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Online retail is known for moving fast, and sometimes, the execs pulling all the levers behind the scenes move even faster. Walmart confirmed on Thursday (April 7) that Brian Monahan, formerly the head of marketing for the retailer’s U.S. online operations, had vacated his post effective April 1.

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JANUARY 2, 2019

The P2P lending market in China has been rife with scams and controversy for some time now. Prior to the recent activity on the part of the Chinese government , this type of lending was seen as one of the riskiest and least regulated areas of the financial markets. trillion yuan by the end of 2017, reported Bloomberg.

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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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FEBRUARY 2, 2017

It’s well known that Amazon has dominated the eCommerce market for years, but a new report shows just how much: Slice Intelligence found that Amazon accounted for 43 percent of all online sales in 2016. percent in 2012. Walmart stores, for example, has a little more than 9 percent market share in terms of total U.S.

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JANUARY 13, 2021

Affirm , which provides installment payments to online consumers, priced its planned initial public offering (IPO) at $49 per share, higher than its marketed range of $41 to $44 per share, and is on track to raise over $1.1 At $44 per share, Affirm would have a market capitalization of $11.9 billion, Bloomberg reported.

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APRIL 16, 2018

Still, Macy’s is losing market share to competitors such as Amazon , according to Coresight Research. The think tank found a decline of 410 basis points in the retailer’s apparel share as its revenues declined by $3 billion from 2012 to 2017. The retailer’s website has 55.9

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APRIL 5, 2017

Yelp, the online review company, announced Tuesday (April 4) announced it has acquired Turnstyle Analytics, a Wi-Fi marketing company helping local businesses use free Wi-Fi to connect with their customers. The service currently supports close to 3,500 business locations worldwide.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2017

While online commerce has allowed eRetailers to source consumer data and to deliver targeted, personalized advertisements, physical retail has often lacked these capabilities. ECommerce marketers know everything about their customers,” said Mike Bell, COO of Bridg. It’s an item detail, first name, last name and the last four digits.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Online consumer lending – in a variety of forms – has grown explosively over the last decade. Its team of economists takes a rather dim view of the online lending space and the ways in which it recruits and handles its customers – and believes that additional regulation is needed to rein in some of the excesses their research uncovered.

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MAY 23, 2016

mobile payments market , China is light years ahead, particularly when it comes to getting consumers on board with actually using mobile payments. market hasn’t quite found the recipe for. Alibaba-backed Alipay , which is part of Ant Financial, has had the stronghold over the market, with its more than 450 million users.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2020

SumUp has been active in Ireland since 2012 and has introduced electronic payments to thousands of businesses. The company has also recently launched new solutions — payment links and invoicing options; the eCommerce suite SumUp Online Store; and gift card partnerships with Google, Facebook and Instagram.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The online shopping spike generated from the pandemic has led Amazon to open three more logistics centers in Brazil. The newest expansion — Amazon’s most comprehensive in Brazil as of its 2012 opening — will bring about 1,500 employment positions and add a further 807,000 square feet of distribution space.

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DECEMBER 10, 2020

identities took center stage in 2012 — the year HSBC, Europe?s The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, a private corporation that acts as a self-regulatory organization, adopted new KYC rules in 2012 requiring its broker members to use “reasonable diligence” to open and maintain every account. The London-based bank?s

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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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NOVEMBER 6, 2019

350 percent: Estimated retail sales growth in the subscription market from January 2012 to October 2019. 8 percent: Estimated share of Malaysian commerce that takes place online. Data: $385B: Total value spent on recurring payment services in 2018. percent: Share of estimated monthly churn rate for subscription businesses.

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AUGUST 24, 2020

Corporates cannot expect to weather the economic and social changes taking place by virtue of their market clout and mastery of traditional supply chains and distribution channels. This environment requires enterprise-scale companies to forge new digital paths to market and form more direct relationships with consumers and end-users.

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APRIL 24, 2019

Brazilian retailer Magazine Luiza has announced that it will be selling books online, which could be picked up in one of its almost 1,000 stores. The company is aiming to compete directly with Amazon , which launched its online Brazilian operations in 2012. Magazine Luiza shares were up 1.9 percent at R$170.31 ($43.45

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

As businesses and consumers become more comfortable using credit cards online, the proportion of US commerce that takes place online has steadily increased over the last 20 years. Specifically, the Collisons aimed to more seamlessly connect online businesses and payment processors, allowing more businesses to accept online payments.

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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. WSJ reported, adding 1.6

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AUGUST 28, 2019

Online sales of Apple products will roll out in India following new, more relaxed rules for foreign companies and the requirement to source 30 percent of production locally, a source told Bloomberg in a report on Wednesday (Aug. India is also now allowing single-brand retailers to set up online stores before brick-and-mortar locations.

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JANUARY 8, 2020

This isn’t Amazon’s first attempt at breaking into the luxury fashion market – the retail giant originally started trying in 2012, but was not successful. Amazon’s new platform will give brands complete control over how the online space looks and feels, and what products they decide to sell.

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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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JULY 6, 2018

Half of all online shoppers have bailed on a shopping experience just because they couldn’t pay how they wanted to. Or how to make sure new markets — like the new legal betting market in the U.S. 2 billion to $6 billion : The total estimated value of the legal sports betting market unleashed by the Supreme Court.

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NS8 , a Las Vegas-based online fraud prevention and detection software maker for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), has begun layoffs following the abrupt resignation of its CEO. Founded in 2012 with 50 employees, the company grew to more than 200 workers within the last year.

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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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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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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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NOVEMBER 6, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has been good for the real estate market. Pushed by all of that suddenly exploding demand, the real estate market (particularly the digital retail market) has been booming. For instance, online real estate giant Zillow Group Inc. But will the good times keep on coming within the real estate market?

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Combining Facturama's regional expertise with FreshBooks’ online payments and scaling expertise will accelerate our ability to better serve Mexico’s growing small business and startup market.". Ramirez López and Arochi started Facturama in 2012, and the company was selected as a 500 Startups portfolio firm in 2013.

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APRIL 12, 2019

To help merchants sells products to markets in Africa, DHL is rolling out its DHL Africa eShop app. retailers online in markets across Africa, according to reports. Jumia , which was started in 2012, also became the first African unicorn startup in 2016 following a $326 funding round that encompassed AXA, Goldman Sachs and MTN.

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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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FEBRUARY 4, 2020

The photo-sharing social media giant was acquired by Facebook in 2012 for $715 million. Per their recent ad sales report, numbers have been disappointing for Alphabet, as analysts had expected more returns from customers who watch videos online. The stats would beat Google-owned YouTube, which drew in $15.1

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JANUARY 8, 2020

The partnership expands upon several years of blockchain investments by Mediaocean, and strives to put end-to-end advertising campaign control back into the hands of marketing firms and ad agencies. It combines blockchain, advertising and payment technologies to enforce transparency in online advertising.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2018

customers feel that online-only banks are “less legitimate” than those with branches. From mid-2012 to mid-2017, Capital One Financial Corp. Sharp believes that more customers might open primary accounts online if banks could show that they can address problems remotely. cut 32 percent of its branches, SunTrust Banks Inc.

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JULY 25, 2018

Voice assistants, on the other hand, have taken four years — starting in 2012, the year Siri was first rolled out to the public. When asked why they like using voice AI, consumers most commonly answer that a voice assistant makes it easier, more convenient and faster to search for something online.

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DECEMBER 14, 2020

Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg put forward the News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code and unveiled the particulars of his roadmap for Australia to become the first nation to make online platforms pay media for news. The legislation does not specify the manner in which a payment would be handled.

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MARCH 23, 2020

Headquartered in Munich and founded in 2012 by Adrian Renner, Andreas Fruth and Gerhard Trautmann, GSG aims to change the way people buy goods online, while also transforming how merchants sell and digital content producers earn. iGraal and GSG plan to work together to introduce their cashback platform to additional European markets.

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