PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

In the latest bit of Apple Pay expansion news, Macquarie Group and ING Direct have announced that they will start using Apple Pay in Australia this month. Apple Pay has had something of a bumpy lift off down under — only one major Australian bank, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, has adopted the Apple Pay system.

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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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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

When bankers talk about a product, be it a loan, transactional account, or treasury management service, they usually speak in terms of the actual product itself. The actual product includes the terms, fees, interest rate, operations, and details of how to access the product. These companies impart status (Apple).

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Jeff For Banks

MARCH 27, 2019

So, if you are asking, “what does brand get you?”, Ask the Experts My firm is not a marketing or branding firm. Tim had great insights for banks on brand. And in our discussion, he mentioned how great brands tend to drive more value than firms operating in the same industry. Is brand worth it?

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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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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Kering is gearing up to offer its own luxury eCommerce sites within the next two years, ending existing joint-venture efforts and bringing such operations in house, reported Reuters. By 2020, Kering will bring full control of its luxury brands online through its own internal activities, which include building tech teams, said Reuters.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2018

Only a diamond can cut a diamond, as the adage goes, and a bit of friction can help brands sharpen up. Apple Vs. Huawei. Apple , by all accounts, had a very good week last week. The report also found that Huawei landed in second place, having knocked Apple down to third. So, who got sharpened this week? 14 of this year.

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Perficient

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Data and analytics remain key investment areas for insurance operations. This was evident with innovative applications for underwriting, customer service, and claims management. At Perficient, we are helping our clients deploy high-value insights quickly to deliver decisions with agility and speed.

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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. Then there’s a checklist of 503 items that the Thrasio team applies to their new acquisition — from operations to platform compliance to product specs and marketing practices.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2019

This week the big headline generator wasn’t anything that either brand was selling, or doing in service or sales, but instead what a spokesperson said — specifically what they said about the current controversy over Amazon’s place in claiming the consumer’s whole paycheck. New Gro oves of the Week : Amazon Music Comes to Apple TV .

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

We’ve seen consolidation within verticals, with software platforms coming together to create brands within, say, health and fitness, while maintaining the individual brand of the SaaS platform itself,” he told PYMNTS. They need not find separate providers for payments, sales management and inventory management.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 15, 2018

Google announced that it is launching a “wearables operating system for everyone” that will work for both Android and iPhone users. And while Apple has lagged behind competitors Fitbit and Xiaomi in years past, it claimed the top spot in 2017. For all of 2017, total wearable device shipments reached 115.4 million units, up 10.3

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Among the biggest debates is how to construct and operate the best card program possible – a decision that served as the foundation for a new PYMNTS interview with Jim Geeslin, head of strategy for Elan Financial Services , an agent credit card issuer. “The In fact, their slogan for the card is “Created by Apple, Not a Bank?.”

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

While beauty conglomerates like L’Oréal are making acquisitions to become more tech-enabled, tech giants like Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple (GAFA) are pursuing the high margins in beauty through partnerships, consumer insights, e-commerce, and more. Search data helps brands understand shopper preferences. Looking ahead.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2019

continue to grow its eCommerce and grocery operations — same day grocery delivery is now available to most of the store’s members, the company recently said — as the merchant continues to bask in the glow of besting Amazon in an important customer satisfaction index. Costco Wholesale Corp. Challenging Time. Not only is there the ongoing U.S.-China

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2019

continues to grow its eCommerce and grocery operations – same-day grocery delivery is now available to most of the store’s members, the company recently said – as the merchant continues to bask in the glow of besting Amazon in an important customer satisfaction index. All of that has hurt Apple, as its stature declines in the country.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2018

Comcast may not be historically thought of as a retailer — it is much better known for the cable and internet services it provides — but, despite that fact, the brand is looking to stage a major make-over to its retail operations. Neil Saunders, managing director of retail consultancy GlobalData, says it’s a smart move.

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Perficient

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

How do you think it will change the way financial services organizations operate? I also think a lot about wealth management. MM: Favorite brands? Also, Prince (yes, I consider it a brand!), Apple, Kiehl’s, and Volkswagen. MM: Let’s go back to crypto. What does the future hold for cryptocurrency? MM: Favorite book?

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2020

The 6-year-old who get his hands on Mom’s iPad and manages to rack up $16,000 worth of credit charges for online gaming. The teenager with a Fortnite habit who manages to clean out Dad’s checking account via the debit card linked to the gaming account. More than a half-million users signed on within the first six weeks of operation.

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2020

In addition, Stripe announced a partnership with JCB, Japan’s only international payment brand. Stripe hired former Apple executive Daisuke Aranami as its head of revenue and growth. As a result of the expansion, online companies in these nations have access to Stripe’s products stack to operate their business globally, Stripe said.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2020

Carrefour and Google announced plans to jointly launch a voice-activated grocery shopping service in France, one of the 30 countries in which Carrefour operates. The retail giant announced a partnership with Apple in late 2019 that allows Siri to help iPhone users manage their grocery lists and arrange purchases.

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PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2018

As car manufacturers, software providers, payments and commerce players and others build the connected vehicle ecosystem, there is increasing experimentation and competition in regards to the best operating systems to install. Amazon and Apple , too, are finding a way inside connected vehicles. Market Size.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Voice commerce may grab more headlines due to the presence of Google, Apple and Amazon, but conversational commerce – its younger cousin – is finding its own way as the information superhighway to a purchase. “We The voice activation may come back with one brand or a few, as well as suggested websites or stores. So is curbside pickup.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

The conversation took place as the legal battle between Apple and Epic Games continued to rage, centered on what role online platforms should play (and on what commissions Apple should charge, but that’s another story). Dig a bit deeper, noted Benson, and not all subscriptions are alike.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

The loans themselves would reportedly be co-branded. In 2019, Goldman partners with Apple on the launch of the Apple Card , which the bank’s executives have stated was the “most successful credit card launch ever.” Big News of the Week: The Central Operations Restructuring. The move is on-trend for both firms.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2020

Knowing this, retailers from Apple to Best Buy and beyond have opened up their appointment shopping capacity. mobile operator O2 has created a suite of mobile tools that can help manage socially distanced retail as well as virtual queuing, staff scheduling and appointment booking technologies. In the U.K.,

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Accenture

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

An obvious reason is the inroads they’re making into the market, both domestically and globally: recent Accenture research finds that digital-only banks operating in the UK could amass a total of 35 million customers globally within the next 12 months, up from 13 million today. Why the intense interest in the neo-challengers?

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

For those who haven’t seen the news earlier this week, here’s what happened: Amazon reported that its online B2B operation , which launched in 2015 and is officially called Amazon Business, has achieved more than $10 billion in annualized sales — with more than half of those sales coming from third-party sellers using the company’s platform.

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Insights on Business

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Next is a digital bank, completely disassociated from the Bradesco brand. They use the Bradesco infrastructure, but they operate in parallel. Financial management. They studied Instagram, WhatsApp, iFood, Apple, Facebook, Amazon Customer Experience, and Uber to learn how to integrate into a digital minded audience.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 28, 2016

Apple has always kept a notoriously tight lid on what’s allowed on its official App Store. Even with its computer products, iOS is the only factory-approved operating system — though cracking the hood open and installing Linux isn’t out of the question. The implications would be troubling for Cupertino. Chrome is the U.S.’s

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

In a pinch, there’s always the nearest souvenir shop, but do you really want to pay a premium for a cheap, tacky Big Apple sweatshirt that will most likely get worn today and donated to Goodwill tomorrow? into Apple Pay as the industry was first warming up. Together, they hope to push unattended retail into its next evolutionary form.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

If there was any stigma left about used clothing it may have been erased last week as Nordstrom put its high-end brand on what it calls “re-commerce.”. It also manages resale programs for Arc’teryx, Eileen Fisher, Patagonia, REI and Taylor Stitch. We like the handle. Logistics are being handled by Yerdle.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2020

And now, in the age of the mobile phone, where we use devices to get offers, manage spending and redeem points, the question still stands. Loyalty, she noted, is earned through a careful continuum of brand positioning and ultimately generating an emotional response among consumers whether they are shopping in store on online.

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Cisco

JUNE 14, 2021

Whilst there is no doubt that older, existing systems and data silos built for ‘policy management’ can prevent the creation of seamless customer journeys, the common assumption is that businesses must ‘rip and replace’ in order to progress. CPaaS platforms like imi connect manage all of a business’s customer interactions, in one place.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Perhaps more accurately, they can be categorized as the “not-Apple” phones. While Google became the vague banner under which all Android/“not-Apple” phones could be loosely grouped, a negation of an ecosystem does not itself an ecosystem make. Yes, Google comes close but not in the way that Apple owns the iPhone.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

“We started to really think about how [we] not only simplify integration and onboarding, but [how to] better manage operations on an ongoing basis,” he said. “We to buy, track and manage their purchases directly within Instagram, and allows businesses to sell directly on Instagram without the buyer having to change contexts,” he said.

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