Regal Software Introduces Bank-Branded B2B Payables
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 14, 2020
Its predecessor, RegalPay, has been available since 2008, connecting to more than 160 enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems.
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NOVEMBER 18, 2014
Many of the world’s biggest brands have interesting back stories to their famous names and slogans. Pepper was created in a drugstore and the brand got their household name from the father of a girl the owner of the store was once in love with.
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DTC Brands See Media Opportunity In Crisis
PYMNTS
MAY 28, 2020
DTC brands grew up digital,” he noted. Wiese and his team compared the current pandemic to several other crises, man-made or financial, across 100 years and 125 brands. That lesson is particularly applicable to DTC brands. They’re not encumbered by distribution systems and will be very opportunistic about media.”.
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Amazon Gains More Exclusive Product Lines From Outside Brands
PYMNTS
JANUARY 28, 2019
That move comes as Amazon has had trouble wooing some direct-to-consumer brands. Amazon wants “consumer goods companies to create brands exclusively for Amazon after finding that developing them on its own is too costly and time-consuming, according to people familiar with the strategy,” stated a report in The Wall Street Journal.
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H&M Seeks To Shutter Cheap Monday Brand
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 27, 2018
The world’s second biggest fashion retail firm, H&M, is shuttering its independent brand Cheap Monday, the company said on Tuesday (Nov. The brand had been owned by H&M through its 2008 acquisition of Fabric Scandinavien AB, which was the owner of Cheap Monday. 27), as reported by Reuters.
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Retail 2020: Looking Back On D2C Brands
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 28, 2020
Direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands came in two flavors during 2020. The second flavor were the brands that had seen traction before the pandemic and flourished during it with innovative marketing, fresh business models and cool packaging. The seven-year-old D2C hybrid brand has received $4.7 That group is more exciting.
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Diesel USA Plans To Restore Brand Through Bankruptcy
PYMNTS
MARCH 6, 2019
Diesel Chief Restructuring Officer Mark Samson said in court papers, according to the news outlet, “The new management team has formulated a new strategic path over the next three years to restore the Diesel brand in the U.S., return the [company] to its prerecession profitability, ensure its ability to continue operating in the U.S.,
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Building A Base Of True Capital
PYMNTS
APRIL 21, 2020
Noting that customer loyalty was a critical factor for restaurants that survived the 2008 market crash, Paytronix CEO Andrew Robbins told PYMNTS, “When the current black swan finally departs and restaurants begin to reopen, we hope those that truly invested in developing strong relationships will survive.”
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Alibaba Single’s Day 2020: Sales Records Broken, But New Chinese Regs Spoil The Party
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
Singles Day] has historically served as a very accurate indicator for what’s happening in the following year for retailers, brands as well as consumers,” said Jonathan Cheng, head of China retail at Bain & Co. The event seems to have established itself as just that indicator — and American brands and celebrities were part of the action.
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Frugal Consumers Buying More Off-Brand, Off-Price Products
PYMNTS
JULY 18, 2016
This newfound cost consciousness is reshaping the retail industry in everything from spurring the rise of fast fashion at the expense of mall “anchor stores,” to the increasing popularity of off-brands or store brands in the supermarket, to the shift in the apparel business, to off-price retail outlets over full-priced department stores.
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The Return Of The Celebrity-Backed Brand
PYMNTS
JULY 13, 2018
Celebrity brand endorsement is nothing new. In their hundreds of years of existence, the celebrity endorsement has become an increasingly prominent part of branding — so prominent, in fact, that by the end of the 20th century, they weren’t just endorsing products. 1 on its list of the top 10 emerging restaurant brands of 2018.
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Mastercard’s Incoming CEO’s Take On The Future Of Payments
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 26, 2020
Haythornthwaite has served as chairman since May 2006 and Banga has served as CEO since 2008 — when he took over the helm shortly after the onset of the financial crisis. Mastercard , like most consumer credit connected brands, was hit hard in the early days of the Great Recession.
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Banking On A Rough Earnings Season For Banks
PYMNTS
APRIL 13, 2020
To set the stage, and as communicated by JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon in a letter to shareholders earlier in the month, “we don’t know exactly what the future will hold — but at a minimum, we assume that it will include a bad recession combined with some kind of financial stress similar to the global financial crisis of 2008. and the U.K.,
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Brand Leadership: What does it mean? What should it mean?
Jeff For Banks
OCTOBER 4, 2011
If bankers tell me their institution has a superior brand, I want to know what that means. Too often I am told that the FI has a superior brand because customers come up to senior executives and board members on the street and tell them so. Is this our perception of brand leadership? Brand, brand, and brand.
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Bank Of America Rebrands, Loses Merrill Lynch Name
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 25, 2019
The banking giant, which bought the longstanding Wall Street firm during the financial crisis in 2008, now plans to rebrand most of its wealth-management business as just Merrill. Trust brand , which will become the Bank of America Private Bank. “We 1 brand there is.”.
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Amazon To Enter India’s Food Delivery Space
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 28, 2020
A joint venture with Amazon India and Catamaran Ventures, Prione Business Services, has reportedly been inking deals with brands to list on Amazon with commissions in the range of 10 percent to 15 percent. Zomato, which was founded in 2008, was valued at $3.55 billion earlier in January.
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Wall Street Girds For Another Week Of Volatility
PYMNTS
JANUARY 31, 2021
Citron Research's Andrew Left , who has built a brand as one of the world's top short-sellers, has turned his back on detailing publicly the shortcomings of various companies. hedge funds, with both buying and selling at their highest rates since the financial crisis from 2008.
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Survey: US Consumers Bargain Hunting, Not Hoarding Now
PYMNTS
MAY 13, 2020
Shoppers are making more trips to dollar stores, stocking up on store brands and bypassing snacks and sodas at convenience stores, according to a CNBC report that cited IRI , the Chicago-based data and analytics provider reported. We are just seeing the beginnings of it.”.
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131 Tapping Into The Digital Economy With Restaurant Innovations
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 16, 2018
Borrowing from the strategy of fast food restaurants, Dine Brands is working on a new order-ahead technology. It’s like converting casual dining to fast food,” Dine Brands CEO Stephen Joyce told The Post. Through an app, diners can order their food ahead of time and then pay their bill electronically, the New York Post reported.
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Mall Vacancy Rate Reaches 20-Year High Of 9.7 Pct.
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JANUARY 7, 2020
percent in 2011 following the 2008 financial crisis. As traditional mall merchants go under, however, some online brands are expanding into brick-and-mortar locations. Reis pegged the mall vacancy rate at an all-time high of 9.7 percent, the most since recordkeeping started in 2000 when just 5.3 percent of shops were empty.
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Elizabeth And James Rises Again At Kohl’s
PYMNTS
APRIL 19, 2019
But in 2008, the recession hit – and the fashion world became a different place. Our vision for Elizabeth and James is to deliver a lifestyle brand that offers women access to premium fashion at an affordable price, without sacrificing quality and fit,” Mary-Kate Olsen said in a press release. ” Will it work?
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Farfetch Brings In $885M Through IPO
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 21, 2018
The company was founded by Portuguese fashion entrepreneur José Neves in 2008 with the goal of creating an online marketplace for luxury boutiques and brands. “We The average age of Farfetch’s luxury shopper is 36 — somewhat younger than usual, which explains why brands like Harvey Nichols were enthusiastic to sign on.
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AI Holds Answers For Retail’s Post-COVID Future
PYMNTS
APRIL 13, 2020
The EDITED AI analysis of Chinese markets found that the final weeks of March saw an uptick in new style and brand arrivals as factories in the country started to reopen. The 2008 financial downturn brought the need for data to the fore, and retailers were the main contributors to the “Big Data” movement through their transactional data.
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How Boutique Trucks Are Bringing New Meaning To Fast Fashion
PYMNTS
AUGUST 8, 2019
Food trucks have been around since the 1970s, when taco trucks began making the rounds in New York City, but didn’t become a national sensation until 2008 when two events coincided in such a way as to make a long extant — but largely niche — subsegment of the restaurant game into a mass market phenomenon. economy was blowing up in a bad way.
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Secondhand Is First Thought For Growing Number Of Shoppers
PYMNTS
APRIL 9, 2018
It’s a movement that’s been gaining momentum since the recession in 2008. There are resellers like thredUP and Poshmark that move a wide range of brands that are still in good condition, while others such as TheRealReal sell only luxury brands. Another draw is the allure of constant new arrivals and brands.
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Does Rapid Growth in Home Equity Credit Signal a Coming Repeat of the 2008 Meltdown?
The Financial Brand
AUGUST 8, 2024
This article Does Rapid Growth in Home Equity Credit Signal a Coming Repeat of the 2008 Meltdown? appeared first on The Financial Brand. This article Does Rapid Growth in Home Equity Credit Signal a Coming Repeat of the 2008 Meltdown? appeared first on The Financial Brand. Is America using its homes as ATMs again?
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36 Why The Gap Needs Athleta To Stay Fit
PYMNTS
JANUARY 10, 2018
When Gap bought Athleta in 2008 for $150 million, the move didn’t cause much of a stir — beyond being considered a hedge play by the retailer against the exploding popularity of Canadian athleisure brand lululemon , which debuted its initial public offering (IPO) in 2007. We’re not like, ‘Oh, it’s all about millennials.’
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SharkNinja’s Plan To Capture The UK Vacuum Market
PYMNTS
JANUARY 29, 2019
The privately-held appliances brand sells vacuum cleaners under the Shark logo, while its line of food processors, coffee makers, pressure cookers and blenders are sold under the Ninja branding. In the United States, Shark vacuums run the market — it’s the top selling upright brand and owns 35 percent of the market.
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Q3 Ad-Buying Rebound Bodes Well For Holiday Sales
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 4, 2020
As Business Insider reported : “Like many tech companies, Snap relies on revenue from brands, whose pandemic-related financial slowdowns were expected to have a domino effect on ad buyers. Even Facebook, with its advertising boycott turning out a boost for other brands in the space, saw its ad revenues jump in the latest quarter.
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Valeant Peels Off Skincare Lines To L’Oréal For $1.3B
PYMNTS
JANUARY 11, 2017
Drug company Valeant Pharmaceuticals International is shedding four of its brands — three skincare and one cancer treatment business — and experts say it’s good money, considering what the company original bought those brands for. French cosmetics company L’Oréal is purchasing three skincare brands from Valeant for $1.3
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No New Filings, But Darkness Intensifies For Department Stores
PYMNTS
APRIL 22, 2020
“I’ve had a showroom for over 30 years, and we have always used the word ‘partnership,’ when talking about our relationship with the department stores,” said Betsee Isenberg of the showroom 10Eleven, which represents numerous brands such as Vince and ATM. Through 9/11, through 2008, we worked hand in hand with our retailers.
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Peloton, Bike Company, Seeks Unicorn Valuation
PYMNTS
MARCH 13, 2017
In just five years, the Peloton brand has developed a cult following for its products and services. The New York–based company sells exercise bikes equipped with tablets that enable cyclists to subscribe to spin classes, enabling them to enjoy the workout class atmosphere from the comfort of their own home.
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Farfetch Pairs With Harvey Nichols As It Rolls Toward An IPO
PYMNTS
MARCH 12, 2018
As its IPO draws near, Farfetch — which connects nearly 900 boutiques and luxury brands to nearly 2 million affluent and luxury-enthused consumers — is upping the level of its partnership game through the announcement of a new pair-up with high-end department store Harvey Nichols. billion pounds respectively.
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Groupon Teams Up With Redeam To Expand Worldwide Experiences
PYMNTS
MARCH 2, 2020
With nearly 44 million customers, a massive mobile footprint and a trusted brand, we’re thrilled to partner with them.”. Groupon, founded in 2008 in Chicago, is a digital marketplace where people can get discounts on things to do, see, eat and buy. It strives to advance ticket sales while offering a seamless check-in process.
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Prediction: A Surge Of Bankruptcies Is Coming
PYMNTS
JUNE 19, 2020
The 79-year-old finance professor emeritus at New York University’s Stern School of Business and creator of the Z score, a formula that predicts business failures, estimated 2020 will challenge the record number of bankruptcies set following the 2008 economic crisis, The New York Times reported. He said many others are on the brink.
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Farfetch Plans For IPO
PYMNTS
AUGUST 21, 2018
There is no word on how much the retailer — which connects nearly 900 boutiques and luxury brands to 2 million affluent and luxury-enthused consumers — plans to raise, but it placed a $100 million marker in the filing. We operate the only truly global luxury digital marketplace at scale, seamlessly connecting brands, retailers and consumers.
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100 Why Not Just A Label Aspires To Be Fashion’s Black Sheep
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 1, 2018
Before founded Not Just A Label (NJAL) in 2008, he was a solider, a model and a financier working for Ernst & Young and Sal. While building a platform for those adrift indies was attractive to one side of its platform, it only served to make the brand less attractive to investors. His specialty was the consumer and retail sector.
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Retail Reopening Hinges On Dangerous Discounts
PYMNTS
MAY 27, 2020
These brands are still comfortable with their investments,” she says. Baird is concerned about the consequences of those actions, comparing it to the 2008 financial crisis where retailers responded with what she calls a “bloodbath” of discounting. But the pandemic has forced its hand.
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Pandemic Brings Dark Days For Department Stores
PYMNTS
JULY 2, 2020
It has been a relevant question since the 2008 financial crisis. Moreover, some brands that sell to discounters don’t want their items online, where shoppers can easily search for deals.”. What will be the fate of department stores? But the pandemic has flipped the odds tremendously against them. So, whither department stores?
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Online Retailer vidaXL To Leverage Mirakl Marketplace Platform In Growth Plans
PYMNTS
APRIL 25, 2017
Marketplace solutions work to enable online retail brands to expand their reach without needing to invest in manufacturing, warehousing and logistics. Brands have used marketplaces to increase margins and test extended product ranges. VidaXL currently reports receiving 3.5
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PYMNTS
JULY 11, 2018
The size of Oprah’s equity investment is unknown, but apart from money, she is offering her literal presence – she will be joining the brand’s board and acting as a consultant. Today, she owns about 8 percent of the brand. It was named the 2018 emerging restaurant by data firm Fishbowl. ”
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How To Keep Investment Platforms AML-Compliant
PYMNTS
JANUARY 30, 2019
The global economy offers a wide range of opportunities for businesses to expand their reach, and promote their brands to new markets. The inaugural edition examines how the 2008 financial crisis led to the current state of compliance and regulations, and why many FIs still struggle with standardization.
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Ex-QVC Executive Gets 2.5 Years In Prison For Defrauding Company
PYMNTS
JULY 11, 2018
The fraud happened from 2008 until he was fired in 2013, noted the report. Falkowski was sentenced to 30 months in a federal prison for being the brains behind a $1 million fraud scam. The sentencing comes about a year after QVC snapped up rival HSN for $2,6 billion.
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102 The Limited Brand’s Days Could Be Limited
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 21, 2016
28, the Limited brand filed a WARN notice with the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, which included a statement that “a mass layoff” — up to 248 employees — will occur and that its headquarters may be closing in New Albany, Ohio. It is not publicly traded and typically does not release quarterly revenue.
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