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OCTOBER 21, 2019

Retail chain Destination Maternity reportedly filed for bankruptcy on Monday (Oct. According to CNBC , the retailer is “buckling under the weight of an onerous debt load and struggling to compete with better capitalized competition.” percent CAGR since 2017, according to one recent estimate. Larger Trends.

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MAY 28, 2019

The company previously raised $111 million in venture funding from Accel, Bessemer Venture Partners, Square Peg Capital, Qumra Capital and others. billion in 2017. That marked an increase from 2017’s $1.4 Smartphones contributed one trillion dollars to overall retail sales in the United States during 2018.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2018

While much of physical retail struggled in 2017 from rapidly realigning consumer shopping habits, the team at Home Depot had an incredibly solid year, with same-store sales growing each quarter and a stock price that surged 42 percent. Despite retail’s slump, the stock market did well in 2017. A Stumbling Start to 2018.

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AUGUST 15, 2017

The growing popularity of mobile order-ahead is hardly news in the restaurant industry, where customers — especially millennials — crave the convenience, speed and personalization of a mobile ordering experience both in quick-service restaurants (QSRs), coffee shops and fast-casual dining environments.

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OCTOBER 10, 2018

Startups targeting retail and commercial banking have been emerging globally, spurred by favorable tech regulations, an uptick in mobile adoption, and shifting customer demographics. This year in the US, JP Morgan launched mobile banking app Finn and Goldman Sachs’ retail banking arm Marcus crossed 1.5M savings accounts. Key takeaways.

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DECEMBER 20, 2016

This sentiment carries as consumer confidence is at a nine-year high , translating to higher spending, which retailers certainly appreciate: Cyber Monday clicked past $3.45 billion, Black Friday rung up $3 billion in online sales alone and the shopping has continued with experts and indicators pointing to a solidly growing 2017.

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APRIL 19, 2016

” Retailers have come to recognize the incredible marketing opportunity presented by the multi-weekend music festival in Southern California. Todd Smith, president and CMO at Sonic, told MarketWatch that this campaign comes from the company’s long experience with the millennial demographic.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Home Depot, on the whole, had an overwhelmingly successful 2017 , with a stock price that surged over 42 percent over the course of the year and big plans to inoculate itself against the Amazon effect with a major eCommerce push on deck for the next several years. percent increase in same-store sales during the same period. tax reform.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2018

According to the New York Federal Reserve, household debt surged in the final quarter of 2017 to $13.15 percent in 2017, its quickest uptick in two years. Capital One , for example, opened the year with earnings that reflected higher quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year defaults, and a jump of 5 percent in credit loss provisions.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

While the media often portrays millennials as preoccupied with the rising prices of festival tickets and avocado toast, their real financial concerns are a bit more practical. But millennials face significant headwinds in making those financial dreams a reality. get the REPORT on next generation investors. From big banks to big tech.

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MARCH 23, 2018

Millennials across America singing “I’m a Toys R Us kid” in as solemn a fashion as possible this week are a testament to that. What’s certain is that the company started cutting back on its stock and struggled — along with every other retailer — in the face of rising eCommerce popularity. Stores became more and more dated.

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JULY 22, 2019

Millennials and Gen X appreciate the technology, seeing ITMs as a bridge between walking through the door or settling for a cash-only machine. Large capital investment. A gap analysis is a critical first step in helping an FI determine how the capital expenditure fits into its long-range technology plan. THE CHALLENGES.

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JANUARY 5, 2018

Driven by Lore, Walmart acquired e-commerce platform Shoebuy in January 2017, followed by outdoor apparel retailer Moosejaw in February, womenswear site Modcloth in March, direct-to-consumer premium menswear brand Bonobos in June, and last-mile delivery startup Parcel in September. New Frontiers in Retail Tech. Outdoor Voices.

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DECEMBER 15, 2020

Between 2017 and 2060, it’s expected that approximately $50T will change hands in what will be the largest aggregated transfer of wealth in history. A new generation of wealth tech platforms has paved the path for many retail investors to dip into wealth management products that weren’t previously accessible to them. .

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APRIL 17, 2017

Solutions such as Square Capital, Caviar (the food ordering and delivery service it acquired) and Instant Deposit (which puts money into merchant accounts immediately) not only helps its existing SMB customers navigate the changing retail world in which they were operating but also recruits larger merchants to the portfolio.

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OCTOBER 11, 2017

Better yet for these companies, they are unburdened by assets such as brick and mortar retail branches, allowing them to operate on very thin margins. I wonder what the millennials think of that.) With online retail hitting trillions of dollars annually, faster payments can mean faster deliveries and even more satisfied customers.

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AUGUST 17, 2016

Between September and October, we’ll see a host of new companies, ideas and innovation, and we’ll hear from the “experts” on those issues we need to pay attention to in 2017. Alternative lenders are learning more about fraud to their dismay and access to capital. The best quote I’ve heard recently is, “Anyone can lend money.

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JULY 11, 2019

Top revenue generating: Credit Karma is reportedly on track to see $1B in revenue in 2019, up from close to $700M in 2017. Latest to launch: Dave was founded in October 2016, and its first reported capital raise was a $3M seed round in April 2017, making it one of the youngest companies in this cohort to cross 1M+ customers.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Bankers understand that the recent passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 will markedly change shareholder and Street expectations. As Kirk Wycoff, Managing Partner from Patriot Financial Partners pointed out: 50% of a mid-size commercial bank’s deposits are retail. Capitalizing on Good Times. Commercial Real Estate.

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OCTOBER 26, 2020

In the US, legislation emerged to forbid investment banks from prop trading, or trading with their own capital, and forcing them to keep more capital on hand. By 2017, it had much of this codified in its own internal software. STAYING PRIVATE.

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MARCH 7, 2017

Personal finance app Qapital pulled in some capital of its own today– $12 million worth , to be exact. The company’s founders George Friedman and Erik Akterin plan to “rewrite the rules of retail banking” by helping millennials “translate money into happiness.”

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NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Amazon’s next big move could be in beauty retail. Retail partnerships to add value for SMB clients. Source: US-based top-volume skincare searches, Think with Google Beauty Trends 2017. Sephora launched its app on Google Assistant in November 2017. Since 2017, the company has further expanded the app features.

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OCTOBER 24, 2018

According to CB Insights data, 9 POS lenders have raised $700M+ across 14 deals since June 2017. tranche of Series A funding from Ribbit Capital and Xiaomi Ventures (8/27). POS lenders are partnering with merchants to provide shoppers — both in-store and online — access to capital. Top players.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

The wellness trends is affecting everything from the way gyms operate to how retailers design clothing to how smart cities are designed. Notably, millennials are more lifestyle-focused, placing a greater value on health and wellness over material goods than ever before. Meet Maya, our hypothetical wellness-focused millennial consumer.

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DECEMBER 14, 2018

A growing group of consumers — particularly millennials and other young shoppers — are embracing connected grocery offerings. billion in capital. Currently, Instacart operates in an estimated 4,000 cites and works with some 300 retailers. Since its launch in 2014, Instacart has attracted more than $1.6 households.

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MARCH 7, 2016

Retail sales did pretty well, especially ecommerce businesses which were up 7.1 went to a millennial. Millennials (16-35 years old) have bought one of every four cars sold in the U.S. The company expects 2.5 percent growth in the American economy for 2016 “while the drag from trade and energy sector will prevent a strong year.”.

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OCTOBER 23, 2018

Daniel Loeb, manager of activist hedge fund Third Point LLC, led an investment of roughly $3B into Nestle in 2017 and launched an attack on the company’s leadership in mid-2018. Barington Capital pressured Avon CEO to step down. Retailers move downstream. Its growth has threatened Danone and General Mills’ Yoplait.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Popular media coverage of millennials often fixates on the industries the generation is allegedly killing and their supposed fiscal irresponsibility. Some industries benefiting from millennials’ increased spending power, such as travel, reflect well-worn Gen Y tropes like the general preference for “experiences” over things.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

And both of those big firms have a stake in China International Capital Corp. For instance, India has emerged as a battleground for online retail and digital, mobile payments, with tech startups in that country raising some $10.5 billion in capital via 924 funding rounds last year. Tencent was part of that action.

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JULY 17, 2018

Instead, new millennial-inspired and tech-infused dining trends have been emerging across the US and internationally. Many of yesterday’s casual dining brands are dying, but not because millennials “don’t eat out.” In the past decade, restaurant and bar purchases have grown at twice the rate of general retail spending.

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JUNE 4, 2019

GET the 54-page retail TRENDS report. Download the free report to learn about the biggest emerging trends in retail and strategies to watch for 2019. gallons of water and 98M tons of oil per year, according to a 2017 report. Fashion is one of the world’s most wasteful and polluting industries. Source: Orange Fiber .

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JULY 20, 2017

Deals to beauty and grooming startups have grown steadily since 2012, and are racing toward an all-time high in 2017. In 2016, corporates made just 15 equity investments compared to 50 acquisitions, but in 2017 to date, they’re investing just as much as they’re acquiring. in April 2017. Beauty & Grooming.

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AUGUST 9, 2017

From Marriott opening its first modular hotel, to tech giants like Alphabet investing in modular housing, to Japanese retailer Muji launching prefab micro-homes, offsite construction methods are gaining traction. Select Investors : Brightpath Capital Partners, Skagen Group, Vision Ridge Partners. Headquarters: Petaluma, California.

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JUNE 17, 2020

Retail: Shopping goes even more online as grocery joins the e-commerce revolution. Tech giants aren’t the only companies that have spotted the opportunity in remote diagnostics — some biotech companies have moved quickly to demonstrate value and capitalize on the eased regulations as well. Remote learning technology. 3D printing.

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MARCH 19, 2018

2017 was the most destructive hurricane season in 82 years, with Harvey, Irma and Maria pummeling parts of the U.S. 2017, more than 230 people lost their lives when Mexico City was struck by a 7.1 Those twins were born July 2017. There’s been no shortage of capital to start new businesses. magnitude earthquake.

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OCTOBER 10, 2017

Ninety-two million millennials will soon be in what Goldman Sachs calls their “prime spending years.” A host of startups have emerged to capitalize on this trend. Bankrate found 83% of millennials don’t think they’ll ever retire: they simply “don’t think they’ll have the money” to do so.).

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MARCH 24, 2017

Live by the fickle consumer, and, if you’re a (very) aging retailer, possibly die by the fickle consumer. Vance, famed author of Hillbilly Elegy , is now turning with renewed energy to venture capitalism and is headed to the Midwest for VC deals, courtesy of Steve Case’s Revolution LLC. Vance had touched on this at IP 2017.

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