PYMNTS

OCTOBER 28, 2020

“Plus casual is obviously a more challenged segment that's facing greater headwinds, but the Maggiano's team is doing a great job managing their cost structure and flow through,” CEO, President and Non-Independent Director Wyman T. Roberts noted that the brand is garnering high satisfaction ratings and formidable repeat business.

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Perficient

JANUARY 5, 2021

The expanded executive leadership team will drive continued growth and operational excellence across Perficient while delivering superior solutions for clients. “As ” Prakash Chembai, AVP of India global delivery operations. She will provide resources to scale client projects and speed time to market. Ostasz, AVP of U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2020

has entered into a definitive deal to sell Cost Plus World Market to Kingswood Capital Management, while Authentic Brands is reportedly in discussions with Arcadia Group and Debenhams. Bed Bath & Beyond Strikes Deal To Sell Cost Plus World Market. Authentic Brands Could Buy Arcadia Group And Debenhams.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2020

The software-driven platform Life House said the investment will support its growth into new markets and its drive for profitability by 2021. 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. .

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PYMNTS

JUNE 22, 2020

How Customer Reviews Provide Lifeblood To Restaurant Operations. That focus has only grown amid the takeout- and delivery-only operational shifts due to COVID-19-related social-distancing efforts. Careful attention to reviews could give management a firmer handle on how to tweak their restaurants’ marketing or address problem areas.

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Perficient

JULY 12, 2022

Across financial services – industries such as banking, wealth management, and insurance – the need for greater personalization has been a theme for several years. Your brand is the beacon of authenticity for a personal experience. What does your brand portray to the market?

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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. The move comes over a year after it was put on the block and Meredith will still manage its website and publish its print magazine, The Wall Street Journal reported. acquisition.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2019

An Indonesian startup that provides consumer brands with omnichannel marketing and sales products, including cash-back rewards, has raised $3 million in a Series A-2 funding round, according to a report by TechCrunch. The funding round for Pomona was led by Vynn Capital.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2019

With more than $89 million raised, B2B FinTechs this week impressed venture capitalists (VCs) with a range of services, including small business accounting, financing, spend management and payroll. Sleek offers a B2B service that enables startups and young businesses to incorporate and operate, targeting firms in Singapore and Hong Kong.

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Perficient

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Except for Macy’s and Nordstroms, all other brands did better (or less bad) on the internet channel versus the store channel. There could be lots of reasons, such as some stores being closed, most operated with restricted hours or restricted number of guests, or other COVID-19 restrictions that didn’t affect the online channel.

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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

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Businesses of all sizes are slowly phasing manual expense tools out of spend management strategies. The latest Workforce Spend Playbook analyzes how expense management tools are shifting to provide quicker and more convenient services to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in all markets. The L atest Workforce Spend News.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2020

To provide small companies with accounts payable (AP) automation, Medius is bringing its MediusGo invoice automation product to the American market. Introducing MediusGo to the US market marks another important milestone on the Medius growth journey,” Medius Chief Executive Per Åkerberg said in the announcement. “I

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

There are many, many retailers and brands trying to outfit the world, and standing out in the crowd is difficult. The brand became the first to launch a website for U.S. And so, Clandestina exports its ideas — T-shirt designs — to a contract T-shirt printing operation in South Carolina called Frenzy. eCommerce operation.

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Perficient

JUNE 1, 2023

As the financial services industry continues to evolve, companies are looking for ways to stay ahead of the competition and increase their market share. Generated output takes into account everything from brand voice and word and character length to fact verification, and includes up-to-date information.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Ether, for instance, seems to have dropped in value, just as many organizations that had previously raised funds in Ether via ICO “cash out” so as to finance their operations and pay for expenses, Bloomberg said. ICO market.” It’s another gap in the market giving rise to FinTech firms addressing this issue.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Brands , moves that serve as a good reflection of overall trends in the quick service restaurant (QSR) space. Yum operates the Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and KFC chains, and the company’s fourth-quarter results, released Thursday (Feb. That effort will be supported by a significant marketing effort, he added. “We The goal for Yum?

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

If there was any stigma left about used clothing it may have been erased last week as Nordstrom put its high-end brand on what it calls “re-commerce.”. While “reselling” or “secondary market” are more likely to keep ownership of this burgeoning market, the reselling market is reinventing itself for 2020.

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

When bankers talk about a product, be it a loan, transactional account, or treasury management service, they usually speak in terms of the actual product itself. The actual product includes the terms, fees, interest rate, operations, and details of how to access the product. The Basics of Bank Product Design – The Actual Product.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2019

After a better-than-expected earnings report and an upbeat round of guidance for the rest of the year, shares of Shopify were trading up when markets opened on Wall Street today (Aug. Adjusted earnings per share came in at 14 cents, up from 2 cents a year ago – well in excess of the 3 cents analysts were seeking.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

In the long list of startup finalists competing at South by Southwest 2017 hides a brand new personal finance management app. Hip Money – a new app by Hip Pocket – adapts the millennial habit of “swiping” to help them save and pay down debt through a mobile app. Nebraska-based software Read More.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

To dive into the toy market for the holidays, Kroger is teaming up with the hedge fund owners of formerly Toys R Us exclusive brands from Geoffrey’s Toy Box. Earlier this year, CEO David Brandon said that Toys R Us may liquidate its operations in France, Spain, Poland and Australia.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Via Amazon Pharmacy, consumers will be able to tap into a new self-service platform via their computer or smartphone that will allow them to store payments and insurance information and manage their medication and refills. Brand-name medications will be priced at 40 percent off, and generics will be discounted 80 percent.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

We are proud fintech nerds, and for five years we have marked the Coolest Brands in Banking on Bank Innovation based not on the type of sunglasses worn by a CEO, but on the Read More. When we think of cool, James Dean doesn’t immediately come to mind. The app Songsterr does.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2018

China has taken over as the world’s largest logistics market, spending a whopping 12.1 The total logistics cost of 13 trillion yuan has created a 13-trillion-yuan logistics market,” said Ni, according to Asia Times. trillion yuan (US$1.76 trillion) in logistics costs last year.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 15, 2019

So, in the spirt of “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em,” PYMNTS recently caught up with two entrepreneurs determined to bring digital expertise and efficiency to cash management — the type of cash management that can make or break employees and some business operators, especially in the restaurant space. Better Cash Management?

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FICO

APRIL 6, 2023

Its market clearing engine, which is the heart of the solution, computes the activated bids and demands and relies on FICO Xpress. The TERRE market platform replaces a fragmented process, mainly managed at the national level, which was composed of several local mostly non-optimized sub-systems.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 19, 2023

In this article, we will look at deposit performance data related to high balances and show how banks can dramatically increase value by restructuring relationship-based products and better-allocating marketing/sales dollars more efficiently. This is over three times the life of a money market account that is over $1mm in balances.

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Jeff For Banks

MARCH 27, 2019

So, if you are asking, “what does brand get you?”, Ask the Experts My firm is not a marketing or branding firm. We leave that to the able hands of folks like Tim Pannell of Financial Marketing Solutions , a recent This Month in Banking podcast guest. Tim had great insights for banks on brand. Is brand worth it?

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2019

Getting inventory levels right is challenging, particularly for grocery stores that must also manage sell-by dates. Traditional low-tech approaches to inventory can entail store managers making guesses based on past experiences, a method that is inexact and leaves opportunities for human error.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Many enjoyed huge first-day price pops, heating up the IPO market even more — and 2021 seems poised to only continue the fireworks. Popular stock-trading app Robinhood Markets reportedly recently hired Goldman Sachs to lead a possible 2021 IPO that would value the company at more than $20 billion. Then shares soared 85.8

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Research & development, product design, human capital and brand building is usually a next year item when it should be a next decade exercise. Bank management is hyper-focused on net interest margin. Bank management is hyper-focused on net interest margin. The reality is that very few of those activities drive value.

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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

AUGUST 5, 2020

“For us, the revolution starts with the market,” said Co-founder and CEO Joshua Silberstein. The market is fundamentally changing, and as the market changes, so do the sources of competitive advantage. We do a complete marketing overhaul,” Silberstein explained. “We company to reach profitable unicorn status.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2020

They now operate together under the Syncapay brand umbrella via a holding firm created with a new majority equity investment from funds that Centerbridge Partners advises, according to the announcement. 10) announcement. Terms of the arrangement were not made public. “The

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2018

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 Further, TFS plans to continue to pursue merger and acquisition (M&A) deals as part of its growth strategy.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2019

continues to grow its eCommerce and grocery operations – same-day grocery delivery is now available to most of the store’s members, the company recently said – as the merchant continues to bask in the glow of besting Amazon in an important customer satisfaction index. Additionally, the smartphone market is getting saturated.

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