PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2020

“Buy a car entirely online, and have it safely delivered, contact-free.” So goes the pitch at online car-buying platform Vroom , which is turning to artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to further accelerate the transformation of the used car business. Marketing Cars Online.

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Louisiana Arkansas Online Retail 242

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

As Priceline Group focuses in on its hotel and home rental business, the online travel company announced it had changed its name on Wednesday (Feb. Booking Holdings CEO Glenn Fogel said the new name will highlight Priceline’s biggest brand — booking.com — which boasts more than 1.5 million listed properties around the world.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2019

The goal of the service is to streamline the consumer shopping journey — and winnow thousands of possible clothing options and brands into a curated list of likely favorite based on the shopper’s previous habits. Amazon and eBay, rivals in online commerce for the last 20 years or so, will now be heading to court to face off.

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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2019

The move comes the company is investing in refurbishing stores, rolling out faster shipping for eCommerce orders and offering store pickup as well as online grocery delivery. The paper also reported that the impetus of the move wasn’t cost savings, but meeting changing online shopping habits as well as staff demands.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2019

In early 2017 the USDA pushed out a pilot program that allowed SNAP enrollees to buy groceries online with their card in seven states and with seven grocery partners: Amazon, FreshDirect, Safeway, Dash’s Market, Hy-Vee, ShopRite and Hart’s Local Grocers. This last round of piloting is set to take another two years.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2019

In partnership with Boulder-based company Nite Ize , a maker of specialty lights and phone mounts under the Steelie brand, Amazon has filed suit in a Seattle federal court, accusing a group of counterfeiters of selling fraudulent Nite Ize products. Big Play of the Week: SNAP Comes To All Online Grocery Pickup.

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United States Retail Online Branding 100

Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 26, 2016

Online bookkeeping service. Prepaid debit card. Accelerator: VC Fintech Accelerator (Little Rock, Arkansas). Tags: SMB, merchants, payments, point-of-sale, mobile, credit/debit card aquiring mobile, APIs, developers. HQ: San Francisco, California. Source: Crunchbase , WSJ. Payments technology. Latest round: $24 million.

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