PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2017

Whole Foods continues its work to streamline its business operations in the wake of comparable sales declines. The supermarket brand recently announced plans to shut down all three of its commercial kitchens in Everett, Mass.; Atlanta, Ga.; and Landover, Md.

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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2019

The violations involve “issuance and operation of Prepaid Payment Instruments (PPIs), in connection with certain product features of an open loop prepaid card (co-branded) previously issued by the bank,” Yes Bank said. The stock last week hit a high not seen since 2005, noted Bloomberg.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2017

It’s a hungry brand, gobbling up three different food delivery competitors in the last quarter alone: Boston-based Foodler, Groupon’s OrderUp and most recently, Yelp’s Eat24. OrderUp does, however, continue to operate in 11 markets, which license the platform’s technology and mobile app, though they may not be doing business under its name.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2019

JPMorgan Chase launched a contactless card called Blink back in 2005, then killed it off in 2014 ahead of the push for EMV chip cards. JPMorgan Chase will roll out new Visa-branded contactless EMV cards this year. But EMV chip cards are more secure than magnetic stripe transactions, and newer versions of contactless cards use EMV.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2016

In 2005, Macy’s (still called Federated Department Stores Inc. Today, Macy’s operates about 870 stores in 45 states under its namesake brand, as well as Bloomingdale’s. Jeff Gennette, Macy’s current president, will take over as CEO — a move that Macy’s reports is part of its existent succession plan.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

That compares to 68 percent of consumers who report belonging to Amazon Prime — a program that launched in February 2005 and now counts 150 million members globally. Brands want to be as close as possible to the “moment of truth,” which is that interval between considering a purchase and actually pulling the trigger.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2017

Olo launched in New York in 2005 with the idea that no one should have to wait in line for food. Twelve years later, the platform offers digital ordering solutions for multi-location restaurants by syncing with their existing systems and brand. Back then, the platform let customers order takeout through text messaging.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

The sequel, “ Meet The Fockers ,” released in December of 2004, was among the top-grossing films of 2005. At their peak in 2005 , DVDs were a $16.3 Eager to break their quarantine routines, consumers are filling restaurants to whatever capacity they can accommodate, according to the requirements of the states in which they operate.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2019

Like its $310 million purchase of Bonobos, buying Blue Apron would repeat Walmart’s playbook of acquiring a branded eCommerce startup with a more premium product to its core offerings,” said Matthew Trusz, equity research analyst of Gabelli & Company, to investors. Walmart’s Jet.com operation, meanwhile, keeps growing. billion.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

The debt load came care of a 2005 $7.5 As of now, the approximately 1,600 Toys “R” Us and Babies “R” Us brick-and-mortar retail locations around the world will continue to operate as usual. The eponymous toy store has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as of Sept. And it is a lot of debt: $5 billion at last count.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

AP: MiaDonna was founded in 2005 by Anna-Mieke Anderson, a mother who wanted an alternative to the cost and conflict associated with providing diamond jewelry to the consumer. It allows new and existing customers to interact and evaluate the product, brand and level of service before making the purchase decision. AP: Yes, I do.

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PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2016

According to a consultant hired by Total Hockey to help it right the ship, comparable same-store sales for the brand, which runs about 27 locations spread across the Midwest, were positive for every quarter up until Q4 2015, when they took an 8 percent dive. Not every brand that closes its doors did so last week in infamy, though.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2018

The decision to close our mall stores was difficult, but ultimately provides an opportunity to maintain our well-respected brand and award-winning products while operating with a smaller physical footprint,” he said. Both have operations online under new owners, reported The Wall Street Journal. In Other Brick-And-Mortar News.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2019

It’s a world in which new retail models and new places to shop have emerged to satisfy that need, blending the online and offline worlds in ways that benefit the digital and marginalize the physical – at least as it operates today. In 2005, Amazon introduced Prime, and promised two-day free shipping for Prime members.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Justin Lavelle, communications director of BeenVerified.com and a frequent writer on how to avoid scams, noted that even back in 2005 (practically the dark ages when it comes to the internet), while the U.S. That’s not how charities operate. Watch out for fake websites and social media pages. It happens every time. The only problem?

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2017

the company the original team of four created) in 2005 and two years later launched it, along with a consortia of hardware, software and telco companies, to advance the notion of open standards for mobile devices. Updates to the operating system are released periodically.”. Google acquired Android, Inc.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Or at least that was the case until 2005, when entrepreneur and unlikely yogurt manganate Hamdi Ulukaya opened an unusual piece of mail shortly after selling off his feta cheese business: Euphrates. “By By 2005, I thought maybe I would relax and have a family. But one day I opened a piece of mail. ” I threw it away.

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PYMNTS

JULY 12, 2018

Walmart has been operating in Japan for the last 16 years — a time described as “tumultuous” by the Financial Times ( FT ). Walmart is far from the first brand to fail to ignite in a Japanese retail segment, which is highly fragmented and generally unprofitable — and, i n some segments, actively shrinking.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 18, 2014

Open Bank (OTCQB: OPBK) Open Bank commenced operations in 2005 as First Standard Bank in the Koreatown section of Los Angeles. The lion''s share of their growth, profitability, and capital have come since their re-branding to Open Bank in 2010. Congratulations to them. Year to date through September 30th, Open Bank had $4.5

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2017

They simply aren’t going to garner the same press coverage as an international eCommerce giant like Amazon or an established market like Etsy, where artisans have been peddling their wares since 2005. But that doesn’t mean other service marketplaces are beneath notice. Here are five that are doing cool things out there in cyberspace today.

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PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2016

Consumers – often with friends or family in tow – walked past store after store, a deliberate design consideration by mall operators to maximize the number of stores that consumers had to walk past to get to the anchor store that originally pulled them in. In 2005, online sales accounted for 2.3 Should they focus on apps? With its 1.5

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CB Insights

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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CB Insights

JANUARY 6, 2019

From supply chain and inventory improvements to new payment options, these brands are going all in on digital. The Home Depot also operates a secondary lab out of Austin called BlackLocus. Notable Projects: Lululemon Lab operates under the concept of “offline exclusivity.” Founded: 2005. Founded: 2015 .

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JUNE 6, 2019

Founded: 2005. The company announced it was effectively ceasing operations immediately and filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, putting more than 1,100 people out of work overnight. The company’s assets were acquired by Q Holdings in 2015, and the firm quietly relaunched the Quirky brand in 2017. Dart Music.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2017

Media companies, in the meantime, shoveled tens of millions into Snap in the hopes of selling to a generation whose brand loyalty is about as fleeting as Zsa Zsa Gabor’s affection for each of her nine husbands. This comScore chart shows that audience breakdown and made the tech press and event circuit rounds in force. They eventually fall.

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Bankelele

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Interswitch is a Nigeria-based, transaction switching and electronic payments processing company, with operations in several African countries. Interswitch also owns Verve International which is the largest card brand in Nigeria with almost 30 million customers. 320 million (~$3.7 320 million (~$3.7

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2017

In 2012, eBay CEO John Donahoe , who had taken over from Meg Whitman in 2008 , more or less told retailers that “Amazon is your enemy, eBay is your friend” to persuade them to upload their product catalogues to branded eBay storefronts. That year, it was reported by Reuters that 50,000-plus stores in the U.S. That was down from 23.8

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William Mills

MAY 25, 2017

March 3 – The New York Times reveals that Uber was deceiving authorities worldwide through a mirror app called Greyball to avoid sting operations where Uber is prohibited. After so much bad press and numerous scandals, Uber’s brand needs a complete overhaul. Wells Fargo’s Brand Keeps Tanking.

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Lex Sokolin

MAY 25, 2020

Many of the companies being sold were started between 2005 and 2015. Because apparently, Goldman Sachs is considering buying up Wells Fargo, PNC, or US Bancorp to accelerate its transformation into a consumer banking brand. I would guesstimate a range of around $100 to $150 million, much of which would go to the core operating team.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

For investors as a whole, returns decrease as motion increases.” ( 2005 ). “Be 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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CB Insights

OCTOBER 16, 2018

2005: Don’t get fixated on short-term numbers. In fact, in 2017, all of Amazon’s operating income came from AWS, a once-risky bet on a “dreamy” business idea. 2005: Don’t get fixated on short-term numbers. As a first step, we’ve set the goal of achieving a pro forma operating profit in the fourth quarter.

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CB Insights

MAY 10, 2018

Expertise: An experienced operator’s perspective on a problem and the different ways that it can be solved. There’s a complexity to getting these tools operational that compounds at scale. Bain, which has helped hundreds of similar businesses undergo their “digital transformation,” has that deep operator expertise.

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Tomorrow's Transactions

JULY 13, 2016

Inaugurated in 2005, Kingfisher Airlines… never made money, not in one year. Aadhar (the brand name for UID) can serve as the know your customer guidelines that banks have. Like many of you I am sure I never miss The Economist “ Money Talks ” podcast, which is how come I happened to hear about the bankruptcy of an Indian airline.

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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. Date : September 2005. Date: August 12, 2005. Date: July 2005. Date: March 24, 2005.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The Paris-headquartered retail chain of personal care and beauty stores has more than 400 shops across North America that feature nearly 3,000 brands, along with its own private label. Instacart, which operates in the U.S. Founded in 2005, Klarna is valued at $5.5 focused on four initial pilots in Oklahoma and California.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2018

When linked to the Amazon Chase card, the cash-back makes the experience even more of a win, in addition to serving as a natural pull toward card/brand share shift. it is the brand behind Food Lion, Stop & Shop, Hannaford, Giant, Martin’s, bfresh and the grocery delivery service Peapod. In the U.S.,

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