PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

But that national network of body-sculpting palaces is in disarray today, with major chains including Gold’s Gym and 24-Hour Fitness filing for Chapter 11 relief due to the coronavirus pandemic, along with a slew of other operators from privately owned yoga studios to fitness centers. billion visits for the year.”.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2019

To bring the number of global brands to 40,000 over the three years to come, Alibaba rolled out a merchant-focused English-language website for its Tmall Global marketplace. At first, brands were able to connect with Alibaba primarily via its website in the Chinese language, personal introductions or trade shows.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2019

On Perennial’s website, the company seeks to make its brand purpose front and center. The United Nations 2017 World Population Prospects found that 13 percent of the global population is over 60, and that figure is forecasted to rise to 16 percent by 2030. It’s super functional,” she said. “It It has a clean taste.”. and Canada.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Fast-casual restaurant groups are teaming with online food delivery firms to offer on-demand ordering to consumers through digital platforms. Dine Brands is not the only restaurant company to team with Postmates. In September, Kahala Brands partnered with the platform to offer on-demand delivery from their brands.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2017

Recovery has been slow for the national grocer since prices fell in February. Meanwhile, international retail food group Ahold Delhaize (AD) saw shares fall some more, not benefiting from the same springtime boost grocery and other stocks have seen. Kroger (KR) shares also looked to finish up for the week, though only marginally so.

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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

MAY 8, 2020

The poll was conducted by a San Francisco-based advocacy group called Small Business Majority, and its CEO John Arensmeyer has been a proponent of community grants that exist outside of the formal banking system that has controlled government aid up to this point. billion in liquidity guarantees by the Federal Reserve.

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PYMNTS

JULY 18, 2016

This newfound cost consciousness is reshaping the retail industry in everything from spurring the rise of fast fashion at the expense of mall “anchor stores,” to the increasing popularity of off-brands or store brands in the supermarket, to the shift in the apparel business, to off-price retail outlets over full-priced department stores.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Plus, PYMNTS looks back on direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands, which came in two flavors in 2020. 28) that it closed its acquisition of ShopRunner, which will operate as a part of a new group inside of FedEx Services named FedEx Dataworks. The service connects more than 100 brands and retailers to shoppers.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2020

To help merchants and promote Afterpay in-store payment services to individuals before the busy holiday shopping season, buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm Afterpay and Simon have announced a national collaboration. There are real opportunities for those brands that deeply understand their consumer.”. And there's a huge opportunity.

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2018

The DoorDash delivery addition will include 300 IHOP restaurants across the nation. Consumers clearly like the option: According to data from the NPD Group , revenue from food deliveries is up 20 percent in the past five years, while the number of deliveries in that time has increased by 8 percent.

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Perficient

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

I eventually got headhunted to work for City National Bank in Los Angeles. MM: So, you started at City National Bank, and was the bank online before you got there? I was one of the 24 first IT people, and when I left, the IT group had no less than 300 people. MM: You played a variety of roles at City National Bank.

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2020

The San Jose, California-based online selling mega corporation’s classifieds’ platforms include a dozen brands in 13 countries. The combined company expands its reach to 20 nations. “We We are excited for our local classifieds brands to join Adevinta and shape a global leader in an industry full of potential.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2020

After almost six decades as chief executive, L Brands CEO Leslie Wexner is reportedly in talks to leave his position as head of his retail empire. As the longest-serving chief executive of an S&P 500 firm, Wexner molded Victoria’s Secret, The Limited and Abercrombie & Fitch into national chains, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 29, 2020

“Though the industry moved to enable interoperability of mobile wallets in 2018, this is limited to only P2P payments, and is yet to be expanded to both merchant and agent interoperability and even to work seamlessly at P2P,” according to the draft of the Kenya National Payments System 2021-2025 report. million people use M-Pesa.

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

However, another lesson from machine learning is to build in an adjustment factor for your brand. Because the Elasticity Equation data is from a test of known customers and focus groups, that number overestimates the response. By building your brand, you increase your Brand Factor making your bank more effective with its message.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 29, 2020

The list has encompassed Taobao.com over the years in addition to websites run out of Poland, the Czech Republic and Indonesia, among other nations. The clothing trade group had asked the office in the past to put Canada, Germany and the U.K. on the list.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2019

In a press release, Amazon said it teamed up with Enterprise Nation , which supports more than 90,000 U.K. Amazon is running a year-long pilot program aimed at helping up-and-coming online brands grow their presence in the physical world. Amazon , the Seattle, Washington eCommerce giant, is expanding in the U.K.,

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2020

The National Retail Federation (NRF) said on its blog this week that the Hot 100 Retailers, while vulnerable to mergers and acquisitions, as a group is more stable than the Top 100 Retailers ranking, as stores are impacted by the unpredictability of COVID-19. For retailers, it’s better to be hot in 2020 than top. The Washington, D.C.-based

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PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2020

Others, like Simon Property Group, the nation’s biggest mall owner, don’t even have that. It is now rumored to be bidding for another troubled tenant, bankrupt clothing retailer Lucky Brand Dungarees. It, along with Authentic Brands Group owns SPARC Group. But the situation extends well beyond Nordstrom.

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Retail New York City Branding Groups 150

PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2020

Brookfield Property Partners and Simon Property Group have also joined forces for a $1.65 JCP is the lifeboat for Belk, which wants to compete with Macy’s nationally,” an unnamed source told the Post. The Sycamore roadmap entails having 250 JCPenney retail locations take on the Belk branding in some markets. billion offer.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2020

Online brands are growing their presence in the physical world by bringing their products into brick-and-mortar stores. Ouai , a hair and body care brand founded by celebrity hairstylist Jen Atkin, will roll out some of its merchandise in 1,200 Ulta Beauty locations in addition to the retailer’s website on Sunday (Jan.

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Retail Industry Branding Miami 131

PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2019

All India Online Vendors Association, a trade group representing online merchants in India, vowed to appeal a ruling by the Competition Commission of India that favored Flipkart , the eCommerce company owned by Walmart. Hence, we are filing this appeal,” Basa said in a statement.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Matt Taylor, co-founder and CEO of running apparel brand Tracksmith has found himself and his company a little slice of Boston’s running history. And although we don’t have sort of a control group to cast against, I mean we certainly feel like there’s a lesson in the business when we’re doing those things well.”.

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Boston Marketing Training Branding 175

PYMNTS

AUGUST 11, 2020

“Fraud prevention solutions need to address the most common types of insurance fraud, like bots that submit illegitimate bulk quotes to open fake policies by using consumer information” that is purchased or stolen, Jay Sarzen, senior analyst, Aite Group, said in the announcement.

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MyBankTracker

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

In 2018, AAA, underwritten by CSAA Insurance Group, was named the highest-ranked auto insurance brand in the Southwest from the J.D. Power analyzes this score as an indication of brand loyalty among AAA policyholders. The post CSAA Insurance Group Review: Great for Auto Coverage? Industry rating and standing.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 21, 2020

Uber Eats said it will send its matched portion to the National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Employee Relief Fund. As reported in early April, the National Restaurant Association created the fund to support U.S. Shift4 Payments, P&G Professional, The Elliot Group, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP and the Light Foundation.

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South Carolina San Francisco Montana New York City 133

PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2020

During the quarter, the company’s first two of five VillageMD primary care clinics, Village Medical at Walgreens, opened in Houston and the Flagship No7 beauty brand experienced “sales growth in the mid teens in the U.S.” per the announcement.

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Houston Branding Groups Innovation 130

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

StyleSnap’s recommendations draw on a number of factors, including brand, price range and customer reviews. I think brands are trying to figure out a way to use the mobile phone, and use the tools that are unique to the mobile phone to really streamline that extend that path to purchase. percent from 2019 to 2025.

Branding 151

Branding Retail social media Mobile 151

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

DoorDash and Chowly , for instance, are partnering to provide restaurant brands of all sizes the opportunity to grow their business through offering delivery. Today, through these partnerships, we are pioneering once again by being the first fast-casual to launch the “bring your own courier” model nation-wide.” .

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Innovation Mobile Groups Indiana 192

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

To help hockey players stay up to date on the latest sports equipment, eCommerce innovator the PenaltyBox offers subscription boxes comprised of a myriad of hockey essentials, from well-known brands to up-and-coming companies the PenaltyBox team tests themselves. The company’s largest target market is the 12-and-under age group.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2020

Amazon and Italian luxury brand Maison Valentino filed a lawsuit against a retailer Thursday (June 18), alleging the company sold counterfeit goods as the trade in the so-called “gray market” continues to draw attention. It’s run through Homeland Security’s National IP Rights Coordination Center.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Wells Fargo Chief Executive Charlie Scharf believes the American economy will bounce back expediently once coronavirus vaccines can reach broad swathes of the nation. Global branded payments provider Blackhawk Network has launched its Giving Good Prepaid Mastercard with a release that encompasses five options that benefit charitable groups.

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Marketing Tools Conference Fintech 159

PYMNTS

JULY 12, 2019

In a sign that Colgate-Palmolive is looking to diversify its interests beyond soap and toothpaste with deals, the consumer goods group has come to an agreement to purchase the Filorga Cosmétiques skincare business for €1.5 Paris-based Filorga is a brand for anti-aging skincare mostly focused on facial care.

Branding 101

Branding Groups National Industry 101

PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2020

Here’s the latest news from Facebook, Amazon and others, which are coming under increasing scrutiny from regulators, trade groups and politicians the world over. The services are not currently registered as distinct entities, although they are provided to users in the nation. RILA Joins Trade Groups in Tackling Counterfeit Merchandise.

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social media Data Apple Compliance 152

PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2018

According to BBC , as a result of the deal, all the group’s retail customers will be moved to Virgin Money over the next three years. While the combined group, which will be based in Glasgow, would have about 9,500 employees, CYBG revealed that it will be eliminating around 1,500 jobs. It will become the U.K.’s

Groups 109

Groups Branding National Technology 109

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2018

The group announced that its membership is nearing 500, with hundreds more expected to join. RGL Management has been organizing a group of claimants since last year. ” In response, CYBG told The National that any clients with concerns should contact the bank directly. Reports in Sky News on Tuesday (Oct.

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