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JANUARY 26, 2020

Previous investors Global Founders Capital, Comcast Ventures and Trinity Ventures also gave money. Among the fastest-growing hotel brands, Life House has over 800 beds and 25 hotels that are expected to be operational by early next year. .

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JANUARY 7, 2021

7) that it was merging with publicly-traded Social Capital in an $8.6 Noto will continue in his role as CEO which he has held for three years since arriving from Twitter in 2018, where he was COO, and prior to that the NFL, where he served as CFO. Online FinTech startup SoFi announced Thursday (Jan. consumers.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Walmart will no longer carry Danskin brand apparel products in its stores or on its website, according to New York Post reports from Tuesday (Oct. Danskin is a 135-year-old brand owned by parent company Iconix Brand Group and generating $15.5 The retailer will remove the products from its shelves in 15 months. . On Monday (Oct.

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OCTOBER 18, 2017

The data-driven “Restock Kroger” initiative will largely take the place of new growth in the coming year, according to Supermarket News , with improvements to customer service and assortment winning out over expansion in 2018. Capital expenditures for 2018 are projected at $3 billion. The Plan in Action.

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JULY 20, 2018

Capital One reported a robust second-quarter performance as the bank had increased spending and lowered losses in its credit card business. Capital One delivered another quarter of strong financial performance as we continued to invest to grow and drive our digital transformation,” Fairbank said in a statement. “We billion or $3.71

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JANUARY 18, 2018

Within China, sales of brands from Gucci to Chanel, which have been sluggish for years, rose at the fastest pace in five years in 2016 and are positioned to consolidate those gains in 2018. 2017 saw a global recovery of the luxury retail market due to their affinity for high-end brands.

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JULY 23, 2019

Today, Lam said her concept is a “vegan and gluten-free lifestyle brand and baking mix company that gives back.” (The These shoppers also want to support brands that are making a difference — or a brand that has more than just a product. It also has an email marketing strategy and does festivals to gain brand recognition.

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AUGUST 27, 2018

Brands as it labors to keep not one, but three chains up, running and avidly competing. struggling to update its brands and get them back into competitive shape. Which, in 2018, has meant a major focus on delivery via a partnership with Grubhub. And the brand has its doubters. Comparable sales for Yum! percent growth.

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DECEMBER 8, 2020

Working with leading brands such as Honda and Acura has been our vision since launching five years ago, and we cannot wait to show more dealers and brands the power of Modal's e-commerce design and technology.". Earlier in the year, we were even earning 25% more back-end profit on Modal orders.".

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Since we would hate for anyone to go into the end of 2018 behind the eight ball, we decided to pay tribute to both a great bit and a great deal of news with our own top 10 list of the biggest news of summer 2018. It is not an exaggeration to say that 2018 has been the summer of movie subscription service MoviePass ’ discontent.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In 2018, 14 European startups reached unicorn status, led by Roivant Sciences with its $7B valuation. Using CB Insights data, we identified all the Europe-based startups that have reached a $1B+ valuation in 2018. Select Investors: Founders Fund, SoftBank Group, NovaQuest Capital Management. Roivant Sciences. Valuation: $7B.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Virtual Kitchen , a startup founded by ex- Uber employees, has raised $20 million in fresh capital in a bid to capitalize on the need for food delivery amid the pandemic, according to CNBC. The company was founded in 2018 by Ken Chong and Matt Sawchuk , both of whom used to work for Uber. billion by 2026, CNBC reported.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Cashoff enhances customer engagement with its loyalty program offering cash back by big-name brands. Cashoff integrated with global brands. With small business, there is a tremendous need for access to capital. Tinkoff’s data shows that they do and it drives engagement with the mobile banking app and the brand. ^DG.

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JULY 22, 2019

India’s PayMate announced it has raised a new round of growth capital to accelerate expansion within India and internationally to Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa (CEMEA). . Investors in this Series D round include Visa, Recruit Strategic Partners, Brand Capital, and others, the Economic Times reports. .

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Walmart is keen to get a strong brand backing its eCommerce business, while Tata Group wants a global name and an established player in the online space,” a source told Mint. If the deal is signed, it would represent India’s largest retail space ever, eclipsing Walmart’s 2018 purchase of a 66 percent stake in Flipkart for $16 billion. . “The

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JULY 15, 2020

Its virtual mall solution is called LazMall , which was launched in August 2018. It connects shoppers to more than 18,000 leading international and local brands. For brands and sellers,” the company says, “LazMall offers an opportunity to create a customized experience for their customers.”.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

million in funding led by F-Prime Capital along with participation from Polaris Partners, Silicon Valley Bank and Greycroft. The McKinsey survey puts the growth rate of the market for recurring eCommerce from 2013 through 2018 at more than 100 percent a year. million, VentureBeat reported.

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OCTOBER 14, 2020

The way it works, since the company began testing it in the city of Kahramanmaras in 2018, is that users can send a text message and refill their cards via mobile phone. The method is soon to be rolled out in Ankara, Turkey's capital, and other cities as well, FT reported. That was inconvenient for those who lacked bank accounts.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2018

According to the latest Q3 2018 TransUnion’s Industry Insights Report the back half of 2018 has been a good year for sub-prime borrowers looking for access to credit. Prime and super-prime card issuing both showed positive growth between 2017 and 2018, according to TransUnion, which has been the trend for the last several years.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2019

22), after posting a $15 billion write-down on its most recognizable brands Kraft and Oscar Mayer, with investors raising concerns over majority shareholders 3G Capital and Berkshire Hathaway and their crackdown on the company’s expenses. Kraft Heinz saw its market value plummet by about $17 billion on Friday (Feb.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2020

“You don’t yank a $35 billion IPO two days before it’s going to be launched internationally, it makes the regulatory system look completely arbitrary and also confused,” Andrew Collier, managing director at Orient Capital Research, told CNBC. . “It It is also lower than Ant Group’s valuation in a 2018 funding round of $14 billion.

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MAY 29, 2019

The company said it will use the capital to invest in growth and add some muscle to its $2.3 Previous SoFi investors include SoftBank Capital and Peter Thiel. The private capital space has attracted a lot of interest lately: Investments in the area grew to $4.4 billion in 2018, up from under $1 billion in 2013.

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JANUARY 15, 2018

The leader of the latest capital raise is Partech. TechCrunch reported that in just a few years after its 2015 founding as a direct-to-consumer women’s brand, NA-KD has said that it is among the most quoted brands on Instagram in Sweden and Germany. Our bottom-line results are moving toward profitability exactly as planned.”.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Novameat, a Spanish food startup that wants to bring plant-based meat alternatives to the public, has gotten an investment from New Crop Capital to bring its 3D printed plant-based steaks to market, according to a report by TechCrunch. In 2018, the startup made the first 3D printed plant-based “beefsteak” in the world.

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MARCH 21, 2019

Marqeta, which is California-based and also works with payment cards for brands, is expected to close the round in a few weeks, although the numbers could potentially change. The Series E round is $3.8908 a share and the valuation is a large leap from 2018’s number, which was $545 million. billion, according to reports.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Yet, it’s had no problem raising capital — it’s valued at more than £2 billion ($2.6 Younger customers have become particularly enamored, and a YouGov survey from last November had Monzo as the most likely brand in Britain to recommend to a friend. To date, Monzo has amassed 3.8 However, a loss of £47.2

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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 – of funds were lost to card fraud in 2018, up from $1.4 Smartphones contributed one trillion dollars to overall retail sales in the United States during 2018.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Kraft Heinz, one of the world’s prominent global food and beverage companies, operates Evolv through a team effort, involving food, startup and venture capital professionals. Fabric launched an automatic fulfillment center in October of 2018. in partnership with other brands.

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JUNE 1, 2018

Venture capital activity within the B2B realm saw a few large deals, and a subset of smaller ones. The capital raised will be used for what Tradeshift termed “core strategic initiatives” with an eye on global expansion into Europe and Asia, and growth in transaction volumes.

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DECEMBER 23, 2019

The funding round was led by Techstars Toronto, Open Circle Capital from Lithuania, Practica Capital, and angel investors from North America and Europe. . Eddy Travels was launched in 2018, and the company said it has more than 100,000 users around the world. A yellow hat will pop up, which represents its brand.

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APRIL 10, 2018

Kroger is doubling down on its human capital coming soon — the massive grocery chain has announced it will be hiring some 11,000 employees across its various supermarket brands. That position roster only includes permanent employees — workers brought in as part of a capital improvement project are not counted as part of this tally.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Lookiero’s inventory includes more than 150 European brands, with the platform shipping more than three million items of clothing this year to seven European countries. The company reportedly has over one million registered users and has grown its revenue by over 200 percent from 2017 to 2018.

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MARCH 11, 2020

percent between 2013 and 2018, arriving at around $13.5 The company said it does not foresee the deal having a material impact on earnings per share or revenue this year. If the acquisition goes through, Pepsi will be cleared to team up with other energy drink manufacturers. Per data from Mintel, overall energy drink sales in the U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

“We are at a defining moment in our corporate reinvention, with a proven track record for developing celebrity and sub-brand collections that resonate with our consumers,” CEO Greg Scott said in a statement. retail sales will be impacted by smartphones in 2018. Along with the name change, New York & Co. trillion U.S.

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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. in 2018 got the cold shoulder primarily for this reason. billion fundraise once anticipated.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2019

True Food Kitchen , in one case, has created its menu around recipes that Dr. Andrew Weil inspired with anti-inflammatory ingredients and is mulling raising new private capital, Bloomberg reported. percent in the United States in 2018 to $167 million per Technomic data. Its sales increased 22.3 percent sales growth last year.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

China is part of the company’s top five markets, offering revenue of Rmb15.5bn in 2018, a 6 percent increase from the year prior. While the company came into China two decades ago and has brought 27 stores to the country, its sales growth has slowed as it grapples with increasing competition from brick-and-mortar stores and eCommerce. .

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