PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Nordstrom added that the company wants “to bring the added convenience of services such as online order pick-up, fast and easy returns, alterations, styling and more as close to customers as possible.”. Beyond New York City, Nordstrom Local has three locations out west in California — Melrose, Brentwood and Downtown Los Angeles.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Improving trends in New York City and Los Angeles, momentum with virtual appointments and continued strength in the The RealReal B2B vendor program improved our ability to source supply in Q3 and contributed to improving quarter over quarter GMV trends,” The RealReal CEO Julie Wainwright said in the announcement. “We

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2021

The pandemic’s onset triggered a mass migration of consumers to online channels to meet their everyday shopping needs, with merchants following suit. Los Angeles-based logistics online marketplace Cargomatic is one firm that saw supply chain conversion accelerate immediately with the pandemic-induced surge in online sales.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2018

Online retailer Brandless has expanded its offerings in its clean beauty product line. Launched in 2017, Brandless is an online platform where everything is off-brand, and it all costs $3 or less. The company even opened a pop-up store for a limited time in Los Angeles last month.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2018

In 2014, Amazon ’s Whole Foods became Instacart’s first national partner. For grocers, Amazon’s ventures into online groceries bring big competition, but delivery platforms such as Instacart can help grocers compete with the threat of eCommerce and delivery.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2018

For its report, inMarket looked at nearly 100 Whole Foods stores in markets such as New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth and San Francisco metropolitan areas. According to CNBC , that amount is beyond the $13 billion it spent last year on the national supermarket chain. billion last year.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

In a twist on contemporary retail trends toward online channels, consumers still largely prefer to return in-store. The easiest way to describe what we do,” said David Sobie, CEO of Happy Returns , “is that we’re the buy online, return to store option for retailers that don’t have stores.”. and Houston. and Houston.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

But the investment could change that distribution strategy, revealing that Amazon is stepping up its efforts in the Latin American nation. online shopping has doubled there over the last four years — and it is projected to grow annually in the double digits. In Brazil, Amazon faces eCommerce competition from MercadoLibre Inc.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2019

From SPOT to Starbucks , online platforms and retailers are providing consumers with new ways to place orders or make purchases from the car. SPOT serves cities including Los Angeles, Miami and Philadelphia, per a report last year. Retailers are tapping into buy-online-pickup-in-store (BOPIS) offerings for consumers.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2016

The ubiquitous (well, at least in the Northeast) coffee chain has announced a partnership with DoorDash , the online delivery app that promises food and other “goods” delivered to your doorstep in 45 minutes or less, that will see it offer an on-demand delivery service in select parts of Brooklyn and Manhattan. “The

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

It’s National Cyber Security Awareness Month, and industry leaders are zeroing in on some of the most vulnerable targets of cyber scams: small businesses. IBM is collaborating with the City of Los Angeles’ LA Cyber Lab to develop their LA Cyber Threat Intelligence Sharing Platform (TISP), with funds granted by the U.S.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2020

restaurants have permanently shuttered operations, and more than 110,000 anticipated closing their doors in April, according to recent estimates from the National Restaurant Association. Approximately 30,000 U.S. Fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to cause roughly $225 billion in lost sales by the end of May.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 27, 2015

The August 2015 spotlights credit reporting complaints and complaints from consumers in the Los Angeles, California metro area. Consumers consistently reported issues related to accessing their credit reports as a result of online identity authentication questions.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Cloud kitchens, sometimes called KaaS (kitchens as a service) or ghost kitchens have emerged as a new model, driven by the rise of online ordering and delivery services. Recent data indicates that consumers increased their spending on online food delivery in 2019 by almost 15 percent year over year.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2018

million Chinese nationals visited the U.S. Only 5 percent of Chinese citizens hold passports, and the nation’s largest online travel service, Ctrip , predicts that number will double over the next two years. If Alipay were a nation, it would be the third largest on Earth. According to the U.S. Commerce Department , 2.97

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PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2018

According to reports this week, those organizations included The Association of National Advertisers, sites operated by A&E Networks and such newspapers as the Chicago Tribune , the Los Angeles Times and the New York Daily News. That’s the same trend benefiting Google. “It

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PYMNTS

APRIL 6, 2020

As Americans, we do get used to certain things,” Jesse Rodriguez, 59, told the Los Angeles Times. The entire national supply chain has been “pushed to the limit,” and all goods are moving slower. How could Amazon fail to deliver? “As When it’s just nonexistent, it’s alarming.”.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2020

for college students, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF). As for how consumers will shop for their back to school supplies, the NRF forecasts that will likely shift largely online, following the trend currently evident throughout retail. But these aren’t normal times. per K-12 student and $976.78

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Currently offered in a session subscription payment method, Handstand is available in Los Angeles and Orange County; the plan is to roll it out to Boston, New York, San Francisco and Chicago. But they’re not disrupting the industry; they’re just taking the industry and putting it online.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

One firm, Exactuals , based in Los Angeles, offers a Software-as-a-Service model for payments and just announced this week that it garnered $10 million in Series A funding. As reported in a release by the company, funding came from a series of investors, led by City National and TTV Capital. .

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Dollar Shave Club first made a name for itself with a solid concept — and a series of very entertaining ads that brought the inexpensive razor company into the national consciousness. “No one has successfully sold fragrance online, and this is as good an opportunity to do that as you’ll find,” Gottlieb says.

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2019

That’s why they’re asking guests to order a Whopper meal based on however they might be feeling,” an online release stated Wednesday (May 1). They’re a limited edition and are only available in Austin, Seattle, Miami, Los Angeles and New York City. “Burger King restaurants understands that no one is happy all the time.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Since, his bright red IZOD sweater has apparently sold out online , Esquire has posted stories on how to dress like him and Ken Bone even seems to be becoming a popular Halloween costume choice this season. Last week, the National Retail Federation predicted that holiday sales would climb 3.6 percent this year to $655.8

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2018

Today the service is online in 10 cities — New York, Los Angeles and Chicago are reportedly its three most popular hubs — though users can also tap into small group instruction offerings in other locations. Will it usher in a new era of fitness for a nation of people avoiding the gym? Probably not.

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Let's Talk Payments

DECEMBER 21, 2017

The new ad, entitled simply ”I Will,” began airing nationally this month on broadcast television and online.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2017

The pants in question were patchwork jeans, and purchased in a San Francisco vintage shop while Irish-national Kelly was on a world tour — a tour which included a final stop at Burning Man. and manufactured in downtown Los Angeles, with no underpaid textiles workers in evidence. Ethical Clothes For The Incredibly Hip . “We

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2018

The deal, announced earlier this week, is not just a partnership between two companies with heft in the digital economy — Alibaba is among the main symbols of Chinese eCommerce, and Starbucks is a leader in mobile ordering and payments — but also represents the latest development for online food and beverage delivery. Both Starbucks and Ele.me

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2017

In an interview with Karen Webster, Souheil Badran, Alipay North America president, said that the expanded efforts in North America come amid timing that is opportune, as retailers are challenged to “open up their doors” with so much competition online and offline. Everything else, they are off on their own.”

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Los Angeles San Francisco America Retail 100

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Cohen owns a national distribution network and deals with some of the nation’s biggest retailers. The ripple effects of this new model are less activity at ports, lower revenues for the trucking industry and a prediction by the National Retail Federation that this trend of low imports will persist. In 2016, 5 percent of U.S.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Mastercard ’s City Possible network now serves more than 500 communities in more than 50 nations throughout the globe, according to a Tuesday (Nov. City Possible added New York City; Los Angeles; Hamilton, Canada; and London, Mastercard said in the announcement. 10) announcement.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Earlier in the week it was reported that the Los Angeles police department arrested a criminal gang composed of three teenage boys and one of their mothers in connection with a string of high-profile robberies. The trio allegedly had just robbed the home of Los Angeles Rams receiver Robert Woods. Pokora” Tota.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2017

In this week’s Tech Center tracker, Mary Gavala, Online Marketing and Promos Manager of Viva Wallet , spoke with PYMNTS on how Greece is becoming a hot spot for tech. Before we jump into the post, here are a few quick facts about Los Angeles and its tech scene: Greece’s population was 10,823,732 in 2015. percent in 2016.

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CB Insights

APRIL 17, 2018

Brian Singerman started his career as a Software Engineer for 3D online virtual-world company, There Inc. in Australia and South Africa before taking up various roles with online city guide business CitySearch in 1996. Education: Stanford University (MBA), Australian National University (BA/BSC). BRIAN SINGERMAN. JEREMY LIEW.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

While online commerce has allowed eRetailers to source consumer data and to deliver targeted, personalized advertisements, physical retail has often lacked these capabilities. Los Angeles-based tech company Bridg is closing the loop for brick-and-mortar restaurants, and soon for retailers, by providing them with key consumer insights.

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CB Insights

MAY 8, 2018

Zaw Studios, a media company based outside of Los Angeles, uses drones to capture immersive 360-degree photographs and videos within large homes. While low-cost aerial photography is being leveraged to take images of a property’s exterior, home interiors are also being captured by small, agile UAVs. food serviceS industry.

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Exercises Data Technology Industry 78

William Mills

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Working for the past 6 years with many banks to design their online experience. Los Angeles-based global company. “We Showing two different types of customers and how one person sees his online experience. Now showing “Virtual Bank Online Banking” on a Windows 10 browser. With reporting, can get rid of excel.

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social media ATM Mobile Customer Experience 40

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2014

It’s been a busy year integrating recent acquisitions, purchasing $1 billion+ in Banco Popular deposits, hiring former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to advise on community relations, and having former President Bill Clinton speak at a major financial literacy event. Nice community bank culture fit between the two as well.

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