PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2020

and another one is ready to open, both of them seeking a new market as their home turf sees retail struggles. We’re excited to bring our vertically integrated model to the United States, the largest home improvement market in the world,” a Wren Kitchens spokesperson said. The British are coming. One of the U.K.’s expat effort.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2020

In the latest of a string of outages as of the beginning of March, Robinhood Markets Inc. The company noted in a separate tweet that its systems had been completely brought back online and its web platforms were working. “We At the conclusion of 2019, Robinhood said it had 10 million users. The app was up in under an hour.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2020

Facebook is upping the ante again in its bid to lure online video personalities to its platform. On Monday (June 29), the company said it was adding a number of sweeteners aimed at helping video creators and publishers earn more money on the social media site. YouTube pulled in $15 billion in ad revenue in 2019.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Looks like the digital advertising and marketing sectors are in for a reckoning. How that will affect merchants’ online promotional activity hangs in the balance. In the middle are the consumers whose data fuels eCommerce, social media and basically the entire internet as we know it.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2021

The social media-focused platform company’s business model is simple: it’s a retail destination for consumers looking to sell their second-hand apparel and other goods or pick up desirable designer items for fraction of the price. Unique to Poshmark are social media aspects like the ability to share “likes” on favored items. “We

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2019

Google appears to be losing steam in the ongoing race to dominate the online advertising market, and competitors Amazon and Facebook are taking advantage of the stumbles. As revealed in Google’s first-quarter 2019 financials, ad clicks across the Google sites also decelerated to 39 percent, as measured in terms of paid clicks.

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Perficient

JULY 30, 2020

Louis office including Marketing, Finance, Legal, HR, IT, Digital, and the St. Louis colleagues celebrated the Stanley Cup win in 2019. Colleagues now engage in philathropic and social activites through technology like video calls, Microsoft Teams , and social media. There was even a virtual retirement party!

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Online Resale. Online resale has become all the rage — even for retailers like Neiman Marcus — from a little bit of everything on OfferUp to fashion-focused Poshmark and high-end The RealReal and 1stdibs. Sales of counterfeit goods through online marketplaces are expected to hit $1.8 billion per year to fake online sales.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2018

Sure, the social media platform said it lost one million active users from Europe after the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect on May 25, tightening privacy regulations and making it more difficult for online advertisers to target consumers. Don’t cry for Facebook. Too Much Uncertainty. Three major U.K.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2020

GPay , a member company of the Vietnam investment firm G-Group , joins a tight FinTech market in Vietnam with 33 other firms licensed for intermediary payment services. In 2019, Payme, FinViet, EPay, PayTech, Dibee and Smart Net were granted licenses from Vietnam’s central bank.

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PYMNTS

MAY 26, 2020

Tencent has been doing well this year, PYMNTS previously reported , with better earnings in the first quarter of this year than it had in 2019. The company had a total net revenue of $15.2 billion, 26 percent higher year over year.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Instagram , the Facebook -owned photo-sharing social media platform, has officially launched a new voice messaging feature on Instagram Direct. This is the latest feature launched by the social media site. 80 percent of India’s online fashion market is controlled by Flipkart-Myntra and Amazon India.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Things could not have gone much better for Wine.com in 2019. By all accounts, including industry bible Wine Enthusiast, the wine of the year for 2019 was the Taylor Fladgate Quinta de Vargellas Vinha Velha 2017. The 2019 wine retailer of the year was online – specifically, it was a good year for Wine.com.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Time is running out to apply for Bank Innovation’s DEMOvation Challenge, in which fintech startups demo before a crowd of conference attendees in hopes of earning their vote and walking away with prizes. The application deadline is Friday, February 8. Apply here.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The move should increase sales for brands and eCommerce platforms, experts say, but it could also become a threat for online retailers, and especially fashion sites. Analysts say that 80 percent of India’s online fashion market – valued at $4 billion – is controlled by Flipkart-Myntra and Amazon India.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2020

Banks do not always have the budgets or resources to craft cutting-edge online and mobile experiences, although they can no longer afford to put off digital transformations. The number of online banking customers is growing worldwide, and FIs’ consumers are coming to expect seamless digital experiences as a result.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

According to research from solutions provider iKala , social commerce orders in the first half of 2020 more than doubled, while gross merchandise value (GMV) grew three-fold compared to 2019. Social commerce is growing rapidly, and every day social media companies are adding new capabilities to support this growth. “The

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Three years after launching, the startup hit the half-million customer mark in August 2019. It gives user the freedom to shop online and spread four equal payments across six weeks. . BNPL providers are seeing market growth and new funding opportunities. and Canada and is quickly growing.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Each generation interacts, understands and uses technology differently, and fraudsters are triggering customers based on this understanding, says Glenn Fratangelo, director of product marketing and strategy at NICE Actimize based in Hoboken, N.J. Source: Federal Trade Commission, 2019. How to minimize age-related fraud.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2019

The Mini Program will help set brands apart in China’s luxury market. “We We believe demonstrating full provenance of our diamonds on the most popular social media platform will help us to further strengthen our sales base in China,” he added.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) providers are currently enjoying heightened interest from businesses, consumers and merchant partners, leading to market growth and new funding for many industry startups. Some have become so popular that they even have fan pages on social media platforms.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 25, 2019

Kohl’s is teaming up with the social media giant to uncover emerging brands that millennial shoppers consider cool. Kohl’s CEO Michelle Gass said she wants to keep physical retail significant in the age of online shopping dominance. Facebook-curated brands launch in 2020.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2020

Those needs are a viable social media to grab younger consumers and an expansion of its eCommerce capacity. in February 2019. But internal data from March 2019 shows its largest age demographic (42 percent) is the 18- to 24-year-old cohort. Will the under-24 crowd buy enough goods via the nascent area of social commerce?

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2019

Online sales, however, were the start of the earnings show with a 42 percent surge, driven by the introduction of curbside grocery pickup at Target locations. Online sales now represent 7.1 Online sales now represent 7.1 The move generated long lines, sellouts and countless internet and social media mentions.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2020

Amazon and Italian luxury brand Maison Valentino filed a lawsuit against a retailer Thursday (June 18), alleging the company sold counterfeit goods as the trade in the so-called “gray market” continues to draw attention. The counterfeits [are] kind of flooding the markets,” he told Federal News Network. “It

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

By contrast, Big Lots registered an adjusted net loss per share of 18 cents in Q3 fiscal 2019. said its customers can now sell merchandise through Facebook and Instagram with Websites + Marketing Ecommerce. Websites + Marketing Ecommerce lets clients make shoppable posts and create shops on Facebook in addition to Instagram.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Three years after launching, the startup hit the half-million customer mark in August 2019. It gives user the freedom to shop online and spread four equal payments across six weeks. . BNPL providers are seeing market growth and new funding opportunities. and Canada and is quickly growing.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2019

Last year, in fact, some 80 million people bought mobile game tickets – and it is fairly certain that number will continue to increase in 2019 and into 2020. That’s because stadiums and sports teams are looking for more opportunities to connect with at-home and online viewers as they come to represent another segment of attendees.

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Social Assurance

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Are you ready to pop the champagne and celebrate the start of 2019? This song, meaning “time gone by,” has our team reflecting on some milestones that have impacted social and digital media. 2010: Instagram launches as a photo and video-sharing social media network.

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Gonzobanker

APRIL 3, 2019

According to a recent study by Ellie Mae, 92% of all home borrowers research online before applying. Reorganize around the entire customer buying process by consolidating sales, marketing and service, instead of organizing by departments and product lines. So what can GonzoBankers do to keep up?

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2020

Shopping has always been highly visual , and online shopping is no different. Social media platform Pinterest sees approximately 600 million visual searches on its Pinterest Lens tool each month, for example, although it is unclear how many of these searches turn into purchases. The Rise of Visual Search.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

The firm retained the Foursquare name and pivoted toward a new use case: a marketing platform that aggregates location data and provides software to businesses alongside that data. Merchants come to us and say, ‘What can you tell me about what’s happening in my market?’” Harkey said.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

Just ask Carvana, the leading online automotive seller and a major force in changing the way people buy cars. Its fourth-quarter earnings report, released at the end of February, showed a revenue jump of 88 percent from 2019 to $1.1 This year we expect another year of market-leading growth. In 2019, we increased GPU by $750.

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2020

Before explaining that pivot, here’s a little background: The company is the brainchild of Emily Schildt, a New York City-based consumer packaged goods (CPG) marketing consultant, who leveraged what she calls her “crazy entrepreneurial spirit” and founded Pop Up Grocer as a traveling natural food and beverage brand experience.

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BankBazaar

JULY 1, 2019

BankBazaar has won top honours in the Financial Communications Category at the PR Awards Asia 2019 held in Hong Kong. Given the emergence of Indian millennials as a key target group for every marketer, we recommended a specific focus on this target group in client’s communication. We just bagged two new awards.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

One of the topics they’re more than willing to discuss is marketing. Breakwater’s owners have only been with the store since October 2019. Burns has been more focused on social media. I’ve taken the position of ‘go big or go home,’” Burns said. I’ve taken the position of ‘go big or go home,’” Burns said. “I

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2020

The experience of buying, sending and receiving greeting cards continues to undergo changes in a world where social media and sparkling, decorated texts often suffice for getting across congratulatory messages. During the last part of 2019, physical retail certainly had some shining moments here and there.

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