PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

They’re not equipped to manage the operational risks associated with these smaller businesses,” Shoihet told PYMNTS, especially when it comes to extending short duration credit lines, debt products or factoring. It’s very difficult for a bank to justify [accounts receivable] AR financing that effectively puts capital at risk,” he said.

United States 286

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

While Toys R Us has disappeared from the United States, it is going strong in Asia, which plans to open 60 new stores throughout the region this year. It currently operates more than 550 stores in the region. “We Freeman, senior managing director at GlassRatner Advisory & Capital Group, said at the time.

US 149

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Food delivery has always been a costly endeavor and has recently become more difficult in the United States. Food delivery has quickly grown in the United States over the past five years due to an influx of venture capital. Firms that once had distinctive, strong areas of focus now overlap in many places.

United States 131

United States Company Capital Report 131

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

It would make sense that the supermarket business might be immune from the cross-currents of retailing in 2020. Three regional players in the organic food retail business — where Whole Foods and parent Amazon rule — have declared bankruptcy over the past month. based natural foods retailer is the third significant U.S.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 4, 2019

Circle , the payments startup backed by Goldman Sachs, announced on Monday (March 4) it closed on its acquisition of SeedInvest , an equity crowdfunding platform that operates a registered broker-dealer. The completion of the deal comes as talk abounds that the company wants to raise $250 million in fresh capital.

United States 128

United States Capital blockchain cryptocurrency 128

PYMNTS

APRIL 6, 2016

The news from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) last week that the retail industry added 48,000 new jobs in March — bringing the increase to 378,000 new jobs over the past 12 months — appears to be positive on a number of fronts. And while the number of retail jobs in the U.S. While it’s reasonable to presume that any U.S.

Retail 100

Retail Company Industry Trends 100

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Pharmacy retail giant Walgreens and Alphabet-owned drone company Wing have teamed up on a pilot program to deliver products to the doors of customers, according to a Sept. Walgreens continues to explore partnerships to transform and modernize our customer experience and we are proud to be the first retailer in the U.S. 19 release. .

Virginia 109

Virginia United States Customer Experience Retail 109

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The pandemic continues to have a monumental impact on commerce worldwide, with brick-and-mortar retail suffering due to unemployment, in-store safety restrictions and consumers’ concerns about contracting the virus during in-person interactions. The United States’ gross domestic product (GDP) has slipped 32.9

New York 175

New York United States Denver Chicago 175

PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2018

During a recent interview with PYMNTS, Chief Financial Officer Thomas Antonioli talked about why his company’s model appeals to relatively affluent consumers, and what comes next — including a possible return to the United States. type rent-to-own operation. “We Grover also has its sights set on United States.

United States 112

United States New York City Retail New York 112

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

There’s arguably no more polarizing macroeconomic issue in the retail world than the fate of the American mall. The problems start with how retailers view and serve the customer. It was an amalgamation of numerous challenges, either ignored or wrongly addressed, that has led to the question of relevance plaguing the industry today.

Philadelphia 206

Philadelphia Retail DC Detroit 206

PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2019

Sequoia Capital led the round, with participation from Tiger Global Management, Spark Capital and existing investors Forerunner Ventures, Thrive Capital, IVP and Index Ventures. Glossier announced that it has raised $100 million in Series D funding that it will use to expand the beauty company.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2019

This is a decisive time in the history of retail banking. The funding will help Klarna continue its rapid rise in the United States market, where it is currently growing at an annual rate of six million new consumers. Klarna CEO and Co-founder Sebastian Siemiatkowski said in the announcement , “?This in particular.?”.

San Francisco 108

San Francisco United States Fintech Capital 108

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

The Fold Kickbacks program, which supports bitcoin’s second layer Lightning Network, features big retailers including Amazon, Starbucks and Uber in select countries such as the United States, Australia, Canada, Ireland, Mexico and the United Kingdom. And the U.S.

Bitcoin 102

Bitcoin blockchain United States Cards 102

PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2018

Rent-A-Center ‘s decision to sell itself to Vintage Capital comes amid a continuing expansion of so-called “alt lending” options for consumers, which could make it more difficult for the chain to reinvent itself as it becomes a private company under its new ownership. Vintage also owns rent-to-own operation Buddy’s Home Furnishings.

Lending 103

Lending United States America Industry 103

PYMNTS

JULY 20, 2018

is taking the helm of United States Information Solutions (USIS) as the unit’s president. billion, is one of Equifax’s biggest units, the company said in an announcement. After serving as Equifax ‘s interim chief executive, Paulino do Rego Barros Jr. USIS, with estimated revenue of $1.3

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PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2020

But senior lenders including Apollo, Davidson Kempner Capital Management and Ares Management Corp. Last month, AMC announced a health and sanitization plan to use when it restarts operations at roughly 450 cinemas in the United States on July 15 and a further roughly 150 cinemas in time for the release of “TENET” and “Mulan.”

United States 132

United States Management Capital Groups 132

PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2019

The 60 percent gain noted by the sell-side research is among the firms with the biggest upside potential within that group, which also includes furniture retailer Wayfair and travel companies such as Expedia. The research, via Credit Suisse Analyst Stephen Ju, states that pullbacks represent buying opportunities.

United States 128

United States Analysis Report Marketing 128

PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2020

In January eCommerce leader Wayfair had to thin its employee ranks to meet profit targets, and just this week regional Midwestern home furnishings retailer Art Van Furniture filed for bankruptcy with minimal customer notice. Branch manufactures furniture components in United States and in China and recently Canada.

United States 130

United States Course Groups Retail 130

PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2017

After it became illegal in the United States through the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937, the business of selling cannabis went mostly underground. Now that cannabis is recreationally legal in eight states and medically legal in another 19 states, it may not be too much longer until it’s legal through the entire United States.

Las Vegas 140

Las Vegas Los Angeles Retail United States 140

PYMNTS

JANUARY 4, 2019

and China International Capital Corp Ltd., In fact, Starbucks builds more new company-operated locations in China than in its home country of the United States. “To Luckin plans to open a total of more than 4,500 stores by the end of 2019, which would overtake Starbucks, which has more than 3,600 stores in the country.

United States 139

United States Strategy US Capital 139

PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2018

Pret A Manger has been in operation since opening its first London store in 1986. billion) and operates 530 stores in countries including the United States and China. As of this month, the firm announced it had struck a $7.15 billion licensing deal with Starbucks.

Management 100

Management United States Branding Maine 100

PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2019

million buyers who operate in industries such as website development, logo design and blog writing. The company previously raised $111 million in venture funding from Accel, Bessemer Venture Partners, Square Peg Capital, Qumra Capital and others. Through the platform, users can find the right handbag or the perfect outfit.

Apple 159

Apple Mobile Fraud Branding 159

PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2020

Navigating the pandemic-altered landscape has been difficult for fitness operators forced to close their physical locations and translate in-person services into digital offerings. The fitness world, he noted, is changing in ways that might sound familiar to anyone who has spent any amount of time observing shifting retail in recent years.

Industry 207

Industry Exercises Groups United States 207

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

To roll out operations in the United States as it grows its supply chain business that links apparel brands with suppliers as well as factories, Singapore-based fashion technology firm Zilingo is designing a $100 million push. Temasek and EDBI, both Singapore-based state-linked funds, also invested in the round.

Los Angeles 101

Los Angeles US United States Branding 101

PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2018

Those unwanted products, in turn, can create headaches for retailers — and a business opportunity for the so-called secondary market. Retailer overstocks and excess inventory help to drive B-Stock, which facilitates the sale of some 70 million items each year via online auctions of various product categories and types.

Retail 101

Retail Policies United States Online 101

Celent Banking

OCTOBER 16, 2015

After Nashville, it’s been back-to-back trips to Las Vegas for the Amazon Web Services re:Invent developers conference followed by the Bankers Administration Institute’s Retail Delivery Conference. For a long time, BAI-RDC has been the premiere conference for retail banking. What’s The Hurry? .

Conference 100

Conference Las Vegas Nashville Capital 100

PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2018

Online retailers are vying for “high-quality warehousing space, one of the few links in the logistics chain not handled in-house by the eCommerce companies given the high upfront capital costs of owning property.”. Amazon accounts for a decent chunk of that U.S.

United States 102

United States Comparison Industry Online 102

Gonzobanker

JULY 10, 2020

Regardless of their viewpoints on capital recovery, now is the time for banking leaders to reevaluate their planning strategies. In a recent Fortune survey, 55% of corporate executives said they expect to return to 2019 capital spending levels sometime in 2021. What businesses need capital in the interim? Capital will be king!

Risk Management 88

Risk Management Capital Strategy social media 88

PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2019

The Goldman ratings come against a backdrop where FedEx late last month showed better than expected earnings but remained cautious on at least a few macro fronts, with impact felt from the lingering trade war between the United States and China (hitting air delivery results). percent of recent annual revenues).

United States 101

United States Conference Maine Course 101

PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2016

It seems to be a sea change based on necessity, as the firm has walked back its expansion plans amid a growing competitive landscape and also a cash crunch as venture capital firms have kept a hold on their purse strings. To that end, stated CEO Katia Beauchamp in an interview with The Journal , “There is a complete reversal.

United States 100

United States New York Marketing Strategies Capital 100

PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2019

small hotel rooms are the rule, not the exception, and even here in the states the idea has been floating around since 1989 when the Microtel brand began first offering its half-sized, half-priced hotel rooms in Rochester, New York. However as is often the case with old things made new by retail needs, the microhotel deserves a second glance.

Washington 109

Washington New York Millennials United States 109

Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Third Time’s Finally the Charm for Temenos in the United States? While growing outside the United States for many years and mopping up on the international core system competition, the U.S. market has been a hard row to hoe for Temenos. Still to be sorted out are overlaps between Infinity and Kony’s UI/UX assets.

United States 89

United States Texas Austin Kansas City 89

PopularBank

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The branch closures, which are expected to be completed simultaneously by January 29, 2021, are projected to reduce annual operating expenses by approximately $13 million. This realignment in our New York Metro market is consistent with our small business and retail services model in South Florida,” said Popular, Inc. Virgin Islands.

Puerto Rico 52

Puerto Rico New York Metro Community 52

PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2020

Main Street SMBs across the United States are slowly reopening, and many are turning to digital tools to help boost sales and accelerate cash flows, addressing foot traffic declines arising amid the pandemic. This study, done in collaboration with Visa, also shows that 18 percent struggle with cash flow shortages on a frequent basis.

Maine 183

Maine Survey Study Tools 183

PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2018

The firm’s CEO, Rajeev Suri, predicts that increased operator spending on 5G will start offering significant financial benefits during the later parts of 2018. Both the United States and China have been seen by 5G experts as early adopters of the technology. 5G Adopters. Tencent, which has 1.04

Mobile 100

Mobile Las Vegas Los Angeles Payments 100

PYMNTS

MARCH 28, 2016

Though there are other companies grappling with the future of drone deliveries in Asia and elsewhere, Amazon seems to be the not-yet-coronated king of such an imminent avant-garde retail landscape. While Flirtey is certainly no Amazon, it’s not as if the Nevada test was some kind of fly-by-night operation.

Nevada 100

Nevada Resources Seattle United States 100

PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2019

As has been reported, Global Payments is the third largest merchant acquirer in the United States, while TSYS is the third largest card processor in the country. The overarching strategic aim for Global Payments and TSYS, as had been among the hallmarks of the aforementioned mergers, has been to gather scale and global reach.

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Lending Payments Apple social media 122