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Rewards app Ibotta closes Series D round, in talks with ‘large banks’

Bank Innovation

The funding will allow the Denver-based company to fine-tune its features, including Pay with Ibotta, a recently-launched QR-code based ‘pay with rewards’ capability; advance its marketing strategy; and grow its […].

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Private Labels Have Their Roots In Coffee And Hats

PYMNTS

The most popular time of the day when people drink coffee isn’t just a factoid: It’s a viable marketing strategy. But unlike the eCommerce superstore, which had a broad audience, the eRetailer decided to gear its Uniquely J toward millennials. Their answer was 8:00 A.M. and 8:00 P.M., For Everyone.

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How 60+ Startups Are Disrupting Retail And Commercial Banking Around The World

CB Insights

Both have access to significant financial capital to scale far beyond what’s available to even well-funded startup challengers. This includes targeting the underbanked/unbanked, millennials, students, kids, freelancers, and early adopters of blockchain. Millennials. savings accounts. Underbanked/Unbanked.

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What’s Trending So Far In 2016

PYMNTS

According to data from the latest Store Front Business Index (SFBI), a collaboration between CAN Capital and PYMNTS.com, these small businesses are growing faster than the U.S. Individuals who may not have traditional access to credit — millennials, immigrants, the unbanked, etc. — million, accounting for nearly 37 percent of all SMBs.

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Pandemic Leads D2C Pet Brands To Navigate Digital Shift

PYMNTS

It is a $75 billion industry dominated by millennials and ripe with opportunity for direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands. Several of them are navigating changes in the market brought on by the pandemic-led digital shift. A Korean company called Pluto Electronics has crafted a unique strategy entering the U.S.

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Disrupting The CPG Industry: How Brands Can Adapt To The Future Of Packaged Goods

CB Insights

Barington Capital pressured Avon CEO to step down. Activist investor Barington Capital drove out Avon CEO Sheri McCoy in 2017, and in Mar’2018 Avon agreed to add Barington Capital’s CEO to its board of directors. They’re forcing CPG brands to rethink their entire marketing strategies and react to new trends.