PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

What are hiring managers doing, and how is it reflective of the broader economy? hiring managers reported difficulty in finding talent with so-called “soft skills,” the kind of skills workplaces need, said LinkedIn in a new report. Check out below the other data on small business employment released last week. 59% of U.S.

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JULY 22, 2019

According to the company, the STEPcom takeover strengthens Descartes’ presence in Switzerland and enhances its B2B toolset around the areas of data pool synchronization, product information management and vendor-managed inventory. ”

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 14, 2019

Customers increasingly expect banks and other financial institutions to meet them where they are with full functionality, said panelists at Bank Innovation Ignite 2019 in Seattle on Tuesday.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Amazon will also offer the service for food orders from Whole Markets or Amazon Fresh. The Key In-Garage Grocery Delivery service will initially be available in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle before expanding to other cities around the country.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 22, 2019

Bank Innovation Ignite, March 11-12 in Seattle, offers high-level discussions and networking around the future of what’s next in banking. IBM, one of the world’s largest technology companies, has agreed to sponsor Bank Innovation Ignite, which explores new ideas and technologies needed to push banking forward. The […].

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

In June, Walmart reportedly paid some $200 million to buy key assets from CareZone, a Seattle-based health-technology startup that promises to manage prescription drugs for patients. The transactions for Amazon and Walmart bought a way into the $300 billion pharmacy market, the network reported.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2020

Her first job at the company was as the product manager in marketing. She was also the CEO of Amazon subsidiary Quidsi, based in her native New Jersey, The Seattle Times reported. She was promoted numerous times, and from 2015 to 2017 she was the first female technical adviser to Jeff Bezos , Amazon’s founder, chairman and CEO.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 24, 2019

Previously, only INV Fintech members were permitted to attend Demo Day on March 11 in Seattle. INV Fintech, the technology accelerator run in partnership with Fiserv, has opened its Demo Day event to financial institution executives attending Bank Innovation Ignite.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

The Treasure Truck was launched in Seattle last year — an actual truck that offers shoppers surprise daily deals on everything from steaks to home goods to paddleboards. Seattle residents can check the app to see the deal of the day (or “treasures”), make a purchase and then choose where to meet the truck to pick up the item.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2017

Some were already investors in the startup, which is headquartered in New York City and will use the funding to expand into Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and Chicago. KidsPass has 900 providers that use the app, including Gymboree, Kidville, Music Together and Super Soccer Stars, among others.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 3, 2020

It is thus unsurprising that 95 percent of companies are looking to improve their spend management software this year. Developments in the expense management world are heating up. These six companies are not the only ones looking to challenge SAP Concur, which currently holds the highest market share within the travel expense industry.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Gray will discuss corporate banking and blockchains on March 1 in Seattle with JP Jolly of Citigroup and Deva Annamalai of Fiserv. Bank Innovation is pleased to welcome Marley Gray, Microsoft’s director of technology strategy for blockchain and financial services, to our speaker faculty.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Ultimately, senior management and the Board disagreed on strategy,” Diller said. Diller and Kern will address employees about the shakeup at a town hall meeting in Seattle on Dec. Startups are moving into the travel industry, which is the fastest-growing segment in the tourism market. Shares of Expedia climbed as much as 8.6

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2020

“Everything that we are doing on grocery and convenience is driven by the fact that we are seeing strong consumer appetites from new consumption trends, people who are confined and cannot go out,” European General Manager Stephane Ficaja told Reuters in a Thursday (April 16) report.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Vacancy rates also improved during the past year in 43 cities, including Seattle, Las Vegas and Chicago. There have been indications of trouble in local retail property markets as landlords prepare for store closures after Forever 21 ’s bankruptcy. But retail vacancies increased by 2.4

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PYMNTS

MAY 15, 2018

The first cashierless Amazon Go store opened in January in Seattle after being in development for five years. However, earlier this year it was reported that there are plans to open additional stores in Seattle. The Amazon Go store is getting ready to expand into San Francisco and Chicago.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 5, 2020

One Medical is backed by technology and management firm 1Life Healthcare and will trade under the symbol “ONEM.” ” It has applied as common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. One Medical was valued at about $1.5 billion in a 2018 funding round. . percent of the company’s common stock pre-offering.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2020

The airline has also been courting corporate travelers in big markets like New York, Boston and Seattle. Delta, the most profitable airline in the country, is pushing hard because it said that competition between airlines starts even before a flight takes off.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2020

Walmart has purchased CareZone, a health services technology company that promises to manage prescription drugs for customers and simplify the ordering and payment process. The the world’s largest retailer paid about $200 million for the Seattle-based tech startup. Walmart Boosts Digital Health, Wellness Capabilities With CareZone Buy.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Hot embers continue to glow in the fintech market that GonzoBanker mothership Cornerstone Advisors serves. Some perspective on how fast this fintech market is moving: Fintech Labs tracks 269 $1B+ valued fintech unicorns that have been founded in just the past two decades. According to CB Insights, US fintechs raised $14.6B

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2018

Founded in 2017, Bungalow aims to solve many of the issues that early career professionals face when looking to rent in urban markets. Since its launch, the company has operated in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, New York, San Diego and Seattle. markets by the end of 2018. putting it on track to be in 12 major U.S.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The quick-service restaurants (QSRs) that remain are facing a fiercely competitive market as they attempt to cater to consumers whose preferences have changed significantly since the pandemic’s onset. Managing Order Integrity. He said the firm has partnered with two food services platforms to resolve these challenges. “We

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PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2018

Amazon has been hiring house cleaners in Seattle as direct employees in an effort to boost its home services marketplace. The new housecleaning service, Amazon Home Assistants, offers cleaning services in Seattle, with prices determined by the size of the home and the number of visits.

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2019

Weeks after Facebook took aim at its core business, Seattle-based Remitly notched $135 million in funding at a valuation of almost $1 billion. Generation Investment Management, a long-term investment vehicle that was co-founded by Al Gore, led the company’s fundraise.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 4, 2016

SEATTLE — The Silicon Valley model for its startups is well-known. Heck, there’s a Wikipedia for it. It centers on a simple principle: build a business that scales, no matter the initial profitability. And then scale it like mad. Or, in technical terms, build a business that has the potential Read More.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

York Capital Management and Mike Archer, a former president of Applebee’s and TGI Fridays, bought Houlihan’s in 2015 and now blames the chapter 11 filing on a number of factors, including expensive leases, a tight labor market and “the rapid growth in costly third-party delivery.”. Documents filed in U.S.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2020

Walmart is apparently working hard at restructuring itself to win, particularly in regards to how it manages it growing its eCommerce business — operationally and logistically. That big jump in market share is explained by the massive uptick in sales on Amazon in the last five years. In 2014, Amazon’s U.S. percent in 2014 to 1.9

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PYMNTS

APRIL 8, 2020

Ekata Vice President and General Manager, APAC, Tom Donlea had recently moved to Singapore to open new offices when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. In January, I moved to Singapore from Seattle to open Ekata’s new Asia-Pacific office — exactly when this global pandemic started to ramp up. It’s bad, he told PYMNTS, but not all bad.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 21, 2016

Sometimes, though, retailers have to band together to offer similar services to ward off the Seattle giant’s advance into their territory. Steve Oblak, senior vice president and general manager at Wayfair, explained that the strategic partnership with Porch will allow both companies to do more than they ever could alone. “At

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PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2020

And the retailer ponied up a reported $200 million for pieces of Seattle-based startup CareZone ’s technology, which personalizes prescription drug management for individuals. markets in the next five years, with hundreds more potentially in the offing as well. Everyone From Pharma To FinTechs Is Also Involved.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

Because the site filters out different options for the consumer, he noted the user is “a very strong, qualified candidate to complete that order,” compared to other marketing channels. The Food Delivery Market. FoodBoss is available in markets from Chicago to Washington, D.C., as well as Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

After a difficult deliberation, 10 early-stage fintech companies were selected by a team of judges to compete in this year’s DEMOvation Challenge, to take place in Seattle on March 1. Many applied, few were chosen.

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2019

POSaBIT, based in Seattle, already manages millions of transactions for over 120 dispensaries across Washington, California, Nevada, Colorado, Arizona and Oklahoma. Even though legal marijuana industry keeps gaining traction — according to one official state estimate, the market in California alone will reach at least $5.1

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2017

In the last twelve months alone, China has seen over 30 dockless bike-sharing startups enter the fray — though that particular market is currently dominated by two large competitors in the space — Ofo and Mobike. In Seattle, it was an interesting experience. Dockless bikes solve that pain point.”.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2019

In a press release , Starbucks said the new fund, which is being managed by Valor Equity Partners, will identify and invest in companies developing technologies, products and solutions geared toward the food and/or retail markets. The company launched its first store in Seattle in the 1970s.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

” From September 23-27, first-class passengers onboard 10 flights between Boston and Seattle and Boston and San Diego will have a chance to experience the technology, as well as offer feedback, on a selection of 2D and 3D movies provided by SkyLights’ partners 20th Century Fox, Warner Brothers and EIM. “I’m

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PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2017

Seattle startup FLEXE looks to enable online retailers to compete against Amazon’s logistics capabilities. The company boasts more than 500 warehouses across all major North American markets. While Amazon does have a faster shipping option with Prime Now , its reach is limited to Prime members in major urban markets.

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