PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2018

Restaurant Brands International posted strong first-quarter results, buoyed by strong sales growth at Burger King. our sales growth was a result of impactful marketing, product innovation, and our consistent strategy of maintaining a menu that is balanced across price points,” Schwartz said in the call. In the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2018

In some cases, retailers are dedicating small spaces to brands inside their brick-and-mortar stores. Macy’s , for example, is testing out pop-up stores in 10 cities in a concept called “The Market @ Macy’s.” According to the PYMNTS Retail Innovation Readiness Index , 85 percent believe they need to innovate to stay competitive.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Apparel used to be mostly a brick-and-mortar retail experience, but that has changed drastically over the last few years – and has been one of the main innovations when it comes to commerce related to the clothes we wear. Customers on Walmart.com can access styles from brands like C&C California, Butter Super Soft, Puma and BCBG.

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2017

Then, companies working to develop the technological means for cars to drive themselves have levied more than a few criticisms against proposed regulation changes in the state of California. Apple, for one, is hoping that California will work to toughen some of its current self-driving road test policies.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2018

Which means the team at Eaze is ready to innovate for the next phase of the market: when cannabis becomes just like any other consumer good. Former CEO Keith McCarty noted in an interview with Recode, that he expects the market to go much the way the alcohol market did.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2018

Like the Chefling app, these devices sometimes interface with voice-activated assistants, such as Amazon’s Alexa, and have the potential to save consumers from encountering expiring food and to inform brands on which products consumers are bringing home from the grocery store. I think we can do 1 million with the proper marketing.”.

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PYMNTS

MAY 16, 2019

To provide consumers with an immersive way to experience its brand, Taco Bell is launching The Bell: A Taco Bell Hotel and Resort in Palm Springs, California for a limited time this summer. Also, just like some of our most sought-after food innovations, this hotel brings something entirely new for lucky fans to experience and enjoy.”

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

FinTech innovation is often a layered process, taking existing infrastructures and processes, and developing new tools to improve upon them. Take, for example, markets like the food and beverage, pharmaceutical and medical supplies space. We’re trying to innovate that because we have a huge opportunity ahead of us.”

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Activewear brand Fabletics , which was co-founded by Kate Hudson in 2013, announced plans for a retail expansion across the U.S. The company confirmed that the new locations will bring the brand’s total retail store count to 30 locations throughout the U.S.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

One solution: in-house healthcare innovation labs. We put together a list of healthcare innovation labs from new entries to the field, as well as some of the oldest — and most familiar — names in health. Sometimes corporate innovation goes wrong , and we’ve written about corporate innovation theater before.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

though they also operate under such brands as Motherhood Maternity and Pea in the Pod stores. “As The move comes amid growth in the larger maternity market, however, with sales of that apparel expected to reach $7.7 Customers on Walmart.com can access styles from brands like C&C California, Butter Super Soft, Puma and BCBG.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2020

Target and Walmart are among chains now carrying the brand. In May, Impossible Foods Chief Financial Officer David Lee told PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster, “I’m quite optimistic about how capitalism can fuel innovation on a level playing field to serve the customer better. million loss for the quarter vs. a $33.7

Retail 169

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Since opening their first store in Palo Alto, California, in 2015, b8ta has aimed to offer just such an experience: the ability to snap up tech products that might otherwise be hard to find — and buy anyplace but online. Sometimes the product takes 18 months to get to market, or never ships.”.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

This holding company offers a suite of INDUS-branded services targeting the legal cannabis market with tools like sales, manufacturing, marketing, distribution and more. INDUS said it will move forward with the new capital to focus on expansion and expand its staff. Cloud Elements. Shape Security.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

“Home Chef is proud to continue our evolution toward becoming more than a meal kit delivery brand,” said Pat Vihtelic , Home Chef’s founder and CEO. “With continued innovation and personalization, we are providing customers with more ways to enjoy fresh, delicious meals that align with their individual tastes.”

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2017

Many innovators end up in the business of commerce or technology because they are trying to solve a problem — usually their own. This is often a good or service they find they need, and that the market doesn’t offer, which sets off a light bulb and begins the cycle of innovation. Innovation. “In

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

The company carries brands such as the Detroit Spice Company and Lush Gourmet (Nuts). When people try a crazy recipe for a hot sauce that uses locally grown peppers or other high-end ingredients and put it next to a regular national brand, “it doesn’t even compare,” Wright said. That’s what the company initially set out to change.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2019

Emerging direct to consumer brands (DTC) are not the only companies entering the world of brick-and-mortar: Birkenstock , whose historical roots date back to the 1700s, recently opened its second retail store in the United States. The Venice Beach, California location follows the opening of the brand’s first company-owned U.S.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Areas in California and New York are expected to be affected the most by the ban. Michele Herron, senior vice president of strategy, marketing and small business at Visa’s CyberSource, lays out the challenges of bringing sales into the digital pipeline while defending against fraudsters — and shares a roadmap on how to get there.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

They gathered at Visa’s California headquarters in San Francisco for the Team Visa Summit. Visa is one of the longest-standing Olympic and Paralympic partners and Tokyo 2020 is “set to be the largest Games yet,” said Chris Curtin, chief brand and innovation marketing officer at Visa. .

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2020

Last week, Constellation Brands purchased Empathy Wines , a direct-to-consumer (DTC) eCommerce business that sells wines from California vineyards. Brands see this digital shift in their numbers, even as stores have reopened and physical sales have started to increase.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2019

From rue21 to Walmart, retailers in the clothing and accessories market are enabling ways to make shopping a little easier. Customers on Walmart.com can access styles from brands like C&C California, Butter Super Soft, Puma and BCBG. Walmart U.S. We can’t wait to show our first U.K.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2018

Joseph Marver wasn’t having the best October selling dresses in his California store a few decades ago. The term pop-up shop may have been first coined at the beginning of the millennium, when California-based Vacant started opening temporary apparel stores. Compared to traditional pop-up stores, Macy’s own staff services the brands.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2019

Loyalty may go out the window, if consumers no longer need to access products through banks’ branded offerings. In Asia, regulatory bodies in Hong Kong and Singapore are using the PSD2 regulation as a template for their own data transparency innovations. In the U.S., There have been no federal mandates in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2018

Blue Apron has long enjoyed the distinction of being among the early innovators in the meal kit category. Hello Fresh , a German-based meal-kit company, saw its share of the market boom and took the pole position from rival Blue Apron earlier this year. Truly Innovating. Hello I Must be Growing. million customers and 39.5

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2019

The Market. With fish jerky, Mendoza said his company is building out a new “edge of the category in the market” for meat-based snacks. The company’s products are listed on Amazon and are also in brick-and-mortar stores – mostly in California, with the rest scattered around the country.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Indeed, video games are helping to drive innovation when it comes to commerce and payments. Gaming is figuring out the upsell,” Burkhart said, “and utterly changing the entire market.”. This is only part of the innovation trend stemming from video games. As PYMNTS research has found, there are more than 2.5

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PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2019

Green Piñata offers a selection of more than 250 toys, according to its website, and carries brands ranging from HABA to PlanToys to Crocodile Creek. Heading into the future, the company’s five-year plan is to grow and capture market share as it is “revolutionizing the toy industry.”. The Children’s Market. The Business Model.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

There has been no shortage of food fads, dietary crazes and “restaurant of the future” concepts that have played out nationwide, most of which the brand has politely passed on. And that has presented a challenge to the Red Robin brand. And there’s more to come in 2019 – though what that will entail remains to be seen.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2019

And while beauty startup Akira is not pushing to make cosmetics and beauty products inexpensive, they are looking to give more budget-conscious consumers access to designer products by brands such as SK-II, Givenchy, Clinique and Living Proof, among others, at prices 10 percent to 40 percent below retail pricing.

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2018

The industry is booming, and consumers who shop for beauty products have no shortage of brand options in stores and online. From up-and-coming players like Beautycounter and Glossier to more prominent companies like Estee Lauder and Clinique, the beauty market is increasingly oversaturated with both old and new options.

Data 110

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PYMNTS

MAY 7, 2020

Kindred Group, which also supports gambling platforms in Europe and Australia, has been operating its Unibet brand in New Jersey and Pennsylvania for about a year. payments market is behind that of Europe, but U.S. Regulatory Hurdles Trip Up Disbursement Innovation. The ways gambling winnings can be paid out in the U.S.

Online 142

Online New Jersey Pennsylvania Regulation 142

PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2016

A new approach toward facial hair grooming among younger consumers has directly impacted the men’s personal care market. men report shaving less often, grooming innovations, such as cleansing gels or holding creams for facial hair, and facial hair grooming tools present opportunities in the men’s personal care market.”.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2016

However, the brand’s full-price online sales have slowed in recent years, with its discount eCommerce sales actually losing the retailer money. Case in point of the plateau: despite increasing 19.8 percent in 2015, Nordstrom’s full-priced online products fell to just 3.1 percent last quarter.

Online 100

Online Exercises California Retail 100

PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2016

Secrecy is a funny thing for brands. It keeps consumers interested, because a consumer that is always guessing about the next product release is, by necessity, always thinking about the brand. Being too successful at flying under the radar, at best, confuses the target market or audience and, at worst, just misses them entirely.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

For a community bank to be innovative means you need to make big bets with your depositors’ capital—and that’s something we take very seriously,” Thurlow says. “By By working with other banks, we can share the costs, which allows us to take bigger bets on innovation than each of us could do on our own.”. The whole package. “As

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 1, 2021

It will reflect the work-from-home (WFH) changes that we made not only to slow down the spread of a deadly virus, but also those innovations that employers and employees liked the best. Here’s a look at the future of connected work and five key areas that will be different in 2021. The Digital Shift.

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