PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2021

million shares of its common stock, and private equity backer Parthenon Capital Partners is selling 5.59 We chose to enter the market at a time when few were willing to take the chance, and even fewer were succeeding. The company is offering 9.41 million of its shares, for a combined 15 million shares.

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

AUGUST 27, 2019

Prior investors include Riverwood Capital, Stamos Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Highland Capital and Oak Capital Management. markets and will be offered in 11 U.K. When he first rolled out Enjoy in 2015, the goal was to figure out how to provide personal service to those who want to buy online. population.

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2016

The company, which Deloitte said was the fastest-growing tech startup in the world from 2011 to 2015, expects a bump in its British business as a result of the historic vote to compel the U.K. We have a really strong brand name for them to other countries in the EU where bids are made in euros. Sellers in the U.K. Sellers in the U.K.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2020

Albertsons’ IPO is the culmination of a saga that began in 2006 when private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management took a major position, with plans to grow the chain into one of North America’s gargantuan power grocers. That vision appeared to be coming to fruition with Albertsons’ 2015 purchase of rival chain Safeway for $9.2

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PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2018

Beyond BMW and Cadillac , the subscription market is growing as consumers and brands take note: Software vendors, too, are turning to subscriptions, according to the PYMNTS Subscription Commerce Tracker. We see a very big market niche for ready-made meals,” Griesel was quoted as saying to the Rheinische Post newspaper.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2018

The leader of the latest capital raise is Partech. and select European markets — undertakings that will see hiring accelerate at the company. Swedish fashion eCommerce firm NA-KD has raised $45 million in a Series B funding round.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

According to a report in TechCrunch, marketing and financial institution solutions provider Cardlytics closed the regular trading session Friday (Feb. It partners with well-known brands like Starbucks, Airbnb and Whole Foods Markets to provide discounts to banking customers. Revenue in 2015 came in at $77.6

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 26, 2019

With the recent global explosion in skincare and wellness products, there are all kinds of stories of how various entrepreneurs wound their way into the market. The brand they created was called Herbivore Botanicals. Today, the brand is very different than the soap-making operation that was formerly run out of its founders’ kitchen.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

The funding will be used to expand in Lookiero’s main markets of Spain, France and the U.K. Founded in 2015 by Spanish entrepreneur Oier Urrutia, the company uses algorithms to provide users with a personalized online shopping experience.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2017

Swiss-based food giant Nestle — headed by Jeff Hamilton, president of Nestle Foods Division — led the Series C funding round with support from existing investors Highland Capital Partners, Insight Venture Partners and White Star Capital, among others. All told, Freshly has raised $107 million since its launch in 2015.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2019

As a record amount of capital has entered the local ecosystem in a significant rebound since 2016’s darkened funding environment, Indian tech startups are having a standout year with two months of 2019 left. India’s unlisted tech startups have notched $11.3 billion in funding this year, marking a considerable rise from $10.5

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PYMNTS

JULY 12, 2019

Paris-based Filorga is a brand for anti-aging skincare mostly focused on facial care. The brand is said to join a bevy of company brands such as Speed Stick, Softsoap and Ajax cleaner in addition to oral care products. billion market capitalization. percent between 2015 and 2017 per the Global Wellness Institute.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Venture capital has hit a plateau, according to some analysts. “After $100M+ checks flowed freely to VC-backed companies through much of 2015, the mega-round trend has settled into a lower range through 2016,” concluded KPMG and CB Insights in their Q3 2016 venture capital report.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2019

into the so-called online-to-offline rental ecosystem, with a market size upwards of Rs 20,000 crore ($2,889,400,000). “Until now, we were in the home rentals market through listings on both our platforms, Housing.com and Makaan.com. There are no immediate plans to change the brand’s name, he said.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 13, 2017

A young logistics startup that gives eCommerce brands same-day delivery capabilities just scored a major chunk of venture funding. million in a seed funding round led by VC firm PivotNorth Capital. Brands without local inventory can use Darkstore’s storage space to ship same-day. Just recently, the company scored $1.4

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PYMNTS

MARCH 31, 2017

The Canadian yogawear apparel maker’s shares fell more than 23 percent to $51, its lowest level since December 2015. The company is also under intense competition from retailers such as Under Armour, Nike and other more affordable athletic brands.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2018

Its existing investors — Jump Capital, Signal Peak Ventures and Intel Capital — also participated. The company’s tech pulls in 100 or more data points from clothing ranges by major brands. was acquired by Japan’s largest online retailer, Rakuten , in 2015.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 29, 2018

Calling the move the “next level” for Airbnb in 2015, he had said the company was reviewing “how can we invest and be much more aggressive about the opportunity we have to grow in China,” CNET reported. We cannot be a brand that fights cities,” Chesky said. We’re trying to find a way to work with everyone.”.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2017

Klarna, as Reuters reported, traces its genesis back 12 years, and has been backed by a number of investors, including Sequoia Capital. The latest valuation was at the end of 2015, when that number came in at $2.5 Sales were up 21 percent. . billion, according to the newswire.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Bringing in $165 million in venture funding is a major event in the life of any startup, particularly if the startup in question says it wasn’t even in the market to raise funds — it was doing just fine on its own revenue. I didn’t go into the market with the idea to fundraise,” Nicodemus admitted. “We

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Gonzobanker

AUGUST 11, 2020

OnDeck’s fire sale aside, recent deals at nCino, Black Knight and Ellie Mae are a shot in the arm to a market in need of some good news. 2020 is the wildest downward ride in the market since 1929, which, one would think, is taking its toll on the fintech ecosystem serving banks and credit unions.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Last year, data showed that Kroger’s private label brands were vastly outselling name-brand competitors in the pasta category, so the grocer revamped the pasta aisle to give its own brands a more prominent shelf presence. Capital expenditures for 2018 are projected at $3 billion. The Plan in Action.

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2019

The company previously raised $111 million in venture funding from Accel, Bessemer Venture Partners, Square Peg Capital, Qumra Capital and others. percent – is the total compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of the mobile payment transaction market from 2015 to 2020. Just under 40 percent – or 39.1

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PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2016

But even as companies witness more accessible working capital and financing solutions, that doesn’t guarantee success. Researchers at KPMG International and CB Insights counted 653 deals in 2015, the majority of which came from venture capitalists and private equity firms, reports said.

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PYMNTS

JULY 19, 2017

Effectively, these DTC brands have disrupted the retail industry by bypassing third-party vendors as well as brick-and-mortar stores. Through reaching out directly to consumers and building their businesses around those desires, direct-to-consumer brands have likely gone above the traditional retail mold and into a new territory.

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PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2016

The brand has always managed to have at least one of its three stores doing well. As this week’s Q1 earnings indicate, that is just not the case anymore — as all three of its brands reported anemic sales. Results for Gap Inc. have been a mixed bag for the last several years. Recently it’s been Old Navy.

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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. Imagine BBVA adopting Simple as its global brand.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Formerly beloved brands such as Aeropostale, American Apparel, and PacSun bit the dust in 2016, and the pace of retail deaths has accelerated since then. Additionally, many of these physical retailers have lost the cache they once had as new direct-to-consumer brands with a hyper-focus on specific products have taken off.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2017

2015, when Slack launched its $80 million Slack Fund, the company has made three rounds of investments. Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Spark Growth and Social+Capital are all involved in the fund. Since just over a year ago, in Dec. Bots are certainly gaining credit.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2016

By 2015, what The Huffington Post referred to as the “Blackfish effect” had led to the ouster of SeaWorld’s CEO, the loss of half the company’s market value and an 84 percent decline in profits, according to The Guardian. It’s like McDonald’s without the Big Mac. It requires [the company] to reinvent its core signature attraction.

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 8, 2022

Institutional and corporate money will go to higher returning alternatives such as money market funds. Last month we saw a skyrocketing of rates by some of the more aggressive banks (like Capital One), and we now see that in their deposit betas (below). For 2Q, larger community banks lost about 0.3%

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PYMNTS

JULY 19, 2016

In fact, the smartwatch industry remains very much a niche and specialized market, one that Apple and other brands and retailers have not done a very good job capitalizing on or monetizing so far. According to The Wall Street Journal , Apple reported $6 billion in Apple Watch sales in 2015, the first year the product launched.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2017

Stadium Goods, a streetwear and sneaker consignment startup, first opened up shop in New York City’s major shopping district SoHo back in 2015. Since then, it has expanded its online retail presence in a big way, starting its own online marketplace and bringing its brand presence to eBay and China’s T-mall.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

As automotive upheavals such as electrification and automation gain momentum, players across the value chain have dramatically ramped up their private market bets to remain nimble. Bosch’s activity includes Robert Bosch Venture Capital (RBVC), the company’s corporate venture arm. Auto Tech Trends. Please click to enlarge.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2016

With its stock value up 10 percent in after hours trading – Square has managed to please investors with losses smaller than expected, growing payments volumes and continuing signs of strength emanating from from its lending platform for small business, Square Capital. That is a 41 perecent pick up from the same quarter in 2015.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Cushman & Wakefield predicts that demand for retail space will largely focus on Class A rental locations, mainly occupied by luxury retail brands, seeing the highest levels of demand, the lowest vacancy levels and a growth in rental prices. percent in 2016 from 8 percent in 2015; the retail vacancy rate is expected to drop to 7.3

Retail 101

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