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JANUARY 26, 2020

The software-driven platform Life House said the investment will support its growth into new markets and its drive for profitability by 2021. The hotel startup was founded by Rami Zeidan in 2017, a lodging veteran of boutique accommodations seeking to impart luxury on local, lifestyle hotels.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

We imagine if presented with an iPhone, penicillin, an automobile or just a ballpoint pen, even the original scribe would have been forced to concede that exciting innovations might be coming up on humanity’s horizon in the intervening 30 centuries. So today (Sept. 30), the card network announced just such a FinTech partnership.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2017

Take a look at this chart, which lays out grocery chain market share. Walmart has the largest market share at 14.2 Media companies, in the meantime, shoveled tens of millions into Snap in the hopes of selling to a generation whose brand loyalty is about as fleeting as Zsa Zsa Gabor’s affection for each of her nine husbands.

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APRIL 9, 2019

eCommerce innovators are offering plant-based nutrition beverages designed for baby boomers and their parents with the help of the subscription business model. On Perennial’s website, the company seeks to make its brand purpose front and center. The Adult Nutrition Market. It’s super functional,” she said. “It and Canada.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2019

eCommerce innovators and established brands are taking new approaches to food commerce. 2017: The year meal kit company Blue Apron entered the public market. And Mondel?z z International, Inc. is working to provide the right snacks for the right customer with better-for-you products. All this, Today in Data.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

According to the new PYMNTS Order To Eat Tracker , the volume of mobile app orders rocketed 130 percent from 2016 to 2018, and the overall mobile order market value is set to reach $38 billion by 2020. DoorDash has been offering group orders on its site since 2015 and on its app since 2017.

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2019

Today, Lam said her concept is a “vegan and gluten-free lifestyle brand and baking mix company that gives back.” (The The target market for the company consists of “the vegan community and those who are gluten-free,” Lam said. It also has an email marketing strategy and does festivals to gain brand recognition.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Those who work in and around high tech and innovation are lulled into a narrative about progress being on a march ever forward, rarely slowing, never stopping and certainly never turning around and marching in the wrong direction. . Once one gets outside of the top 25 banks in the U.S., The Soft Middle in Financial Services.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2018

More important, perhaps, than the innovations they made on behalf of their more famous lead players, was how their contributions accelerated those innovations’ time to market. Innovation in payments and commerce has an unsung hero, too. And who will influence how innovation happens. Distribution.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

In the long list of startup finalists competing at South by Southwest 2017 hides a brand new personal finance management app. Hip Money – a new app by Hip Pocket – adapts the millennial habit of “swiping” to help them save and pay down debt through a mobile app. Nebraska-based software Read More.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2019

The sale of shoes online has come a long way since the dawn of eCommerce – and footwear continues to help drive innovation in the retail space. Headquartered in Marche, Italy, Tod’s said it appointed Domizi as its chief digital and innovation officer in a bid to streamline the company’s ongoing digital transformation. The Right Fit.

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William Mills

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Approximately 1,300 attendees (including bankers, credit union executives, industry analysts and media representatives American Banker , Banking Exchange and BIG Media ) joined 30 sponsor companies to immerse themselves in all things retail banking at BAI Beacon 2017, held at the Georgia World Congress Center October 4-5.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 27, 2017

India has overtaken the United States to become the world’s second largest smartphone market. According to news from a report by Canalys , smartphone shipments in India grew 23 percent year over year in Q3 2017 to reach just over 40 million units, making the country the world’s second largest smartphone market after China.

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MARCH 1, 2019

markets, aiming to generate repeat visits as part of its experiential retail efforts. DSW began working with W Nail Bar in 2017; the two companies offer salon services at Columbus, Ohio’s Easton Town Center and the Polaris Fashion Place. They also create repeat visits to the DSW brand, where an exciting footwear assortment awaits.”.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Brands , moves that serve as a good reflection of overall trends in the quick service restaurant (QSR) space. The company last year announced it would buy a 3 percent stake in Grubhub, and that it was teaming up with the company to provide delivery from two of its brands — Taco Bell and KFC. Marketing is only part of the story.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Consumers expect fast, efficient service that barely requires them to look up from their smartphones, and the modern QSR needs to innovate accordingly. and Canada, plus the innovation cues it’s taking from outside the restaurant industry. Attention To Innovation. Revamping The Loyalty Program.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2021

The four-year-old startup, which just raised $10 million in Series A funding, develops non-meat equivalents of pork rinds, bacon seasoning and other piggy products for the direct-to-consumer (D2C) and retail markets. Bringing the (Plant-Based) Piggies to Market . We’re trying to innovate with everything we do.”.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 4, 2017

The B2B payments industry is finally beginning to hustle when it comes to technological innovation. And as traditional financial institutions (FI) begin to recognize the value of collaborating with FinTechs, these banks can similarly shake their reputation for being innovation laggards and promote B2B payments progress while they’re at it. .

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2017

I don’t see enough brands that are really breaking boundaries for plus-size fashion, that are actually designing for plus-size bodies, or for a diversity of shapes,” Kat Eves, a Los Angeles-based stylist who works exclusively with plus-size men and women, told The Wall Street Journal. But The Limited didn’t want it.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2020

The upgrade and innovation centered around its flagship Tmall Genie smart speaker will use proprietary technologies that combine AI and the Internet of Things (IoT). The Tmall Genie smart speakers were introduced by Alibaba three years ago and link to more than 270 million devices from 1,100 brands in China, according to Ku.

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Celent Banking

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

While this makes the category more difficult to judge, it offers immense insight into what’s happening in the market. A number of customer experience submissions this year focus on building out separate digital subsidiary brands within traditional institutions. Brands are similar and products/ services are frequently cross-sold.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Mastercard , like most consumer credit connected brands, was hit hard in the early days of the Great Recession. He has served as Mastercard’s Chief Product Officer since 2016 and has headed the network’s new products and innovation team since 2018.

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NCR

DECEMBER 27, 2017

As December draws to a close, it’s time to look back on the biggest headlines and defining themes of 2017 for the financial services industry. The humble ATM celebrated its 50 th birthday in June 2017. For many financial institutions (FIs), preparing for the EU’s PSD2 regulation has been priority number one in 2017.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Activewear brand Fabletics , which was co-founded by Kate Hudson in 2013, announced plans for a retail expansion across the U.S. The company confirmed that the new locations will bring the brand’s total retail store count to 30 locations throughout the U.S.

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MARCH 6, 2019

Corelle Brands has been around for a while — like 100 years. By today’s standards, it looks anything like an innovative brand. But then, looks can be deceiving — 100 years ago, Corning Glass Works had just introduced a massive innovation into the lives of home cooks everywhere.

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PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2019

There are all kinds of skin care startups on the market that promise to deliver some kind of epidermal miracle, particularly on one’s face. The founding concept behind the brand, CEO and Founder Chaitanya Nallan said of the skincare brand he founded in 2017, is that the skincare industry today has two main problems.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

The company was founded by Portuguese fashion entrepreneur José Neves in 2008 with the goal of creating an online marketplace for luxury boutiques and brands. “We The average age of Farfetch’s luxury shopper is 36 — somewhat younger than usual, which explains why brands like Harvey Nichols were enthusiastic to sign on. million in 2017.

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William Mills

APRIL 27, 2017

William Mills Agency will be live blogging at FinovateSpring 2017. From their web site: We create, design and develop innovative applications, combining talent and technology to achieve high impact creative solutions for our clients’ needs. Valuable, but I’m not sure if there is a core innovation represented here. ^SR.

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Perficient

APRIL 13, 2022

NFTs have been around since at least 2017, when the OG CyberPunks launched. And today, OpenSea, an NFT marketplace that launched in 2017 and completed a Series C funding round for $300 million in January 2022, is valued at $13.3 For the innovative business, it may just be a way to further promote the brand and build community.

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Bobsguide

APRIL 4, 2022

Finastra today announced the appointment of Lynne Biggar, a proven financial services and marketing leader, to its Board of Directors, effective March 2022. Prior, Lynne was Executive Vice President/Consumer Marketing + Revenue at Time Inc. Prior, Lynne was Executive Vice President/Consumer Marketing + Revenue at Time Inc.

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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. Here is how different industries are innovating with subscriptions. in Q1 2018 to 64.0 in Q2 2018.The

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2018

Launching in October in two key markets, Mexico and the Philippines, MoneyGram will expand its options in which receivers from those markets may receive and use funds instantly — via their bank-issued Visa-branded debit card or Visa-branded prepaid card — and senders may choose the option by which to send those funds.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

To help hockey players stay up to date on the latest sports equipment, eCommerce innovator the PenaltyBox offers subscription boxes comprised of a myriad of hockey essentials, from well-known brands to up-and-coming companies the PenaltyBox team tests themselves. The company’s largest target market is the 12-and-under age group.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 4, 2017

The B2B payments industry is finally beginning to hustle when it comes to technological innovation. And as traditional financial institutions (FI) begin to view the value of collaborating with FinTechs, these banks can similarly shake their reputation for being innovation laggards and promote B2B payments progress while they’re at it. .

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2018

There is no word on how much the retailer — which connects nearly 900 boutiques and luxury brands to 2 million affluent and luxury-enthused consumers — plans to raise, but it placed a $100 million marker in the filing. Revenue for 2017 was $386 million, a 59.4 million in 2017. Of course, that could change.

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MARCH 25, 2019

New digital innovations, however, provide the promise of offering valuable customer data to merchants. These are just some of the ways that merchants are using digital innovations to better serve their customers with the help of kiosk and unattended retail technology: .

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CB Insights

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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