PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2016

Retailers as dependent on a brick-and-mortar footprint as Macy’s don’t always have the luxury of fixes to pick from if their stocks experience the continuous slide that the former tentpole brand’s has. The commitment to the store-within-a-store extends, ironically, beyond the physical.

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MAY 1, 2024

For inspiration in banking innovation, we often look to other industries. Honkook Kim and his Gentle Monster Brand is a perfect example. Instead of thinking traditionally, Gentle Monster pursued a strategy of innovation and creativity to become the hottest sunglass company globally, creating a company currently valued at $900 million.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2019

Corelle Brands has been around for a while — like 100 years. By today’s standards, it looks anything like an innovative brand. But then, looks can be deceiving — 100 years ago, Corning Glass Works had just introduced a massive innovation into the lives of home cooks everywhere.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

“The subscription commerce market is undergoing a dramatic shift as consumer purchasing behaviors are quickly evolving to expect flexible, pay-as-you-go models from their favorite brands,” CEO Dan Burkhart said in a statement per the outlet. “We

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PYMNTS

APRIL 20, 2016

” The hardest hit brands originate in the U.S. The report estimates that the overall value of global counterfeit goods at $461 billion in 2013. While China is the top provenance of fake goods, its most innovative companies also fall victim to counterfeiters. Yes, that is trillion with a “T.”

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PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2017

Like many innovators starting out, BarkBox cofounder and CEO Matt Meeker was a man looking to solve his own problem. And that enthusiasm for their first product pushed BarkBox to expand more than its user base in its early days; it’s also shifted its brand. And his problem was a Great Dane named Hugo. “I

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Activewear brand Fabletics , which was co-founded by Kate Hudson in 2013, announced plans for a retail expansion across the U.S. The company confirmed that the new locations will bring the brand’s total retail store count to 30 locations throughout the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2020

To match the scale of the Nike effort, marketing and tech updates are important. The brand has dubbed the recycled-luxe aesthetic “rawthentic modernity.”. Nike’s competitors haven’t yet introduced entire new lines, but they have focused on sustainability in marketing and product development. Of those, 12.4

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2016

to leave the EU and is expanding its advertising efforts across much of Europe in order to take advantage of a wave of potential new buyers and sellers who may want to capitalize on the current economic instability in the European markets. We have a really strong brand name for them to other countries in the EU where bids are made in euros.

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JANUARY 15, 2020

deposits market, and that they have gotten positive feedback that “affirms how ripe the savings space is for just this type of personalization.”. An essential part of Raisin ’s strategy in delivering value to our customers and our partner banks is identifying the needs of each market we enter. It has brokered 13 billion euros ($14.5

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

And while people like yogurt — apparently, a lot — until very recently, it was not a product anyone really thought much about or tried to innovate. It was apparently the yogurt innovation the American public didn’t know it needed. market by about seven years. yogurt sales in 2013. Innovation-Minded. In a big way.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

One solution: in-house healthcare innovation labs. We put together a list of healthcare innovation labs from new entries to the field, as well as some of the oldest — and most familiar — names in health. Sometimes corporate innovation goes wrong , and we’ve written about corporate innovation theater before.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

It all added up to a season that came in much weaker than the market expected. Buy online, pick-up in store (BOPIS), according to the brand, has been critical in pushing that boost. We’re bringing experience, products and cool ideas, and matching our customers to new brands, and that’s very different than Amazon.”.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

though they also operate under such brands as Motherhood Maternity and Pea in the Pod stores. “As The move comes amid growth in the larger maternity market, however, with sales of that apparel expected to reach $7.7 billion in 2013, representing a 2.10 billion in 2013, representing a 2.10 Larger Trends.

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PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2018

The fraud happened from 2008 until he was fired in 2013, noted the report. Falkowski was sentenced to 30 months in a federal prison for being the brains behind a $1 million fraud scam. The sentencing comes about a year after QVC snapped up rival HSN for $2,6 billion.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2019

The initiatives will take advantage of Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband tech to not only provide innovative AR products, but content and new ways for people to communicate. to create unique experiences and new offerings,” said Frank Boulben, senior vice president of marketing and products, Verizon Consumer Group. Fashionable Looks.

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AUGUST 21, 2020

But] we’ve been around since 2013 … and we’ve been growing year over year. Innovation By The Boatload. And we bring boat owners that aren’t necessarily tech savvy [and don’t] have customer support or sales or marketing into the 21st century. Owners will list with us. We bring them onto a mobile platform.

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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

JANUARY 31, 2019

Middle-market consumers have Wayfair, there’s Chairish for those who want designed or antique furnishings, and there are startups like Burrow, Maiden Home, The Inside, and Interior Define. The brand designs and manufactures furniture which it sells direct to consumers digitally. We started chatting and looking at this industry.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

A lifestyle brand for millennial buyers with an eye for design – but perhaps not the pocketbook for designer prices – the watch and accessories startup MVMT started on its path in 2013. After doing some research on suppliers, the duo found quite a staggering gap between wholesale and retail prices in watch brands.

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OCTOBER 12, 2018

Thank Jenna Lyons, the innovator behind the shockingly persistent trend. Lyons wasn’t just a mass market phenomenon. The New York Times declared Jenna Lyons “ the woman who dresses America ” in 2013, the same year she was named to Time’s 100 Most Influential list. I don’t think my own brand is in the cards.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2021

The 2013 holiday season then began to show signs of the shift to online and digital, and away from brick-and-mortar retail. The first three quarters of 2013 showed eCommerce sales growth of 17.4 Take Macy’s — the once-iconic department store with a market cap today of $4 billion. It’s Amazon. percent a year earlier, and a 42.5

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William Mills

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Now in its 23 rd year, the conference featured more than 20 technology providers and rallied together innovators from across the globe to discuss how financial institutions can better engage with business customers… and the timing couldn’t be better. The company recently surpassed $1 billion in loan requests since it was established in 2013.

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MARCH 20, 2019

” APEXX CEO Peter Keenan said, according to reports, “There is a huge appetite for international brands in Russia and eCommerce growth is higher there than across the rest of Europe. As a result, it is “possible to route all transactions back to the issuing bank.”

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2019

But he didn’t know what exactly he wanted to go into business doing, until a bit of chance snacking put him on the path to his innovation “ah-ha moment.”. He realized he just might be on to a product ready to expand into a new market. “I The brand stayed on campus for two years building its market and establishing its name.

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2016

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. From 2009 to 2013, same-store sales increased by marginal amounts in 2011 only and decreased by 6 percent in 2009, 10 percent in 2012 and 4 percent in 2013.

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NCR

MAY 9, 2017

But technology innovators and financial institutions have worked together for generations. Bankrate’s conversion of the Quizzle app (purchased from Quicken Loans in 2016) to Score & Report, white-labeled for use by community banks and credit unions, enables a branded and cost effective solution for quick adoption of new technology.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2016

A new approach toward facial hair grooming among younger consumers has directly impacted the men’s personal care market. men report shaving less often, grooming innovations, such as cleansing gels or holding creams for facial hair, and facial hair grooming tools present opportunities in the men’s personal care market.”.

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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. Innovation by Any Other Name. The ability for merchants to surcharge in the U.S. is nothing new. Back here in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2017

When PYMNTS first encountered PayRange CEO Paresh Patel at Innovation Project 2013 , he was leading a tiny startup with a big goal: to bring vending into the digital age. With vending], we can take an inordinate amount of cash out of the market — and we love that,” DeVita said. “It Remote Distribution for Brands.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2019

If you haven’t heard – well, someone in Disney’s marketing department is about to be fired, since the House Of Mouse (and superheroes, Wookiees and Jedis) has been fairly unsubtle in its attempts to make sure the entire U.S. As you may have heard, there is a new Star Wars movie coming out in a little under a week. Mostly, but not entirely.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2019

News last week that Macy’s profits would take an unexpected Q4 nosedive set off a retail stock market shock wave that wiped $34 billion in value from the sector. Aided and abetted by mobile devices, apps and payments and logistics innovations have substantially improved the consumer’s digital shopping experiences. But consider this.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2018

he offered an innovative value proposition: “The only place on the West Coast making and delivering real Chinese dishes,” he said in the ad. As the company grew, Seamless would eventually merge with Grubhub in 2013. And, since the Seamless name had become so powerful in the Big Apple, the combined company kept both brands.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 6, 2019

One popular choice: retail innovation labs. Learn about the technologies, innovations, and strategies that retailers can leverage this holiday season. From supply chain and inventory improvements to new payment options, these brands are going all in on digital. Coca-Cola — Development and Innovation Lab.

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PYMNTS

MAY 17, 2016

Members hoped that the scheme would be attractive enough to consumers that many of them would shift away from what they were using in the store – branded plastic cards – to this mobile payments scheme. When it was launched, MCX claimed that its merchant membership collectively drove $1 trillion in sales annually.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2018

The Sad State of Corporate Innovation. See how corporates are failing when it comes to innovation. Download the free 31-page State of Innovation report. In 2013, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer saw an opportunity in Nokia, a Finnish phone company that was losing ground to competitors. Date: May 20, 2013. Price: $1.1B.

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PYMNTS

MAY 16, 2017

Historically, technology and automation innovation in the restaurant space have focused on the front of the house, especially in the realm of order management, said Miguel Ortiz, director of marketing for restaurant solutions at technology and printing solutions company TransAct.

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