PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2019

One might assume the hardest part of building a product to disrupt the traditional sunscreen industry would be actually formulating a new brand of sunscreen. With the new leadership, other changes came. In 2018, the firm brought in $40 million in revenue.

Branding 108

Branding San Antonio New York Leadership 108

Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 28, 2017

7 B2B Marketing Trends to Watch in 2018. Continuing a pattern from previous years, 2018 will see the ongoing evolution of many B2B marketing trends from years past and several newer concepts will become more mainstream. Here’s a list of seven B2B marketing trends to watch in 2018. Read Article. Read Article. Read Article.

Marketing 268

Marketing Leadership Trends Branding 268

PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2020

The website is a re-branding of Middle Eastern eCommerce site Souq.com , which was acquired by Amazon in 2017, PYMNTS reported. Last year, the company converted Souq’s website in the United Arab Emirates to an Amazon-branded one, amazon.ae. Bezos said leaked texts between him and a girlfriend, done by a U.S.

Washington 192

Washington Leadership Video Branding 192

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Dunn announced his departure following Walmart’s acquisition of his online menswear brand in 2017. He joined Walmart as senior vice president of digital consumer brands when the retail giant acquired Bonobos and was previously CEO of the brand since its inception in 2007. Bonobos laid off staff on Oct.

Branding 131

Branding Retail Leadership Company 131

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Constellation Brands , a beer distributor that owns Corona, announced that it has signed an agreement to buy an almost 10 percent stake in Canopy Growth Corporation , the world’s largest publicly traded cannabis company. The transaction is expected to close during Constellation’s third quarter of fiscal 2018.

Company 110

Company Branding Leadership Trends 110

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Finablr , a Saudi Arabia-based global platform for payments and foreign exchange solutions, has announced that its network brand, BayanPay , has been awarded a license to provide payment services by the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA). BayanPay was founded in Riyadh in 2018.

Payments 130

Payments Leadership Branding Groups 130

PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2020

Far Point was founded in 2018 to acquire FinTechs and was launched by activist investor Daniel Loeb’s hedge fund company Third Point and former NYSE President Thomas Farley. Airports connect luxury brands with consumers looking for something different they can’t buy at home. Virginia-based FinTech firm Far Point closed a $2.6

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2020

A retail veteran, who previously worked at Yum Brands in Thailand and United Kingdom retailer Sainsbury’s in London, Aggarwal joined Walmart India in April 2018 as chief strategy and administration officer. But Iyer has achievements that could sustain his top leadership role at the company.

Leadership 131

Leadership Retail Strategy Operations 131

Insights on Business

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Sometimes a particular aspect of a brand is extended to the company’s other products. A company is said to have a halo when customers think that any product by the brand is automatically good. Differentiate with halo : Complement a thin network of up to 1% of branches with strong digital offerings and branding. See figure 2.

Branding 143

Branding FDIC Retail Leadership 143

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

For its three years in operation, Brandless generated no shortage of buzz with its concept of “private label for less” and the idea that the best brand is no brand at all. Under his leadership, the plan for the brand was to pivot into higher-margin, bigger ticket products such as CBD oil and move Brandless onto store shelves.

Branding 150

Branding Operations Leadership Millennials 150

PYMNTS

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.

Payments 274

Payments Course Fintech Cards 274

PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2019

We’re really focused on growing our existing business, leadership position, number of sellers and consumer adoption in those markets,” Poignonnec said. Some of its brands include online takeout service Jumia Food, Jumia Flights for travel bookings and classified services Jumia Deals.

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US New York Leadership Analytics 129

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2017

News of the leadership change came as Earthport also warned investors of lower-than-expected fiscal year figures, noting that revenue for the current fiscal year could be up to 15 percent lower than current analyst expectations, reports in Alliance News said. “In corridor for domestic payments for reasons specific to them.”.

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Leadership America Branding Payments 100

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

The executive who replaces her “should be groomed to replace Marc Lore, who I anticipate will depart Walmart in 2018 to 2020 at the latest,” Brittain Ladd, a former Amazon executive, told the Post. The news also comes a month after Jet.com President Liza Landsman left the company to join a venture capital firm.

New York 108

New York Leadership Capital Report 108

CB Insights

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

2018 Tech IPO Pipeline. acquisition of GitHub in October 2018. 3/23/2018. 11/11/2018. 10/26/2018. 4/27/2018. Qualtrics expects full-year 2018 revenue to exceed $400M and projects a forward growth rate of more than 40%, according to SAP’s announcement of the acquisition. Acquired by SAP.

Software 56

Software Leadership Groups Survey 56

PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2019

The cookies are popular enough to even inspire Thin Mint-flavored coffees from major brands like Dunkin’ – but sales often hit a stumbling block at the point of sale: Many troops only accept cash. Scouts using the mPOS sold almost 30 more boxes than they did last year, Harris said, marking a 4 percent increase over 2018’s numbers.

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NCR

APRIL 30, 2018

According to the EY Global Banking Outlook 2018 , more than six out of ten banks (62 percent) hope to be either digitally maturing or a digital leader by 2020. Capgemini has digital transformation as its top trend for retail banks in 2018, with competition, customer expectations and cost efficiency the key drivers.

Technology 72

Technology Survey Leadership Strategy 72

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

By comparison, 2019 saw 9,200 stores closed as brands like Payless ShoeSource, Fred’s, Gymboree, Charlotte Russe, Family Dollar, Forever 21 , Charming Charlie, Sears, Kmart, A.C. billion stolen from millions of victims in 2019, over three times more than in 2018. And of course, the new year is roughly only a month old.

Bitcoin 132

Bitcoin Data Retail Charlotte 132

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Bank and credit union cultures developed mature chief lending officer functions and revenue/risk leadership that demanded (culturally, pulled ) analytics through mission-critical revenue centers like lending. Data science people include many younger women of diverse backgrounds, so what’s with all the old-white-dude brand names?)

Analytics 90

Analytics Lending Fintech Leadership 90

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2019

We see more of this going forward as our new bottom-up US package model assumes Amazon Logistics US packages grow at a 68 percent [compound annual growth rate from 2018 to 2022],” Morgan Stanley said. As a point of comparison, UPS is estimated to ship 4.7 billion and FedEx 3 billion. “We Alphabet also signed a lease earlier this year for 1.3

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New York City New York Retail US 131

PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2018

Celebrity brand endorsement is nothing new. In their hundreds of years of existence, the celebrity endorsement has become an increasingly prominent part of branding — so prominent, in fact, that by the end of the 20th century, they weren’t just endorsing products. 1 on its list of the top 10 emerging restaurant brands of 2018.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Two bank brands that jump out in that mix are Zions and Wintrust , publicized clients of both Terafina and NCR’s larger bank D3 platform. It’s amazing what a couple of years and some key leadership changes can do for a company. The deal makes a whole lot of sense for NCR.

Digital Banking 97

Digital Banking Lending ATM Atlanta 97

PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2017

Co-founder and CEO John Mackey said Whole Foods is on track for positive comp sales and earnings by the end of fiscal year 2018. Jana said it hopes to work with the market’s board and management about reconfiguring leadership, advancing brand development, and tackling key deficiencies such as customer loyalty.

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Idaho Illinois Retail New York 100

CB Insights

DECEMBER 19, 2017

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. Additionally, many of these physical retailers have lost the cache they once had as new direct-to-consumer brands with a hyper-focus on specific products have taken off.

Retail 78

Retail Branding Company Capital 78

Social Assurance

JULY 29, 2021

In 2018 , men accounted for 61.5 financial services firms, women accounted for just under 22 percent of leadership roles in 2019. Diversity allows your brand to serve your increasingly diverse customer base better. Seeking to achieve greater gender diversity in leadership will likely require significant changes in your culture.

Leadership 12

Leadership Industry Community Branding 12

CB Insights

OCTOBER 23, 2018

In this analysis, we’ll explore the immediate and long-term challenges facing the CPG industry, as well as the business strategies that CPG brands are using to adapt. Pinnacle Foods, which owns Vlasic pickles and other brands, has been targeted by activist investor Jana Partners. Short-term challenges. Medium-term challenges.

Branding 73

Branding Industry Retail Strategy 73

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Facebook leadership underestimated the role that platform governance plays in keeping platforms alive and thriving – and it may be too little, much too late to turn things around. Only 38 percent of hate speech content was identified by their technology in Q1 2018, they reported, resulting in the removal of 2.5 million such pieces.

Payments 196

Payments Google Apple Innovation 196

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Roughly three months ago, the company merged its brands in Thailand and Vietnam to more effectively compete in the countries with Singapore’s Grab, the news outlet reported. Grab entered Southeast Asia in 2018 when it bought operations from Uber, Nikkei Asian Review reported. Gojek entered the market a year later.

Leadership 185

Leadership Branding Operations Report 185

PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2019

Walmart is experimenting with a New York lab to tap into AI; it acquired Polymorph Labs for an unreported amount with the aim of leveraging its technology to make advertising easier for smaller brands, and recently purchased startup Aspectiva , a firm that observes shoppers’ browsing behaviors and aids in making product recommendations.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2018

For Google’s part, it kept releasing its own branded phones under the Nexus brand, partnering with Samsung, Asus, and LG to manufacture these devices, and further eroding the value of the Motorola acquisition. When you’re a powerhouse brand, it can be hard to see that the times are changing. Date: April 15, 2008.

Google 76

Google Software Innovation Company 76

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2019

AAFA, a clothing trade group representing over 1,000 brands, also previously asked for the USTR to add the U.K. Despite its role as a leader in the worldwide retail landscape, and as an important selling partner for many of our member brands, Amazon continues to present significant counterfeit challenges,” the letter said.

Groups 108

Groups Branding Leadership Fraud 108

William Mills

MAY 9, 2018

Welcome to FinovateSpring 2018. Fiserv is highly regarded for its leadership and innovation, and award-winning solutions for mobile and online banking, payments, risk management, data analytics and core account processing. We license the technology to HW vendors and brands.

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Security Samsung Strategy San Jose 40

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The Ecosystem Award Goes to TransPecos Banks’ Dub Sutherland for growing a startup brand in BankMD through working directly with NYMBUS and running straight into a niche screaming with national potential. Lumin successfully duked it out with large, established competition and smaller boutique brands alike. Nicely done!

Idaho 170

Idaho Community Industry Strategy 170

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

By the end of 2018, that had swelled to 36 months. Demand for entry-level and mid-price smartphones remained strong across markets, but demand for high-end smartphones continued to slow in the fourth quarter of 2018,” said Anshul Gupta, senior research director at Gartner, in a press release announcing the results of the research.

Samsung 149

Samsung Apple Google Branding 149

CB Insights

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Series C follow-on round for Indonesian ride-hailing company GO-JEK in January — the largest deal it has participated in to date in 2018 (11/27/18). Android Auto is now available in more than 400 car models from brands such as GM, Hyundai, and Volvo. Google also participated in a $1.5B

Mobile 74

Mobile Google Apple Software 74

CB Insights

JUNE 6, 2019

The company’s assets were acquired by Q Holdings in 2015, and the firm quietly relaunched the Quirky brand in 2017. Declared Bankruptcy: 2018. Second, the thesis that one or two brands would quickly go on to own on-demand food turned out to be either wrong or too early. Munchery: Too much money can be a bad thing.

Apple 78

Apple Branding Google Company 78

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Verily has also invested in a handful of deals in 2017 and 2018, most notably a $375M investment to Oscar Health in August. The Ignite Accelerator is an internal startup program, while HHS Open Innovation works with outside parties and brands to develop ways to make working with the government more efficient. Founded: 2015.

Innovation 73

Innovation Cleveland New York New York City 73