PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Walgreens , in one case, plans to pilot drone deliveries in Christiansburg, Virginia starting in October by partnering with Wing, a member of the Alphabet family of companies. Christiansburg was chosen as the test market because Wing has been working with Virginia Tech in nearby Blacksburg to pilot the drone deliveries.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Virginia-based PuroTrader connects approximately 10,000 active luxury cigar sellers — a group primarily made up of retailers, with a smaller share of individual sellers — with collectors interested in making purchases. Small tobacco retailers can therefore struggle to build visibility among consumers when entering new markets.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

It was reported over the weekend that the eCommerce giant was in late-stage discussions with a handful of communities, including Crystal City in northern Virginia, Dallas and New York City. Many of these communities were hoping to brand themselves as the co-headquarters with Seattle,” he said. “I

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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

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

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Its value-driven approach has paid off for the payment company, which is a leader in its market. Schulman said PayPal has a brand reputation group on staff, which it expanded after the Charlottesville, Virginia white supremacist rally that left one counter-protester dead.

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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

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. Personal Shopping Services.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Hourican continued, “CVS is exploring many types of delivery options for urban, suburban and rural markets. The city was chosen as the test market because Wing already had a relationship with Virginia Tech, which is in nearby Blacksburg, to test the delivery drones in the U.S. per news in September. Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

He finds that most fintechs white-label their mobile wallet offerings, which allows community banks to brand their own mobile wallets. Elizabeth Judd is a writer in Virginia. Fraud and risk management. By quickly ushering in a new digital reality, banks have been forced to update their fraud and risk management practices, too.

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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

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 10, 2018

The brand could close between 600 to 1,000 of its 3,000 locations this year, according to some predictions – and is reportedly considering bankruptcy, people familiar with the matter have told Reuters. And, as a brand, Mattress Firm itself has faced some challenges: In 2017, former supplier Tempur Sealy International Inc.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2017

Just ask Chipotle, which has been subpoenaed after the most recent norovirus outbreak in one of its Virginia restaurants. According to CNN , the recent Virginia norovirus outbreak could be traced back to a sick employee who was working at the restaurant when he or she should have been at home recovering.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Metromile is ready to rev up, having acquired licenses to operate in all of Uncle Sam’s 50 states, despite currently underwriting policies in only four right now: New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Virginia. Our go-to market strategy is focused on large urban areas and aimed at developing a brand with each city that we roll out into.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Respondents also indicated a 23% increase in purchase intent for brands and companies with responsible data practices. Other states have enacted similar data privacy laws since the California Consumer Privacy Act came into effect, including Utah, Colorado, Virginia and Connecticut. Balancing marketing personalization with data privacy.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2018

That got Brisker thinking: Although there are many useful digital payments tools on the market, there’s nothing that really replaces cash in the way we know it. He believes the next generation must be more holistic, taking a view of the entire market and enabling users to give and use money in the myriad ways they wish to do so.

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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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NCR

AUGUST 29, 2016

Many businesses are already using the game as a medium through which they can capture the attention of potential customers, which could serve to improve brand identity and loyalty. She has over 18 years of experience across product management, product marketing, and engineering across consumer, small business and enterprise applications.

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Banking 2020

JULY 1, 2015

A great example of this is connecting with the local community through local grants and marketing giveaways. Renee Shipko, Community Engagement Liaison at Truliant Federal Credit Union , discusses recent opportunities Truliant FCU has leveraged to connect with their local markets. Does each location have different initiatives in place?

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MyBankTracker

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

If you are in the market for insurance for home, auto, and life policies, the ACSC could be a good option if you are a California resident in one of the counties the auto club serves. Auto Insurance Study found that AAA had an overall satisfaction score of 826 out of 1,000, signaling brand loyalty among its policyholders.

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NCR

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Many hugely successful companies and globally recognized brands have demonstrated what can be achieved when design is placed at the heart of how a business operates. This is an approach that is being embraced by the likes of Barclays, BBVA and Bank of Ireland. The case for design in business. Embracing design thinking.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

“To-date more than 5000 drivers have registered for the smartphone app in our pilot states of Ohio and West Virginia. “We remain one of the leaders in the young drivers telematics market with strong profitability also.” ” YourTurn. ” IntelliDrive. ” State Auto Safety 360. ” Smart Wheels.

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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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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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CB Insights

AUGUST 21, 2017

We exclude health and wellness companies without a physical fitness-specific offering (such as fitness-focused media platforms like Goop or MindBodyGreen ) as well as companies in the physical therapy market. The top deal in Q1’17 went to men’s activewear brand Rhone , in a $12M Series B round from L Catterton.

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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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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. Now, though, that seems all very quaint and old-fashioned.

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Bill Robbins, who took the helm as CEO at WealthForge last December , said the funding will help WealthForge build its core business, as well as make investments in “sales, marketing, and support.” Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, WealthForge demonstrated the WealthForge Network at FinovateSpring 2016.

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PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2016

But psychologists at the University of Virginia, who’ve tracked a bunch of cool kids between the ages of 13 and 22 over a 10-year period, recently threw a bit of shade on the whole cool kid’s phenomenon. I guess that there’s nothing like crappy returns in the market to drive venture money straight to the cool kids.

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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. Facial recognition, along with AR, is also making brands data rich — especially beauty brands. Marketing & Advertising. Guests check in at a kiosk using their face.

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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 Grocery delivery : It’s now live in 24 markets in the U.S. District 1: Amazon/Whole Foods. billion acquisition about a year ago. Weaknesses.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

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. Despite the turn-around initiative, however, some market-watchers remain distinctly skeptical. a share, down from $1.35

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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. After a period of relative quiet in the proliferation of mobile wallets on the digital market these days, a new “Pay” has popped up on the landscape, brought about by the largest U.S. Kroger Brings Another “Pay” to the Party.

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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. And, of course, Niantic isn’t all the way there yet. Lesser men would have complained.

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