PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2019

Brick-and-mortar retailers are teaming up with social media platforms to curate labels for their stores and their websites. Kohl’s , for instance, will bring emerging brands to over 50 physical retail locations and online starting in the fall through Curated By Kohl’s. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

banks accounted for 81 of the 500 most valuable and strongest bank brands around the world on Brand Finance’s Banking 500 2019 list, released this week. Led by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the world’s most valuable banking brand (at $79.8

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Two famous North American-based quick-service restaurant (QSR) brands are preparing to duke it out in China for chicken-meal supremacy, the most recent sign of how Western brands are trying to increase their footholds in that massive country. The news comes as more Western brands – including those based in the U.S. –

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Instagram, the photo-sharing social media network operator owned by Facebook, has surpassed Snapchat as the most frequented social media platform among teenagers. Instagram is not just appealing to teenagers; it is also drawing more marketers. Piper Jaffray polls 8,600 teenagers across the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2019

And the idea is to take advantage of the ongoing rise of mobile commerce and social media to create, in essence, digital communities centered around pets — and not just ones that spark to life when little Fido goes missing, or plots an escape from a dog park or a particular section of the beach in the summer. Social Media Aspect.

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Perficient

DECEMBER 4, 2020

In the midst of the pandemic, it is paramount to provide your customers with the most safest and convenient way to shop with your brand. Modern consumers hyper-adopt and hyper-abandon brands because many of the products they shop for are available at another retailer. Offering a loyalty program to your customers is necessary.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2019

In other social media shopping news, photo and video sharing social media platform operator Instagram was reportedly launching a trial of a program that would enable consumers to shop and check out through its app per news in March.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2018

Direct-to-consumer advertising on Facebook has reportedly hit a rough patch, with spending by brands decreasing there. The trend comes at a time when brands are facing other changes on the social media site. That’s not the only recent news that involves brand and Facebook. Unwanted Transparency.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2018

Like the Chefling app, these devices sometimes interface with voice-activated assistants, such as Amazon’s Alexa, and have the potential to save consumers from encountering expiring food and to inform brands on which products consumers are bringing home from the grocery store.

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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

MAY 1, 2020

advertisers probably won’t “like” its subpar rating from a media industry watchdog. The Media Rating Council (MRC) review found that the California-based social media giant has failed to address advertisers’ concerns arising from an Ernst & Young audit over how it measures and reports data about video advertisements. .

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PYMNTS

APRIL 17, 2020

The IAB said effects are being felt across ad-supported websites, “as well as companies that provide technical infrastructure to support selling ads” such as network services, brand safety and attribution services. The wild card here is the amount of small businesses that feed the revenue of ad words and social platforms.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Kering is gearing up to offer its own luxury eCommerce sites within the next two years, ending existing joint-venture efforts and bringing such operations in house, reported Reuters. By 2020, Kering will bring full control of its luxury brands online through its own internal activities, which include building tech teams, said Reuters.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 18, 2017

voice) to interact with people, brands or services and bots that heretofore have had no real place in the bidirectional, asynchronous messaging context.”. Connecting consumers with brands at any time of the day for customer service and making purchases gives chat commerce the opportunity to shake up the retail industry.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

You’re Constellation Brands. One of your leading brands is Corona beer. You’re blowing up on social media for all the wrong reasons. And to top it off, you have a major product extension on the books with millions in media behind it. Someday this will be a marketing case study. Steve Madden said Thursday (Feb.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2020

George Lee , chief operating officer of CCRManager , said while digitization is happening in small parts of the system, the worldwide network isn't collaborative enough to easily transition over to new ways of working.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Think about it: A person who makes a donation in the public sphere of social media might encourage others to do the same. This can serve as a powerful force when it comes to online charitable giving via social media. A social media conversation about a cause or charitable need can easily inspire consumers to donate.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2018

The Infatuation, the restaurant discovery platform, announced Monday (March 5) it is acquiring the restaurant review brand Zagat from Google , nearly seven years after it paid $151 million for it. Iconic brands don’t become available very often, and Zagat is about as iconic as it gets.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 25, 2019

The fashionistas posting on Facebook have the attention of Kohl’s , which is looking to create a curated clothing line based on the brands people are wearing most, the Motley Fool reported Sunday (Aug. Kohl’s is teaming up with the social media giant to uncover emerging brands that millennial shoppers consider cool.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

“Shoppers who engage in social sharing gain recognition as micro-influencers for their favorite PowerBuy brands while viral sharing supports the merchant, increasing word of mouth and organic reach with new customers,” according to the announcement.

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Perficient

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Last week mobile TV platform Quibi announced plans to shut down operations, just seven months after a promising debut. Motivation ranges from high to low, expressed as pairings of pleasure/pain, hope/fear, and social acceptance/rejection. For any brand that promises to entertain, motivation should center on pleasure.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Youth-oriented shoe and apparel brand Vans has found the intersection of both, as seen in its most recent store opening this past week in Los Angeles. The brand is well-known for using its community of skateboarders for design ideas and marketing. The brand has also partnered with Goodwill and Chrysalis to access underserved employees.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2020

The Base:Line playlist will have about 40 songs with a hip-hop vibe and will be refreshed weekly,” Jeff Marsilio, the NBA’s senior vice president of new media distribution, said in an interview. Although Apple will operate the playlist, a relatively young label called UnitedMasters , which was founded in 2017, will provide much of the music.

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2020

Before explaining that pivot, here’s a little background: The company is the brainchild of Emily Schildt, a New York City-based consumer packaged goods (CPG) marketing consultant, who leveraged what she calls her “crazy entrepreneurial spirit” and founded Pop Up Grocer as a traveling natural food and beverage brand experience.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The intellectual property (IP) of Century 21 Department Stores is up for sale, including the company’s domain name, trademarks, social media assets, shopper data and more, according to an announcement from Hilco Streambank , which focuses on the sale of IP assets. Century 21 stores announced on Sept.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2020

Standard Chartered has launched a new “Banking as a Service” solution called nexus that will allow digital platforms, eCommerce operations, social media sites and ride-hailing companies to offer credit cards, loans and savings accounts under their own brand name, according to a release. .

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2019

The social media site faced accusations that its ad-targeting platform — which allows ad buyers to select what demographic groups they want to target with their advertisements — was allowing and encouraging financial institutions (FIs) to violate non-discrimination provisions of the Fair Housing and Truth in Lending Acts.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 24, 2016

While social media platforms, if utilized effectively , can be beneficial for any retail business, those with an established brand obviously have a leg-up — in terms of financial assets, infrastructure and reach — on more nascent companies in their ability to quickly turn social presence into profit.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The latest earnings reports from Big Tech giants and social media platforms show that advertising spend is through the roof at present, after basically falling off the roof earlier this year. Even Facebook, with its advertising boycott turning out a boost for other brands in the space, saw its ad revenues jump in the latest quarter.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

“One million active users is a huge operational achievement, and a testament to the value our users see in our product. Boosting shopping via smartphone has been a challenge for retailers, even as consumers spend many hours each day using their phones to interact with banks, brands, news platforms and social media outlets.

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2020

Quick-service restaurants (QSRs) and others in the food service space are rapidly adjusting their operations during the pandemic, with many implementing new technologies online and in-store to ensure customers can seamlessly and safely place orders.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Jeff Marsilio, the NBA’s senior vice president of new media distribution, said the tracks will also be on the organization's website, on its app and featured on social media game highlights. While Apple will operate the playlist, a startup label called UnitedMasters , founded in 2017, will provide much of the music.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2020

A devastating small business survey on one hand, and a possible link to social commerce on the other. That was Facebook’s contribution to the pandemic crisis yesterday as the social media giant rolled out two new shopping services for small business — Facebook Shops and Instagram Shop. told Bloomberg.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

A new survey has found that big retailers like Apple and Nike are losing favor in China, as consumers are showing a preference towards local brands. Chinese brands have been better at leveraging social media to reach out to shoppers in China,” said Catherine Lim, a Bloomberg Intelligence analyst.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2016

The myriad social media platform out there — Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, etc. — all have some variation of a common problem: Lots of people using their services all the time and not paying a red cent since the first rule of building a social media platform is simply accepting that users won’t pay to use it.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

That’s a question with obvious relevance to payment and commerce operators. In a brand new PYMNTS interview , Gabriel Weinberg, CEO of DuckDuckGo , makes the case that his search engine can win over a decent number of consumers. Social media platforms and other digital operators are scrambling to stay a step ahead of the wave.

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Social Assurance

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

In the first segment of our Building a Brand series, we defined what a brand is and the importance of differentiating your brand message within the financial industry. Once you’ve established that brand message and clarified your brand direction, it’s time to begin rolling out your new and enhanced financial brand.

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