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MARCH 15, 2019

Score one for the Midwest: Verizon said this week (March 13) it will launch its 5G network in Chicago and Minneapolis on April 11. The announcement from the mobile network provider serves as the latest demonstration that 5G is coming, and that retailers and payment services providers should get ready to operate in the 5G world.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

“Macy’s closing 125 stores signals ‘more pain’ for retailers,” ABC News reported Feb. Retailers like Pier 1, Papyrus and Express are closing 1,000 stores. That’s just the beginning,” warned the Chicago Tribune less than a week earlier. Real Estate Market Outlook. CRE a top focus for many bankers. Learn more.

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AUGUST 20, 2020

Chicago, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Detroit and Indianapolis customers can order from Meijer and Fresh Thyme. The service launched in Atlanta, Chicago and Denver. A June fundraise put San Francisco-based DoorDash’s market capitalization at about $15 billion , but the company’s rapid growth has come with challenges.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Chicago-based GGP turned down the $23-per-share cash and stock offer on Nov. Office and retail properties owner and operator Brookfield Property noted in November that the acquisition deal would create growth for its company, as it looks to help GGP’s shopping centers transition into the modern days of retail.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2019

Struggling to compete with online brands, famed Big Apple luxury retailer Barneys New York has put itself up for sale and filed for bankruptcy protection, according to a report by Reuters. . However, the company hasn’t been immune from the same market conditions that sent Sears and Kmart into bankruptcy.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

billion, on an 82 percent increase in retail sales. That is the most organic growth of any automotive retailer ever in the U.S. This year we expect another year of market-leading growth. Our cohort growth was broad based with many markets crossing key milestones.”. New Markets. In 2019, we increased GPU by $750.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

This growth has created major opportunities in the payments space, and companies like Stripe — the payments unicorn valued at a masive $35B — are hungry to capitalize on them. Market opportunity. Stripe is ramping up its private market investments. Expansion into emerging markets. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Focus on developers.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2016

Whatever the reason, the luxury apartment has become the new McMansion of the millennial rental market, but as more of the same high-rise, glass-paneled, open-floor-planned buildings dot city skylines, property managers are finding themselves pressed to identify ways that differentiate their luxury apartments from the herd.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Chicago-based startup subscription service and steam oven creator Tovala has received new funding from Tyson Ventures , the investment arm of food giant Tyson Foods, according to a Tuesday (Feb. Tovala’s oven offering is not alone in the market, with competitors like the Anova Precision Cooker and Electrolux also providing similar services.

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PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2018

The paper reported that, in May, the online retailer “added two directors to its 11-member board that were nominated by activist investor Starboard Capital. Cars.com, based in Chicago, launched in 1998 and became a public company in 2017 in its spin-off from TV broadcaster and digital media firm Tegna. and autoscout24.de.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2018

billion from spending, executives of Kraft Heinz said it’s now time for growth and investment, The Chicago Tribune reported. More specifically, Chief Financial Officer David Knopf said the company plans to invest $800 million in capital expenditures, $300 million in its brands and workforce and $1.3 After cutting $1.7

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

The physical retailer is joining forces with the online juggernaut and is debuting a “smart home” experience across 10 stores in Chicago and Los Angeles. Recommerce market : Buying pre-owned items ain’t just for cars. Venture capital interest and investments have been on the rise, so growth is in the cards.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

In addition, jobs will be created in coffee shops, restaurants, retail stores and with various service providers to support Amazon workers, of course. “I Meanwhile, in at least one city that Amazon turned down (Chicago), creative marketing types exacted a bit of benign revenge on the company via its own technology.

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Celent Banking

OCTOBER 21, 2016

It's hard to believe that an entire month has gone by since Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco — but baseball fans will have noticed that things have been a bit hectic here in Chicago of late. Most banks, however, are not Capital One. Banks can roll their own code, spool up a VM, and off they go.

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MARCH 25, 2019

New Orleans is the site of one of the most significant and ongoing backlashes against the sharing economy, a global trend that probably won’t kill off Airbnb and other major players, but could create more hassles and pressures for some companies struggling to make it in this big, crowded market.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2018

For most firms, referring to products as “Space Age” is a marketing strategy. It is also, however, meant to be a departure from what is currently on offer in the market from other outdoor brands as well. It’s going to be a kind of website you haven’t seen in retail or outdoor space before,” Eshman said.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2017

Jiobit, a technology startup based out of Chicago, makes something that seems like every parent, from those expecting to empty nesters, will want or wish they’d had. The startup has developed a location-tracking smart tag and accompanying mobile app that sends alerts to parents when their child has gone outside a preset range.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 20, 2018

In recent years, its core trading business has slowed, and its capital market and merger businesses have been fairly flat. According to reports in The Wall Street Journal in early April, the bank has hired away a senior engineer at JPMorgan to develop cash management tools as it eyes an entrance into the commercial banking market.

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Gonzobanker

JANUARY 4, 2016

In an industry where the top five institutions control more than half the market share, it amazes me how few of the 6,000 other banks are taking advantage of shared insights and resources to compete. Chief retail officers explored new strategies for acquiring small business relationships to effectively grow core deposits. June 12-14.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2019

In parallel, Amazon has made several fintech investments, mostly focused on international markets (India and Mexico, among others) where partners can help serve Amazon’s core strategic goal. Market strategy outside the US. The patent expired in 2017 and opened up the market for competitors to launch off-marketplace payment solutions.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2018

Reports in the Chicago Tribune indicated that Kroger CIO Chris Hjelm was thinking that perhaps it was time to really re-evaluate Kroger’s total relationship with Visa. Apple got pushed out of the number-two spot in terms of smartphone shipments for the Q2 of 2018, according to market research firm International Data Corporation (IDC).

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

This is a classic bank deal – one acronym buys another at a good price and plans to cut the hell out of cost while adding markets. Whether this turns out great or a bubble that pops, Chime has jolted the staid banking industry into thinking about who will acquire future retail customers and where value creation may emerge.

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PYMNTS

JULY 20, 2018

It was only four months ago that Chef’d CEO Kyle Ransford predicted that big changes were coming to the meal kit market in a conversation with Karen Webster , and that meal kit providers were going to need to seriously update their business models to navigate a changing landscape. “I Meal kits are a changing market.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

The company raised $70 million in a capital round in 2013 that valued the company at $1 billion and has some big-name investors, including Napster Founder Sean Parker, PayPal Founder Peter Thiel and singer Bruno Mars. But a lawyer for the embattled gambling giant indicated in a federal courtroom in Chicago on Wednesday (Sept.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

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. Goes to the growing cacophony of low-code and no-code software promises in the bank tech market. Congrats to Randy and a great management team.

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CB Insights

APRIL 17, 2018

For the third consecutive year, we worked with The New York Times to identify and rank the top 100 venture capital professionals from around the globe. Below are the detailed profiles of the Top 20 Venture Capital Partners. PROFILES OF THE TOP 20 VENTURE CAPITAL PARTNERS. Current Firm: First Round Capital (Founding Partner).

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2018

The ride — from a Chicago suburb to O’Hare International Airport and back — would normally cost $120. Two entrepreneurs in New York — who also happen to be brothers — are capitalizing on the reverse of Uber-style pricing for their Seamless-like mobile app. The methodology behind the model? “We

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2020

The Nike retailing model has shown itself again as The Gap announced Thursday that it will close underperforming stores, focus on the digital-first economy and exit its mall locations. As Macy’s CFO Felicia Williams told a retail conference in September: “Our intention is to change the composition of our store base.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 10, 2023

While the market focuses on deposits and liquidity, media pundits and analysts are waiting for credit problems to appear. CRE Risk Background While ten years ago, community and regional banks use to make up some 55% of the CRE market, in 2023, these banks now compose approximately 72% (below). touched off a wave of bankruptcies.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

B2B startups continue to steal the venture capital spotlight. The trend is seen in other markets, too, with reports at Pitchbook on Thursday (Oct. The company said it would use the investment to hire new employees and open a new office in Chicago next year. ElasticRun.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2019

Last week 100-plus-year-old retail Barneys New York officially filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and put it up for sale. To keep the lights on during the bankruptcy process, the company said it received $75 million in new capital from Hilco Global and the Gordon Brothers Group. Nordstrom reported revenues of $3.4 billion and 43 cents.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

have a retail crisis — or a small business crisis? Which is why “fixing” retail must include giving SMB merchants the tools they need to compete in the very dynamic environment that now defines Retail U.S.A. No small businesses in those areas means no SMB jobs in those markets. Here’s a question: Does the U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 24, 2017

The company is also reportedly starting its Series A capital raise of an undisclosed amount according to Richmond Biz Sense. Though Richmond has served as a beta market, there are only a small handful of local listings on the site, compared to more than 350 listed in Austin. One man, and lots and lots of contractors.

San Francisco 113

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CB Insights

MARCH 6, 2019

Select investors : Amazon, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, Bowman Capital Management LLC. Pets.com catapulted into the American consciousness via an all-out marketing blitz that included appearances at the 1999 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and the 2000 Super Bowl. The rise and fall of Pets.com. in 2000 to 232.1M Powa Technologies.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 12, 2016

HQ: Chicago, Illinois. Financing solutions for retailers & manufacturers. Kikka Capital. Retail finance gateway. Tags: Institutions, marketing, customer service, retention, NICE Systems (investor), Finovate alum. Total raised: $60 million. Source: Crunchbase. Mobile savings account. Latest round: $22.5

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PYMNTS

APRIL 5, 2019

As Verizon activates 5G internet services in Chicago and other cities, Barclays estimates the technology could be worth big bucks across the pond — $20 billion a year, actually. Levi’s gains while Lyft sputters, and more are coming to market! — billion as a result of capital gains. community shopping centers hit 10.2

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

He sensed the family’s passion and liked their idea of starting with selling milk at farmers’ markets, roadside shops and small grocery stores. In each new market opened in 2021, the community bank found an experienced ag lender who was seeking a new position. First Capital Bank. TriState Capital Bank. Bunnell listened.

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