CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

We received a response from a subscriber explaining the trick that market researchers use to do this. I’m a long time marketing researcher (35+ years) and I learned this trick in my first job back in the mid-80’s. So we did a national survey about what brand was your favorite breakfast sausage.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2019

“The combination of our industry-leading POS and mobile and online ordering solution with the integration of DoorDash uniquely positions us to provide a scalable and comprehensive solution from the order to the customer’s front door,” said Revention Vice President of Products and Marketing Rahul Bakshi. With a current valuation of $12.6

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The National Auto Dealers Association (NADA) recently reported that during the first three quarters of 2020, three out of every four vehicles sold were light trucks – a trend that has pushed truck prices to new highs. For instance, upstarts like San Francisco-based Shift just reported record results on Thursday (Nov.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2018

In 2014, Amazon ’s Whole Foods became Instacart’s first national partner. In March , it rolled out the service to Atlanta and San Francisco. ALDI tested the service in three markets — Atlanta, Dallas, and Los Angeles — in August, Chain Store Age reported.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2017

This is often a good or service they find they need, and that the market doesn’t offer, which sets off a light bulb and begins the cycle of innovation. More than 100 pairs and a few flea markets later, Kelly was done with his day job in real estate. “We got three pairs made in different patterns and colors.”.

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2018

Blue Apron faces ongoing challenges, with its customer base dwindling 24 percent year over year and increasing 5 percent quarter over quarter “following the deliberate pullback in marketing spend in the second half of 2017,” the company said in an earnings press release. The company will sell them under the “WW Healthy Kitchen” brand name.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2018

Through platforms such as Slice , small pizzerias can tap into technology that allows their customers to order pizza online for pickup or delivery — just like the larger national chains. Digital orders for local pizzerias is a largely untapped market. But many markets outside those areas are underserved. The Delivery Business.

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2019

Zippin , a new cashierless convenience store, has launched in San Francisco with the goal of reducing typically long lines. The store now takes cash since San Francisco banned cashless businesses. “We Currently, about a quarter of the nation’s 4.3 Shoppers log in with an app, pick up goods and can walk out.

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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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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

As banks and credit unions pour gasoline on their direct outreach, Adobe’s announced acquisition of Marketo shows us just how hot digital marketing automation is right now. In the morphing cross-industry world of sales, marketing and even some service outreach, it’s hot. But how hot? Marketo ’s $1.8

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PYMNTS

APRIL 15, 2019

The compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of the global smart vending machine market from 2019 to 2024 is projected to be 12 percent. The expected CAGR of the global transportation ticket vending market from 2019 to 2024 is 3.9 Europe’s 2017 share of the coin-operated vending machine production market is 30.3 And, in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Dollar Shave Club first made a name for itself with a solid concept — and a series of very entertaining ads that brought the inexpensive razor company into the national consciousness. The move comes as DSC is finding itself working in an increasingly crowded market with players offering essentially similar central value propositions.

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PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2020

Grubhub has capped fees in Seattle and San Francisco, but they remain in effect in the rest of the U.S., And it’s a movement catching on with brands and entrepreneurs of all kids, trying variations on the model. including New York City, which has been hard hit by the pandemic.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Today, Farmstead is fairly small – its delivery footprint is limited to San Francisco and the Bay Area – and it doesn’t carry the 40,000 SKUs that most grocery stores do. What we see in many markets is eventually we have best-in-class prices to go along with our best-in-class, highly fresh produce,” noted Elankumaran.

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NCR

MAY 9, 2017

Bankrate’s conversion of the Quizzle app (purchased from Quicken Loans in 2016) to Score & Report, white-labeled for use by community banks and credit unions, enables a branded and cost effective solution for quick adoption of new technology. Each one appeals to a different market target. One App Is Not Enough. BBVA has 34.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2017

If I’m a brand, I’m trying to figure out: How can I expose my brand” across marquee names, such as Nordstrom, Macy’s or even Louis Vuitton, “that they know who I am obviously, and they have the ability to spend?”. Many of those travelers are beginning to explore what Badran termed “Middle America,” with stops at national parks.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Honorable Mentions – while this was a quiet year for M&A, we tip our hat to Atlantic Union’s acquisition of American National Bank and Eastern Bank’s acquisition of Cambridge Bank. The “Giant Sucking Sound” Award – goes to the swell of funds leaving banking and ballooning money market mutual funds. and Summit Financial Group, Inc.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2017

Big Tech Battle of Market Caps : Amazon’s market cap has hit a significant milestone. With a new high of $900 a share, the company’s recent market cap stood at more than $430 billion. That’s nearly twice the market cap of Walmart and has three times the revenue of that stalwart eCommerce player. The lesson here?

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PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2017

The $14 million of funding Rinse recently secured will not be going into the company’s tech as much as into building out its team as it looks to launch in new markets. Rinse currently serves its home base of San Francisco as well as Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. We view ourselves serving the entire country.

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NCR

OCTOBER 28, 2016

That was an early appearance for this topic on a national stage, and it hasn’t let up since. trillion market, and in dire need of enhancement and change. However, the private market is growing as well, in part because the two types are not mutually exclusive. Consider the case of First Dakota National Bank in Yankton, S.D.

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NCR

OCTOBER 7, 2016

That was an early appearance for this topic on a national stage, and it hasn’t let up since. trillion market, and in dire need of enhancement and change. However, the private market is growing as well, in part because the two types are not mutually exclusive. Consider the case of First Dakota National Bank in Yankton, S.D.

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William Mills

JULY 19, 2018

However, some of the smaller, more intimate events may have more of an impact on your bottom line than the big, national conferences that are already on your radar. You may already know about some of the bigger shows (TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco on Sept. ABA Bank Marketing Conference , Sept. NAMB National , Dec.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Some interesting finalists would be: M&T and People’s United Old National and First Midwest Webster and Sterling Columbia Bank and Umpqua. This is an innovation-seeking franchise that has built a solid brand and never got over its skis in execution. Congrats on a brave move and national recognition Jim!

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

The Super Bowl is nearly upon us – the Kansas City Chiefs are headed to their first “big game” in 50 years to take on the San Francisco 49ers, who haven’t been there since the 2012 season, and haven’t held the Vince Lombardi Trophy since 1995. For San Francisco, it’s a chance to recapture some past glory.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2017

That garage is now a private museum and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. But it would be over the next four years that eBay would find itself increasingly pulled into a riptide of changing market dynamics. It’s also where Airbnb , quite literally, got its start. million in revenues to $3.2 That was down from 23.8

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2016

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. Mergerama Region of the Year – The Midwest: Huntington-First Merit, Chemical-Talmer, Old National-Anchor … the list goes on.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2016

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. Mergerama Region of the Year – The Midwest: Huntington-First Merit, Chemical-Talmer, Old National-Anchor … the list goes on.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

With 12 words, one photo and a tweet, Nike has managed to capture the news cycle this week – and much of the market’s interest. Believe in something, even if it costs you everything … Just Do It,” were the dozen words, and the picture was of former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

The companies below were selected based on the recency and size of their disclosed funding and their Mosaic score, CB Insights’ National Science Foundation-backed algorithm that uses financial and non-financial signals to predict private company health. Headquarters: San Francisco, California. Research Briefing: Fitness Tech.

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CB Insights

JULY 17, 2018

New restaurant concepts are redefining how we think about food, pushing established brands to reinvent themselves, spurring entrepreneurs to be creative with visual platforms like Instagram and recipes like pea-based protein, and paving a new way forward for the idea of casual dining itself. Automatic food: Cafe X (San Francisco).

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CB Insights

JUNE 11, 2018

The platform combines a number of tools — including data, APIs, and open source code — that developers can use for free to bring autonomous driving products to market. According to Gartner , Android made up 86% of the global mobile market in 2017, up substantially from 0% ten years earlier. Competition rising on the domestic front.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Among the many complaints leveled against national treasure Kim Kardashian-West is the fact that she is paid an awful lot to do pretty much nothing. For brands who can’t quite afford those celebrity-tier prices, wouldn’t it be nice if there were bargain basement cool kids on offer to hipster-up the joint on important nights?

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William Mills

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Now showing how Avoka can integrate with a ton of apps in a matter of days with your company’s brand. From their web site: Based in San Francisco, MarketX was founded by a group of experienced professionals from finance, legal, and technology backgrounds. Targeted at Marketing, execs, lines of business owners, etc.

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William Mills

MAY 9, 2018

Stephen Butler (General Manager), Sid Probstein (CTO & VP Professional Services), Alan Swahn (VP Marketing), Percy Johnson (VP Solutions), Alex Levi (VP Sales). Having market-tested various approaches to motivate action to improve online security with tens of thousands of consumers, the company is now launching its product.

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CB Insights

MARCH 6, 2019

A healthy culture of dissent may have helped the company focus on its product issues before they became a national scandal, but workers who raised red flags were ignored and, if they persisted, asked to leave the company. Three months later, Amazon contributed to a $50M funding round earmarked for promoting the Pets.com brand.

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CB Insights

JUNE 6, 2019

Coda Automotive was an early player in the electric vehicle market, an early failure, and a great example of why being early is not always an advantage — even if the future your company envisions is probably the right one. Another, larger problem was that the market for electric cars did not take off the way that Coda expected.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

They are a diverse group of players, ranging from automotive industry stalwarts to leading technology brands and telecommunications companies. A few of the companies or brands listed below belong to the same parent organization, but are detailed separately if they are operating distinct autonomous development programs.

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