PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Earlier this year, CoinDesk data revealed more money was raised via ICO in the first quarter of 2018 than in the entirety of 2017, totaling $6.3 He is also CEO of his new venture Genesis , a company formed to provide consulting and asset management services in the context of cryptocurrencies. billion raised via ICO in July.

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2019

Getting inventory levels right is challenging, particularly for grocery stores that must also manage sell-by dates. Traditional low-tech approaches to inventory can entail store managers making guesses based on past experiences, a method that is inexact and leaves opportunities for human error.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 26, 2019

Direct-to-consumer wedding brands are opening stores in real life — and personalizing the customer experience within them through digital technology. At the same time, the brand seeks to create personalization through every one of its touchpoints. Its own brands, too, reached a sales penetration of over 25 percent during the quarter.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

billion deal went through, shareholders and the public are learning more about what will come of the 30 brands and more than 5,700 properties. Earlier this month, he released that all Starwood-managed hotels were adopting Avendra, which is a the purchasing platform that Marriott had been using prior to the merger. After the $13.3

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In 2018, 14 European startups reached unicorn status, led by Roivant Sciences with its $7B valuation. The companies on our list operate across industries including healthcare, cybersecurity, transportation, and more. Using CB Insights data, we identified all the Europe-based startups that have reached a $1B+ valuation in 2018.

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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. The product formulation wasn’t easy, but it was manageable and foreseeable challenge. In 2018, the firm brought in $40 million in revenue.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

21) that it is launching a new destination for electronics products to feature Certified Refurbished products, not from its sellers but from brands like De'Longhi, Dirt Devil, Hoover, Makita, Philips and Razer, which will sell exclusively on the eBay platform. The program is operable immediately. eBay announced on Wednesday (Oct.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2020

What Thrasio is doing better than anyone else right now is making a business out of buying Amazon businesses, which it then onboards, optimizes and operates. In fact, it has been profitable since it was founded in July 2018, with its revenue doubling (on average) every 73 days. company to reach profitable unicorn status.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 17, 2020

The drive-thru, which captured 70 percent of quick service restaurants’ (QSRs’) total sales in 2018, has become a critical focal point as dine-in seating areas are closed to slow the spread of the coronavirus. This month’s Deep Dive reveals how restaurants are upgrading their drive-thru operations to win consumers’ loyalty.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Some operations like Chipotle are even rolling out store designs that feature pick-up windows to let order-ahead diners collect their items without having to enter the restaurant. The brand is now piloting a new store model intended to better support such takeout and delivery purchases. A strong delivery strategy can help U.S.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 21, 2020

Quick-service restaurants (QSRs) competing in an already tight space have been under increasing pressure to differentiate their brands and enhance business operations at a time when industry revenues are suffering. QSRs investing in their drive-thru operations stand to benefit now and in the future.

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Perficient

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

You can get started by mapping the customer journey, uncovering pain points and opportunities across their interactions with your brand. Then widen your inquiry to learn from your customers as they interact with brands well outside your industry. 2018, November 01). portals, apps, communications and content strategy, etc.)

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2019

These decisions are not taken lightly, but we believe they are necessary to set the brand and business up for long term success,” a spokeswoman said. In 2018, it bought Elloqui, a plus-size women’s fashion brand. The decision for the layoffs came from Bonobos, she said. Walmart bought Bonobos for $310 million in 2017.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2020

In just seven years, we have managed to become the largest bus provider in the world, with more than 400,000 daily connections,” said CEO Andre Schwammlein, who co-founded FlixMobility along with Jochen Engert and Daniel Krauss. Popular for its branded green vehicles, in 2019, FlixMobility expanded into Ukraine. billion people.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 8, 2018

In an interview with PYMNTS, Katy Jones, chief marketing officer of the company, agreed with the notion that, when it comes to food, supply chain management exists in an analog world in need of digital change, where visibility is limited. Compliance, of course, remains top of mind and urgent in practice.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2019

29) that it has inked a long-term partnership with Fanatics, the sports fan brand that makes team and player merchandise and operates NFLShop.com, NBAStore.com and MLBShop.com. In a blog post , Eric O’Toole, general manager of sports and fitness for Walmart U.S. Walmart announced Tuesday (Jan. Beginning Tuesday (Jan.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2020

He will continue reporting to Krish Iyer, President & CEO Walmart India, and oversee operations, merchandising, people, marketing, real estate, kirana development program, digital, eCommerce and strategy,” a company spokesperson said. This is Aggarwal’s second promotion in less than two years at Walmart India.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2020

Carrefour said it operates 12,300 stores in more than 30 countries, serves 105 million customers worldwide and has more than 380,000 employees. billion) in 2018, the news service reported. . Reuters reported Carrefour is in the midst of a global overhaul to boost sales and profits and plans to invest 2.8 billion euros ($3.1

Google 169

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PYMNTS

MAY 13, 2019

billion acquisition of Magento in May of 2018. The Commerce Cloud is a fully managed cloud-based version of the Magento platform that is fully integrated with benchmark Adobe tools like analytics, marketing and advertising. On Amazon , merchants can automatically manage their inventory directly from the Magento platform.

Google 109

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Daily operations are headed by Katzenberg and veteran Silicon Valley tech executive Meg Whitman, who serves as Quibi’s chief executive officer. Advertisers included big brands and household names like Pepsi, Walmart, and Anheuser-Busch. billion in pre-launch funding from 14 investors.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Though the industry moved to enable interoperability of mobile wallets in 2018, this is limited to only P2P payments, and is yet to be expanded to both merchant and agent interoperability and even to work seamlessly at P2P,” according to the draft of the Kenya National Payments System 2021-2025 report. million new mobile users.

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National Policies Mobile Payments 160

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Cardtronics, the world’s largest ATM owner/operator, reported solid growth for Q4 2017 and for the full year in general. Operating revenues hit $346.2 Operating revenues hit $346.2 ATM operating revenues came it at $1.45 In 2018, we expect to generate increased free cash flows, which we plan to use to reduce debt.”.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2018

2017 has been a groundbreaking year for the group in terms of growth and expansion of operations,” said Ian Strafford-Taylor, chief executive, in a statement. The group has enjoyed a good start to 2018 to date and has also completed the acquisition of the international payment business and supply chain partner City Forex.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

“2019 was another record year for WEX , capped off by an impressive fourth quarter driven by double-digit, top-line growth and strong operating leverage,” said Melissa Smith, WEX’s chair and CEO. million – up 19 percent from the fourth quarter of 2018. billion for the fourth quarter of 2018. billion from $8.2

Millennials 150

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2019

All — or 100 percent — of the top 30 merchants in Q2 2018 offered product ratings, reviews and recommendations. Google Shopping, for instance, has been redesigned and users can read reviews or watch video content on certain products and they can filter by brands or items. Shopify Ping was created to make all of this easier to manage.”

Google 156

Google Retail Online Tools 156

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Europe’s The Restaurant Group (TRG), which operates over 650 restaurants and pubs across the country, is closing 150 eateries, Financial Times reported on Tuesday (Sept. TRG said it will gradually close at least 50 percent of the outlets across the two brands as leases expire. million pre-tax loss for the first half of this year.

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

The funds will be managed by Ron Bloom, managing partner and vice chairman of Brookfield’s private equity arm, who said the focus would be on helping small businesses get back on their feet. “We mall owner General Growth Properties (GGP) in 2018.

Las Vegas 141

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PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2019

Between 2016 and 2018, the volume of orders placed through mobile apps grew by 130 percent, according to PYMNTS’ Mobile Order-Ahead Tracker. The top four were all branded apps, which makes sense for large chains. percent of small QSR managers were satisfied, according to the Mobile Order-Ahead Tracker. Yum Brands!

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PYMNTS

MARCH 3, 2020

Its last announcement for fundraising was in 2018 from the venture capital arm of Line. In separate Asia eCommerce news, all-in-one eCommerce and technology firm Commerce.Asia has purchased a 30 percent stake in business platform BizApp, which aids brand as well as businesses in managing their order fulfillment and daily operations.

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CFPB Monitor

MAY 14, 2019

Johnson first joined the Bureau in December 2017 as Senior Advisor to the Director and was named Principal Policy Director in April 2018 by former Acting Director Mulvaney. Mr. Johnson has served as Acting Deputy Director since he was appointed to that position by Mr. Mulvaney in July 2018. Prior to joining the Bureau, Ms.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

As TIP explains it, most residential Wi-Fi networks operate independently. For example, a Comcast Wi-Fi network would not currently be able to integrate a separate network that operates a home security system or a smart refrigerator that connects to a phone app. percent) between 2018 and 2019. percent to 14.5 percent (from 14.4

Software 140

Software Study Technology Analytics 140

PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2019

Restaurant management app Revention is teaming with on-demand logistics platform DoorDash to help restaurateurs streamline delivery operations, Revention said in a press release on Tuesday (Aug. The partnership wants to build out restaurants’ operational efficiencies and eventually include supply fulfillment and last-mile logistics.

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PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2020

billion in April and brought in $920 million in additional liquidity via amendments to its co-brand credit card agreements in May. Sorenson, however, noted that national, local and state governments are aiming to manage the “tight rope” between the coronavirus and starting their economies again. trillion in revenue in 2018.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Toyota has announced the official launch of KINTO, a new company to manage and operate its car subscription service. Recent projections have shown that the global automotive subscription market will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 71 percent between 2018 and 2022.

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Accenture

JUNE 20, 2019

I am pleased to once again have managing director Tim O’Donnell’s unique perspective and experience for this blog series. Corporate portals are digital doorways and workspace for all the company’s cash management activities. Corporate portals are digital doorways and workspace for all the company’s cash management activities.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 4, 2020

Gustaf Asp, managing director of Treadler, said in a statement that there is a demand for the service. “We H&M’s new CEO Helena Helmersson was its head of sustainability from 2010 to 2014 before becoming head of production and then chief operating officer, Fortune reported. reads H&M’s 2018 Sustainability Report.

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