PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2018

Small but mighty, German discount grocer Lidl — a brand known for not only its low prices, but also its innovative store layouts and private labels, including clothing — has already gobbled up 3 percent of local market share since the chain came to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in June 2017. jobs in the next year.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2018

This year, retailers from Kroger to Whole Foods Market brought new offerings ranging from cashierless checkout to personal shopping services to their stores. In August, Amazon and Whole Foods Market announced the rollout of a curbside pickup service for groceries in Virginia Beach and Sacramento. pick up at 5:30 p.m.,

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2019

With blackjack and roulette on mobile phones, the growing market for online sports wagering in New Jersey has introduced gamblers to virtual casino games. Approximately 20 brands of online casinos are vying on a reportedly small field. Geofencing makes sure that mobile apps stay within each state.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Whole Foods’ market cap was estimated at over $9.7 Costco stock was up as well for the week, hitting a high over $176 on Friday morning, with a market cap over $77 billion. and a market cap over €26 billion (over $27.6 Additionally, some 60 percent of beta users tried new products or brands to earn Kicks. grocery stores.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2016

Today, in McLean, Virginia, guests of the local Hilton can have their questions answered 24/7, 365 days a year by what is likely the world’s first robot concierge, Connie (named for Conrad Hilton, the patriarch of the Hilton brand), which is powered by IBM’s Watson AI. Which leaves retailers with one of two choices.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2018

In Richmond, Virginia, for example, Chop Chop allows diners to choose from a menu of 50 to 60 restaurants for delivery. In sum, “we’re there to market for them to help them grow,” Chop Chop Owner Chris Chandler told PYMNTS.com in an interview. on customer service, local knowledge and restaurant fees. Service and Customization.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2018

When Amazon launched Prime Now delivery for groceries out of its Whole Foods Marketpalce subsidiary, the company turned some heads — and heard some minor complaints, since the service was only initially only available in four markets: Virginia Beach, Austin, Dallas and Cincinnati.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2018

But, following Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods, Amazon started offering its own two-hour delivery from stores in Austin, Cincinnati, Dallas and Virginia Beach in February. ALDI tested the service in three markets — Atlanta, Dallas, and Los Angeles — in August, Chain Store Age reported.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Google, for instance, has its Midwest headquarters in the former Fulton Market Cold Storage building. Henrico County, Virginia. Facebook’s headquarters are moving from Menlo Park, California to a brand new, 70-story, not-even-completed-yet skyscraper in neighboring San Francisco. San Francisco, California.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2019

Food trucks have been around since the 1970s, when taco trucks began making the rounds in New York City, but didn’t become a national sensation until 2008 when two events coincided in such a way as to make a long extant — but largely niche — subsegment of the restaurant game into a mass market phenomenon. economy was blowing up in a bad way.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 3, 2019

At USF, the company will have brand ambassadors on hand to help consumers pick up their drinks if they have any doubts or confusion when it comes time to retrieve their orders. The Robotics Market. (They can also input a credit card directly as an alternative.) Café X, for instance, uses robotics to prepare cups of coffee.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

A big boost for both firms’ private-label brands was forecast, and has since come to pass. cities – Austin, Cincinnati, Dallas and Virginia Beach – but nationwide rollout is scheduled by the end of the year. Tech stock: In what was a significantly bad week in the stock market, these guys did particularly badly.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

This is an innovation-seeking franchise that has built a solid brand and never got over its skis in execution. For the past four-plus years, Chesler has guided Glacier through continued growth and successful acquisitions across the West, all while staying true to Glacier’s local market culture. GonzoBanker of the Year – Credit Union.

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2018

Heal accepts all the major forms of insurance in the markets in which they operate, which today is 70 percent of California, Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia. If 10 years ago, I had told you retail was going to fully reset and all these brands were going to disappear, you wouldn’t have believed me,” Desai said.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The Paris-headquartered retail chain of personal care and beauty stores has more than 400 shops across North America that feature nearly 3,000 brands, along with its own private label. to offer same-day deliveries across a few select markets in the U.S., Florida and Texas. In August, Instacart signed a deal with Walmart Inc.

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CB Insights

APRIL 10, 2019

While the technology is still developing, many companies (including Amazon) are banking on it as a disruptive force in a myriad of markets. From creating checkout-free retail stores to eliminating concert tickets, here are 16 industries that are starting to transform with facial recognition technology. Marketing & Advertising.

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APRIL 24, 2018

Research BRIEFING: Surviving the Retail Apocalypse. How are brick-and-mortar retailers surviving and adapting in the world of digital commerce? The retail apocalypse has claimed many victims , with almost 7,000 stores closing in the US in 2017. And that’s just since February. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2018

Amazon/Whole Foods is the newest district in the Grocery Hunger games – the combination of two smaller efforts (Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods Market) made possible by Amazon’s $13.7 online grocery sales since 2017, the largest share of any single retailer and double its closest competitor. District 1: Amazon/Whole Foods.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 16, 2019

The Crystal City, Virginia HQ2 plans are still underway, as are plans for a new operations hub in Nashville. The coin will not be for retail customers, and is currently being tested for internal use by institutional customers looking to move large sums of money. There were plenty of other surprise twists and turns.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

The retailer noted that the holiday sales season had started well but fell off in mid-December. 26), the firm managed to beat expectations on sales and earnings (though same-store sales missed) and investors were happier for the good news — sending the brand’s stock up 4 percent in pre-market trading. percent to 2.5

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2016

And while Dahl is not the first person to come up with an out-of-the-box idea while drinking at a bar, he is one of the few with the drive and previous experience in marketing to actually invent a “Pet Rock.” There are a lot of markets still to go. As it turns out, the Poké-conomy is a more complicated place. The App Store Record(s).

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CB Insights

MAY 23, 2019

The Honest Company’s branding and promotional materials claimed that the firm’s goods were free of synthetic chemicals. Mozido had ambitious plans to revolutionize mobile payments in key markets including India, Africa, and southeast Asia. Hampton Creek busted buying its own merchandise. Total Funding: $240M.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2019

“This has really taken off in recent years,” Larry Sabato, a top elections expert and the director of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, wrote in an email. People have to either go in needing the product or loving the brand – and in this case, to love the brand, they have to get to know it first.

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