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Is #donate The First Step To #buy?

PYMNTS

In fact, the company, which launched in 2014 and is based in Washington, D.C., is the only social fundraising platform with hashtag-to-donate technology on both Facebook and Twitter. Think about it: A person who makes a donation in the public sphere of social media might encourage others to do the same. Portable Hashtag.

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What Evine’s Surprisingly Dramatic Journey Means For The Future Of Home Shopping

PYMNTS

It made a largely unreported acquisition of a firm called STARTEK earlier this year, and although it may sound like an acquisition more appropriate for Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space exploration firm, the business is a call center operator and engagement outsourcing specialist. Evine is getting ready to expand.

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Yelp Wins Court Ruling About Negative Online Reviews

PYMNTS

She eventually sued Bird for libel in 2013 — but not Yelp — and won a default judgement in 2014, winning $550,000 in damages. Hassell then wrote back to Bird via email: “Slandering someone and intentionally trying to damage their business and reputation is illegal.”

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For Macy’s and Men’s Wearhouse, No Millennial Tux and Tails Tailwind

PYMNTS

It’s been chronicled in these virtual pages that millennials are the driving force behind change – change in how payments are done, how banking is banked, how social media influences commerce (or doesn’t) and how shopping may become a hybrid of high touch across the digital and physical realms. What would Sinatra say?

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Learning from mBank’s branch channel investment

Celent Banking

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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Staying Original In A World Full Of Imitators

PYMNTS

We thought this was a big idea; it’s what every beauty company was trying to figure out,” Beauchamp noted in a 2014 interview about the firm’s early days. Physical makeup powerhouse Sephora has its own subscription line, a legion of dedicated consumers and international brand recognition.

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How Mom-And-Pop Pizzerias Can Tap Into Digital Orders

PYMNTS

With platforms such as Slice, pizzeria owners can compete with the larger players through a mobile-optimized website and tools that enable customers to place orders through social media channels. Introduced in 2014 alongside a handful of other experimental services, Uber Eats operates worldwide in 29 countries.