PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

“Bud” Paxson, the owner of a radio station in Florida, had a challenge one day in the 1970s: He was short on money and payday was approaching. Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Arthur Tek recalled in a 1995 Florida Trend article, “He sold them all out the same day … he said, ‘There’s something to this.’”

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Local jurisdictions impose their own taxes on domestic cigar sales, with tax levels currently ranging from 0 percent in Pennsylvania and Florida to 95 percent in Minnesota and Washington state. Small tobacco retailers can therefore struggle to build visibility among consumers when entering new markets.

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2020

The National Restaurant Association recently reported that the industry lost $120 billion during the pandemic’s first three months and that these losses could total $240 billion by the end of the year. The Tampa, Florida-based chain was publicly held until 2017, when it was purchased by Oak Hill Capital Partners for $525 million.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2017

We have a significant level of awareness,” said Andrew Louie, brand manager of refreshment beverages at Kool-Aid’s modern corporate parent company, Kraft. The brand continues to be extremely popular, even though it’s over 50 years old.”. Louis, Missouri; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and Jacksonville, Florida. 11 through Aug.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2017

If I’m a brand, I’m trying to figure out: How can I expose my brand” across marquee names, such as Nordstrom, Macy’s or even Louis Vuitton, “that they know who I am obviously, and they have the ability to spend?”. Many of those travelers are beginning to explore what Badran termed “Middle America,” with stops at national parks.

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PYMNTS

MAY 23, 2016

Sure, the craftsmanship might not be quite so fine, the material somewhat less than the finest on the market, and the label and branding marks just ever so slightly askew, but the reality is, that while some people can spot a fake from far off, the vast majority of people just aren’t looking that closely. The longer story?

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2019

The eCommerce company further announced it has expanded its grocery pickup to Whole Foods Market to Columbus, Ohio — bringing the total number of pickup markets to 30. All in, Walmart plans to spend $173 upgrading in Florida, $265 million in Texas and $145 million in California. Those remodels will add on to the roughly $2.2

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2016

travelers looking to step into the once-forbidden country, and Florida-based Stonegate Bank amplified the chatter with news this month that it would become the first U.S. brand, Four Points by Sheraton, since 1959. professionals can use while in the new market. These developments have caused a buzz with U.S.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2018

Participants pitch to a panel of Visa representatives — and a few large client representatives — in what Visa’s SVP of Digital and Marketing Transformation Shiv Singh described as a “Shark Tank”-like format. And DICK’S wasn’t the only big brand looking to change its role in this story. And we know there will be some backlash,” he said.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2019

However, Amazon’s most eye-catching grocery announcement this year was the news that it intends to open a new Amazon-branded grocery store in the near (but unspecified) future in California. percent of the market in the U.S., However, Amazon’s difficulties with PillPack didn’t stifle its attempts to enter the healthcare market.

Retail 136

Retail Online Georgia North Carolina 136

Gonzobanker

JULY 7, 2015

Yet while the demos and screen shots at events like Finovate have provided fascinating fodder regarding the future of digital banking, the FACTS show that these buzz-worthy players have had infinitesimal impact on market share. EverBank figures include acquisition of Bank of Florida deposits of $1.5 billion in 2010. What’s Next?

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Digital Banking Industry Capital Strategy 60

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

The companies below were selected based on the recency and size of their disclosed funding and their Mosaic score, CB Insights’ National Science Foundation-backed algorithm that uses financial and non-financial signals to predict private company health. Headquarters: Tampa, Florida. Research Briefing: Fitness Tech. fitnessgenes.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2018

Once the 24 competitors (tributes) get to the games, they then battle to the death for a national audience that is required by law to watch the games. Amazon/Whole Foods is the newest district in the Grocery Hunger games – the combination of two smaller efforts (Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods Market) made possible by Amazon’s $13.7

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Speaking of disjointed, McCall said there have been two major fragmentations that keep brands from reaching consumers as effectively as they could. If a brand wanted to reach most of America, McCall said, it went to those three mediums. Because it’s National Pancake Day. flock to Panama City, Florida to party it up.

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Data social media Branding Florida 117

PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2017

Investor optimism in spite of the news perhaps indicates faith in the cost-cutting measures Whole Foods has pursued, along with boosting its less-expensive 365 brand. based brands, and less dramatic than Whole Foods’ rise. The National Association of Convenience recently reported that non-gasoline sales at U.S.

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Texas Louisiana Oklahoma Retail 101

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

APRIL 24, 2018

Retailers are leveraging technology, such as artificial intelligence and augmented reality, to enhance operational visibility and personalize their customer service, a new necessity in fast-changing and demanding consumer market. Kohl’s can move into smaller markets where a larger store may not fit.

Retail 59

Retail Trends Technology Branding 59

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

TD has been a player that maintained its acquired market share so we are hoping this one doesn’t get messed up like other Canadian banks that have struggled in the Southwest. banks by market value.”. Goes to Allison Netzer and Liz High for their provocative tome, Think Like a Brand, Not a Bank. The New Name for Community Award.

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Community Fintech Industry Innovation 216

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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