PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2018

There is a certain push toward perfectionism in athletic wear — some of that Nike “Just do it” ethos tends to permeate the market segment in a way that can feel a bit like pressure to all but the most seasoned athletes. Today the Austin store does sales comparable with Outdoor Voices shops in both New York and San Francisco.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2020

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. Those consist of Amazon Books, Amazon 4-Star (online goods in brick-and-mortar stores), Whole Foods Market and Amazon Go. The latter operates without human cashiers.

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JULY 5, 2019

Retailers are bolstering their supply chains in China as they seek to enhance their service and offer customers fresh products. The post also pointed out that the retailer invested over RMB 700 million – which is approximately $100 million – to create the South China Fresh Food Distribution Center. and other markets.

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MARCH 22, 2019

The coffee chain, which operates in 78 global markets, opened its first store in Seattle in the 1970s. The service is also available in Lubbock and Austin, and differs from lockers which offer only three-day holds. To keep tabs on the latest retail trends, check next week’s Retail Pulse. Starbucks Coffee.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2019

With the newly launched partnership, retailers in the symbol group will have the ability to sign up for the delivery platform via the Costcutter Supermarkets Group (CSG) after a pilot in stores throughout London and “the south east,” The Grocer reported. The function was tested in San Diego, Phoenix, Austin, Texas and Dallas.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Things were a bit more active on the Amazon front, with a big infrastructure investment pushing its market cap back over the $1 trillion line, a new B2B financing partnership with Goldman Sachs potentially in the offing and its expanding stores and services menu. Market Cap Watch: Back to the Trillionaire Club With Logistic Investments.

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JANUARY 25, 2017

More fintech is coming to Austin. Austin is known for having a thriving Read More. The massive South by Southwest conference and festival features startups in a number of categories — transportation, augmented/virtual reality, and of course fintech — plus several others.

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While the current growth rate needs to be left to each bank based on their capital cost, market, and risk tolerance, the general guide is that growth should be in the 3% to 5% range for this year. In addition, they may consider focusing on these five critical areas: Improve Operating Leverage. Then there is credit.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2018

eCommerce platforms and marketplaces are leveling the retail playing field by connecting buyers who have specific needs with groups of sellers that can meet them,” said Bill Ready, chief operating officer at PayPal. Hyperwallet has offices in Austin, London, San Francisco, Sydney and Vancouver.

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AUGUST 7, 2019

The concept serves as an experiential marketing avenue for product manufacturers and retailers. Ballbox is focusing on apartments and hotels to extend its presence, sharing the operational burden to help with maintenance. The Automated Retail Market. The vending and unattended retail space is taking off.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2018

The big B2B venture capital news of the week was Augmentum Fintech’s trio of investments, signaling the company’s focus on the B2B FinTech market — but it wasn’t the only firm targeting this startup space. The company secured $50 million in private equity funding from BV Investment Partners, Built In Austin said this week.

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MARCH 11, 2020

billion, on an 82 percent increase in retail sales. That is the most organic growth of any automotive retailer ever in the U.S. This year we expect another year of market-leading growth. Our cohort growth was broad based with many markets crossing key milestones.”. New Markets. In 2019, we increased GPU by $750.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2019

Among the more interesting storylines of this era of digital commerce and payments is the maturation of vending machines — sorry, “unattended retail.” Retailers are paying more attention to vending machines, a trend that is all but certain to continue into the 2020s. Vending Machine Trends.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2016

Since Amazon made on-demand delivery the feature of choice for any retailer capable of delivering it, plenty of merchants who had no business doing so had no choice but to stomach the costs and ship like they’ve never shipped before.

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MARCH 22, 2019

Overall, Bainter said the storage market is near surpassing $30 billion, and that there are approximately 2.5 The company currently operates in Austin, Houston, Phoenix and Seattle. “We We always try to target high-growth markets,” Bainter said, adding that those locations are seeing a lot of expansion.

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PYMNTS

MAY 26, 2016

Sometimes slow news is good news for a sector, particularly one like the on-demand delivery market space, where recent news has surrounded a wave of firms flaming out. But Warren was only one of the sharing economy’s problems with regulation this week, as the ongoing drama in Austin demonstrates. The Big Austin Loss .

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

The operation found it was doing its best work when it was able to educate its customers, and the best way to accomplish that aim was to have a direct outlet to them. Automated Retail Innovation. Beyond coffee, retailers are selling all sorts of products through automated retail. Blanchard’s Coffee Roasting Co.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

The operation found it was doing its best work when it was able to educate its customers, and the best way to accomplish that aim was to have a direct outlet to them. Automated Retail Innovation. Beyond coffee, retailers are selling all sorts of products through automated retail. Blanchard’s Coffee Roasting Co.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2018

When Amazon launched Prime Now delivery for groceries out of its Whole Foods Marketpalce subsidiary, the company turned some heads — and heard some minor complaints, since the service was only initially only available in four markets: Virginia Beach, Austin, Dallas and Cincinnati.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2018

Sometime in the near future, a gig economy or remote worker who lives in an apartment building in Austin, Texas might start their day like this: They will leave their apartment and walk downstairs to a coffee shop where they will grab an iced latte. The operation itself leads to higher-asset level goals,” Hightower added.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2017

Ford Motor is bringing back the Bronco after 24 years off the market. Ford said that the popular mid-size SUV will return to the global vehicle market come 2020. For currently operates Chariot shuttle services in San Francisco and Austin. First things first: It’s official. Ford acquired Chariot back in September 2016.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2016

It’s been a little over a month after both it and Lyft left Austin, Texas, as a result of new restrictive policies and a failed multimillion dollar campaign to vote them down.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

The market has evolved from the days of doorstop deliveries of meat, dairy and newspapers to include media streaming services, software and themed boxes packed with a range of products, including clothes, fragrances, food and alcohol, to name just a few. alone, and it’s poised to expand even further. Notable Headlines from the Space .

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MAY 1, 2019

At the same time, Gandhi noted the product and quality of apartments have grown so rapidly that the market has facilitated a true boutique experience, a concept he doesn’t think was available even 10 years ago. Locale currently lists locations in Austin, Houston and Nashville on its website. The Apart-Hotel Market.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2017

This week, the two countries were the only markets that landed on the B2B venture capital board, with funding landing at SaaS, Big Data and procurement startups across a range of industries, from corporate social media management to marijuana procurement. B2B FinTechs in the U.S. and India seem to be an unshakable force these days.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 29, 2019

It wasn’t until 2015 that Austin-based Cece’s Veggie Co. The numbers back up that assertion: worldwide, the gluten-free pasta market is expected to grow to $1.28 million in 2017, according to a report earlier this summer by Allied Market Research. The market for veggie noodles has grown, and Cece’s Veggie Co.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2019

Lyric is not a firm looking to ask for forgiveness rather than permission when it comes to entering new markets in the way Uber and the various firms it inspired have. “We The startup is fully compliant in all 13 cities it operates in, he said. “We But the persuasive route has been a winner — if not a speedy one — for the firm.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

PYMNTS caught up with CEO Christian Deger to find out what keeps Payworks “pulsing” away in the global payments market of gateway providers. Based in Munich, the company is taking on the European POS gateway technology market and has recently opened its U.S. headquarters in Austin, Texas. What Is Payworks Doing Differently?

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MAY 4, 2019

The drive-thru window, for example, first met the market in 1947 when it was introduced to the world by Sheldon “Red” Chaney, operator of Red’s Giant Hamburg in Springfield, Missouri. The concept was invented by a Guatemalan McDonald’s franchise operator, Yolanda Fernández de Cofiño, in the mid-70s.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2016

The bold-yellow-lettering-on-blue-background-adorned movie rental stores that dotted the American landscape throughout the 1990s — Gothamist notes that, as late as 2004, there were around 9,000 Blockbuster locations in business across the country — now number a scant 51 independently operated franchises.

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APRIL 5, 2017

RI and YG: Our pricing model works very similar to any retail convenience store. This means faster and more cost-efficient delivery, as we don’t spend on other stores to operate, making us a true “one-stop shop.”. market, with additional plans to expand internationally. PYMNTS: How many rounds of funding has goPuff received?

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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The digital banking market continues a long burn—this time like the smoke of a Texas summer barbecue. Geneva-based Temenos’ announced the acquisition of Austin, Texas-based digital application provider Kony in a deal totaling $580 million. market expansion. market has been a hard row to hoe for Temenos.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2020

On average apartment rent rates have gone up about 36 percent in the last decade according to retail data firm Yardi Matrix , and in particularly desirable marketplaces like Denver, Austin and Seattle rents have gone up by more than 70 percent. The average security deposit in the U.S. But in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2018

The app joins a growing space, with the food home delivery market projected to see 79 percent growth by 2022, thanks to growing consumer satisfaction with brands and delivery services alike, according to PYMNTS Mobile Order-Ahead tracker. It sets dynamic pricing based on an algorithm that reduces the price of menu items according to demand.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Rainbolt has quietly built a community bank in the past 20 years that is closing in on $2 billion of market cap. For 35 years, Wilmers led M&T with creativity, integrity and the “old-school” wisdom of a community banker who created a $26 billion market cap company. Monty Python “I’m Not Dead … Yet” Award – Goes to physical retail.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2018

Kroger operates nearly 2,800 supermarket chains nationwide, including Ralphs, Harris Teeter, Food 4 Less and its namesake Kroger stores. Kroger has been amping up its technology game over the last several years, expanding its omnicommerce offerings as it seeks to remain competitive in a crowded market. throughout 2018.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Grocery retailers are making it easier for consumers to shop with their mobile devices through digital innovations. Chief Digital Officer Jag Bath said per a post , “The new My H-E-B mobile app is a perfect example of how we are investing in new technologies to enhance our digital services and establish H-E-B as a digital retail leader.”

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