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OCTOBER 31, 2019

eCommerce innovators and established brands are taking new approaches to food commerce. Data: 2012: The year meal kit company Blue Apron launched. 2017: The year meal kit company Blue Apron entered the public market. And Mondel?z z International, Inc. All this, Today in Data. 25 percent: Q3 eCommerce growth of Mondel?z

Innovation 100

Innovation Data Branding Marketing 100

PYMNTS

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.

San Francisco 100

San Francisco Retail social media Marketing 100

PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2019

Forget millennials, that consumer segment that is blamed for the downfall of most everything while also being the target of many innovative efforts. Single consumers are a force of nature as well when it comes to retail. At least that’s the case when talking about toilet paper – specifically, the Charmin Forever Roll. Shifting Tide.

Retail 133

Retail Millennials Online Innovation 133

Chris Skinner

JULY 5, 2017

Nevertheless, from a financial markets point of view, it’s a fascinating place. One of the first to be contactless and, more recently, one of the first to offer social retail banking. In this growing and dynamic market, payments have been one of the major drivers of growth and innovation.

National 300

National Cards Innovation Payments 300

PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2018

billion market to a $5 billion market by the end of 2017, as independent startups entered the business only to find supermarket chains and big box stores entering the mix. For example, retailers that get customers to pick up goods inside a store have the opportunity to get them to buy more products when they come to pick up orders.

Retail 101

Retail Company Strategy Branding 101

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.

Retail 55

Retail Marketing Groups Branding 55

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Lucaciu is the chief technology officer of Adore Me , an eCommerce and brick-and-mortar retailer that has adjusted to disruptive changes in its market, including the bankruptcy of the parent company of Victoria’s Secret. Since it was founded in 2012, the company has grown to a team of 140 employees across the U.S.

UX 210

UX Retail Technology Mobile 210

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

As Seedrs CEO Jeff Kelisky told Karen Webster in a recent discussion, while most people in 2009 took one look at the sputtering and shuddering economy, there was a whole class of innovators and entrepreneurs who didn’t see a nuclear wasteland where the economy used to be. When most people asked “what’s next?” and run on the Discover rails.

Innovation 131

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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. Innovation in payments and commerce has an unsung hero, too. And who will influence how innovation happens. Distribution.

Innovation 135

Innovation Online Branding El Paso 135

PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2017

Take a look at this chart, which lays out grocery chain market share. You will observe grocery, as a retail category, is very fragmented. Walmart has the largest market share at 14.2 I’ll point out that those retailers did, apparently, have the money to hire lawyers. This one is particularly amusing. Investors put $2.65

Innovation 109

Innovation Online Google Millennials 109

PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2016

These days, retail merchants must reach customers, both in-store and online, securely and conveniently. According to Dasilva, the past decade-plus has brought three major payments revolutions, each of which shook the retail industry. There’s increasingly less middle ground between getting omnichannel right or fading into oblivion.

Retail 100

Retail Apple Fraud Online 100

PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2016

Absolutely no need to panic, then — unless the topic is retail bankruptcies , which increased year over year by 24 percent. Such is the double-edged sword of a retail industry swept up in innovation. For every new path cut through the market, the retailers standing in the way are cut down. January — Wet Seal.

Retail 100

Retail Branding Denver Management 100

PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2016

Everybody likes to talk about the addiction that brick-and-mortar retailers have developed for deep, and often destabilizing, discounts, and they usually point to store closings and executive board shakeups at Macy’s and other chains as clear proof of these practices’ consequences. Still, the label indicates that the $99.99

Retail 100

Retail Online New York Video 100

PYMNTS

JANUARY 5, 2018

Once the largest retailer in the U.S., As of the end of October, Sears operated around 1,104 stores — about half of the 2,019 stores it possessed in 2012. We’re going after Sears, and we’re going after market share that we think is going to be available not only now but as they continue to contract,” Ellison said.

Retail 115

Retail Innovation Marketing Operations 115

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

“We are excited about our growing relationship with Visa and are looking forward to continuing to drive innovation in financial services.” ” Founded in 2012, Cincinnati-based LISNR specializes in data-over-sound solutions as well as its ultrasonic platform.

Mobile 113

Mobile Payments Metro Innovation 113

NCR

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Today, the ATM is one of the most familiar features of the retail banking landscape. The PIN system was licensed by future entrants into the ATM market, such as NCR. That figure is likely to pass four million by 2021, according to Retail Banking Research. The post A history of ATM innovation appeared first on Banking.com.

ATM 85

ATM Innovation New York City New York 85

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Going forward, ABEJA and Google will collaborate on AI and ML solutions across various sectors, including retail and manufacturing, driving the application of AI solutions, along with further growth in the Japanese AI sector,” the company said in a statement. The deal is a strategic one, according to ABEJA.

Google 101

Google Company Retail Maine 101

PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2016

billion record onto the black market; and. On Wednesday, July 20 at 1:00 PM EST , MPD CEO Karen Webster will be joined by Don Bush, VP of Marketing at Kount, for a live digital discussion where they will examine how a fraudster uses tools, data and opportunity in an attack. VP of Marketing at Kount.

Innovation 101

Innovation Tools Marketing Study 101

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Caesars Entertainment announced that it has reached an agreement to offer DraftKings , the leading sports-tech entertainment brand in the country, providing market access for its online gaming products. In New Jersey and Mississippi, DraftKings Sportsbook mobile and retail allows players to bet for major U.S. and Australia. .

Online 108

Online Mississippi New Jersey Boston 108

PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2016

In general, venture capitalists are boosting their investments in Latin America, with funding reaching $594 million in 2015, a stark increase from $387 million in 2012, the Latin America Venture Capital Association confirmed. It looks like it’s no harm, no foul for Apple. Hackers Go For Gold In Rio.

Innovation 100

Innovation Apple social media America 100

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.

Branding 137

Branding Retail Marketing Operations 137

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2019

In what is one of retail’s more amusing ironies, the floral industry is not particularly green. 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.

Industry 142

Industry Retail US Course 142

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2020

And where consumer demand blossoms, market interest follows – a rule that is particularly obvious in recent weeks, as players of all sizes and descriptions are beefing up their BNPL offerings just in time for the annual holiday shopping season. “At Affirm Eyes the Public Markets. Things can change a lot in eight years.

Trends 193

Trends Payments Retail Meeting 193

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

As a result, banks are investing in and engaging with FinTech startups to grow their customer base and their market share. To help drive innovation, 25.5 percent of financial institutions are focused on new products, according to the PYMNTS Bank Innovation Readiness Index. To help drive innovation, 25.5 A whopping 42.5

Payments 144

Payments Apple Comparison Virginia 144

PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2016

By 2012, Ellison was instead touting the benefits of “the most comprehensive cloud on the planet Earth” his firm was developing. Oracle announced a similar partnership with Snapchat last week that will also be starting in consumer packaged goods before branching out more generally to all retailers. What is it? It’s complete gibberish.

Retail 101

Retail social media Data Software 101

PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2016

Who would have guessed that men’s razors would have held the answer to a potentially game-changing revolution in retail? Launched in March 2012, DSC rode the waves created by its clever marketing to thumb its metaphorical nose at entrenched businesses stuck in outdated retail models.

Retail 100

Retail Innovation Branding Online 100

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

The competition is “the biggest battle in the mortgage bond market today,” said Dan McNamara, a principal at MP Securitized Credit Partners, a New York hedge fund. Retail malls have also been looking at innovative ways to lease out their space.

Minneapolis 100

Minneapolis United States New York America 100

PYMNTS

MARCH 24, 2016

If Nordstrom is looking to strengthen its eCommerce capabilities, the retailer certainly looked to the right place in a recent hire. In announcing Srinivasan’s hiring, shares CSA, Nordstrom highlighted its new CTO’s experience developing “highly innovative customer-focused outcomes” and cloud expertise.

User Experience 100

User Experience Retail Software Technology 100

Bank Innovation

JUNE 21, 2016

Since 2012, it has been the fastest growing technology in banking. That’s the word out of Digital Banking 2016 here, where bankers outnumber entrepreneurs (but not vendors). The mobile banking app traces its roots to SMS banking back in 1999. But it comes with Read More.

Digital Banking 199

Digital Banking Mobile Technology Operations 199

CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Brothers Patrick and John Collison founded Stripe in 2010 in an attempt to gain share in online payments, a then-nascent market with seemingly boundless growth opportunity. As a result of its product innovation efforts, Stripe has seen explosive growth in product adoption and valuation. A decade of online payments innovation.

Online 98

Online Company Retail Payments 98

PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2018

Consumers are spending half as much as they once did and are sick and tired of retailers’ tired omnichannel offerings. Recently, retailers the world over have had to supercharge their stores, websites and mobile apps with features customers crave in order to compete in the omnichannel age. Around the Omni Developer World. out of 100.

Trends 127

Trends Software Retail Report 127

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.”.

Los Angeles 164

Los Angeles San Francisco Minneapolis Retail 164

PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2018

In many businesses, acquiring customers used to be a function of where the business was located — a high traffic intersection for a convenience store or a well-heeled mall for a clothing retailer. Other industries see lower conversion rates — 1 percent to 10 percent, according to a 2012 study. Technology, of course, changed all that.

Study 190

Study Retail Industry Marketing 190

CB Insights

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Modern-day retail is at an inflection point as retailers face struggling physical storefronts, massive debt, and inefficient operations, among other issues. 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.

Retail 78

Retail Branding Company Capital 78

PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2016

The retailer caught the off-price wave perfectly, while its higher-priced department store competitors struggled in the doldrums of warm winter weather. Chain Store Age reported that TJX has jumpstarted an expansion project for Sierra Trading Post (STP), a subsidiary originally acquired in 2012.

Vermont 100

Vermont Denver Utah Michigan 100

PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2019

Mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) solutions have enjoyed widespread uptake in much of North America, and the region’s related market could see continued growth if solutions providers, government officials and other stakeholders play their cards right. percent, respectively, in 2012. percent between 2017 and 2026. Receptivity in U.S.

America 128

America Mobile Cards Study 128

PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2016

There’s about to be a new sheriff in Retail Town. 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.

Branding 100

Branding Retail Online Trends 100