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JANUARY 10, 2020

According to its Securities and Exchange Commission stock registration statement, as cited by CNBC , the online mattress retailer said it lost $73.4 The mattress market, however, has blossomed with new entrants, with the inclusion of Nectar , Tuft & Needle , Leesa, and Purple. million in 2017 and $92.1 million in 2018.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2020

It’s about monetizing the attention of that consumer and turning that into a way to defray the costs of their phone bill while discovering new and interesting brands, apps and advertisers.”. Drilling down into Adfone’s core market — prepaid mobile phone users — Boroff said “many people in the U.S. its current markets.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

banks accounted for 81 of the 500 most valuable and strongest bank brands around the world on Brand Finance’s Banking 500 2019 list, released this week. Led by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the world’s most valuable banking brand (at $79.8

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Good Housekeeping is opening up a pop-up shop in the Mall of America running from early October through the end of December, aka the holiday shopping season. Apart from domestic ambiance, the store will feature more than 150 recommended products from 46 brands, including Affresh, Dyson, Instant Pot, Simple Pleasures and Xbox. “We

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

The company announced that it will be selling its latest collection online for the first time in its 262-year history, with the Richemont-owned brand trying to attract younger customers. This is the first such collaboration for the watchmaker, said Vincent Brun, president of Vacheron Constantin in North America. “We

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Online sneaker marketplace Goat Group has raised $100 million in a Series E funding round, according to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), which will go toward expanding its products and apparel categories. Foot Locker last year invested $100 million in Goat Group, with a promise to collaborate on retail online and in stores in the future.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2020

When COVID-19 was declared a pandemic in March, Casely teamed up with Westerly, Rhode Island-based Ivory Ella , an online for-profit retail company that donates a percentage of profits to organizations, including Save the Elephants. But like the market, and like the country, we are changing as well,” Smith said. “We

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2021

One key takeaway — traditional merchants’ biggest rivals these days aren’t other traditional merchants, but are online marketplaces like Amazon and Wayfair. In other words, department stores failed to migrate in-store customers to online channels, losing business to marketplaces and other eCommerce rivals instead. It’s Amazon.”.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Realizing the market didn’t have what they were looking for, they started building it themselves in the form of a web-based custom suit brand — a name that 12 years later isn’t quite a household name, but is close enough to be counted among the new web’s apparel success stories.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2020

With Burberry launching a social experience at its brick-and-mortar Shenzhen store and social platforms like Facebook pushing their commerce capabilities, new startups are popping up and established brands are catching up to capture this newest area of the digital shift. Brands and Mastercard. 4) with Tuli. On Tuesday (Aug. ”

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 29, 2020

The biggest brands in the U.S. Corporates that could quickly invest in new technology also benefited from the fast, unexpected pivot to living, working and learning online. This disparate “K-shaped” recovery is expected to define the country’s economic rebound from the pandemic gripping the world, according to FT. A record $2.5

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2018

The online marketplace has disrupted any number of verticals, changing the way we shop and spend, and where we grab must-have items — from books to rugs to lamps, and sometimes from across international borders. We operate the only truly global luxury digital marketplace at scale, seamlessly connecting brands, retailers and consumers.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2016

In talking about global payment technology, emerging markets are an area of keen interest. Latin America is a land of opportunity, but it also presents challenges that demand an on-the-ground understanding of commerce and transacting within the various countries and cultures that it comprises. WHY GOING LOCAL MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

You will see more 25 to 200-store brands that emerge as consumer choice expands.”. Stores serve as an extension of the online-shop where customers can interact with the brand,” said eCommerce analyst Matthias Perrot. UNTUCKit, for example, was once direct to consumer (D2C) and online only. and Canada.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Collaborating with Afterpay gives our customers the power of choice when shopping across our family of brands,” John Strain , chief digital and technology officer at Gap, said in a statement on Wednesday (Nov. Participating Gap brands include Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic, and Athleta. . “By We are proud to partner with Gap Inc.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Bank of America and the traditional banking system is being disrupted across a wide variety of core revenue streams. . Bank of America, for one, saw profits drop 16% year-over-year (YoY) in Q3’20 to $4.9B. Tech companies are chipping away at the traditional bank’s market share. Investment banking.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Walmart has announced it is acquiring Cornershop , a leading online marketplace for on-demand delivery from supermarkets, pharmacies and specialty food retailers in Mexico and Chile. “We This is an opportunity to leverage both of our brands, as well as Walmart’s strong supply chain and store network.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Air Canada has announced that it is introducing a brand new payment option for Canadian customers when they’re buying tickets on aircanada.com: PayPal. We are therefore pleased to announce our agreement with PayPal, the popular online payment system that is secure, fast and convenient to use.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Automotive brands are taking control of digital buying platforms by unveiling new experiences for the leasing, financing or purchasing of new vehicles amid the pandemic. The brand’s Monogram technology offers a connected experience throughout Lexus.com, the dealership website and the brick-and-mortar dealership. 1) announcement. "Our

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

13-14, online merchants in America and beyond are preparing for the earliest, most aggressive selling season ever. With more and more commerce going online, he said, it will also be increasingly important for sellers to process a higher number of returns and chargebacks and to quickly settle customer disputes.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2020

This isn’t Amazon’s first attempt at breaking into the luxury fashion market – the retail giant originally started trying in 2012, but was not successful. Part of the problem the eCommerce brand’s image. This sort of placement has kept many luxury fashion brands away, even though Amazon has promised to not discount their items.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2020

As the digital revolution continues to transform the way shoppers pay for things amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Mastercard announced a free online tool to help entrepreneurs future-proof their companies. A Mastercard survey revealed 76 percent of small businesses in North America said the pandemic prompted them to become more digital.

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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 reCommerce trend continues to gain momentum. eBay announced on Wednesday (Oct.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2016

It also helps that a lot of very hip up and comers in the online commerce place Bonobos, Shoes of Prey, Baublebar and Trunk Club, to name a few that have exclusive distribution deals with the retailer. Through a reasonable long game, Nordstrom has positioned itself as the department store du jour for hot young brands in real world commerce.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

According to the release, Taher Behbehani , head of mobile division, senior vice president and general manager with Samsung Electronics America, said Appstack "is a platform where SMBs can go to get a collection of highly-rated app recommendations, from a partner they can trust.”.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

said in the announcement about the offering, “Walmart aims to be the market leader in providing retail workers a path to careers in growing fields like healthcare. Inspire Brands is poised to acquire Jimmy John’s for an undisclosed price in a deal that would make it the fourth-largest restaurant company in the country.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

17) will discuss the fraud problem stemming from influencer marketing. The event strives to unite the worlds of communications and marketing to stimulate conversations about digital marketing and influencer campaigns, PR Daily reported on Monday (Sept. The first Influencer Fraudnomics Summit in New York City on Tuesday (Sept.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2020

Iain McNicoll , VP of Americas/SMB for payments platform Payoneer , recently told PYMNTS that eCommerce’s market share has risen to 27 percent from just 16 percent when the pandemic began. With this [change], we’ll see more competition in the online arena, with larger brands coming in and competing directly,” he said.

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PYMNTS

MAY 18, 2016

Ever since consumers made it clear that they weren’t going to give traditional brands the benefit of the doubt if they couldn’t pivot toward online sales, it’s largely been big-box merchants, like Target and Macy’s, that have blamed supply chain issues for empty shelves, delayed delivery estimates or overflowing stock rooms.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2018

This week the retailer has announced it is leveling-up its online marketplace with the addition of a new run of third-party sellers, which will bolster its offerings for consumers. The push into shoes — specifically national shoe brands like Dockers, G.H. and Lucky Brand — makes sense as well. Bass & Co.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

And retailers with brick-and-mortar locations in North America are starting to accept Chinese mobile payment systems. By using AI technology, the sportswear brand was able to offer suggestions for outfits to shoppers online. Chinese cross-border shopper’s average annual spend is $848.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

billion people will mark Singles’ Day – the country’s exponentially larger answer to America’s Black Friday or Prime Day events – on Wednesday (Nov. 11), with analysts expecting companies to ring up billions of dollars in online sales. "If billion in online sales. The unofficial holiday falls on Nov. 11 each year. told CNBC.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2016

Retailers as dependent on a brick-and-mortar footprint as Macy’s don’t always have the luxury of fixes to pick from if their stocks experience the continuous slide that the former tentpole brand’s has. The commitment to the store-within-a-store extends, ironically, beyond the physical.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Reports from Seattle and California say the company is adding a new format and expanding beyond its Amazon Go and Whole Foods brands. Although Amazon hasn’t commented, the strategy seems to be aimed at getting Amazon aligned with a more mass market customer segment than its other retail brands. billion in 2019.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

This year will not only go down in history as “the year of the pandemic,” but for consumer packaged goods brands, it will also be known as “the year of direct to consumer.”. 1 reason cited involves loyalty to well-known brands. This suggests that D2C does well in areas where consumers have strong brand preferences.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

So get ready for quirky marketing, quirkier products, retro strategies and decidedly futuristic pricing as the business contends with a downturn. cereal market has lagged recently, with a slight uptick in 2019. Nutritional content is a primary concern for new product development in mature markets such as North America and Europe.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

Pepsi has had a distribution agreement in North America with Rockstar as of 2009. The move comes as Pepsi and Coca-Cola have both been moving into the energy drinks market, CNBC reported. Energy drinks comprise 92 percent of the total energy market. The market is forecasted to reach a $427 billion value in 2020.

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