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DECEMBER 27, 2018

From kiosks to online ordering and drive-through lanes, these merchants sought to provide their customers with digital alternatives to ordering at the counter in 2018. Brands’ Pizza Hut unit announced that it would acquire online ordering software and service provider QuikOrder. Months later, in December , Yum!

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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. Part of the strategy may include unloading its $1.4

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FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Major retailers are pitching premium baby care products at a less-than-premium price tag with the help of exclusive brands: Walmart is offering Hello Bello exclusively at its stores and its website (and that of the brand). It is also reportedly the inaugural brand rolled out under a platform called Launched.LA.,

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NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Two famous North American-based quick-service restaurant (QSR) brands are preparing to duke it out in China for chicken-meal supremacy, the most recent sign of how Western brands are trying to increase their footholds in that massive country. The news comes as more Western brands – including those based in the U.S. –

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DECEMBER 28, 2018

There is a decent chance that the 2018 holiday season will be remembered as a time when it became much more clear that survival in the cutthroat pursuit of commerce depends on the stories one can tell about a product or brand. That includes having the analytical chops that the eCommerce operator has. But that’s not all.

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AUGUST 27, 2018

Brands as it labors to keep not one, but three chains up, running and avidly competing. Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and KFC are all large operations in their own right, and they’re all facing the stiff headwinds that are blowing throughout the fast food segment. struggling to update its brands and get them back into competitive shape.

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DECEMBER 26, 2018

Last year, in January 2018, 250,000 brand new items appeared on ThredUP, a 60 percent increase over the rest of the year. To hit that difficult window, the brand notes it uses “consciously sourced high-grade materials,” and higher than industry-average stitching. It is, however, a tremendous operational challenge to get there.

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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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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. But throughout these changes and costs, many question what will happen to two companies’ 30 brands. But the luxury brands in particular, which have typically competed, will stay separate.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Brands , moves that serve as a good reflection of overall trends in the quick service restaurant (QSR) space. Yum operates the Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and KFC chains, and the company’s fourth-quarter results, released Thursday (Feb. Delivery, kiosks and other digital efforts are taking more prominent roles at Yum! percent, to nearly $1.56

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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. Enough, in fact, that it propelled the firm’s second big pivot — bringing in Dior retail strategy veteran Amanda Baldwin to run the operations of the company as president.

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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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JANUARY 16, 2020

Although Apple will operate the playlist, a relatively young label called UnitedMasters , which was founded in 2017, will provide much of the music. As Bloomberg put it, the label “connects about 190,000 independent artists to audiences through direct partnerships with brands.”. percent more than 2018’s $34 billion figure.

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OCTOBER 18, 2016

businesses collectively facing fines of up to £122 billion in 2018. The report noted that cybersecurity is a huge issue for businesses operating in the U.K. Cybersecurity breaches could result in U.K. The report noted that, while the U.K. If the breaches continue at the same pace, PCI estimated the fines would rise from £1.4

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FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Merchants who have upgraded to chip technology saw a decrease of 80 percent in counterfeit fraud dollars in September of 2018 when compared to September of 2015. In other Visa news, the company recently announced a partnership in Japan with LINE Pay Corporation, operator of the popular payment app LINE Pay. More than 3.1 More than 3.1

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DECEMBER 19, 2019

300: Minimum number of brands enabled by personalization platform operator Dynamic Yield. 0.8%: Share by which alcohol consumption declined in 2018. Data: 23,000: Number of McDonald’s restaurants offering delivery. 65%: Share of KFC orders made via drive-thru lanes. 16: Number of U.S. markets in which Starbucks delivers.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2019

But the growing use of those brands to attract sales is also leading to more focus on potential challenges for online, private label retail over the next few years. Private brands, of course, are hardly new, and their use in retail predates the birth of eCommerce. Some brands, like Solimo , are in use by Amazon globally,” TJI said.

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NCR

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

While there are all sorts of suggestions for what banks will need to look out for in 2018, one factor that they may need to pay particularly close attention to is the rise of a new type of competitor – one that will already be familiar to most customers. The post Is 2018 the year for big tech in banking?

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FEBRUARY 17, 2020

The Berlin-based digital bank said it would not be able to operate in the country anymore in the wake of Brexit, as it will no longer have a license to do business there. in October of 2018 — more than two years after the U.K. Online bank N26 ‘s decision to exit the U.K. has customers feeling left behind, CNBC reported.

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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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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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JANUARY 17, 2019

Earlier this week, Hong Kong-listed luxury cosmetics firm L’Occitane International SA announced its intended $900 million acquisition of British beauty and skincare brand Elemis. The deal is the latest in a spate of acquisitions of high-end skincare brands. billion), while Unilever snapped up Carver Korea Co. billion euros ($2.5

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JANUARY 19, 2021

"We believe that BetMGM has established itself as a top-three leader in its markets, and we remain committed to working with Entain to ensure its strong momentum continues as it expects to be operational in 20 states by the end of 2021.". Supreme Court passed a decision in 2018 green-lighting sports betting. million), the WSJ said.

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JULY 27, 2020

“The pandemic has brought uncertainty to many businesses, but at the same time, it has sparked innovation,” said Ro Bhatia , chief operating officer at sticky.io. Helping brands launch their DTC and subscription businesses with the flexibility to sell how their customers want to buy – and fast – is the future of digital commerce.”.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The company helps restaurants to deliver food to expecting customers without the costlier parts of operating a dining room or whole store at the same time, which has become necessary amid the pandemic. 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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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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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 27, 2017

EXCLUSIVE- With two products and a recently announced partnership with tax preparation software provider Intuit, Marcus by Goldman Sachs is keen on growing its brand through more new partnerships and products in 2018. The […].

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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Youth-oriented shoe and apparel brand Vans has found the intersection of both, as seen in its most recent store opening this past week in Los Angeles. The brand is well-known for using its community of skateboarders for design ideas and marketing. The brand has also partnered with Goodwill and Chrysalis to access underserved employees.

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DECEMBER 12, 2019

When we launched the Zippin platform for retailers in 2018, we removed friction from the checkout process. We obsess about retail operations and physical infrastructure just as much as we obsess about AI and computer vision. “We That’s why we have more operational public stores than most other startups in the checkout-free space.”.

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MARCH 22, 2020

J.Crew Group is dropping the initial public offering (IPO) of its Madewell spinoff brand after creditor negotiations crumbled, Bloomberg reported Friday (March 20), citing sources familiar with the matter. The retailer had said it still had plans to separate Madewell from J.Crew operations. billion debt. million, up 2 percent.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

L Brands announced it will close all 23 Henri Bendel stores, including its famous Fifth Avenue location in Manhattan, as well as its website, after the holidays. Once it was taken over by L Brands in 1985, the retailer began focusing solely on handbags and accessories. L Brands reported $12.6 billion in revenue last year.

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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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JULY 27, 2020

1 chain Pizza Hut (6,296 stores), it’s a subsidiary of Yum Brands , which will report earnings on Wednesday (July 29). It was ingrained not just in their operations, either, but in core consumer behavior as well. According to the magazine’s 2018 Industry Census, 60.4 percent over 2018. As for No. No pivot needed.

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OCTOBER 22, 2018

Instagram, the photo-sharing social media network operator owned by Facebook, has surpassed Snapchat as the most frequented social media platform among teenagers. While Nike remained the number one retail brand among teenagers, Vans saw a “staggering gain,” and there was a “rebalancing toward Adidas.”

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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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JANUARY 22, 2020

Beardbrand Founder Eric Bandholz is, perhaps unsurprisingly given his brands’ name, in the former camp. I called them urban beardsmen,” he said in a 2018 interview. Those efforts started as a content operation with a YouTube channel dedicated to beard grooming and growing tips. Make the world a better place.

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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.

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