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MARCH 9, 2017

While much has been made in the past few months about Amazon’s grocery store of the future, Amazon Go isn’t the online retailer’s only brick-and-mortar play — and a new move indicates that Amazon looks to continue expanding its physical retail presence outside of the grocery space. That’s not all.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Kathy Strasser of IncredibleBank is evaluating marketing campaign management platforms. Customized, well-thought-out interactions—especially in the online banking space—are integral to wooing new customers and retaining existing ones. Their ability to market and add banking functionality … is a natural fit.”.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2020

The company’s shares come to market at $68 a share. Airbnb, of course, comes to market after the pandemic hit operations earlier this year — and then things snapped back. billion year over year, while operating losses grew from $173 million to $489 million over the same period. As noted in this space previously, on Sept.

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

Consumers are beginning to express more preferences regarding their buying and selling experiences on online marketplaces, which are seeing an increased amount of competition in the market as they attempt to hold onto their customer bases. About The Playbook.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Perry, and new fund Bramalea Partners, launched by Andrew Boyd, former head of global equity capital markets at Fidelity Investments. Loadsmart features an online portal designed for those in the shipping business to move freight through ports and across rail lines and highways on land.

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OCTOBER 25, 2019

India-based hotel and booking startup OYO has been on a tear lately, landing $1.5 billion in new funding, expanding to new markets and getting into new areas — most recently, coworking spaces. market share as this new decade looms. market share as this new decade looms. One way to play harder in the U.S. properties.

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DECEMBER 3, 2019

“This partnership will help us bolster our payments and ticketing technology solutions for bus operators and enable us to provide a more seamless booking and post-booking experience to our growing base of online bus ticketing customers.”. million to expand its travel sector.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2019

When it comes to retail, general commerce and online payments, the increasingly powerful middle class in India will probably get major credit in future textbooks for shaping the global digital economy. Look no further than an India-based hotel operation called Oyo for further evidence of that.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

That’s been the case in markets such as the U.K. But since it’s the data point that most use to define the online/physical retail sales split, let’s use it to project, based on historical trends what the world looks line in twenty years. It also purchased online pharmacy PillPack , and owns Zappos and fashion eTailer Shopbop.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Many enjoyed huge first-day price pops, heating up the IPO market even more — and 2021 seems poised to only continue the fireworks. Popular stock-trading app Robinhood Markets reportedly recently hired Goldman Sachs to lead a possible 2021 IPO that would value the company at more than $20 billion. Then shares soared 85.8

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PYMNTS

MAY 14, 2018

Taking a page from Goldman Sachs’ book, Morgan Stanley is beginning to lend to FinTech startups in Brazil as it seeks more of a return on its investments. Morgan Stanley’s move comes at a time when the Brazil FinTech market is exploding.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2017

Even in the quiet seasons, the online travel market is susceptible to the trade winds, and they don’t always blow in agents’ favor. But what hurts a business (especially a small one) more than an October snowstorm is when online fraudsters use CNP transactions to steal their services. The End of Excessive Card Surcharges.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

The eNett report — the research of which was conducted by Edgar, Dunn & Company — found fraud in the B2B travel market led to $6 billion in direct losses and $15 billion in indirect costs like damage to company reputation and increased operational costs. More than a third said receiving online payments is their riskiest process.

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Jeff For Banks

JUNE 25, 2020

The inability to connect Marketing activities to the bottom line is what I frequently hear from bankers that think the Marketing Department is a cost center. Yet Marketing is frequently held to account for the ROI of the checking or home equity campaign. Which leads me to my second way to hold Marketing accountable.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2019

The digital human will integrate with Serko’s existing Zeno online travel booking platform. Powered by FaceMe’s Intelligent Digital Human platform and Serko’s Zeno, each user [sic] can have a personal assistant to provide a seamless booking experience unlike anything seen before,” said FaceMe CEO Danny Tomsett in a statement.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Speaking at a news conference with leaders of six major international economic and financial groups, including the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, Li said the country's economy “this year can achieve positive growth, and we expect next year (economic) operations can recover to a reasonable range,” Reuters reports. “We

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Meanwhile, the luxury retail ecosystem could change via another online operation that offers relatively easy access to designer goods. Data: 100 percent: The amount of mobile bookings that some travel operators say they will hit within the next few years, underscoring a shift away from desktop. 2020: When new U.S.

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Perficient

JULY 10, 2020

Achieving these commitments will require clinical, marketing, and operations teams partnering more closely together and in a way they never have before. COVID exposed the fragility of many systems’ operating models: an over-reliance on a small number of services to fund expenses across the enterprise. The $200B question.

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AUGUST 31, 2020

Reliance , which is already referred to as the “Amazon of India,” owns and operates more than 10,000 stores across categories including supermarkets, consumer electronics, apparel and other various segments, and also owns several eCommerce sites. Amazon could also be restrained in India by an antitrust suit filed in the country last week.

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PYMNTS

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. billion in 2019.

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DECEMBER 12, 2019

The travel industry is a highly fragmented, complex web of suppliers, distributors, tourism companies and online travel agents (OTAs), all hustling to keep pace with the changes occurring in how travelers — both for pleasure and business — plan, book and pay for their trips. The Business Travel Impact.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Tour operators who offer a wildlife adventure or a skydiving experience may face a common challenge: How can they market their activities to the right travelers? The site provides a platform for local businesses seeking to market their guides and excursions, providing a built-in audience of travelers looking to explore a new city.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

16) released its prospectus to debut on public markets. The company allows users to book short-term rentals and experiences while traveling, and notes, generally, that competition includes OTAs, internet search engines, hotels, Chinese short-term rental firms such as Meituan B&B and online platforms such as Viator.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

In case you haven’t heard: Apple and the famous Oprah Book Club have announced a partnership to, in the words of the technology company, “build a vibrant, global book club that has the power to both transport and transform people – turning every book into an opportunity for self-discovery, and bringing the world together through reading.”.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2019

Airbnb , the home sharing company, said Monday (April 1) it is investing in OYO Hotels & Homes, the India-based hotel booking company. Greg Greeley, president of homes at Airbnb, said in a statement to The WSJ that India and China are among Airbnb ’s fast-growing markets.

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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

JULY 31, 2017

Why should merchants be the only ones who get to leverage the speed, convenience and low-friction environment of the online marketplace? The big box retailer has been investing heavily in its online marketplace, and recently invited international vendors onto its platform. As it turns out, they aren’t. TakeLessons.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 29, 2017

India’s largest online travel company, MakeMyTrip, is entering the business-to-business (B2B) space with the launch of a new solution for corporate travel. 28) said MakeMyTrip is rolling out MMT MyBusiness, a tool developed to help small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in India book business trips.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

In case you haven’t heard: Apple and the famous Oprah Book Club have announced a partnership to, in the words of the technology company, “build a vibrant, global book club that has the power to both transport and transform people – turning every book into an opportunity for self-discovery, and bringing the world together through reading.”.

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AUGUST 18, 2020

Oyo Japan is a joint venture between the Indian online hotel company and SoftBank’s domestic telecoms unit, and it is among the most hard-hit by the pandemic among SoftBank’s portfolio of sharing economy businesses. The committee was announced in a town hall meeting on Aug. 3, Bloomberg reported.

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APRIL 24, 2019

Brazilian retailer Magazine Luiza has announced that it will be selling books online, which could be picked up in one of its almost 1,000 stores. The company is aiming to compete directly with Amazon , which launched its online Brazilian operations in 2012. Magazine Luiza shares were up 1.9 percent at R$170.31 ($43.45

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The pandemic has brought out the best in many B2B service providers looking to help their business customers that struggle amid market volatility. That was the concept for CloudBusiness , which operates business management tool Synder. The result was a new program to help migrate businesses from an offline environment to an online one.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

They’re still part of the market, particularly the holiday shopping market in 2020. Dueling Toy Books. With the bankruptcy of Toy R Us in 2017, the market didn’t only lose its dominant seller of children’s toys. It also seemed like the “big book,” the company’s beloved holiday season toy catalog, was also disappearing.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

According to R-Style Lab , mobile games remain the top app category as measured by the percentage of available apps, followed by apps focused on business, education, lifestyle, entertainment, utilities, travel, health and fitness, books and food and drink. That ecosystem supports other forms of commerce as well. and Brazil.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2018

Prettier pictures lead to more sales for airlines — that’s the philosophy behind a growing bookings system that offers what Reuters called on Tuesday (June 5) a “more engaging visual approach to marketing” of tickets. carriers, and, of that, almost 100 percent is from baggage charges and booking changes.”.

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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. To book one of the company’s apart-hotel units, travelers can use a few different channels. The Apart-Hotel Market.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2018

According to the report, Peek says every review is verified because users can only leave reviews after they have booked, paid and completed the activity. What’s more, the CEO said the company’s software handles hundreds of millions of dollars in booking volume. having the most opportunity to make money.

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