PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2018

But these restaurants are not innovating all that fast — even with all sorts of new technologies hitting the market. But customer adoption isn’t behind the slow adoption of QSR innovations — in fact, 62 percent of consumers said the availability of digital innovations would make them more likely to visit QSRs in the future.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2019

Direct sales company Younique, which has been pivotal in its approach to social media marketing, has launched an augmented reality (AR) makeup trying-on tool, according to a release. . Younique was launched in 2012, and it gained traction using a social media-based model.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Social media is taking a lot of fire these days, whether the issue is “fake news” or data privacy or just the time-wasting tendencies of many users. But social media is also driving retail innovation, and those trends are going to help shape commerce in the all-important fourth quarter and beyond into the 2020s.

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Perficient

JUNE 22, 2020

We get here by taking a systematic approach to gathering and measuring those experiences so we can help you build an experience strategy that balances the right amounts of sustaining and disruptive innovation to bring the Now, the New, and the Next together. For example, we are working with a client that needs to diversify its customer base.

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Perficient

DECEMBER 4, 2020

For example, curbside pick-up has become extremely resourceful to consumers during these unprecedented times. Find ways to be very relevant when you target and market to your existing and future customers. Take advantage of the customer activity data to power your marketing and personalization engines. Communication is Key.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2020

Facebook reported a 51 percent spike in its costs and expenses for the full year 2019 — that increase coming as the social media platform faces more questions from regulators and policymakers about its present and planned endeavors. 29), and reported that total costs and expenses hit some $46.71 Challenges to Come. 31, stood at 2.5

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2019

The realm of quick service restaurants (QSRs) is and actually always has been a pretty innovative space. The drive-thru window, for example, first met the market in 1947 when it was introduced to the world by Sheldon “Red” Chaney, operator of Red’s Giant Hamburg in Springfield, Missouri. Really outside the box, as it turns out.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2017

And, as America found out what actually happens when the wrong name gets read on stage, PwC found out what happens when Twitter decides to rename your firm — as our CEO (and former PwC employee) Karen Webster told those assembled at the Innovation Project’s annual awards dinner last night. Alexander questioned, for example, how Adm.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Social commerce is growing rapidly, and every day social media companies are adding new capabilities to support this growth. Line said its monthly active users in Thailand — its second-largest market after Japan — grew from 44 million to 47 million this year. During the pandemic, sellers became very active.”

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2017

He also offers advice for how to innovate in the field. Here is an excerpt of the conversation: PYMNTS: How would you define your company’s approach to innovation? PYMNTS: Where do you look for innovative ideas, and why? PYMNTS: What is the most innovative thing you’ve ever done? JB: Innovation often means taking a risk.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2020

Innovation has been a welcome development for retailers in the pandemic. Now, Burberry is continuing its status as an innovator. On Friday (July 31), the company opened a new concept store in Shenzhen, China, which is an important market for the brand. Asia has led the world in the development of social commerce.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2016

Pixlee , a San Francisco-based startup, allows retailers or brands to market directly to customers by using their own photos through curating them from social media or having the customer directly submit them for use, which the company says leads to a more authentic and engaging shopping experience for consumers.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Looks like the digital advertising and marketing sectors are in for a reckoning. In the middle are the consumers whose data fuels eCommerce, social media and basically the entire internet as we know it. It won’t be easy, and some players see it as ultimately handing even more market-making power to Google, Apple and Facebook.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2019

Around the world, banks and FinTech firms are addressing challenges associated with enabling fund disbursements in real time — and some markets are developing real-time networks faster than others. In other markets, the growth of instant and mobile payments is breeding more competition by the day. Around the Disbursements World.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Nordstrom is one example of that. Bloomberg reports that it offers a bevy of innovative options intended to entice customers into spending more time shopping. China was the obvious place to start as it is one of the leading hubs for innovation and technology and Chinese consumers are some of the highest users of social media.”.

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Insights on Business

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

At IBM Think 2019, Henrique Albuquerque from Bradesco Research and Innovation offered insight into how Bradesco is transforming by focusing their entire business structure around the customer journey. For example, there are teams focusing on: Onboarding and Enchantment. Social-based marketing. IBMFintech Twitter.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 1, 2024

For inspiration in banking innovation, we often look to other industries. Honkook Kim and his Gentle Monster Brand is a perfect example. Instead of thinking traditionally, Gentle Monster pursued a strategy of innovation and creativity to become the hottest sunglass company globally, creating a company currently valued at $900 million.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2018

It’s beginning to feel like two kids talking smack in a high school hallway — except, in this case, billions of dollars are involved, along with issues of privacy and innovation. Macron’s comments represent the latest example of Europe’s — and the European Union’s — attitude toward U.S.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The most common association with the term “social credit score” is with China. Since roughly 2014, the Chinese government has been working on the system, which is designed to be a “method to perfect the socialist market economy system, accelerating and innovating social governance,” according to a State Council notice from 2014.

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PYMNTS

MAY 26, 2017

Fortunately, it appears the recreational market is getting some much-needed innovation to help organizations and associations process payments and participant registration. One company that is innovating in the sports and recreation industry is Amilia, an online registration and membership management platform. In the U.S.,

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South State Correspondent

JULY 24, 2023

Film quality aside, there have been few movies in the history of the World that have done a better job at marketing than Barbie. This article highlights these lessons and applies them to marketing deposits. We will also stipulate that you don’t have $100mm to spend on a marketing budget. Marketing made it so.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2020

Hot Head Burritos relied heavily on social media marketing efforts as many states rolled out stay-at-home orders. The QSR’s customer service team processes feedback from its service line, website and social media pages before communicating information to its supervisory teams. Lessons Learned.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2020

During a recent high-energy PYMNTS discussion with Karen Webster, Lanman talked about the value ClassPass brings to the modern health and wellness market, and the lessons the company has learned along the way — lessons that can be applied to other operators in the digital realm. That will keep fueling this innovation trend in retail.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2020

Since the dawn of the internet in the mid-90s, there have been some genius ideas and some completely innovative business models. New companies now aim to be used as a verb by creating an innovative way to buy goods – such as: “I floated it.”. For example, say you’re in the market for a new car.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2019

Alternatively, they can enter a more specific request into the platform — for example, they can ask for a one-way trip from New York to San Francisco on a particular date. When it comes to the market for its service, the company aims to serve young adults in urban areas (big cities like New York or Toronto) who are usually tech-savvy.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2017

As the calendar turned to January, banks rolled out new ways for both commercial and corporate banking clients to conduct business by tapping the potential of several new financial innovations. Technological innovations are also bringing changes to the lending market.

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2020

For example, some might consider trying experimental pop-up locations. For a business built on a nomadic and innovative business model, the two-year-old firm has reacted quickly and expertly to an unforeseen crisis by pushing into eCommerce. After the LA market launch, the crisis hit.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2020

And judging from the continuing proliferation of videos on social media, the ability for retailers to enforce even the minimum safety standards of mask-wearing is risky business for employees. The second is the stock market – which, for retailers, has become completely untethered from reality. Example: The RealReal.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

And while enthusiasm for expanding opportunities to access the Chinese market and its billion-plus consumers is as avid as it’s ever been — as evidenced by last week’s announcement of PayPal and UnionPay’s global payments partnership — the bigger commerce story has expanded beyond China in the last few years.

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2019

One of the biggest retail stories as we head into 2020 is how India is a battlefield of digital commerce, along with a hotbed of retail innovation. With a move that could make an increasingly crowded market more competitive, Amazon is reportedly planning to roll out a food delivery service in India. Amazon’s Moves.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2020

Innovation has enabled clienteling to accomplish more for eCommerce, especially in the wake of the lockdowns of the pandemic. Several companies rolled out social media connectivity apps to keep customer relationships alive for non-essential brick-and-mortar retail. But it too is now making the shift to Digital 3.0

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2020

To help consumers remember their favorite moments, eCommerce innovators are making it possible for them to order framed prints from pictures they have taken on their phones. Keepsake’s target market, Weiss noted, is anyone who has an interest in either gifting or decorating with photos. Gift Cards.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2020

Standing out in this market can be difficult for the hospitality services looking to claim millennials’ travel dollars, though, as it can be tough to create a reputation as a convenient, quick, digital-first, social media-savvy travel option when every company is looking to do the same. Market Growth and Opportunity.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2020

According to Flow CEO Rob Keve, advances in social media and the way things are marketed throughout platforms have made it easier for direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands to reach customers. Solving that problem is among the main tasks of cross-border retail innovation and disruption in this brand new decade. Amazon’s Role.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

For example, 43.9 For example, D2C channels accounted for 41.1 For instance, the firm generated more than seven billion brand impressions and 400 million social engagements worldwide on social media during the latest quarter. percent who earn less than $50,000. percent of all shoe purchases and 35.6

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 1, 2019

A robust supply of private capital reportedly is one of the main reasons for that, along with corporate cultures that are averse to public markets. Among the most anticipated are IPOs that will impact the mobility-as-a-service and ride-hailing ecosystems, social media, and data analytics. consumer ridesharing market.

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PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2016

Participants could use Visa’s APIs to create a payment solution, leverage social media channels to engage people at Visa-sponsored events or persuade Visa cardholders to go cardless. Three real-life business challenges gave 15 competing companies the chance to flex their commerce chops. Here’s what she learned. Humanizing The Brands.

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