PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2016

The Kitewheel study looked at data from over 1 billion real-time, cross-sector brand and customer interactions, captured via Kitewheel’s Customer Journey Hub. As VB highlighted, while brands are investing more heavily in omnichannel campaigns, they have not steered away from email. But what about social media , you might be asking?

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 11, 2018

But while games themselves rise and fall, companies need to prepare for a future with thinner and thinner lines between the physical world and the online arena. Wendy’s designed an interactive ad campaign for gamers on Twitch, a leading video streaming platform (acquired by Amazon in 2014). Online games to offline profits.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2018

Through platforms such as Slice , small pizzerias can tap into technology that allows their customers to order pizza online for pickup or delivery — just like the larger national chains. By 2022, the projected value of the online delivery market is projected to reach $55 billion. A Pizza Button.

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Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Tom McGill of First Financial Bank led a session with our own Jim Burson where McGill pointed to the risks of single-service customers, the importance of customers advocating for your brand, and getting bank reporting accountability simplified across channels. Online delivery? Bank’s Dominic Venturo’s session on innovation rocked.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

“We saw a big opportunity for online beauty. We recognized that consumers were shifting their time and spending online, but beauty was a hard category for people to shop online because they want to try products before they buy them. Ipsy, another eCommerce-originated makeup subscription service, is even bigger, with 1.5

Branding 100

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2018

That sense of purpose, paired with a savvy presence on social media, brought the business a large and devoted following — and has seen the firm expand from shoes to other environmentally sound and charitably oriented accessories like bags, hats and sunglasses. The online customer is expensive to attract and not easy to keep.

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Celent Banking

DECEMBER 15, 2015

In 2014, Celent recognized mBank’s digital platform redesign and in 2015, Celent recognized mBank’s Bancassurance initiative. 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. Through 2014, mBank has grown to more than 4.7 billion. .

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

19) that the one-time giant of online auctions has, in past years, been fighting an uphill battle to make inroads against Amazon, but the strategy will hinge going forward on becoming, well, the “anti-Amazon.”. One key test came amid a hacking scandal in 2014, with a data breach that hit consumers. Bloomberg reported on Monday (Sept.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 9, 2017

The healthy fast-casual restaurant launched a custom mobile payment and loyalty app with LevelUp in early 2014 to cater to its active, on-the-go customers. We’re a dietary-sensitive brand,” said Rettker. Our online ordering really makes that easy for the guest to make sure they’re getting exactly what they want.”.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 9, 2018

New York-based AccelFoods , which made its first round of disclosed investment in early 2014 (a series of $50K seed investments to startups including insect protein brand Exo ) and has since then made over 40 more. It recently, for example, led a $1M seed round into MA-based jerky startup Kalahari Brands.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2016

One minute, you can have the hottest product or store on the block — think Aéropostale about a decade ago — and the next, no one wants to buy the product any longer, the brand is now suddenly considered uncool and nobody’s shopping there any longer ( think Aéropostale today ).

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2017

As retail pushes further into online spaces, many marketers and merchants alike are focused on clicks and open rates to measure the success of campaigns and consumer outreach, said Matt Williamson, cofounder and CEO of Windsor Circle. based company takes a different, data analytics approach to online retail marketing.

Retail 100

Retail social media Analytics Data 100

Banking 2020

OCTOBER 16, 2014

Jill discussed VWCU’s ongoing partnership with University of Arizona’s football organization and how their recent online video campaign has increased engagement with the local community. The credit union has branches in Pima, Pinal, Maricopa and Cochise counties and serves its vast membership via online channels, as well.

Arizona 68

Arizona social media Tucson Video 68

PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2017

The company launched the world’s first end-to-end solution for virtual billing and policy management in 2014 and counts global operators such as Saudi Telecom Company (STC), Telefónica Mexico and MTN as customers. RO: ItsOn recently partnered with STC to launch a digital mobile brand called Jawwy. PYMNTS: What is next?

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Data Raleigh Mobile social media 143

PYMNTS

MAY 23, 2016

Karen Webster described this scenario in 2014 as The Coming Physical Retail Death Spiral. “So Yep, that’s the sound of the physical retail death spiral revving up,” Webster wrote of the singularly and visibly sluggish holiday shopping season at the mall in 2013 in early 2014. “ So that faint whooshing sound you’re hearing?”

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social media Retail Portland Millennials 100

CB Insights

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Search data helps brands understand shopper preferences. Beauty brands partner with Google Assistant and Home. Messenger taps brands for beauty bots. Instagram powers digital beauty brands. Google’s search data helps brands understand beauty shopper preferences. YouTube powers beauty influencers.

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Google Apple Industry Branding 72

PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2016

If you’re a retailer or a brand, it seems as though eCommerce and the rise of smartphones and mobile shopping have made your customers more cost-savvy and price-aware than ever before. Well, the rise of eCommerce and mobile shopping doesn’t have to mean doom and gloom for luxury brands or retailers.

Branding 100

Branding social media Millennials Study 100

PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2016

In fact, the venture and entrepreneurial ecosystem grew by 20 percent from 2014 to 2015 alone. Today, we are seeing other form factors emerging, beyond just the credit card, including the watch, the bracelet, the payment ring and the car one day,” Chris Curtin, chief of brand and innovation marketing officer at Visa, told RCR Wireless News.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Chris’ public posts including his playbook for dealing with COVID-19 were gobbled up on social media. The Ecosystem Award Goes to TransPecos Banks’ Dub Sutherland for growing a startup brand in BankMD through working directly with NYMBUS and running straight into a niche screaming with national potential. Nicely done!

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Idaho Community Industry Strategy 181

CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Date: April 25, 2014. Ballmer led Microsoft’s purchase of Nokia for over $7B in a deal finalized in 2014. Date: January 13, 2014. In 2014, Google sought to make an entrance into smart homes by acquiring Nest Labs, a four-year-old startup founded by two ex-Apple engineers, Tony Fadell and Matt Rogers. Price: $7.9B.

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CB Insights

APRIL 10, 2019

Amazon applied for a similar patent for passive monitoring in 2014, which was later granted in 2017. Facial recognition, for example, could capture what a shopper is looking at, and enable retailers to later serve up related promotions to the shopper via email or online ads. Social Media/Entertainment.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2016

There were media reports of marketplace seller “disappointment” over seeing their sales increase by “only 55 percent over last year” or “only 30 percent in some parts of the world” and complaining about their inability to market to those buyers since “Amazon owns them.”. Our heart bleeds for those sellers.

Retail 100

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CB Insights

JANUARY 6, 2019

From supply chain and inventory improvements to new payment options, these brands are going all in on digital. Key People: Anthony Gregorio, Innovation Lab Senior Manager; Prat Vemana, VP Online; Albert Vita, Director of Strategy Insights. Founded: 2014. The Home Depot — The Home Depot Innovation Center. Founded: 2015.

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Innovation Retail Branding Technology 77

CB Insights

MARCH 6, 2019

The company came out of stealth mode with a splashy Fortune cover story in 2014, revealing to the public that it had raised more than $400M, at a valuation of over $9B. Three months later, Amazon contributed to a $50M funding round earmarked for promoting the Pets.com brand. The rise and fall of Pets.com. Takeaways & lessons.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 5, 2016

Even with the deluge of cloud-based apps and services for modern smartphones, 16GB isn’t a difficult barrier for the average MP3 audiophile or amateur social media photographer to reach. The next step up the iPhone storage ladder to 64GB, however, won’t come cheap. Consumers with these phones are free to chase that $0.03

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Apple social media Google Samsung 100

CB Insights

JUNE 6, 2019

“We were promised a future of jetpacks and flying cars — and it’s 2014. The marketplace blended crowdsourcing and social media to create hype around new inventions; help inventors find partners, funding, and manufacturing resources; and sell their gadgets to major nationwide retailers such as Home Depot and Target.

Apple 78

Apple Branding Google Company 78

William Mills

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

in 3 Rounds from 4 Investors, Most Recent Funding, M Series C on December 8, 2014. Integrated with major retailer API’s like Amazon, eBay, Best Buy and several other aspirational brands. I like it; I need to learn more about what they are doing as it’s the right direction from offline to online. Om Kundu and Mark Krofchik.

Mobile 40

Mobile Cards Fraud Data 40

CB Insights

JULY 20, 2017

The beauty and grooming segment is expanding rapidly as startups experiment with new product formulations, new distribution methods, and new strategies for online and offline consumer engagement. Despite deal growth, funding totals have been slipping since 2014; however, this is due to momentum among newer, smaller startups.

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Trends Branding social media San Francisco 28

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Online platforms like Hipcamp and Campsy have emerged to help campers book unique lodging experiences like yurts, treehouses, and caves. Social media is also helping campers discover new places to visit, then share their experiences with others: 30% of millennials said that they picked a camping spot after seeing someone else go there.

Millennials 78

Millennials Industry Branding social media 78

CB Insights

JUNE 17, 2020

In the wake of the outbreak, everything from doctors appointments to schooling to workouts went online. Education: Technology and online content make the classroom optional. Online courses & content. Retail: Shopping goes even more online as grocery joins the e-commerce revolution. Online grocery. 3D printing.

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Industry Technology Online Video 101

CB Insights

JANUARY 9, 2018

The emergence of “fake news” — false stories that gain traction across the internet and social media — has become a major story since the 2016 elections. This spread of misinformation, amplified by high engagement, has impacted individuals and brands alike. DIGITAL SHADOWS. Total Disclosed Funding: $48M. PERIMETERX.

social media 61

social media Trends Branding Online 61

CB Insights

OCTOBER 10, 2017

An explosion of new consumer finance brands is transforming how people save, spend, and manage their money. Then, they spent an equal amount of time working on distributing that content both through social media (Reddit, personal finance forums) and through SEO (which wound up driving about 20% of Mint’s overall traffic).

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Tools Millennials US Maine 78

PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2018

That Apple uses its closed ecosystem and the power of its brand to disadvantage others by denying access or imposing frictions on competing services like Spotify. But there wasn’t a person on the planet, save us here at PYMNTS, who back in 2014 didn’t say Apple Pay was going to crush everyone, marginalize the card networks and kill PayPal.

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Google Apple Retail Millennials 148

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

That’s even more remarkable considering that between 2014 and 2016, the spending on Congressional races increased by only about $300 million, from $3.7 “When we interact with any entities online, they keep logs of our trails,” said Augustin Chaintreau, a computer science professor at Columbia University. polls on Tuesday.

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Big Data Data social media Survey 191

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. Fire Phone, Amazon (2014). While still in operation, Google+ is hardly anybody’s favorite social network. Google Glass, Google (2013-2014).

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Innovation Google Apple Video 78

CB Insights

DECEMBER 14, 2017

In the process, these brands, spanning everything from detergent to sneakers, are radically changing consumer preferences and expectations. These well-positioned startups are not just competing with some of the biggest retail brands in mattresses, razors, shoes, and more, by launching their own brands.

Video 78

Video Branding Company Strategy 78

CB Insights

MAY 3, 2018

After conducting research backed by DARPA — the same defense agency that helped spawn the internet — Dr. Robert Finkelstein proposed the creation of a brand new arm of the US military, a “Meme Control Center.” In internet-speak the word “meme” often refers to an amusing picture that goes viral on social media.

social media 78

social media Video Technology National 78