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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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Delving into the complaint , the SEC alleges that “From at least 2013 through the present, [Ripple and the defendants] sold over 14.6 billion to fund Ripple’s operations and enrich Larsen and Garlinghouse.” It’s an attack on the entire crypto industry and American innovation.” based, consumer-friendly innovation in the process.”

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cryptocurrency Security Bitcoin Regulation 234

PYMNTS

MARCH 4, 2019

At the same time, however, these platforms are facilitating a more traditional sales need: They have to engage buyers and sellers as they operate in the digital world of connectivity. Australia’s Car Next Door , which was founded in 2013, provides a Turo -like car share service to connect car owners and would-be borrowers.

Innovation 116

Innovation Branding Samsung Online 116

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Retail chain Destination Maternity reportedly filed for bankruptcy on Monday (Oct. 21), the latest commerce operator to be on the verge of extinction in this age of digital and mobile. though they also operate under such brands as Motherhood Maternity and Pea in the Pod stores. “As billion in 2013, representing a 2.10

Trends 101

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PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2018

CNBC said The Steinberg Group , which operates under the name dOMAIN, and a production management company in New York City agreed to submit altered invoices and bills to hide the scam. The fraud happened from 2008 until he was fired in 2013, noted the report. He also worked with two QVC vendors to aid in ripping off the company.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Kering is gearing up to offer its own luxury eCommerce sites within the next two years, ending existing joint-venture efforts and bringing such operations in house, reported Reuters. Now, those retailers taking full eCommerce ops in house have, in turn, full access to sensitive data tied to clients.

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social media Branding Online Apple 141

PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2019

A new study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) shows that trading in pirated and counterfeit goods has risen significantly, according to a report in the Financial Times. The increase has the effect of stifling a global economy driven by innovation and new ideas. percent in 2013.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

is a 4–6 ounce plastic cup with a retail sale price that is less than a dollar, Americans are buying an awful lot of yogurt. 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. yogurt sales in 2013. Innovation-Minded.

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CB Insights

MAY 15, 2019

One popular approach: in-house financial innovation labs. We’ve created a list of finance innovation labs from some of the biggest names in the industry, as well as from newcomers looking to make a name through tech. We’ve written about corporate innovation theater before — and how sometimes corporate innovation goes wrong.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2020

Banks will be able to offer the new solutions directly to their own customers or use Raisin’s platform to reach all potential retail consumers. “Our software supports banks and credit unions, often with legacy systems that make true innovation extremely challenging, in bringing brand-new products to market at an unprecedented speed.”.

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CB Insights

JULY 19, 2017

Corporate innovation is critical for established companies looking to stay relevant in the face of disruption from up-and-coming startups. With industries being unbundled left and right ( supermarkets , banking , cars — just to name a few) more companies are opening up in-house innovation labs every day. Retail/Consumer Goods.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Analysts at the time called this product “an historic opportunity” to bolster the merchant’s “corroding bottom lines,” and innovators rushed to build new applications to help them seize it. The REDCard has seen its growth slow appreciably since 2013, the year of the infamous Target breach. And what was the product?

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 1, 2019

This is up from 35% in 2017, and way up from 18% in 2013, according to Financial Technology Partners’ 2018 Annual Fintech Almanac. Strategic participation in fintech climbed in 2018, with 41% of all fintech financings containing either a corporate VC or strategic investor.

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Fintech Financial Technology Technology Operations 170

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. Step Right up to the Unattended Cashless Retail Future. “Who wants to shop at vending machines?”. is: “Millions and millions of people all over the world.”.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

One of the cases involves a company called Innovative Paycheck Solutions. The agency said that the person behind the operation, Katrina Moore, “promoted the sale of a variety of financial documents on the website she operated, FakePayStubOnline.com. They were shut down for violating unfair practice prohibitions.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2019

A technology that tracks lost scooters people rent could play a role in the coming years in digital retail and payments, at least going by recent reports. The innovation — and potential disruption — stems from a company called Helium , which describes itself as a peer-to-peer wireless network. Telco Alternative.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

As a result of its product innovation efforts, Stripe has seen explosive growth in product adoption and valuation. A decade of online payments innovation. Sigma aims to streamline business operations. A decade of online payments innovation. TABLE OF CONTENTS. PayPal and Square emerge as leaders in the payments space.

Online 98

Online Company Retail Payments 98

Accenture

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Subway has rebuilt its operating model to continuously run tests on customer experiences to optimise the journey of purchasing a sandwich.¹ The implementation of Burberry Chat on the Salesforce Chatter platform allows the retailer to connect sales and design silos, rapidly turning real-time customer feedback into product alterations.

Data 150

Data Customer Experience Analytics Case Study 150

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

bank account have access to Zelle in their mobile banking app,” Lou Anne Alexander, group president, payments solutions at Zelle operator Early Warning, said in a press release. Instant Payment Innovations. During the quarter, $49 billion was sent through the Zelle Network in 196 million transactions. million payments worth $20.8

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Millennials Payments Cards Survey 107

Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

This past quarter saw the lowest number of enforcement actions against financial institutions since 2013 (though there were some prominent cases in the media spotlight that may have led observers to think otherwise.) New Haven, Conn.-based

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2016

Since Amazon made on-demand delivery the feature of choice for any retailer capable of delivering it, plenty of merchants who had no business doing so had no choice but to stomach the costs and ship like they’ve never shipped before.

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Philadelphia Miami Austin Atlanta 100

Celent Banking

DECEMBER 15, 2015

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. Rather than copying other financial institutions, mBank sought to deliver a best-in-class digital experience inspired from the world’s best retailers.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2019

Yes, I know that for many of you, especially in California, this is old news and standard operating procedure – but hear me out. The card networks left it up to the states to decide whether or not to allow its operating merchants to do so. Merchants, especially in an increasingly tough retail environment, just want the sale.

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Regulation Boston Cards Innovation 181

PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2019

Today Fairway operates 15 stores in the New York, New Jersey, Connecticut tri-state area, as well as four liquor stores. Fairway never posted a profitable quarter after going public in 2013, and interest payments on its $280 million in debt has diminished its cash resources.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 27, 2020

Vending machines have come a long way from their origins as coin-operated appliances that dispense sodas or candy. Fresh meal vending solutions provider Farmer’s Fridge launched in 2013 to meet that need, using vending machines to sell fresh and healthy food at scale. “I Targeting Convenience.

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Milwaukee Meeting New York City Data 130

PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2019

A collaboration between Aamir Baig, Fraser Hall and twins Sam and Andy Prochazka, the Vancouver-based company launched in May 2013 after the four came up with the idea over pancakes at an IHOP. It was a big surprise to see how production costs translate to retail pricing costs in North America.

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Los Angeles Training New York Retail 123

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.

Branding 100

Branding Columbus Ohio Retail 100

PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2016

Sometimes, even the brightest LED television screens fade away, and sometimes, the most expensive battery packs that an electronics retailer can stock end up losing their charge. Best Buy announced Tuesday (March 15) that Brad Anderson, former CEO of the organization and current member of its board of directors, is retiring from his position.

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Minneapolis Leadership Conference Retail 100

CB Insights

MAY 1, 2018

Product innovation is one way that large corporations stay competitive in a rapidly changing marketplace, but it doesn’t always work out when big brands attempt innovation. Understanding failure is crucial since so many accounts of innovation focus on the successes and so are affected by survivorship bias.

Innovation 78

Innovation Google Apple Video 78

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

As a consequence, we have three credit reporting agencies operating today, who are largely free to do whatever they want with the data they have — consumer complaint database be damned. That business was called The Retail Credit Corporation. Credit reporting agencies got their data from lenders.

Report 202

Report Regulation Data Retail 202

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2017

is wearing a size 14 or 16 — 35 percent to 60 percent of women depending on whose figures you like — but most mainstream retailers do not carry clothes above a size 14. We’re seeing small, independent brands be much more successful in this market than larger brands and retailers,” says Marshal Cohen, a retail industry analyst with NPD Group.

Marketing 135

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PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2017

The on-demand revolution is well under way, fueled by innovators like Amazon and Uber as well as the move to online and mobile channels. To stay competitive, consumer-facing companies need to change the way they operate, said Lior Sion, cofounder and CTO of global enterprise logistics management solutions provider Bringg. Enter Bringg.

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System Operations Management Tools 131

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

The company reportedly operates 30 inspection stations across Jakarta — the country’s capital — and that new funding could help pay for an expanded presence in other parts of Indonesia. What’s not guesswork is that innovation has been steadily increasing in this space. Take Online auto retailer Vroom. Inspection Stations.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Pretty much anything Amazon does impacts so much else — and that truth, one of the longest-standing in the world of commerce and payments, seems ready to play out when it comes to fleets of retail delivery vehicles. Among the uses for those vans is allowing small businesses to carry packages for the eCommerce operator. The result?

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Cards Retail Report America 135

CB Insights

JULY 1, 2018

We broke Canadian tech down into the following categories: Venture Capital: This category encompasses the most active Canadian venture capital firms by number of deals to tech companies globally since 2013. Others include Flipp , which offers a digital platform used by retailers.

Software 78

Software Capital Mobile Technology 78

NCR

MAY 4, 2017

As I explore in this whitepaper , there are six key areas I believe retail banks should be concentrating on to develop a comprehensive omni-channel strategy, in order to maximize value delivered to the bank and its customers. The Effortless Experience 2013]. The opportunities in omni-channel. Challenges to overcome.

Strategy 83

Strategy Customer Experience Regional Retail 83

PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2017

With WFM shares down by more than half since their peak in 2013, some investors might be pining for the good, old days of growth — though relative stability is certainly nothing to balk at. These farms have five years to alter their operations. Big-box warehouse club Costco’s (COST) stock saw a week’s worth of decent growth.

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Ohio National Regulation Mobile 100