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MARCH 3, 2020

With a round led by ACA Investments, comparison shopping platform iPrice Group has notched $10 million in Series B funding. The round also came with participation from Daiwa PI Partners as well as returning investors Asia Growth Fund, Mirae Asset-Naver, and Line Ventures, according to reports. It now purports to bring together over 1.5

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NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Payments solution firm Paya said Thursday (November 1) that it has acquired Stewardship Technology, an Ohio-based PayFAC focused on nonprofits, faith-based organizations and educational enterprises. So we have picked up an amazing channel that we can continue to invest in and grow.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2019

A common, enduring fantasy for many consumers — a group that likely includes many PYMNTS readers and writers — is walking into a high-end retail store, chain or boutique that sells luxury brands , and spending vast sums on the best clothes, shoes, handbags, watches and other items. All problems bring business opportunity, though.

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JANUARY 2, 2020

By comparison, ownership of smart TVs has increased just 5 percent, and ownership of connected cars has increased 3 percent since 2018. Houndify is one-of-a-kind in that it is the only platform that allows brands to remain in complete control of their data and their brand.”. And those skills are literally expanding daily.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

By comparison, Amazon’s consumer retail unit took seven years to reach $10 billion in sales. Another point of comparison (though not exactly apples-to-apples, noted analysts): U.S.-based There’s two things — one is our private brand products that come from China; the other is branded products that come from China.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2018

But his properties will be similar to some higher-end hotels when it comes to linens, pillows and toiletries, which will be provided by an upscale brand. ( This drive for innovation extends to the company, which doesn’t run like a traditional hotel brand. The guests that do use the kiosks interact with a fairly simple technology.

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JANUARY 8, 2019

The retailer plans to pilot technology products using Microsoft’s Azure platform at two stores, one in Ohio and one in Washington. According to a Bloomberg description of the system, shoppers at the two pilot stores will be able to use the technology find products on an in-app shopping list. The Grocery Market.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2019

By comparison, nearly 5 percent of consumers shop for and pay for groceries online. These are some of the reasons that consumers are visiting brick-and-mortar grocers – from Wegmans Food Markets to Kroger – and how these grocers (as well as technology providers) are rolling out innovations and features to serve in-store customers.

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JANUARY 26, 2018

These inventions use technologies like 4D imaging and touchless interaction to guide users through makeup tutorials or provide beauty regimen advice. A companion mobile app enables tagging of favorites, style comparisons and, of course, shopping recommendations. A Different Approach. Innovation Trajectory.

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MAY 9, 2018

A “material contributor” to growth in the first quarter included the new branded prepaid card for TurboTax customers, CEO Steve Streit said on the post-earnings conference call Wednesday. Green Dot added about 930,000 direct deposit customers in the first quarter (a year-over-year comparison was not immediately available), Streit said.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

According to the 2018 Global Brand Counterfeiting Report , luxury fashion brands are a favored target. This is revenue drain on brands and has the potential to damage their public image, as well. The brands most mentioned by counterfeiters include Gucci (16 percent), Louis Vuitton (12 percent) and Chanel (10 percent).

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

In an interview with Karen Webster, Maeve McKenna Duska, SVP at USA Technologies , said that ambitious retailers have an opportunity to seize valuable market share within a relatively underdeveloped channel of commerce. Consumers are doing research, getting ads and participating in comparison shopping across their hand-held devices.

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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. By comparison, Sela said 60 percent of the big pizza chains’ business is digital, leaving room for small pizzerias to grow their digital order base.

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MARCH 25, 2016

Yesterday (March 24), the CardLinx Association released new data from the 2016 Annual Card-Linking Industry Survey showing that 50 percent of respondents (consisting of merchants, payment companies, publishers and card-linked technology companies) reported a 50 percent growth in card-linking transactions over the last 12 months.

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MAY 28, 2019

Indonesian ride-hailing and online payment company GO-JEK , for instance, is expanding its financial technology services through partnerships with peer-to-peer (P2P) lending firms Dana Cita, Aktivaku and Findaya. Mallzee created a digital mall where consumers can compare many different retail brands.

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JANUARY 21, 2020

That company recently made its own play to have more of a digital and mobile role in the restaurant world, buying Preoday , a firm that focuses online ordering technology, increasingly important — even table stakes — to every operation from global fast-food chains to local fish-and-chip lunch counters. But that comparison goes only so far.

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MARCH 9, 2016

As the search and advertising giant prepares to close Google Compare, banks should take note of two major lessons: even a well-known brand name doesn’t guarantee a smash hit. And two, online credit applications — which can be advertised on such lead generator services — need to be easier to fill out.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

How are gas apps from both gas stations and comparison services tapping into this demographic, along with the overall market? In a June interview with PYMNTS, GasBuddy CEO Sarah McCrary explained that customers rarely shop by brand. Find out through this roundup of top gas station apps: Almost four in 10 consumers – or 38.7

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DECEMBER 26, 2016

For years, mobile payment providers had been pushing solutions for mobile pay in-store, but a few things were not there yet: mobile adoption, mobile technology and consumer sentiment. We’ve seen that evolution from brands in terms of omnichannel offerings that customers actually seem to want. UberEATS is growing in popularity.

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DECEMBER 2, 2016

Nike’s technology investments are being put to the test this week after the release of its new product, the Nike HyperAdapt. Nike has also reportedly been upgrading its fitness and training apps like Nike+ Run Club and Nike+ Training Club — and let’s not forget the Nike-branded version of the Apple Watch.

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MARCH 17, 2020

Terror attacks on 9/11 happened well before the internet was a factor, and are therefore not relevant as a comparison. Retail customers want contactless payment technology because of coronavirus,” writes RCR Wireless columnist Jeff Kagan. They want contactless payment technology. The partial shutdown of the U.S. So what sticks?

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JANUARY 22, 2020

But as a new webinar from PYMNTS showed, retail success is not exactly some mysterious process; it simply requires close attention to changing consumer trends and new technologies, including those centered around payments. They were born into a world with this technology and access,” Parsons said. Trust Issues.

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MARCH 17, 2016

With O2O quickly proving to be the future — if not already the present — of retail, why are so many luxury brands lagging behind in blending their own online and in-store shopping experiences? Luxury brands are faced with competition with online retailers and so need to up their game in order to take advantage of the online sphere.”.

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MAY 12, 2016

In a rush to embrace the latest technologies or dive headfirst into the latest social platform, more tried-and-true marketing tools available on mobile devices are being swept under the rug in favor of newer, sexier mediums. What were the main takeaways from the study?

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JANUARY 15, 2019

Physical retail by comparison, he noted, can be a black box for merchants who often find it hard to get information about a customer other than the fact that they are currently in the store. Mystore-E, flush with new funding, is now looking to expand its partner roster and continue to develop its foundational AI technology.

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JUNE 5, 2020

According to data from market research firm IRI, consumers are buying more private label brands, making more trips to dollar stores and fewer trips to convenience stores. The offline shopping trends pale in comparison to the digital shift. Dollar Stores are also smaller and less crowded than big box stores.

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AUGUST 28, 2018

Technology is making it easier for the workforce to put in the daily eight (or 10, or 12) hours from their own homes, but another change is taking place: Using commercial space left behind by retailers, or in eateries or hotels, as communal areas of work. What about retail stores, restaurants and hotels? It’s set to open this fall.”.

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APRIL 23, 2019

In the digital age of hospitality technology, restaurants have a trove of tools to help serve customers in their stores. By comparison, the quick-service chain opened 137 new restaurants last year. Frank Krasovec, chairman of Domino’s master China franchisee Dash Brands Ltd., percent — innovated to remain competitive.

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JULY 3, 2019

Digital technology and payment methods are playing big roles in fueling advances and boosting the appeal of unattended retail. Vengo Labs CEO and Co-Founder Brian Shimmerlik told PYMNTS in a January interview , “We love shrinking down, and bringing the design and technology a whole new flavor. Better Food.

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JUNE 3, 2016

Mobile Commerce Daily has the story of Best Buy ‘s new mobile app, which leverages Apple’s dynamic 3D Touch technology to give shoppers a new way to navigate around its listings. However, the biggest update to iPhone interfaces in a while could rekindle hope.

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MARCH 2, 2017

Boston-based athletic company New Balance has a simple mission: to become the world’s best running brand. Nike and Adidas would also like to be the world’s best running brand, and both are much larger. And those collaborations are even more on display in New Balance’s new brand of physical stores. The Run Hub.

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DECEMBER 13, 2016

Simply put, staffing tech positions with less-than-ideal candidates might stymie efforts to develop technologies that automate processes and, by extension, improve cash flow.

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MARCH 26, 2019

This data certainly isn’t nothing, but it pales in comparison to the data troves that digital retailers have. The anonymization, he noted, was the first major decision the brand made when it came to designing its product — which, ultimately, turned out to be critical.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2017

While 10,000 seems like a major milestone — and it is in some ways — the statistic still pales in comparison to the number of apps that major smartphone operating systems boast. Lenovo and Orbita showed the new technology at the 2017 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society ( HIMSS ) Conference last week.

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DECEMBER 27, 2019

The post described SEVEN FUN as a brand under JD’s 7FRESH , which has been described in the past by JD.com as its “premium offline stores focused on fresh food.”. “As The system could be rented out with new demand from self-driving vehicles and other innovations that may tap into technology to quickly sift through data.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2019

But when Eidus looked at all the products on the market for dogs, such as plush toys, he noted that none of them truly captured a dog’s intelligence, which inspired him to start thinking about building technology products for animals. The PupPod stimulates and wears the pup out during such times.

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MAY 14, 2018

By comparison, QVC is in 101 million American homes and 374 million homes worldwide, and it brought in $2.8 Evine has been launching a flurry of new brands under Rosenblatt’s leadership, transitioning to HD and rebalancing the merchandise mix to focus on more profitable goods. in addition to a website and apps.

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