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APRIL 25, 2019

The European Commission claimed the sales involved licensed merchandise from Manchester United, FC Barcelona and AS Roma, among other names, and took place from 2004 to 2017, CNBC reported.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Although it is credited with being one of the first companies to offer wedding and bridal party dresses online, J.Crew’s e-store is ending its love affair with the bridal business, which was among the first of its kind when it launched back in 2004. According to the New York Times, the retailer may have been a victim of its own success.

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APRIL 27, 2016

And that 4-figure dress cost is interesting in light of another emerging trend in retail — the apparent emergence and flooding of the market with lower-cost and discount wedding dress options. Wedding dresses in the past, explained Brittanny Carter, industry analyst at IBISWorld, were sort of a tricky proposition for retailers.

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OCTOBER 5, 2016

Sears and Kmart merged in 2004 — and it’s pretty much been all downhill for K-Mart ever since. Sears said in May that it might even sell three of its most well known brands — Kenmore, Craftsman and DieHard — and recent reports indicate that Stanley Black & Decker is among interested buyers in the Craftsman brand.

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APRIL 14, 2017

Not until 2004 did cannabis become legal for non-medical use in certain areas of the country. It is often hard to find and search for local retailers, exacerbated by the fact that cannabis businesses are oftentimes located in undesirable areas. This is the marketplace that connects patients with retailers.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

To add value and give products a health halo, cereal brands incorporate ancient grains, superfoods, probiotics, or seeds and nuts.”. And SpongeBob has been rescued from his 2004 Bikini Bottom home for a new cereal intro – because one of the trends that has never faded in the category is nostalgia. But at $13 a box?

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AUGUST 6, 2020

The country was home to one of the world’s first mobile commerce innovations with the DotCoMo mobile wallet all the way back in 2004. Until recently, retailers had to deal with an incredibly complicated legacy payments network system that was hard to break into. “It

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MARCH 25, 2019

The European Commission claimed that the practices involved licensed merchandise from Manchester United, FC Barcelona and AS Roma, among other names, and took place from 2004 to 2017, CNBC reported. based retailer GUESS $45.3 However, the company’s fine was reportedly reduced by 40 percent following its cooperation.

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MAY 19, 2016

When it comes to retail bankruptcies, do you want the good news or the bad news first? The good news: In a marked departure from the months preceding it, no major retailers filed for bankruptcy protection this week. Bankruptcies. Bankruptcies. Store Closures. Like Chapter 11 filings, store closures also had a mildly quiet week.

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JULY 9, 2018

When J.Crew notched 1 percent same-store sales growth last month, it was a cause for celebration – particularly for a brand that has been somewhat stalled for the last several years. Once ascendant among young working professionals, the brand has boosted its efforts to keep up with the times. Crew since its glory days back in 2004.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The TGI Friday’s brand will continue in India following the ownership change, The Economic Times reported on Monday (Sept. Universal Success Enterprises was founded by Prasoon Mukherjee in 2000 and started investing in India in 2004 with the creation of Kolkata West International City, a 377-acre township in Howrah.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2019

retail, the first products they sold were diamonds, watches and jewelry – exactly where Tiffany started 39 years prior. The subsequent rise, dominance and fall of Sears is a well-known and well-covered story, but suffice to say it has been quite a long time since it was thought of as primarily a catalog retailer.

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OCTOBER 7, 2016

as one of seven major retailers who could face bankruptcy over the next two years, Sears CEO Eddie Lampert apparently felt the need to write a public blog post stating that the company had no plans to shut its Kmart stores , despite rumors to the contrary. A week after a report from Fitch Ratings named Sears Holding Corp.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Founded in 2004 and acquired by Amazon in 2010 for $110 million, Woot! Wooters have received a single shoe, rubber duckies, a giant metal rooster, brand new headphones, shirts and even the occasional laptop. Another perk for Amazon Prime members: Daily deals site Woot! started out with a “one deal per day” format. stated the release.

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MARCH 8, 2018

In the face of tough European and North American retail markets last year, the company’s sales fell for the first time since 2004, taking an 8 percent plunge to 35 billion Danish crowns ($5.8 The struggle has led some toy manufacturers to reconsider doing business with the retailer at all.

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AUGUST 21, 2017

Almost twenty-two years later, another startup founded in 2004 in a living room (of sorts) — a dorm on the campus of Harvard University — could end up being eBay’s most promising buyer ever: Facebook. Speaking of online retailers, eBay went all out to court them. From the Living Room to the Basement. million in revenues to $3.2

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NOVEMBER 23, 2017

In addition, the two firms, which have been collaborating since 2004, will expand their co-branded consumer credit card deal. Earlier this month, the firm announced it would be selling $6.8 billion in receivables to its partner firm Synchrony Financial, including $5.8 billion in U.S.

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MAY 4, 2019

Digital innovation is keeping brands competitive — but really standing out requires an additional level of outside-the-box thinking. With Real Meals, the Burger King brand celebrates being yourself and feeling however you want to feel,” Burger King went on to say in the statement. Really outside the box, as it turns out.

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AUGUST 6, 2018

And before there was Chase, there was LevelUp, the branded mobile payments platform that used those same cube-shaped readers to enable QR code payments at the physical POS for consumers with the LevelUp app. Brands franchisees who are now being asked to get on board the Grubhub delivery platform. In February of 2018, Yum!

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Bankruptcy claims a marquee name in tyke-focused retailing, as the Amazon effect continues. The slowdown in new businesses being founded in the 1980s and 90s was largely quarantined to certain segments – especially retail, where corner stores and regional brands were falling to larger national chains. Toys R Us: Toys Were Us?

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JUNE 1, 2017

DC: Right out of college and with an idealistic view of how companies should treat their customers, I was on a cross-country road trip when one of my brand new tires went flat. I went to the big box retailer’s location near where the flat occurred to get it fixed under the warranty. What was the grand idea that sparked it?

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FEBRUARY 15, 2020

He was named executive producer of ABC's "Good Morning America" in 2004. Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected." ~ Sun Tzu Don't fight PNC at PNC Park, playing their brand of ball. What a word to associate with your brand! He left the show in 2006 but returned as president of ABC News in 2010.

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OCTOBER 29, 2018

For Google’s part, it kept releasing its own branded phones under the Nexus brand, partnering with Samsung, Asus, and LG to manufacture these devices, and further eroding the value of the Motorola acquisition. When you’re a powerhouse brand, it can be hard to see that the times are changing. Sears and Kmart.

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APRIL 12, 2024

Innovations from 1995 to 2014 (with launch dates) Note: Ranking as of Jan 2014 Wells Fargo is first in the world to offer Web-statement access (launched May 1995) Security First Network Bank launches first full-service Internet bank brand (Oct 1995, disbanded 2002) PayPal launches first online optimized payment system (Nov 1999, bought by eBay in 2003) (..)

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The average millennial student debt load was $10,600 as of 2017 — about 2X more than what was owed by Gen X in 2004. In 2016, Goldman Sachs introduced its own online bank offering, Marcus, with an aesthetic and brand promise very similar to challenger banks.

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MARCH 1, 2017

’s fashionable retailers such as Dorothy Perkins and Miss Selfridge. ” Tappy CEO and founder Wayne Leung added, “Supported by its existing global customer network and influenced by the brand effect of Visa and Barclaycard, Tappy’s solution will open new horizons for the traditional watch and jewelry industry.”

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DECEMBER 19, 2017

Modern-day retail is at an inflection point as retailers face struggling physical storefronts, massive debt, and inefficient operations, among other issues. Formerly beloved brands such as Aeropostale, American Apparel, and PacSun bit the dust in 2016, and the pace of retail deaths has accelerated since then.

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MARCH 10, 2016

The bold-yellow-lettering-on-blue-background-adorned movie rental stores that dotted the American landscape throughout the 1990s — Gothamist notes that, as late as 2004, there were around 9,000 Blockbuster locations in business across the country — now number a scant 51 independently operated franchises. It’s not the same as it used to be.

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JUNE 6, 2019

The marketplace blended crowdsourcing and social media to create hype around new inventions; help inventors find partners, funding, and manufacturing resources; and sell their gadgets to major nationwide retailers such as Home Depot and Target. In September 2015, Quirky finally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protections. Total Funding: $60M.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2017

have a retail crisis — or a small business crisis? Which is why “fixing” retail must include giving SMB merchants the tools they need to compete in the very dynamic environment that now defines Retail U.S.A. So, what does this all have to do with retail? Here’s a question: Does the U.S. Here’s an answer. We have both.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

But this week, his new multi-year contract gives him a coveted spot as a headliner on one of Nike’s “Just Do It” ad campaigns, as well as a branded line of Kaepernick shoes and apparel. And embracing a controversial ad campaign is something of a mixed bag for brands that try it. When it hits, it can be a very powerful tool.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Online retailers will be where we shop. I believe that this inflection point will accelerate the four big shifts that have been taking place right before our very eyes over the last decade — shifts that will now set the course for how every single player in payments and commerce and retail should be planning their 2017 and beyond.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

The sequel, “ Meet The Fockers ,” released in December of 2004, was among the top-grossing films of 2005. Dining out, though, is just one example of the consumer’s “don’t have to but want to” activities that brands can meet with digital-first solutions to keep consumers engaged. It is also pretty hilarious.

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JANUARY 19, 2019

And it was very expensive: $2,000 was the average price, but it really couldn’t replace a computer, relegating it quickly to category of niche products – and one that had almost disappeared entirely from the market by 2004. Now if it could just get all of those backorders filled. The Famicom Console.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy only when others are fearful.” ( 2004 ). It had a great brand. Companies have both tangible assets (factories, capital, inventory) and intangible assets, which include things like reputation and brand. At one point, there were 2,000 separate car brands just in the United States.

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OCTOBER 16, 2018

2004: Free cash flow enables more innovation. The customer is more empowered than ever, and as a retailer, that means you’re never safe from your competition. Amazon has disrupted traditional publishing similarly to how it disrupted traditional retail: by building a platform for other people to use to sell their wares.

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DECEMBER 31, 2014

And surprisingly, fewer banks than anytime since 2004 were running holiday messages in the days before Christmas. But these are massive retail banks and I''d think that virtual holiday decorations would be in the branding budget. For the past 10 years, I''ve done a year-end post looking at holiday promotions at the largest U.S.

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