PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2020

Now that Walmart is officially enjoined in a bid for TikTok with the Redmond, Washington-based software giant, the jury is not out on whether the deal can actually happen, the jury is out on whether Walmart can make TikTok fit into its digital retailing needs. The United States represents 5 percent of TikTok’s global audience.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2018

Chubbies takes its customer community seriously, and it makes it very clear that this is well beyond a marketing ploy. And while short shorts for men might not seem like the most obvious place to build, the San Francisco firm is confident it makes the “raddest shorts in the Unites States.” Chubbies is among the latter.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Facebook has announced that it is opening its first small business pop-up concept in nine Macy’s locations across the United States. The move will bring 100 popular small businesses and digital brands on Facebook and Instagram into retail stores — just in time for the holiday shopping season.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

To reach those customers, some businesses are turning to social media networks designed around travel offer deals and reservations. Travello , in particular, was developed to fill a gap in the social media space. Beyond solving a social media need for travelers, Travello comes with the rise of mobile technology.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2019

To help consumers access these flavors, the couple created a subscription box that highlights four to five items from around the state and sends new items every month to people throughout the United States. The box’s selections range from products such as a salsa to a chile sauce.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Even with technology’s increasing influence on retail banking, it’s not typical for a community bank to have one of its most senior and trusted executives concentrate primarily on leading consumer product and payments innovation. Retail offices: 85. billion-asset, 85-branch community bank based in Rockland, Mass.,

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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. More of today’s consumers are looking to the car as a smart guide to parking or safe driving, as a way to interact with social media and, most importantly, as a way to shop.

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Gonzobanker

JULY 10, 2020

Community-based institutions have unique circumstances (and personal viewpoints) that impact how they see the world in the future and what planning will look like for them. Major retailers have announced closings of 8,700 locations in the United States since the start of the pandemic. Be hyper-sensitive to your community.

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Jeff For Banks

JUNE 2, 2023

The early 1980s was a difficult time for the United States, as consumers faced rising prices, high unemployment, and the effects of a supply shock—an oil embargo—which caused energy prices to skyrocket. Although community banks did not lend to sub-prime borrowers in any meaningful way, did we participate?

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2016

It surprised even us that after nine months of looking at the 650 sites that represent 70 percent of eCommerce volume and the review of 10K data points that big retailers did no better than small ones at optimizing their online sites for checkout. But now that we know why, hopefully, big retail can get to work on fixing the problem.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2018

By offering QR-based digital payments, smaller retailers can achieve these goals and create greater customer stickiness with little to no investment beyond the phone they already have,” said Jorn Lambert, EVP, Digital Channels and Regions, Mastercard. Best Taking a Stand — DICK’S, Bank of America, Kroger, BlackRock, Delta, United (etc).

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Rainbolt has quietly built a community bank in the past 20 years that is closing in on $2 billion of market cap. For 35 years, Wilmers led M&T with creativity, integrity and the “old-school” wisdom of a community banker who created a $26 billion market cap company. Monty Python “I’m Not Dead … Yet” Award – Goes to physical retail.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

The wellness trends is affecting everything from the way gyms operate to how retailers design clothing to how smart cities are designed. Brands are leveraging social media to advertise “aspirational lifestyles,” making it easier than ever to buy into the wellness mentality. But gyms are not giving up just yet.

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Lex Sokolin

OCTOBER 14, 2020

How many Libertarians do you think there are in the United States? The core premise at its founding was to recreate the dynamics of the sharing and social media revolutions. And the investors you get, especially if they are retail, are lumpy and finnicky. Instead of selling their mutual funds to retail?—?and

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Lex Sokolin

AUGUST 19, 2020

Whereas Monzo benefits from the powers of the community on Crowdcube and Revolut has the endless pockets of DST behind it, Starling affiliates with more traditional banks and high-net-worth investors, keeping its valuations private. It is also funded by more price-sensitive investors. It’s not impossible.

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Affinity programs with local retailers. Social media & PR champion. can’t provide a flow of inbound leads to the agents; this is where established FI brands can leverage their standing in the community (within RESPA guidelines, naturally). Relationships with major local employers (eg.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2019

What most people don’t realize is how long this has been the case in the United States. Until 1939 that is, when the last Thursday in November fell on the 30th and retailers flooded President Franklin Delano Roosevlents office and begged him to consider moving the date. And so Roosevelt — months away from embarking on U.S.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Having the ability to find and analyze data in real time or near real time — data from social media, court documents, SEC filings and other web sources — can also make customer onboarding quicker and more secure, and combines good customer service with good fraud prevention. When it comes to AI (true AI), the early uses are emerging.

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CB Insights

MARCH 19, 2019

Samsung and AT&T have partnered to create the United States’ first manufacturing-focused 5G “ Innovation Zone ” in Austin, Texas. Worldwide spending on AR and VR applications for retail showcasing is expected to reach approximately $59B by 2020. It has reported that adopting AR has boosted productivity by 50%.

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CB Insights

JULY 17, 2018

In the past decade, restaurant and bar purchases have grown at twice the rate of general retail spending. Many of these models target millennials, who now make up the majority of the workforce in the United States, while others (like Tesla’s Supercharger Drive-In) cut across generations to target all types of affluent customers.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Over 1M millennial women are becoming mothers every year, meaning Gen Y now makes up the majority of annual births in the United States, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. BOUTIQUE GYMS & CLASSES ARE spreading AS MILLENNIALS SEEK CHOICE AND COMMUNITY.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 14, 2017

New Frontiers in Retail Tech. Download this research briefing to see how corporates and startups are shaping the future of retail with tech. They don’t need to rely on traditional retail stores for exposure. They’re competing more efficiently by rethinking not just the product, but also the retail model.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

It wouldn’t be until almost exactly one year later that investors really started flocking to the early social media startup. went public in March of 2017 at a $25B valuation, it was the second-highest valuation at exit of any social media and messaging company since 1999. When Snap Inc. His name was Jack Ma.

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