Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 3, 2017

The Seattle-based company announced this week that Korst will join Avalara as its new chief marketing officer and executive vice president. Previous to Microsoft, Korst served as vice president and general manager at T-Mobile, and senior product marketing manager at AT&T Wireless/Cingular.

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DECEMBER 12, 2016

Amazon Go, Amazon’s new grocery store format in Seattle, opened last week. Getting consumers over that first hump — buying those items online — was done by making friends with the brands whose products consumers already knew, bought and trusted: Bounty paper towels, Tide laundry detergent, Pringles potato chips, Folgers coffee.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Unmanned retail can: Set up points of sale in new places: As shopping malls struggle and brick-and-mortar foot traffic declines, brands don’t want to wait for shoppers to come to stores. Today, Amazon operates four Amazon Go stores: 3 in Seattle and 1 in Chicago. Select investors: CRV, Initialized Capital, Y Combinator.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2018

And for good reason, Karen Webster noted in a recent commentary – a minority of users managed to turn Facebook into a home and hub for some of the vilest content on the internet. The new shops will feature 100 popular small businesses and digital brands on Facebook and Instagram into retail stores, and will be housed in The Market @ Macy’s.

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CB Insights

JUNE 6, 2019

The company’s assets were acquired by Q Holdings in 2015, and the firm quietly relaunched the Quirky brand in 2017. Second, the thesis that one or two brands would quickly go on to own on-demand food turned out to be either wrong or too early. In September 2015, Quirky finally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protections.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 24, 2018

The Seattle-based giant also opened its cashier-less Amazon Go store to the public in January 2018, after reported delays. In 1994, Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in Seattle as an online retailer of books; in 1998, Jack Ma founded Alibaba in Hangzhou, China as an online platform to connect merchants and buyers. Notably, Amazon paid $13.7B

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 8, 2016

Emmanuel Marot, founder and CEO of the Seattle-based company, explains the move, “The fact that more than 20% of LendingRobot’s traffic is via mobile is, in itself, a great reason to have a mobile app. The company will manage up to $5,000 for free and any amount beyond that for 0.45% per year. Monitor loan repayments.

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JANUARY 12, 2021

In a press release , Globe Fintech, known as Mynt, said Bow Wave Capital Management and other existing investors all participated in the fundraise. Management is “confident in Mynt’s future prospects as a unicorn in the Philippines,” Cu said in the release. The overall deal values Mynt at close to $1 billion.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

To attract millennial clients, some old-school gyms are adapting their models to capitalize on the increasing popularity of the boutique studios. US health clubs have already rushed to capitalize on millennials’ devotion to self-improvement, with the volume of US health clubs increasing by 20% between 2011 and 2015.

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CB Insights

JUNE 17, 2020

Now, with experts stressing the importance of rapid testing and tracking in managing the Covid-19 crisis, wearables and other health monitoring tech that enable diagnostics are taking center stage. Meanwhile, brands that were already virtual-first have seen dramatic increases in adoption during the crisis. Online courses & content.

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OCTOBER 3, 2016

Even if there were a trustworthy way to send money over the internet — which there isn’t — the network is no substitute to the essential ingredient of capitalism — salespeople.”. Take retail salespeople — Stoll’s self-proclaimed cornerstones of capitalism. Stores will become obsolete. Do our computer pundits all lack common sense?”

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CB Insights

APRIL 3, 2018

Another example of a retailer leveraging AI in its manufacturing is multinational makeup brand Shiseido , which recently piloted humanoid robots in its factory assembly line. Warehouse automation: Sorting, storing, & managing inventory. The NY-based startup is backed by investors like Baidu Capital and Bessemer Venture Partners.

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