PYMNTS

MAY 13, 2020

When the coronavirus pandemic struck the nation two months ago, panicked customers stockpiled paper goods, shelf-stable foods and other essentials as states shut down. Sales of store brands, so-called private labels, which are priced lower than national brands, have surged during the pandemic. But that’s all changed.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

The last few years have been tough on Payless: the shoe retailer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in April 2017, which led to the closure of 800 stores and CEO W. The retailer was, however, able to exit bankruptcy still open for business, an accomplishment in the current retail environment. Paul Jones stepping down. percent.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2017

announced a 10-year extension of its fleet fuel card contract with convenience chain retailer Sheetz, Inc., WEX supports the Private Label, Universal and Tri-Brand fleet cards available at Sheetz, which can be used to purchase gasoline at store locations. On Wednesday (Oct. 18), payment solutions company WEX, Inc., billion range.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2017

Hudson Riehle, senior vice president of the National Restaurant Association’s research and knowledge group, and Peter Backman, managing partner at Peter Backman FS, explored the possibilities during a joint presentation at the National Restaurant Show in Chicago. In particular, they looked at restaurant trends in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2018

In 2014, Amazon ’s Whole Foods became Instacart’s first national partner. Now, Instacart will count ALDI stores in greater Chicago — in areas as far as Rockford, Illinois — as part of its platform. To bring grocery delivery to more customers, two grocers are expanding their partnerships with Instacart.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2016

North Face has opened the doors on a two-level, 20,000-square-foot flagship in the old Manufacturers Trust Company building and has decked it out to be what North Face’s VP of direct-to-consumer retail, Erik Searles, describes as a fully fitting backdrop for the high-end camping and climbing gear on display.

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PYMNTS

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. According to Carvana Chief Brand Officer Ryan Keeton, opening new markets brings an uptick in overall business. “We Apparently that will get you in trouble on the Street. New Markets. Ontario (L.A.),

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2019

The latest PYMNTS Order to Eat Tracker highlights how several major brands are embracing (or resisting) third-party delivery services, new models and new ordering solutions in an effort to win over customers. Recent data indicates that consumers increased their spending on online food delivery in 2019 by almost 15 percent year over year.

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2018

Blue Apron opened up an experiential pop-up retail location in New York City, which featured cooking classes and celebrity chefs. Albertsons, which had already been selling the meals in California Safeway and Chicago-area Jewel-Osco stores, started selling the product in hundreds of its Albertsons stores and via home delivery on Instacart.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2018

Through platforms such as Slice , small pizzerias can tap into technology that allows their customers to order pizza online for pickup or delivery — just like the larger national chains. Large urban centers such as New York, Chicago or San Francisco have many options for pizza. But many markets outside those areas are underserved.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2018

The largest food brands in the world, along with heavyweight eCommerce operators, continue to expand their delivery options and seek deals with delivery providers in order to keep an edge in this area of retail. The deal also calls for Hema supermarkets in China to become the first retail brand to open “Starbucks Delivery Kitchens.”

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

That’s why the always resourceful restaurant sector went all-in on mobile order-ahead (MOA) and kept the nation fed while industry players looked for their next move. A number of novel approaches show the creativity that pairs so well with food, as leading quick-service restaurants (QSRs) and fast-casual brands test cool new concepts.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2018

Only a diamond can cut a diamond, as the adage goes, and a bit of friction can help brands sharpen up. Reports in the Chicago Tribune indicated that Kroger CIO Chris Hjelm was thinking that perhaps it was time to really re-evaluate Kroger’s total relationship with Visa. So, who got sharpened this week? 14 of this year.

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2019

That honor fell to Ray Kroc — who made the idea famous when he opened the first McDonald’s franchise in Chicago eight years later. Digital innovation is keeping brands competitive — but really standing out requires an additional level of outside-the-box thinking. Really outside the box, as it turns out.

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PYMNTS

JULY 14, 2018

Here at PYMNTS, we see it all, often in the form of press releases – most of which claim to be the next big thing in retail, commerce and financial services. For reference, a top-of-the-line pair of Neuticals retails for $469. At the Stay Dog Hotel in Chicago, four-legged guests have riverfront suites and a lap pool.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

John Beale , longtime CIO of City National Bank. For more than 20 years, John has helped City National grow its niched commercial and private banking businesses with strategic technologies. The Experience Award Goes to BCU , Chicago. Kudos to blazing new trails that many institutions are taking on in 2020.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2017

From 2000 to 2013 (the last time period there is data for), prices on the things that most poor people buy disproportionately, such as food and sundries, and pay, such as rent and utilities, have risen steadily for 139 of 168 months, according to the Chicago Federal Reserve. All in, prices increased 3.2

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Some interesting finalists would be: M&T and People’s United Old National and First Midwest Webster and Sterling Columbia Bank and Umpqua. This is an innovation-seeking franchise that has built a solid brand and never got over its skis in execution. Congrats on a brave move and national recognition Jim!

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2017

But then again, New Yorkers take pizza unusually seriously, a fact former Daily Show host — and proud New York style pizza fan — Jon Stewart proved during 3:32 minutes of pure unadulterated hatred for Chicago-style pizza. How appetizing. Domino’s last quarterly earnings reports saw the chain logging $1.48 percent growth.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2016

NFC penetration at launch was 15 large retailers’ stores and some 200k merchant locations. The only thing Apple didn’t do was require users to wear Apple-branded gear while checking out. A hungry party of 4 in Austin didn’t really care if a great restaurant in Chicago had a few tables available on Saturday night at 7.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

have a retail crisis — or a small business crisis? Which is why “fixing” retail must include giving SMB merchants the tools they need to compete in the very dynamic environment that now defines Retail U.S.A. So, what does this all have to do with retail? Here’s a question: Does the U.S. Here’s an answer. We have both.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Among the many complaints leveled against national treasure Kim Kardashian-West is the fact that she is paid an awful lot to do pretty much nothing. For brands who can’t quite afford those celebrity-tier prices, wouldn’t it be nice if there were bargain basement cool kids on offer to hipster-up the joint on important nights?

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CB Insights

MARCH 26, 2019

” For example, the rise of “athleisure” brands like Lululemon and Athleta has been attributed to millennials’ search for clothing options that let them easily transition from the yoga studio to the office. Savvy marketers at struggling cereal brands may be able to reverse their fortunes with the millennial set.

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CB Insights

JULY 17, 2018

New restaurant concepts are redefining how we think about food, pushing established brands to reinvent themselves, spurring entrepreneurs to be creative with visual platforms like Instagram and recipes like pea-based protein, and paving a new way forward for the idea of casual dining itself. Americans dine out more than ever before.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Today, the bots are still being used across industries like fintech, healthcare, sales and CRM, retail, and even law — and they’re having important, though quiet, effects. Retail & e-commerce: Convenient shopping & scheduling. Sales & CRM: Qualifying leads & answering questions.

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CB Insights

MARCH 6, 2019

A healthy culture of dissent may have helped the company focus on its product issues before they became a national scandal, but workers who raised red flags were ignored and, if they persisted, asked to leave the company. Three months later, Amazon contributed to a $50M funding round earmarked for promoting the Pets.com brand.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2017

But why then, you might ask, are so many pure-play eTailers, whose target audience is the millennial — like The RealReal and Rent The Runway , new marketplaces like OfferUp , deal aggregators like Groupon , alt lenders like SoFi and alt lending platforms like LendingTree — buying pricey blocks of airtime on CNN and CNBC to promote their brands?

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Since Richman and about 100 other bankers from LaSalle Bank in Chicago joined PrivateBancorp nearly a decade ago, the bank has grown to an $18 billion solid niche player with $10 billion in assets under management. Mergerama Region of the Year – The Midwest: Huntington-First Merit, Chemical-Talmer, Old National-Anchor … the list goes on.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Since Richman and about 100 other bankers from LaSalle Bank in Chicago joined PrivateBancorp nearly a decade ago, the bank has grown to an $18 billion solid niche player with $10 billion in assets under management. Mergerama Region of the Year – The Midwest: Huntington-First Merit, Chemical-Talmer, Old National-Anchor … the list goes on.

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Utah System Community Marketing 60