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AUGUST 27, 2019

Menlo Park-based Enjoy Technology , the eCommerce startup led by Ron Johnson, former VP of retail operations for Apple, has raised an additional $150 million in Series C funding, TechCrunch reported on Tuesday (Aug. Prior investors include Riverwood Capital, Stamos Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Highland Capital and Oak Capital Management.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2018

As such, automakers are hitting the venture capital highway in droves. In 2017, there were 38 disclosed venture and seed rounds by automakers , up from 26 in 2016 — and astronomically higher than only six in 2015. The automaker is also reportedly joining the Open Platform operated by Lyft for autonomous cars. Ridesharing.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

It would make sense that the supermarket business might be immune from the cross-currents of retailing in 2020. Three regional players in the organic food retail business — where Whole Foods and parent Amazon rule — have declared bankruptcy over the past month. based natural foods retailer is the third significant U.S.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Modern-day retail is at an inflection point as retailers face struggling physical storefronts, massive debt, and inefficient operations, among other issues. 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.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2019

The company was started in 2015 in Tel Aviv and is now based in New York. Fabric is also starting a new platform model that will allow its customers to have on-site micro-fulfillment operations powered by the company’s technology.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2020

The capital is an increase of an existing €55 million debt facility it has with Varengold, and it’s from a supporting debt investor that hasn’t been named. The company was started in 2015. It also says that it’s available in the online ecosphere of eight electronics retailers in Europe.

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 8, 2022

With 100+ public banks reporting, we have more than a representative sample to see 2Q 2022 bank earnings trends and derive some operational insights on bank performance. Fees at banks dropped, primarily driven by mortgage operations, and net interest margin increased by approximately 25 basis points to 3.12%.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2019

The company, which was founded in 2015, uses artificial intelligence (AI), computer vision and sensor technology to provide a 100 percent cashier- and checkout-free experience. It has four autonomous stores and is currently in the pilot testing phase with several retailers around the world.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2019

Based in Manchester, AccessPay provides a digital platform for payments, cash management and treasury operations by integrating businesses’ back-end operations with their banks. million investment with Intel Capital in InContext Solutions, a firm targeting retailers with shopper engagement technologies. and U.S.,

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Founded in 2015 by Brad Birnbaum, chief executive officer, and Jeremy Suriel, chief technology officer, Kustomer is an omnichannel software-as-a-service (SaaS) and customer relationship management (CRM) firm that specializes in chatbot technology. Shopify teamed up with Kustomer in July to advance more efficient operations.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2019

A popular interior design startup in India, Livspace , has received an investment from Ingka Investments, the venture capital arm of IKEA, according to reports. . Ingka Investments operates about 90 percent of IKEA’s retail footprint, and Livspace Co-Founder and CEO Anuj Srivastava did not provide a figure about the size of the investment.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2018

Charlesbank Capital Partners LLC , a private equity firm, reportedly emerged as the only bidder in a planned bankruptcy auction for Rockport. At the time, Rockport said it planned to close any of its 60 North American retail stores that are not purchased by “stalking horse bidder” Charlesbank or another party.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 5, 2020

Last year, RBC Capital Markets estimated that Amazon Go’s average annual sales at each of its nine stores would hit $1.5 Amazon entered Germany in 2015, and it is now its second-largest market. The push is part of the retail giant’s plan to build its own land, sea and air logistics operation to help contain shipping costs.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Grabbing capital is relatively easy if the latter continues, enough so that the former turns from red to black. Investors have clearly signaled that attention must be paid to operating leverage. merchants dropped as measured from September 2015 to March 2019. million merchants, up 825 percent from September 2015.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2016

The apparel retailer announced on Thursday (April 7) that it had officially filed for Chapter 11 protection. PacSun will transfer 65 percent of its debt into equity, and private equity group Golden Gate Capital has agreed to provide $20 million as a result of the firm taking extant PacSun operations private.

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CB Insights

MARCH 7, 2018

Traditional brick-and-mortar retailers are struggling to compete against Amazon and e-commerce brands. In the past few years, retail bankruptcies have hit everyone from A&P to Toys “R” US. But amidst this overall decline in the brick-and-mortar store, one type of retailer is thriving. First Name.

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2017

With the vast number of bankruptcy filings and department store closure announcements over the past year, it’s safe to say the retail industry has taken a hit in the digital age. Big box retailers like Macy’s and Sears are closing at various locations, and mall owners are filling their voids with expensive upgrades.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2016

HBC and its subsidiaries, which include Saks Fifth Avenue and Saks OFF 5TH, held its Q4 2015 earnings call on Tuesday (April 5), and there was happy news to go around: Consolidated store sales had increased 70.4 percent to $4.5 billion, and same-store sales were up 1.8 What does HBC plan to do with the revenue of its successful quarter?

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

This growth has created major opportunities in the payments space, and companies like Stripe — the payments unicorn valued at a masive $35B — are hungry to capitalize on them. Sigma aims to streamline business operations. Stripe’s early success in acquiring customers was largely due to its mass appeal to the developer community.

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Accenture

JULY 10, 2019

A similar question can be asked of traditional retail and commercial banks. Between 2015 and 2018, traditional retail and commercial banks spent some US$1 trillion globally on efforts to transform their IT through technologies like cloud, AI-powered analytics, and agile software development.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2020

Lightspeed Ventures, iFly.vc, Silicon Valley Bank and Goodwater Capital were participants in the investment, Deal Street Asia reported. Weee, which was started in 2015, began as a community buying platform that received Asian spices and fresh produce, among other items. It has reportedly notched funding in a March 2019 Series A+ round.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

2015 after the company announced that it had acquired internet retailer zulily (QVC’s shares dropped as much as 30 percent in the months that followed). We continue to believe that QVC operates a superior retail business model,” according to Boyar Research.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2016

After disappointing third quarter financial numbers, clothing retailer The Limited may be be going in another direction. Farther down the letter, it is written that the company is looking for a potential buyer, and if one is not secured, the operations of the company may be in jeopardy.

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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

OCTOBER 21, 2019

TechCrunch is reporting that the company is being spun out by parent company REWE, which acquired it in 2015. With a strong track record of investing in retail software leaders, we are excited to have the opportunity to invest in commercetools and help them scale up internationally,” Wells said in a statement.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

What eventually becomes cutting-edge in retail and payments often originates in places that are dedicated to security, not commerce. Those efforts come as voice-assistant and voice-activated technologies — different, of course, from voice-print biometrics — are having a moment in the retail spotlight. Voice-Print Efforts.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 11, 2018

venture capital firms for the Series C round, reports noted. Shadowfax, based in India, secured a modest $300,000 in 2015 led by Snapdeal and other backers. Two sources told the publication that discussions with JD.com are “in a preliminary stage” and have been for more than five weeks.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Learn how credit unions can manage capital levels amid credit stress. Even as news headlines announce that “the sky is falling,” many Abrigo clients are relaying they can count only six or seven charge-offs since 2015 or so, he added. Many staff members may have joined since 2015 and therefore, lack experience working on modifications.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

billion in FinTech VC funding in the quarter, down 17 percent compared to the previous quarter — a stark decline from the $5 billion-plus quarterly investment values seen in quarters in 2015. P2Binvestor uses a crowdfunding model and partnerships with retail and institutional investors to provide factoring loans to SMEs.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

His expertise in digital technologies, restaurant operations and branding make him a perfect fit for Chipotle as we seek to enhance our customer experience, drive sales growth and make our brand more relevant.”. Niccol, who came to Taco Bell in 2011, became CEO in 2015 after holding the position of president.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2020

CoverWallet , which was founded in 2015, has over 300 employees in all of its departments, which include engineering, digital marketing, data science, business intelligence, design and operations. The company has three offices in New York State and one in Spain. InsurTech Rising.

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2019

million buyers who operate in industries such as website development, logo design and blog writing. The company previously raised $111 million in venture funding from Accel, Bessemer Venture Partners, Square Peg Capital, Qumra Capital and others. Just under 40 percent – or 39.1

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PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2018

In many businesses, acquiring customers used to be a function of where the business was located — a high traffic intersection for a convenience store or a well-heeled mall for a clothing retailer. It’s also made the offering of subscription services a robust channel for a business to operate in. Technology, of course, changed all that.

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PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2018

That doesn’t fly in today’s fast-moving and competitive retail world, and smart executive teams know it — which may be why so many of them have been switching out or adding new members of late. At JCPenney, he was tasked with turning things around for the struggling retailer. Specialty pet retailer PetSmart has brought on J.K.

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Celent Banking

OCTOBER 16, 2015

After Nashville, it’s been back-to-back trips to Las Vegas for the Amazon Web Services re:Invent developers conference followed by the Bankers Administration Institute’s Retail Delivery Conference. For a long time, BAI-RDC has been the premiere conference for retail banking. What’s The Hurry? .

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2016

What followed over the next four decades was the evolution of a once familiar retail fixture – the carhop – who first walked, and then later roller skated their way into creating a convenient way of serving the customer. Retailers are having to find new ways of fulfilling shoppers’ orders.”. Pulling Up To Convenience .

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BankUnderground

AUGUST 30, 2023

We thus focus on corporate gross value added (GVA, at factor costs) and initially split this into two components: employee compensations and ‘profits’, ie everything that is left after paying employees, ie corporate ‘gross operating surplus’ (GOS). They started to decline, however, in 2022, when the Ukraine war started.

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