PYMNTS

JULY 20, 2018

The situation seemed to recently come to a head, as the company told employees that it was shuttering its operations. It’s not too much of a surprise, then, that the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) said that only 22 percent of consumers have tried meal kits, while interest in meal kits purchased from stores is 51 percent.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2020

Additional funds also came from investors David Hamamoto, the former chairman of Morgans Hotel Group, and Jim Ketai, the owner of Detroit’s Shinola Hotel. The software-driven platform Life House said the investment will support its growth into new markets and its drive for profitability by 2021.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Europe’s The Restaurant Group (TRG), which operates over 650 restaurants and pubs across the country, is closing 150 eateries, Financial Times reported on Tuesday (Sept. TRG said it will gradually close at least 50 percent of the outlets across the two brands as leases expire.

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2019

To reportedly build a licensing empire with the Sports Illustrated name, Authentic Brands Group LLC has agreed to buy the storied magazine from Meredith Corp. Authentic Brands Founder and Chief Executive Jamie Salter said, according to the newspaper, “Sports Illustrated has authority and the respect of athletes all over the world.”

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Consumers were flocking to digital and mobile banking well before the pandemic’s onset, but social distancing and limited branch operations highly accelerated that uptake. FIs must still be sure to keep that consistency of brand in mind when they are developing mobile apps or other emerging tools, however.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2020

percent for some brands as dealerships were shut down due to concerns over the personal contact inherent in the auto sales process. It also operated a concierge service where a car could be driven to a prospective buyer’s home and test driven with the option for purchase from the concierge.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

The Dalumi Group, the Israeli diamond enterprise, announced Monday (Nov. In a press release , The Dalumi Group said Zoara.com has sales in more than 40 countries around the globe and is a main player in the online sales of loose diamonds, diamond engagement rings and diamond jewelry. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

PayPal Chief Executive Dan Schulman has opted to take a stance against groups promoting hate and laws that discriminate, even facing lawsuits to stand up for what the company believes is right. Its value-driven approach has paid off for the payment company, which is a leader in its market.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2019

Struggling to compete with online brands, famed Big Apple luxury retailer Barneys New York has put itself up for sale and filed for bankruptcy protection, according to a report by Reuters. . However, the company hasn’t been immune from the same market conditions that sent Sears and Kmart into bankruptcy.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

concluded its previously announced purchase of ShopRunner, while Save A Lot unveiled the sale of 51 stores run by the company in the Tampa, Florida market to Fresh Encounter. Plus, PYMNTS looks back on direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands, which came in two flavors in 2020. Retail 2020: Looking Back On D2C Brands.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Germany's Razor Group , which works to acquire and scale Amazon brands, has raised 25 million euros (about $26.7 Just 12 weeks ago, Razor Group, also raised 5 million euros (about $5.9 The European Amazon market is highly fragmented with many thousands of dealers per marketplace," he said, according to the report. "In

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2021

Sequoia Capital has agreed to invest around 6 billion euros in Auto1 Group before the online car trading platform's initial public offering (IPO), Bloomberg reported Monday (Sept. The company plans to put three-quarters of the money it raises back into its business, including the Autohero brand. 18), citing anonymous sources.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2021

Berlin-based Auto1 Group said on Wednesday (Jan. Auto1 said it would put about three-quarters of that back into its business, which includes its Autohero website brand. Auto1 said it would put about three-quarters of that back into its business, which includes its Autohero website brand. Auto1 serves both consumers and dealers.

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Perficient

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

With nearly three decades of experience directing commercial lending, corporate finance, and insurance for leading brands, Perficient’s Insurance Principal, Brian Bell, stands at the forefront of our financial services practice. We’re developing industry solutions needed by many of the largest insurance companies in the market.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2020

Despite some signs of improvement this month, LVMH , the world’s biggest luxury goods group, admitted that its brick-and-mortar sales were erased by lockdowns across Europe and the United States in recent months, and that an immediate turnaround was unlikely. “We COVID-19 continues to take the shine off luxury goods. billion in 2019.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2018

And though this market presents brands with a large audience of potential customers, will digitally native millennials tune in to a shopping network? In its effort to do so, Gravy doesn’t seek to make money selling the actual goods — it seeks to market the actual stage. Attracting Millennials. Payments And Cash Back.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2018

Lenovo Group is setting its sights on India as it tries to boost its market share in the wearables industry in the country. Peng told Reuters it has achieved between 6 percent and 7 percent market share of smart wearables since then. We’re trying to start these operations sometime this year,” Peng said.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The banking group has started reaching out to possible bidders, but still hasn’t made a definitive decision as to whether it will actually sell the unit, which specializes in store-branded credit cards, according to a Bloomberg report. Others are operating in a less constrained way.”.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

percent of consumers, this customer base may represent a marketing opportunity for C-stores. According to Thorntons, the ability to provide consumers with a loyalty-focused mobile solution has “changed the game for our marketing efforts.”. While apps are used for gas station payments by only 4.5 Almost half – or 49.4

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Consumer sales grew 14 percent compared with the first half of 2019 and the brand’s global market share increased. Operating profit was $3.9 Many of the major trends shaping our industry, such as digitalisation and e-commerce, are accelerating as a result of the pandemic,” said LEGO Group CEO Niels B. Christiansen. “We

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2021

In today’s top payments news around the world, China’s Ant Group is mulling the creation of a new consumer loan unit, while the British financial watchdog Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) warned that the pandemic could flatline financial services companies. Ant Plans Credit Unit Overhaul to Avoid Sharp Drop in Loans.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

Home services platform Porch Group is branching out with the acquisition of four digital platforms that will expand its Total Addressable Market (TAM) by almost $100 billion, Porch said in a Friday (Jan. HOA is licensed in 31 states but currently operates in just six. 15) press release. consumer records.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2018

19) in a press release that it had reached an agreement to purchase Paragon Financial Group, an invoice financing firm. The press release by the firms said Paragon managing partner Jon Anselma and president Chris Curtin will continue to manage daily operations and lead the implementation of growth strategy as a result of the merger. “We

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2017

I don’t see enough brands that are really breaking boundaries for plus-size fashion, that are actually designing for plus-size bodies, or for a diversity of shapes,” Kat Eves, a Los Angeles-based stylist who works exclusively with plus-size men and women, told The Wall Street Journal. But The Limited didn’t want it.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 21, 2023

The need for a known, reliable brand creates an excellent opportunity for community banks to help small business customers while building deposit balances. Currently, there are only a few established national brands processing ERC at scale (CPAs will do it for you on a one-off basis). The largest risk is headline risk.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2020

Standard Chartered has launched a new “Banking as a Service” solution called nexus that will allow digital platforms, eCommerce operations, social media sites and ride-hailing companies to offer credit cards, loans and savings accounts under their own brand name, according to a release. .

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

FreshDirect will retain its brand name, report to a seven-person board, and continue to independently operate in New York City. FreshDirect gets a parent with real buying power and the means to further expand in East Coast markets.”. He added that the deal is “an important milestone in the continued growth of FreshDirect.”.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2020

China’s Alibaba Group is putting $1.4 The investment will also help further research into IoT operating systems, edge computing and natural language processing (NLP). . “By The Tmall Genie smart speakers were introduced by Alibaba three years ago and link to more than 270 million devices from 1,100 brands in China, according to Ku.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2021

Wholesale clubs and Trader Joe’s themselves have proven there is a huge market for brands that don’t check all of the boxes for a standard supermarket trip. We did a comprehensive evaluation of the market before selecting Manthan-RichRelevance. The Placer report, which examines transactions for the seven top U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2020

In announcing the launch of the Walgreens Advertising Group this week, the giant pharmacy chain said that with the help of more than 9,000 stores and 100+ million loyalty members, it would use “advanced data modeling” to connect brands directly with audiences in a digital ecosystem that “surpasses the industry method of digital media buying.”. “We

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2020

J.Crew Group is dropping the initial public offering (IPO) of its Madewell spinoff brand after creditor negotiations crumbled, Bloomberg reported Friday (March 20), citing sources familiar with the matter. If the market takes a turn for the better, J.Crew could decide to make a counter-proposal, according to the sources.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

But as the media keeps floating the possibility of 90+ percent effective vaccines coming to the market in the not-too-distant future, it’s becoming increasingly apparent that the end – although maybe not quite near just yet – is visible on the horizon. Consolidation in the Market.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

For instance, shares of Brinker International, which operates or franchises about 1,600 Chili’s Grill and Bar locations and other eateries, were up 15 percent as of midday Monday. However, the “back-to-normal” rally that the markets saw on Monday represents much more of a pure-play on earnings and recovery. News on Monday (Nov.

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Perficient

JULY 20, 2020

What are marketing personas versus UX personas? Marketing personas define broad audience demographics. Marketing personas pinpoint the demographics of who to target, their affinities, and one key message that might resonate. Marketing persona: “women, ages 35-50, married with kids, income over $60K”.

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2020

The combined companies will solidify 20 markets containing 1 billion people and is likely to attract 3 billion monthly visits, the companies said. Adevinta operates in 15 countries and its portfolio includes nearly three dozen digital products and websites. billion, the companies announced Tuesday (July 21).

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2019

B2B FinTech BitPesa , which operates a platform offering foreign exchange and cross-border payment services, is restructuring and has announced new funding to support its expansion efforts. 22) that it is now part of parent company AZA Group, which now encompasses the BitPesa, BFX and TransferZero brands.

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

Fast fashion already claimed a victim this week as Lucky Brand filed for bankruptcy, and H&M announced it was shuttering 170 stores across the globe due to the pandemic-driven digital shift. “We During this hard time, I’m trying to anticipate the market. The value of the two things were imbalanced,” Garito explained.

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