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Lyft Brings Pedal-Assisted Bikes, New Branding To San Francisco

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With its rollout of pedal-assisted bikes, Lyft is using its own branding in the San Francisco Bay Area. The bikes will be called Bay Wheels with the branding of Lyft noticeably displayed in lieu of Ford GoBike, and all of the fleet of Ford GoBike is said to become Bay Wheels, according to reports.

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Fabletics Announces Brick-and-Mortar Expansion

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Activewear brand Fabletics , which was co-founded by Kate Hudson in 2013, announced plans for a retail expansion across the U.S. The company confirmed that the new locations will bring the brand’s total retail store count to 30 locations throughout the U.S.

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Adevinta Signs Deal To Buy eBay’s Classifieds Division For $9.2B  

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Adevinta operates in 15 countries and its portfolio includes nearly three dozen digital products and websites. The San Jose, California-based online selling mega corporation’s classifieds’ platforms include a dozen brands in 13 countries. The combined company expands its reach to 20 nations. “We

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Indochino Eyes Expansion In 2019

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Indochino , the digitally-native made-to-measure menswear brand, has plans to expand in 2019. Vancouver-based Indochino, which currently operates 38 showrooms , said six locations will open this year in the Northeast, including Brooklyn, N.Y.; Greenwich, Conn.; Manhasset, N.Y.; and Paramus, N.J.; Brooklyn will launch first on Jan.

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Music Crafts New Melodies For Retail Innovation

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Although Apple will operate the playlist, a fairly young label called UnitedMasters , founded in 2017, will provide much of the music. That label has taken a relatively fresh approach to getting music to consumers, connecting some 190,000 independent artists to listeners “through direct partnerships with brands,” Bloomberg said.

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Can Atari Turn Nostalgia Into New Hotel And Gaming Success?

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Will future generations perhaps end up associating the Atari brand with hotels? More locations are planned for Las Vegas, Denver, Chicago, Austin, Seattle, San Francisco and San Jose, though no additional timetables were announced. The Atari brand still has some serious currency among many consumers.

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Surviving And Thriving Off Of Data In The Omni Era

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The San Jose, Calif.-based Meanwhile, brand-name companies, like Nike, have been performing significant data analytics and customer analysis for more than a decade. Making Metrics Count. They are very good at understanding their customers and really targeting specific ones,” Kohan said.

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