PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

The option to buy online and pick up in-store has been at BJ’s since early 2016, near a full year before Costco or Sam’s Club acquired similar coverage. Plus, the app’s digital gallery has both store-based savings (from the “Big” and “Little” book of savings the brand puts out each month) as well as various manufacturer coupons.

Leadership 109

Leadership Mobile Massachusetts Retail 109

CB Insights

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Consumers are now buying CPG goods online, via mobile, at the office, through on-demand delivery, in meal kits and personalized services, by using smart home and voice technology, and more. Pinnacle Foods, which owns Vlasic pickles and other brands, has been targeted by activist investor Jana Partners. Short-term challenges.

Branding 73

Branding Industry Retail Strategy 73

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Facebook leadership underestimated the role that platform governance plays in keeping platforms alive and thriving – and it may be too little, much too late to turn things around. There’s a big available market with a lot of room to grow that pie – after all, Amazon “only” has about 50 percent of the online commerce market , and the U.S.

Payments 196

Payments Google Apple Innovation 196

PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2016

We understand that sometimes brands do things in an effort to get a little boost so that people notice. Remember, Lending Club’s claim to fame, as all of the online lenders, was their technology prowess at building systems that could take data and mash it up and make better decisions, faster. Our heart bleeds for those sellers.

Retail 100

Retail FDIC Bitcoin Lending 100

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

And Partners CEO John Janclaes helped put Kony on the market map in mid-size shops, even keynoting Kony’s conference with a leadership book in tow. The workplace a millennial will most confuse with Silicon Valley – Live Oak Bank in North Carolina. The Branding Name-Thud Award – Goes to BB&T + Suntrust becoming Truist.

Idaho 148

Idaho Conference Data Marketing 148

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2015

To Facebook’s Jerry Canning , a solid digital panelist at the ABA conference who pointed to the need to engage in conversations online with the customer, “the new CMO.” Department Whose Brand Isn’t Improving Award. Diebold seizes the merger moment with fledgling Wincor Nixdorf to change its already well-known brand.

Community Bank 60

Community Bank Apple Community Technology 60

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Leveraging the Virtual Wallet brand it built years ago, it will be worth watching how PNC fares in 2019. There is a nice mix of the executive gene pool among these two organizations to build the future leadership team, and this deal helps CenterState gain scale as it moved past the dreaded $10 billion regulatory mark.

Fintech 102

Fintech Conference Innovation Community 102

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Hats off to a decade of strong leadership and hard work. While this deal was announced late last year, the heavy lifting was done in 2016 as BBCN Bancorp and Wilshire Bancorp came together under a new brand to create the largest Korean American bank. Demand in Need of a Supply – Online/mobile commercial loan origination.

Utah 60

Utah System Community Marketing 60

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Hats off to a decade of strong leadership and hard work. While this deal was announced late last year, the heavy lifting was done in 2016 as BBCN Bancorp and Wilshire Bancorp came together under a new brand to create the largest Korean American bank. Demand in Need of a Supply – Online/mobile commercial loan origination.

Utah 60

Utah System Community Marketing 60

PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

It’s almost as bad as saying it’s the “Year of The Sloth” – since, let’s face it, pigs are not typically prized for their wisdom, energy, vision or leadership qualities across the animal kingdom. Paying for things will happen online for pickup in the store later. Chinese tradition, however, takes a different view.

Mobile 205

Mobile Innovation Apple Study 205

CB Insights

MARCH 2, 2018

Amazon is focused on globilizing its branded Marketplace, and will spend billions of dollars over the next decade to bring its model of low prices, vast selection, and fast delivery to the world. They also know how successful a retailer can be if it builds a leading e-commerce presence and brings a country into online retail.

Regional 68

Regional Retail Marketing Online 68