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JULY 29, 2016

Instagram followers and engagement has skyrocketed among brands and celebrities over the past year, according to a study by ARK Investment Management , illustrating that the photo-sharing social platform “seems to be cementing its position as the ideal platform for premium brand advertising.”. “In

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

The latest Payments and the Platform Economy study examines how marketplaces are responding to the counterfeit threat as well as how they are continuing to innovate the customer experience. Online Resale. Sales of counterfeit goods through online marketplaces are expected to hit $1.8 billion per year to fake online sales.

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AUGUST 14, 2017

There seems to be an awful lot of piling on these days on the big online platforms. In 2015, the tech media was gaga over Snap and its ability to corral the so-called most valuable eyeballs in media: the millennial. When Amazon was just about selling books online, its competition was the physical bookstore. Then there’s Amazon.

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JUNE 14, 2016

Oddly enough, that’s where Nordstrom finds itself in regards to its online sales growth. The Motley Fool has a breakdown of the roller coaster ride Nordstrom’s eCommerce sales have ridden since the early 2000s, when online generated just 5 percent of sales, to 2015, which brought in 20 percent. percent last quarter.

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AUGUST 7, 2019

Automotive sales are increasing going digital — and more consumers are buying more used products of all types online. Online Auto Sales. The deal is not the only recent news involving the online retail sales of automobiles. Amidst all this, the sale of other used goods online continues to gain popularity. Retail Waste.

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2019

The realm of quick service restaurants (QSRs) is and actually always has been a pretty innovative space. In the modern digital era of QSR, it is almost impossible not to mention Starbucks and its myriad contributions to innovation — including the first really successful launch of a mobile wallet product in the U.S.

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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

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.

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AUGUST 17, 2020

Using those models, the trailing 12-month, non-adjusted, online retail sales numbers show an increase of 31.4 Marketplaces and brands now make it easy now to auto-refill everything from paper towels to pet food, skin crèmes to salty snacks, bottled water to baby wipes. CPG Goes Online — And To Auto-Refill.

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PYMNTS

MAY 23, 2019

According to the Credit Union Innovation Playbook , a PYMNTS and PSCU collaboration, trust is the driving factor in that choice. Yet, if one looks at FinTech innovators in the field, there are ways to work through that, and break up the process of onboarding to smooth the flow dramatically.

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AUGUST 20, 2018

But here’s the rub: The guilty verdict was made on the basis of A&P’s use of supply chain innovations to lower prices to consumers. By 2015, it had closed its doors. Its failure to keep innovating in the face of new players that did was A&P’s downfall. Lower prices. Regulators didn’t destroy A&P in the end.

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JUNE 16, 2017

For the Chinese buyer in particular, social media engagement and online shopping activities takes on a unique avenue. s study , Digital Lifestyles in China , zeroed in on online Chinese consumer behavior as it relates to social networks, shopping preferences and video content consumption. In 2015 alone, McKinsey & Co.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2018

At first glance, 2018 is shaping up to be a year that has brought meaningful consumer, regulatory and legislative backlash against lax online privacy. social media users are “very confident” that those platforms would protect users’ data, according to Pew — with 64 percent calling for more regulation of online advertisers.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

As Seedrs CEO Jeff Kelisky told Karen Webster in a recent discussion, while most people in 2009 took one look at the sputtering and shuddering economy, there was a whole class of innovators and entrepreneurs who didn’t see a nuclear wasteland where the economy used to be. They saw a greenfield waiting to be planted.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2018

After turning Taco Bell into a lifestyle brand and introducing breakfast at the quick service restaurant (QSR), CEO Brian Niccol is heading to Chipotle Mexican Grill. Niccol, who came to Taco Bell in 2011, became CEO in 2015 after holding the position of president. He brought mobile ordering and payments to Taco Bell’s 7,000 U.S.

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APRIL 6, 2017

And when that problem is a personal one, the drive to create an innovative solution that actually works is even stronger. MW: GhostBed launched in December 2015, but the idea and design for it came to me nearly ten years ago. But selling online was a part of my original vision. Here is an excerpt of the conversation. Absolutely.

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JANUARY 27, 2021

Founder and CEO Anthony Hsieh said in a letter with the filing that the company, founded 11 years ago, has been “committed to providing honest products with great value, and committed to delivering them in an innovative, delightful way.”. “To To do what we did back then took more than wisdom and tenacity, it took courage,” he wrote. “We

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MARCH 16, 2015

This last week the American Banker Retail Banking Conference 2015 was going on in Austin, TX. A recent study found that despite problems with megabank perception, 73% of those asked said a recognizable brand was important in choosing a financial institution. There were a couple of overarching themes throughout the event.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2019

She continued, “The convergence of commerce and convenience is opening up exciting potential for restaurants, and we are thrilled to work with BMW and our pilot brands to experiment with how in-car ordering will evolve and shape how consumers order.”. The pilot is available for BMW vehicles from model year 2015 and later.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Well, what do we say about 2015? And, give or take a stumble or two, we snuck through it and did a reasonable job on 2015 objectives, in our humble opinion. So, it seems we’re good with only one outstanding item—digest the 2015 GonzoBanker Awards! 2015 Executive Call-out. ” – Tom Armstrong. Bravo OZRK!

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Online personal shopping service Lookiero revealed it has closed a $19 million funding round led by London-based MMC Ventures, as reported on Friday (Sept. 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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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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JANUARY 15, 2018

It also explains why some innovations in payments have been met with open arms by consumers and others given the cold shoulder. In 2015, these two researchers went back into the lab to dive deeper. By ordering ahead using their phones, customers are simply applying their online shopping behavior to a new, and very habituated, use case.

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MARCH 25, 2019

The topic of conversation was the inevitable consolidation of the payments sector, as scale becomes critical to optimizing the payments experience and innovating new payments flows. Then, my thoughts immediately jumped to the opportunities this new tender type could create for online merchants. Guess what? Because Everyone Has to Eat.

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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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OCTOBER 2, 2017

Since opening their first store in Palo Alto, California, in 2015, b8ta has aimed to offer just such an experience: the ability to snap up tech products that might otherwise be hard to find — and buy anyplace but online. B8ta’s path to profit is a bit different from everyone else in retail, however. What would that look like?”.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2016

In fact, the venture and entrepreneurial ecosystem grew by 20 percent from 2014 to 2015 alone. In general, venture capitalists are boosting their investments in Latin America, with funding reaching $594 million in 2015, a stark increase from $387 million in 2012, the Latin America Venture Capital Association confirmed.

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DECEMBER 21, 2020

You can see it in how investors are putting money to work in both consumer-facing and B2B startups, and how startups and incumbents are forging new partnerships to move innovation faster to market. And since iPhone users skew more to the affluent, it also denied those innovators the opportunity to monetize their spend. 23-25, 2020.

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OCTOBER 23, 2018

Consumers are now buying CPG goods online, via mobile, at the office, through on-demand delivery, in meal kits and personalized services, by using smart home and voice technology, and more. Since then, Peltz has continued to push P&G to re-evaluate its R&D strategy, bring in more external talent, and focus on innovation.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Offering the ability to open an account online can be one way to reach customers who are unable to join your community bank in person. That includes allowing customers to open accounts completely online,” says Charles Potts, ICBA’s senior vice president and chief innovation officer. Photo by Anchiy/Getty Images.

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2019

In an interview with PYMNTS, Deirdre Ives, CEO and managing director at Wirecard North America, noted that when it comes to innovation, issuers face challenges in meeting the needs and expectations of a diverse populace of users spanning borders and cultures. And it’s no excuse for failing to innovate on the cashless front.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 3, 2019

Ordering a cup of joe in the morning is standard practice for many, but customers couldn’t order it from their phones until 2015, when international coffee chain Starbucks launched order-ahead on its mobile app. UX, Payments and App Innovation. Costa needs to innovate continuously. Costa Coffee , the U.K.’s

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MARCH 1, 2016

The 2015 financial results from Wayfair are pretty positive, particularly in the area of sales driven by returning customers. The online home furnishings and decor retailer recently released its financials for both Q4 and the full year 2015, and as Retail Dive notes, repeat sales helped to contribute to the 85.5

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JANUARY 31, 2020

It’s an industry that has — and continues to — shift quickly from its brick-and-mortar roots to an often innovative eCommerce experience. Founded in 2015, it has gradually built up a large enough following that they’ve started to be called “the Warby Parker of Australia,” unironically. That’s not the only factor at play for Felix Gray.

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JANUARY 7, 2020

For instance, online marketplace and auction site eBay has released eBay Motors , a new app that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to list a car in under five minutes, according to a report by The Verge. The app is a replacement for the previous eBay Motors app, which was discontinued in 2015, and it’s available in the U.S.

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MAY 25, 2017

Whether a brand is selling athletic apparel globally, or it’s trying to sell parents on letting their kids build their own teddy bears, the bottom line is almost always conversions. Before Deck and his team became a software team, they were consultants, helping athletics brands and retailers design omnichannel commerce strategies.

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AUGUST 9, 2019

Within the space, Nike loyalty members can scan a bar code through the brand’s app to receive free swag like sunglasses, and also have the opportunity to win a free pair of sneakers and buy exclusive items. The sporting goods brand has also brought introduced some of the experimental items from its Nike Live store in Los Angeles.

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