Abrigo

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Given their roles, accountants have unique insight into trends among their own small business clients, and they can probably provide an idea of how firms generally fared in 2015 based on conversations and recent engagements. Within major sectors, small companies also produced healthy sales growth during 2015, along with flat-to-wider margins.”

Data 150

Data Trends Industry Taxes 150

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

And much of this activity is being fueled by Chinese merchants, who Amazon has said doubled global sales on its marketplace in 2015. Before, we had to ship those returned products back to China,” Patrick Zhang, founder and CEO of electronics retailer Shenzhen StarMerx Technology Ltd., told Internet Retailer. returns.

US 100

US Retail Taxes System 100

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

There are many, many retailers and brands trying to outfit the world, and standing out in the crowd is difficult. And while those numbers aren’t likely to keep Amazon or H&M up at night, for a small Cuban eCommerce startup operating out of nation where internet access is patchy and from which the company can’t ship goods directly to U.S.

Marketing 198

Marketing US United States South Carolina 198

PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2017

percent for Q4 2015, the beer sales dropped to 7.3 As Heineken continues to buy Brazil-area operations of Japan’s Kirin Holdings Co., percent which some are saying is the most significant decline since October 2015. percent stemming from a tax reorganization of international subsidiaries. percent in Q4 2016.

Taxes 108

Taxes Industry Trends Company 108

CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Sigma aims to streamline business operations. Stripe Atlas (business incorporation tool) and Stripe Sigma (business analytics and reporting) can help simplify business operations. Stripe often states that less than 8% of total commerce occurs online, suggesting roughly $26T in global, omnichannel retail sales. Source: Stripe.

Online 98

Online Company Retail Payments 98

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2018

That is up from just 7 percent in 2015 — a 270 percent increase. In all, losses to this emerging and increasingly occurring form of fraud reached $40 million in 2017, doubling the $20 million in losses reported 2015. The reported goal is to reorganize the retailer around a smaller footprint of 700 stores. locations at its peak.

Data 134

Data Fraud Cards Regulation 134

PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2017

Brazil and Mexico — the total amount in cash payments for the region was $3 trillion in 2015, with weighted average cash use at 14 percent of GDP, with an estimated increase, annually, of 4 percent through 2020 in absolute dollars but a decline in percentage of GDP by 1.2 Turning to the Americas — defined as the U.S.,

ATM 192

ATM Millennials United States Study 192

Independent Banker

MAY 2, 2016

ROAA in 2015: 3.63 ROAE in 2015: 37.96 Retail locations: Eight. Community First Bank & Trust had an extraordinary 2015. The largest component of Community First Bank’s earnings in 2015 was a reversal of a $10.6 million valuation allowance on the bank’s deferred tax assets. Columbia, Tenn. Founded: 1998.

Community 70

Community Capital Taxes Management 70

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2016

With the holiday shopping season nearly in swing, retail shoppers in the U.S. holiday spending is forecasted to increase up to 4 percent this year compared to 2015, which, in turn, means merchants are expected to handle more global cross-border shipments and payments than usual. Untapped X-Border Opportunities.

Operations 100

Operations Payments Retail Fraud 100

Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 17, 2015

DAVO debuted DAVO Sales Tax at FinovateFall 2015 in New York. The system works on retailers’ behalf by daily impounding sales tax from the merchant’s point-of-sale system. The Maine-based company then automatically files and pays their monthly taxes. Metrics: Founded: 2011. million in funding.

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Taxes New York Retail Maine 12

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

We all know the lure of China’s consumers for retailers and merchants of all stripes and sizes operating across the globe. The firm, founded in New York in 2015 and now located in Hangzhou, with offices in San Francisco, Shenzhen and Luxembourg, has operated since February 2016 with Amazon as its anchor client.

San Francisco 101

San Francisco Compliance Regulation Branding 101

PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2016

Facebook moved to its new 430,000 square foot campus in Menlo Park, California 2015, which CEO Mark Zuckerberg described as “the largest open floor plan in the world,” but the company was largely removed from the city itself. What I really want to do is build the biggest brand on the planet,” Plank recently told Bloomberg.

Baltimore 103

Baltimore Seattle Taxes Examples 103

BankUnderground

AUGUST 30, 2023

Profits versus excess profits: measurement and trends Measuring profits is a challenging task : national accounts data are affected by the ‘mixed income’ of self-employed, taxes and subsidies, and conflate two different dynamics: those of the market and non-market (real estate and public) sectors.

Capital 57

Capital Comparison Maine Industry 57

Bankelele

OCTOBER 24, 2015

I-Reit’s are required to distribute a minimum 80% profit after tax excluding fair value gains. Opens 22 October, Closes 12 November, 2015. Allotment done 16 November: Plan is for 343,750 units (55%) to qualified institutional investors, East Africa retail and foreign retail 156,250 units (25%) and foreign institutions (20%).

Taxes 28

Taxes Retail Management Operations 28

PYMNTS

MAY 9, 2016

Not many companies can lay claim to losing as much value in 12 months as the entire market cap of the world’s largest retailer and still remain standing. billion less in 2016 Q1 than 2015 Q1. percent increase from 2015 Q1 to 2016 Q1 with an extra billion in revenue quarter over quarter. iPhone unit sales – down 16.3

Apple 100

Apple Google Mobile Taxes 100

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

consumers, Lookiero is probably not all that familiar a name, as the Spain-based firm founded in 2015 operates entirely in the European Union — specifically in the U.K., Once you cross the border the taxes are different, logistics are different, you have to adapt to all of that. For most U.S. he pointed out.

Course 116

Course Marketing Data Taxes 116

PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2018

Kroger operates nearly 2,800 supermarket chains nationwide, including Ralphs, Harris Teeter, Food 4 Less and its namesake Kroger stores. It’s currently seeking to reinvent its business through Restock Kroger , an initiative it undertook six months ago and which will get a boost from recently enacted tax cuts. Seamless Shopping.

San Francisco 100

San Francisco Austin Dallas Virginia 100

Banking 2020

DECEMBER 3, 2015

These include ‘closed loop’ cards and mobile apps – such as Starbucks’ mobile app – which are often used by retailers to encourage customer loyalty, but are increasingly being used for a variety of payments such as transport tickets and micropayments. For instance, Kenya had 13.9

Payments 40

Payments Bitcoin Regulation Mobile 40

BankUnderground

JULY 29, 2020

Guerrieri, Lorenzoni, Straub and Werning (2020) argue that while the lockdown is originally an (inflationary) negative supply shock because it keeps certain types of business from operating, the balance of the effects can resemble a (deflationary) demand shock under two conditions. Several recent papers consider variants of debt financing.

Policies 103

Policies Lending System Tools 103

NCR

DECEMBER 19, 2016

EMV chip technology for credit and debit cards was rolled out in the US in October 2015. Its figures showed US retailers that had completed their EMV adoption, or were close to doing so, experienced a 54 per cent drop in counterfeit fraud costs when comparing April 2016 with a year earlier. Getting onboard with EMV.

blockchain 40

blockchain Fraud Fintech Cards 40

PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2016

Compared to the alternative — losing it in the market anyway and/or being taxed on whatever returns they might manage to eke out — the downside doesn’t appear too threatening. Two: Platforms have to operate at scale. What’s so bad about investing a couple of mil (when you have a couple hundred mil) in the Uber of Dog Walking?

San Francisco 100

San Francisco Operations Examples Branding 100

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2018

According to a Challenger, Gray & Christmas analysis, employers were predicted to bring in around 700,000 seasonal workers for the December holidays, the biggest hiring spree since 2015. The retailers that Square works with have different needs from restaurants, which have different needs from Christmas tree farms.

Taxes 187

Taxes Management Retail Training 187

CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2018

In 2015, the acquisition was written down for $7.6B. By 2015, however, Tumblr was still failing to turn a profit. In the early 2000s, venerable retailers Sears and Kmart began losing ground to Walmart and Target, with Kmart even filing for Chapter 11 in 2002. Google and Nest. Date: January 13, 2014. Price: $3.2B. Price: $11B.

Google 76

Google Software Innovation Company 76

Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 9, 2015

Accommodates both retail and institutional traders. It also offers tax documentation and FDIC insurance for U.S. itBit operates on a maker-taker fee structure, meaning that it pays rebates to users who are making money on its platform via limit order execution. Headquartered in New York City. Thousands of users across the globe.

Bitcoin 12

Bitcoin Regulation New York FDIC 12

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Owned and operated by Ant Financial Services Group, Alipay is the world’s largest online and mobile payment platform. Alipay was introduced in South Korea in 2015, and is now available at various merchants around the country. Users can even receive an instant tax refund at four major airports in the country.

Mobile 101

Mobile Taxes Regional National 101

CB Insights

JUNE 6, 2019

The company announced it was effectively ceasing operations immediately and filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, putting more than 1,100 people out of work overnight. Declared Bankruptcy: 2015. In September 2015, Quirky finally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protections. Quirky: Enthusiasm is no substitute for quality control.

Apple 78

Apple Branding Google Company 78

CB Insights

APRIL 29, 2019

Parisa Tabriz joined Google in 2015 to work on an internal team dedicated to finding holes in the Chrome browser. Retail Jedi. At the now defunct Convergys Corporation, new sales employees pitching the company’s customer management software were known as retail Jedis. Tax Wrangler. Security Princess. Brand Warrior.

Innovation 78

Innovation Software Taxes Google 78

PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2016

The retailer gets a new market, and the authorities get a new and often massive stream of tax revenue, not to mention a modest bump in employment. It’s an intriguing logjam, especially as retailers with the necessary range are coming to rely more and more on the benefits of cross-border commerce to their core operations.

Apple 100

Apple Retail Marketing Taxes 100

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Store brands from retailers were seen as down-budget choices. Target’s Cat & Jack kids’ line has delivered double-digit results since its 2016 launch, even as traditional retailers struggle to stay afloat. Clothing: how retailers are attempting to escape the industry apocalypse by introducing store brands.

Industry 67

Industry Branding Retail US 67

Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 16, 2015

DAVO Technologies’ automated technology solution solves small-to-mid-sized merchants’ sales tax pain points. Lexmark’s Kofax brings retail banking customers a real-time, voice driven, voice response, collaborative onboarding solution in a mobile app.

Company 12

Company Mobile Software Big Data 12

William Mills

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Built a workflow for the bank so the bank can approve payment and see all compliance and tax information. Silver Fusion Retail Outlet: Where Snowbirds Shop”. Integrated with major retailer API’s like Amazon, eBay, Best Buy and several other aspirational brands. operation of Russian-based company. No other app does that.

Mobile 40

Mobile Cards Fraud Data 40

PYMNTS

APRIL 18, 2018

Retail customers of the Spanish bank in Spain, the U.K., Santander was an early believer in blockchain, providing $4 million into Ripple’s Series A funding round in 2015 via its venture capital arm, SAN InnoVentures. This week’s Blockchain Tracker explores blockchain’s position as both an opportunity and a threat to traditional banks.

blockchain 105

blockchain Technology Data Report 105

FICO

MARCH 6, 2020

In 2014, I joined Tonbeller as Head of Sales & Channel Operations and became Management Board member shortly thereafter. We serve corporates, insurance companies, and banks – be it a retail, private, wealth management, automotive or telecom bank, tier 1 or tier 3 bank. This solutions suite is available on-premises and in the cloud.

Compliance 81

Compliance Technology Fraud Analytics 81

CB Insights

MAY 23, 2019

The Macro was allegedly used from Zenefits’ inception in 2013 until the summer of 2015, when Zenefits’ board was first alerted to its use. Demonstrating sales is a necessity for retail startups, especially those operating in the intensely competitive food vertical. The Outcome. Total Funding: $240M.

Fraud 78

Fraud Las Vegas Company Video 78

CB Insights

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

In the early 70s, See’s was able to produce about $2M a year (after tax) on just $8M in net tangible assets (including all accounts receivable.) Berkshire Hathaway bought See’s, and by 1982, it was up to producing $13M after taxes on just $20M in net tangible assets. That premium is the company’s “economic goodwill.”.

Omaha 78

Omaha Company Capital Management 78

Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 22, 2015

Avalara will detail the Weird and Wacky World of Sales Tax. Did you know that sales-tax in the U.S. There are over 12,000 taxing jurisdictions covering millions of taxability rule combinations. This means retailers need to be prepared to accept EMV transactions. is handled unlike any other place on the planet?

San Francisco 12

San Francisco Video Fintech Data 12

PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2018

And that we should do that not because they’re tax evaders or evil — all things he said they, like all of us, are. Department stores used to dominate retail , and shopping was always done in a physical store. The internet was something in the early 2000s that most retailers dismissed as never amounting to much, so they ignored it.

Google 148

Google Apple Retail Millennials 148