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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

But the one thing that might work is taking a page from the innovation playbook that Netflix seems to have written and followed over the last 22 years. A combination of forces — Netflix’s own content and technology innovations and advances in hardware and software — helped them consistently attract more eyeballs.

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DECEMBER 28, 2020

Direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands came in two flavors during 2020. The second flavor were the brands that had seen traction before the pandemic and flourished during it with innovative marketing, fresh business models and cool packaging. The seven-year-old D2C hybrid brand has received $4.7 That group is more exciting.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2020

For most of us, a stroll down the chilled or frozen food aisle in the supermarket is essentially an in-store version of window shopping. And so it's a fairly capital intensive investment for us to make upfront, to manufacture and then install doors at that scale,” he said. sales lift is not a common thing.”. “We

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JUNE 12, 2019

The myth of the lone (and possibly mad) scientist died out a long time ago, as the industrial age led to teams of researchers working together (or at healthy cross purposes) to enable innovation. Science and invention are collective pursuits. The basic idea behind LISNR is to send data securely via audio. That’s the tech part.

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JANUARY 26, 2020

Among the fastest-growing hotel brands, Life House has over 800 beds and 25 hotels that are expected to be operational by early next year. . He added that software eliminates many issues but some “are solved with innovation in the supply chain of our services.”.

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JANUARY 22, 2020

The race to create a challenger bank just got more competitive with a ready-made solution from core provider Temenos that can help brands stand up a digital bank in as few as 90 days. The Switzerland-based banking technology provider launched its digital banking software-as-a-service solution in the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Our Paid Search team earned some well-deserved recognition last week when their paid search campaigns for long-time client Lake Champlain Chocolates won Best Use of Search – Retail/Ecommerce (PPC) at the US Search Awards. It was a well-executed campaign with a great outcome for the brand. It was amazing work.”.

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OCTOBER 10, 2018

Like most innovators, Arielle Charnas was looking to solve a problem when she launched her fashion blog – it just wasn’t a fashion problem. Today, she noted, things are quite good, as she is the rare internet celebrity who has turned a social brand into a bankable retail venture.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2020

To help diners make the best use of their mobile devices to order meals, quick-service restaurants (QSRs) are tapping into mobile innovations. From Dunkin’ Brands to Grubhub , QSRs and ordering platforms are driving innovation with mobile ordering technology. QSRs are expanding their mobile order-ahead capabilities.

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DECEMBER 31, 2020

How ‘Contact Us’ And The Kardashians Ignited Afterpay In The US. As much as a click from the Kardashians helped spread the brand awareness and jump-start his company, Molnar said, as a spending trend among young consumers set the stage for BNPL's success. The other is technological innovation. According to J.P.

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OCTOBER 29, 2020

Mastercard ’s Senior Vice President of Innovation and Startup Engagement Deborah Barta told Karen Webster in a conversation with Luis Macias , CEO and Founder of GrainChain , that COVID-19 has only intensified the issue. The question “where’s my stuff?” The roadmap from here is extensive,” she said.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Perficient has helped our clients take applications and systems from good to great by innovating the customer experience, creating a new process or optimizing an existing one, or enabling a new service for the organization. How do you bring these innovations to your organization? Share your story with us.

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AUGUST 1, 2019

With upgrades to its mobile app and new product offerings, Dunkin’ Brands grew its digital and delivery platforms while rolling out menu innovations with broader customer appeal in the second quarter. The quick-service restaurant (QSR) brand added 46 net new Dunkin’ locations in the U.S., Menu Innovation.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2019

eCommerce innovators are offering plant-based nutrition beverages designed for baby boomers and their parents with the help of the subscription business model. On Perennial’s website, the company seeks to make its brand purpose front and center. While there has been some innovation in cleaner label brands in non-dairy milk (e.g.

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OCTOBER 29, 2020

For any brand that promises to entertain, motivation should center on pleasure. That meant it needed viewers to not only discover its brand, download its app, register and begin watching but also to subscribe at either a $5 or $8 monthly payment level. In the FBM, motivation is defined as the reason for action.

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DECEMBER 6, 2019

To test out renting attire as eco-conscious shoppers rein in their purchases, H&M said its COS brand has collaborated with the Chinese subscription rental platform YCloset to trial clothing rentals. H&M has rolled out many independent brands like Arket and COS in recent years.

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APRIL 9, 2018

On Monday (April 9), American Express unveiled a new global brand platform and marketing campaign dubbed “Powerful Backing: Don’t Do Business / Don’t Live Life Without It.”. While we have always been known as a relationship company, many people have considered us as only a consumer brand.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 5, 2020

Digital banking brand Majority, which is aimed at reaching immigrants who lack credit history, is on pace to launch across the U.S. Majority is a membership-based digital banking service that costs $5 per month. It gives immigrants a platform to manage their money, send funds home to their families and carry out long-distance […].

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MAY 24, 2019

This might attract customers, but retaining them requires constant innovation. We know 90 percent of our customers are shopping by phone — are using FashionPass on their phones — so we tried to make the experience as app-like as possible from the beginning.”. Clothing Rental and the Future of Fashion.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2020

Or maybe things aren’t going down exactly as doomsday predictions would have us believe. If “Jurassic Park” taught us one thing, it’s that “life finds a way.” The report concludes with a fascinating deep dive into new horizons in visual search , and what innovation in that space means to the connected commerce ecosystem.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Luxury style and quality brands, offered at a more middle-class price point and sold directly to consumers, is increasingly crowded terrain in apparel retail. La Ligne’s main area of focus, according to Howard, is building their brand cautiously – and with an eye toward being profitable and scalable. We’re listening.”.

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JUNE 24, 2019

Retailers are getting smarter about artificial intelligence (AI), and the latest example of that innovative effort comes from Walmart. By using AI technology, the sportswear brand was able to offer suggestions to online shoppers. Take Adidas as another example of that trend.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The group was in agreement that while the rise in brands embracing direct-to-consumer (D2C) channels has gained substantial momentum, there is still much to be learned about a practice that is still very much evolving. For us, not only D2C but all channels of eCommerce have to be complementary. z International ; and sticky.io

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Savvy healthcare innovators leverage the power of consumerization by first observing what works in domains outside of their own, and then adapting those successes to address their own challenges. You can get started by mapping the customer journey, uncovering pain points and opportunities across their interactions with your brand.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Cashierless stores aren’t just for mega retailers like Amazon to sell prepared food from their kitchens or products from other producers: Beverage brands, among other companies, are getting into the action and choosing this checkout experience for stores that showcase their own products IRL (“in real life”) as a marketing tool.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2017

Innovation is both genesis and lifeblood for companies, especially within the payments space. PYMNTS: How would you define Applause’s approach to innovation? PYMNTS: How would you define Applause’s approach to innovation? Our approach to innovation is two-fold. Innovation is only valuable if it’s usable.

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MARCH 22, 2021

The same way we articulate to our clients exactly why they should do business with us, applying an employer value proposition – sometimes called an employee brand platform – offers candidates and colleagues both the chance to understand the answers to two key questions: “Why do people join Perficient?” What makes this different?

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2019

The sale of shoes online has come a long way since the dawn of eCommerce – and footwear continues to help drive innovation in the retail space. Headquartered in Marche, Italy, Tod’s said it appointed Domizi as its chief digital and innovation officer in a bid to streamline the company’s ongoing digital transformation. Nike and Voice.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2018

The innovation economy requires more than caffeine and collaboration for fuel. WeWork also wants to make a bigger name for itself as an enabler of innovation. Innovation Program. Innovator Awards. But there is no doubt that the company wants a piece of the innovation economy. That’s the path chosen by WeWork.

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JANUARY 15, 2021

Givingli is an app that brings together greetings created by indie artists, customization functionalities, and gifts from brands, according to a Thursday (Jan. Blackhawk helped us grow our business and is continuing to help us push the envelope for superior digital gifting capabilities.”. 14) announcement. “We

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

In the age of direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands, however, digital innovators are taking a new approach to bike shopping. To make it possible for a bike to arrive nearly fully assembled and ready to ride, Dragon took an innovative approach with its “RideReady” shipping package.

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APRIL 12, 2018

Through the arrangement, Crate and Barrel will pair with Synchrony on a private label credit card as well as a new dual-branded card, the companies said in an announcement. “In

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 29, 2019

New York City commuters this week will have their first exposure to European banking brand N26 through ads posted on subway cars. customers this summer, and it’s using a traditional ad campaign — on subways, taxis and buses — to build brand recognition among U.S. […].

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JANUARY 24, 2020

Some of us go through life humming tunes as we walk down the sidewalk, or with what amounts to a personal soundtrack always playing in our heads. But no matter the case, music is a big part of the retail world, and is helping to create new harmonies of innovation and disruption. Others don’t.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Our new financing will allow us to further distinguish our offerings and customer experience as an industry innovator," said Modal CEO and Founder Aaron Krane. American Honda has worked with Modal, formerly Drive Motors, since late 2018 to create branded online buying tools for Honda and Acura.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2018

In 2015 The Guardian advised that we should all take our Thanksgiving turkey and “ throw it in the garbage ,” prompting us to admire the temerity it takes for a group of Englishmen to offer instructions on a holiday they do not actually celebrate. There isn’t a lot of room to really innovate the Thanksgiving turkey. Or is there?

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MAY 16, 2019

The trouble with direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands is that the name belies how hard it actually is to reach and recruit the consumer. This is particularly hard for unknown emerging brands — and it gets exponentially harder the more crowded the field gets with competitors.

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