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“We believe this is a critical component to getting the economy moving again, and we would like to partner with companies and entrepreneurs that can draw on our capital and expertise to stabilize and grow their business,” Bloom said, according to CNBC. mall owner General Growth Properties (GGP) in 2018.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2018

In the third quarter of 2018, over 40 percent of larger seller GPV came from sellers that started on Square as micro-sellers.” In reference to the latter business, in the third quarter of 2018 Square Capital facilitated over 62,000 business loans totaling $405 million, up 34 percent year over year, revealed the company.

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Some providers are capitalizing on the concept by launching new services that offer access to premium content such as newspapers and magazines in exchange for a monthly fee. The share of Americans aged 14 to 21 who subscribed to internet-based video services in 2018 is 80 percent. in the fourth quarter of 2018 (although it added 7.3

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JULY 9, 2019

Since going public in early 2018, Bolt has raised $90 million in an effort to provide a one-stop checkout experience by way of new software. Independent retailers using this software, Bolt said, will be in a better position to compete with the likes of Amazon and other major online retailers.

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MAY 13, 2019

In the unattended retail space, vending operators are also becoming more aware of the shifting behaviors of their shoppers and the need for swift and digital payment options. That smaller size opens up whole new markets, and gains access to spaces that have never had a retail experience [as] a part of it.”.

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JANUARY 30, 2020

So-called fast fashion has been a big player in retail for years, but that part of the commerce-and-apparel world is facing some serious challenges. 30) from the Columbia Spectator , which covers news important to students at Columbia University and Barnard College in the global fashion capital of New York City. Organic Counter-Moves.

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JANUARY 16, 2020

Close the door and buckle up – retail automotive sales are getting an upgrade. Vroom said it will use the capital to invest in expanding its workforce, technology, operations and marketing, as well as products. automotive sales declined a few percentage points from 2018 to approximately 17 million vehicles sold last year.

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DECEMBER 18, 2020

Cybercriminals have been homing in on eCommerce retailers that are seeking to capitalize on the rise of online shopping this season, as they believe that “they will be more likely to get through unabated,” the company said. Digital fraud is a longstanding issue for retailers and banks.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Kroger is ready to take on Amazon and offer its customers more than just groceries, announcing that it will be launching an apparel brand in Fall 2018. also sells apparel and recently launched an exclusive line with celebrity designer Heidi Klum, while retail giants Walmart and Target also offer both groceries and clothing to customers.

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JUNE 14, 2018

Consumer confidence seems to have returned in a big way in May as retail sales soared to their highest level since November 2017, according to news from The Wall Street Journal. Excluding auto sales, which have a tendency to bounce up and down frequently month to month, retail spending was up.9 Retail sales are up 5.9

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MAY 29, 2020

Both Walmart and Amazon made some big add-ons and/or acquisitions this week as they attempt to widen their sphere of retail influence in a post-pandemic world. billion as of 2018, but a sale now would likely reflect a reduced valuation due to the rough first half of 2020. “We Zoox was valued at $3.2 We believe $1.1

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MARCH 14, 2018

retail sales continue to disappoint in early 2018, with an unexpected drop in February. On the upside, the “retail control group” used to measure GDP was up 0.1 Seven of 13 major retail categories showed declines. economist at RBC Capital Markets. percent, as opposed to the 0.3 percent, as opposed to the 0.3

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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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NOVEMBER 29, 2018

The opportunities that come along with that are often smoother retail experiences , easier commutes and more smoothly run lives with easier access to necessities. 273 million: Estimated revenue generated by the top five video game subscription services between July and September 2018. consumers.

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JULY 19, 2018

Earlier this year, DoorDash received a $535 million investment from SoftBank , Sequoia Capital and Singapore-based sovereign wealth fund GIC , bringing the food delivery company a $1.4 The company currently serves around 1,200 cities in Canada and the United States, and plans to add as many as 600 cities in 2018. billion valuation.

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JULY 3, 2018

exchanges, companies are raising capital through the markets at an uncommonly fast pace compared to the past 20 years. Shares of the wholesale club retailer jumped more than 20 percent on June 28, reaching north of $21, Financial Times reported. BJ’s brought in $637.5 million by selling 37.5 million more shares.

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CB Insights

MARCH 20, 2019

From e-commerce to software to payments, several companies with $1B+ valuations exited in 2018. Using CB Insights data, we identified the startups with a $1B+ valuation that exited in 2018. We’ve also covered 2018’s 14 European unicorns , 37 Chinese unicorns , and 55 US unicorns.). Meituan Dianping.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 24, 2018

While some banks and fintech view each other as competitors, that’s not always the case. In fact, there have been a number of significant bank-fintech partnerships this year. What follows is a list of four alliances that the Bank Innovation staff found most interesting. Lloyds Banking Group and Thought Machine Core overhauling is a […].

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FEBRUARY 6, 2018

With the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games not too far away, it’s high season for Team USA merchandise. Fanatics , a company that sells Team USA merchandise, has taken a novel approach to Olympic retail this year with a physical store in a major U.S. Fanatics is hardly the only retailer to take advantage of pop-up stores.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Account takeovers are becoming bigger business for criminals — or, at least, the business of preventing account takeovers in the digital retail and payments realm is becoming an increasing focus of companies and security experts. The new capital will help fuel hiring and other growth, the company said. Account Takeover Growth.

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JUNE 24, 2020

Now, in addition to car and personal loans on behalf of retail and institutional investors, Zopa will introduce savings accounts this week, to be followed by the addition of credit cards later this year. Zopa received those funds from a group linked to IAG Capital Partners, a U.S.-based million) to become a challenger bank.

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JULY 9, 2018

Retailers such as quick-service restaurants ( QSRs ) and hotel owners have said that higher labor costs are impacting their bottom lines, and Goldman Sachs economists estimate that each percentage point that labor-cost inflation rises will send the earnings of S&P 500 companies down by 0.8 percent by the end of 2018.

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JUNE 14, 2018

Sizzle of the Week: Retail’s 2018 Rebound. Retail has had a rough couple of years, as most players that aren’t Amazon have struggled to cross the digital, omnichannel chasm. On the whole, with some notable exceptions, retail has landed on our Fizzle list more often than the Sizzle list in recent memory.

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JUNE 29, 2020

The company landed its first round of funding in the fall of 2018, when Jinshajiang Venture Capital, CapitalToday’s Xu Xin and ZhenFund helped the venture get off the ground with tens of millions in angel round funding.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

is in talks for as much as a $25 billion stake in a Mumbai, India conglomerate that is planning to launch a “ super app ” designed to offer a mega selection of retail products, sources told Mint. In May, Tata Capital, a division of Tata Group, introduced a mobile app that promised a better user experience for getting loans.

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AUGUST 25, 2017

This week in retail, we’ve seen news coming in from multiple sides, including that of Apple’s projected increase in smartwatch sales , U.K. The discount retailer has also announced two partnerships this week, one with Google and one with IBM. 20 million | Expected total number of Apple smartwatches to be sold in 2018.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 26, 2018

This year the financial services industry saw a lot of fintech M&A activity. Here are five deals, in no particular order, that Bank Innovation's editors think will most significantly impact the landscape in 2019. PayPal Acquires iZettle Payments giant PayPal inked its largest deal ever this summer, acquiring Swedish company iZettle for $2.2

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OCTOBER 21, 2018

The 2018 Fintech 250 have raised approximately $53B in aggregate funding across 947 deals since 2013, and includes startups at different investment stages of development, from early-stage (seed/Series A) companies to well-funded unicorns. Outside the US: 44% of the 2018 Fintech 250 are based outside the US. Please click to enlarge.

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JUNE 29, 2016

As more and more retailers try to figure out how to serve their growing online customer base while also keeping costs under control at their brick-and-mortar locations, The Wall Street Journal reports that many are slimming down their in-store inventory as a way to try and reduce overhead and maximize profits.

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JUNE 29, 2016

As more and more retailers try to figure out how to serve their growing online customer base while also keeping costs under control at their brick-and-mortar locations, The Wall Street Journal reports that many are slimming down their in-store inventory as a way to try and reduce overhead and maximize profits.

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DECEMBER 2, 2019

Early data that shows fewer people shopped at physical stores on Black Friday shines a light on Amazon’s retail disruption. Across Thanksgiving and Black Friday, retail visitors dropped a combined 3 percent from 2018, according to analytics company ShopperTrak. Internet retailers were up 2.8

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NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales continue to increase year over year — while some project online holiday sales at $98 billion, new estimates from the National Retail Foundation project that this year’s online holiday sales could reach $117 billion. By 2018 it is projected that 20 percent of the world’s population will be shopping online.

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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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DECEMBER 17, 2020

Digital fraud is a long-running problem for merchants, retailers, banks and businesses of all types. Account takeovers and shipping fraud increased by 347 percent and 391 percent, respectively, between 2018 and 2019, and the pandemic has only exacerbated these issues. Developments From The World Of Digital Fraud.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

By the time retailers get to Black Friday , they will have worked through almost two months of sales events – both proprietary and otherwise – from competitors ranging from Amazon to Target to Walmart. percent of shoppers went to a physical store on that day, which was down five percentage points from 2018. On the flip side, 20.4

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JANUARY 19, 2018

As such, automakers are hitting the venture capital highway in droves. In the rideshare arena, InMotion , Jaguar Land Rover’s venture capital arm, invested $25 million in a $600 million funding round for Lyft in 2017. The number of automaker-backed investments seems to have skyrocketed overnight. Ridesharing. Self-Driving Taxis.

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OCTOBER 18, 2019

USA Technologies CEO Stephen Herbert has stepped down against the backdrop of a proxy war ignited by the company’s biggest investor, New York-based hedge fund Hudson Executive Capital, Biz Journals reported on Friday (Oct. Herbert’s exit follows a plan by Hudson Executive Capital to take over the USAT board. Board member Donald W.

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