive in-store and online features that both engage customers and connect them with brands. Giving online shoppers a more personalized experience. That’s how we built a lot of our services, and really our brand, online.”.

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JULY 13, 2016

Amazon is on track to become “America’s largest clothing retailer,” surpassing both Macy’s and Nordstrom in total sales, by 2017, according to a new report entitled “Amazon: Fashion Media & Deals” from L2, a firm that specializes in digital brand performance. s largest clothing retailer, too. It will come naturally that way.”.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 15, 2018

And brands have helped to fuel that strong growth. More than entertainment, brands have been an important trend to move the needle for the industry so far this year,” The NPD Group Global Toys Industry Analyst Frédérique Tutt said in a press release. Amid toys in the collectibles market, L.O.L.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 11, 2020

A company called Buy It Installed , which launched in 2012, is ready to help the less skilled consumer with the task. The company allows online and offline consumers to purchase products with installation included, and then uses connecting technology to facilitate the assembly with an installation service provider.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

Call Blue Apron what you will: a struggling retailer, a comeback kid, a prime example of hype in the online world, a respectable survivor. Back to 2012. According to Blue Apron’s own website and other reports , the story begins way back in the halcyon days of 2012. Social Media’s Role.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2018

The news comes as the company behind major mattress brands like Tempur-Pedic, Sealy and Stearns and Foster posted a full-year decline in revenue in February 2017 , marking the first annual decline for Tempur Sealy International since 2012. When looking for mattresses, consumers no longer felt obligated to shop in-store.

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PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2016

It was only a decade or two ago that you’d be laughed out of the room for suggesting someone buy clothes or shoes online without trying them on first. Online direct-to-customer sales also yields the highest margins, so as I continue to scale, I look for more opportunities to sell direct.”

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Since its founding in 2012, the firm has specifically distinguished itself in a crowded field of tech-based underwriters, with its focus on the consumer group it calls the “underbanked middle class.”. Avant’s consumer-facing product is devised as a digital alternative to that market. This is the bank’s product backed up by our brand.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2017

Founded in 2012 in Los Angeles, the digital marketing firm works to bridge (hence the name) the gap so that the various communications don’t fall into the void. “We Bridge has a two-tiered approach to cracking the loyalty market: Identify the right targets and then aim wide when approaching on digital channel.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2019

The products are, of course, but the industry itself – particularly the segment of the market dedicated to the delivery of fresh-cut flowers – does not have a particularly inspiring environmental record. Since its founding in 2012, Bouqs has been a wholly digital enterprise.

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PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2016

For that matter, who would have guessed that Dollar Shave Club, the viral sensation famous as much for its commercials as for its inexpensive men’s grooming products, would have made the headway in the market that it did? Or, at least, that’s how the story used to go.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Some things haven’t changed much since the firm’s early days in 2012, when shipping labels were manually printed and hand-affixed to packages before being transported to their fulfillment center via the “trash bag” method. You have to find the guy with the key. He’s always doing something else that he doesn’t want to be helpful.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2019

The specific issue that I’m referring to is merchant surcharging – a fancy term to describe the fee charged by merchants when consumers use network-branded card products to pay for their purchases. The result of that complaint was a toughening of the surcharge rules in 2012 – but apparently, they still weren’t tough enough.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2017

That’s where Reid Hoffman hatched the idea for LinkedIn in 2003 after inviting hundreds of his friends to create online profiles to get his idea for a professional online networking site off the ground. But it would be over the next four years that eBay would find itself increasingly pulled into a riptide of changing market dynamics.

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Celent Banking

DECEMBER 15, 2015

For those unfamiliar, mBank is a Polish direct bank brand established by BRE Bank in 2000 as one of the first of its kind in the country. Thanks to the mBank’s business achievements and potential of the brand as first and the biggest internet bank in Poland, BRE Bank Group decided in 2013 to change company name to mBank.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Brick-and-mortar retailers, as well as online merchants, are offering consumers all sorts of products and services through the subscription business model, from movies to tea. Disney+ is planning to offer streaming content from brands like Star Wars, Marvel and Pixar. “Re-imagined”

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2019

The news follows big next-day delivery announcements from both Walmart and Amazon — in a week where both retailers had a lot of news about repositioning themselves in the market and reporting some pretty major changes. Big Debate Of The Week: Did Amazon’s Estimated Online Market Share Just Drop? market share.

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