PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Jason Goldberg, the founder behind Fab.com, announced today that his new project, a social media messaging app called Pepo, earned $2.35 The company is reportedly in talks with major brands to build channels and produce content for the app. million in a seed funding round.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2019

And yet, Blaze Pizza , founded by Elise and Rick Wetzel in 2011 has managed to do so. The brand was founded on the theory that it could be the Chipotle of pizza. Part of it, however, is long experience and an advantage in securing the right partners to signal boost the brand.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

In a world where brand loyalty is fleeting, music and musicians seem immune. but the truth is that music – and the musicians and bands who make it – stir a kind of dogged loyalty that most brands would love to have. “If It’s easy enough to make fun of tweeny-boppers and their Bieber fever (feber?), Very glad you asked.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 23, 2018

In this analysis, we’ll explore the immediate and long-term challenges facing the CPG industry, as well as the business strategies that CPG brands are using to adapt. Pinnacle Foods, which owns Vlasic pickles and other brands, has been targeted by activist investor Jana Partners. Short-term challenges. Medium-term challenges.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Consider Spotify’s branded playlists or Alibaba recruiting its APASS members for marketing purposes. Both are clear and present branded campaigns — and they still draw crowds. But not every brand plays that way. They were also prohibited from offering media services for products “competitive or negative to cereal.”.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2019

StyleSeat Founder Melody McCloskey knew she had a good idea when she launched StyleSeat in 2011, because the concept seemed so intuitive. The platform’s features include management of scheduling, client notes, social media, email marketing promotion and payment services like credit card acceptance or direct daily payouts.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2017

“In the war for the coveted consumer dollar, brands need a deeper understanding of the intent, interests and motivations of consumers who shop online. Founded in 2011, Captify, like many of the firms we profile, was created to solve a problem — Google was destroying the traditional advertising industry.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

Kaepernick’s relationship with Nike is not new, as he has been a client since 2011. 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. Sometimes it’s a big win, while other times it’s a big miss.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2017

So the problem we’re solving for big consumer brands who go direct to consumer is helping them use their data to enhance the brand and the relationship.”. Additionally, later in the first quarter of this year, Windsor Circle developing a social media function in response to client demand. “At

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2017

Because as a brand, they are opposed to the overpackaging endemic to the beauty industry. In 2011, one Lush employee hung herself from the ceiling for a window display, piercing her skin with giant hooks to protest the shark fishing industry. One critic noted that Lush’s campaign bordered on “exploitation and sexual harassment.”.

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Social Assurance

JUNE 21, 2021

As Social Assurance Client Growth Manager, Faulkner’s focus will be to provide strategic support for financial brands across the country to help grow their brands through marketing, sales, and community impact efforts. About Social Assurance. To learn more, visit www.socialassurance.com/contact/.

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FICO

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

We have been on a journey in Saudi since 2011, to grow lending and increase financial inclusion through the adoption of advanced risk assessment tools,” said Swaied Alzahrani, CEO of SIMAH. You can read more about this story in the full media release. Vice President of Worldwide Marketing for FICO.

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FICO

MAY 15, 2023

It first introduced FICO® CCS in 2011 to automate its collections processes, starting with early collections with a goal to create a digital-first journey. We could also use the two-way communication to better assess who needed help and who was unaffected, rather than using a blanket approach such as a uniform treatment by postcode.”

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 26, 2016

In 2011 there were about 170 channels available per household. QVC was an early mover in digital retail and have continued that tradition with early entry into mobile and integration of the brand experience across platforms,” says Miller. The notion of a “limited time offer” seems ironic now in 2016.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 26, 2016

In 2011 there were about 170 channels available per household. QVC was an early mover in digital retail and have continued that tradition with early entry into mobile and integration of the brand experience across platforms,” says Miller. The notion of a “limited time offer” seems ironic now in 2016.

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PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2019

The notion that Facebook is going to launch and ignite a global payments network, at scale, based on its own branded cryptocurrency and achieve global merchant and consumer acceptance is as likely as the predictions a decade ago that bitcoin and blockchain would, by now, become the internet of money. Curtain Call: The media goes nuts.

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CB Insights

JUNE 6, 2019

Declared Bankruptcy: 2011. By December 2011, it was under $30/kg. By September 2011, Solyndra’s business model had fallen apart. — Ben Kaufman, founder, Quirky. The company’s assets were acquired by Q Holdings in 2015, and the firm quietly relaunched the Quirky brand in 2017. Founded: 2011. Dart Music.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 22, 2024

Wysh: Emerging player in the wish-list market, innovative features attracting young demographics, growth driven by effective social media use. Wink: Social media startup, innovative interaction features, struggling with user acquisition despite good initial reception. Finovate is currently an advertiser on this site.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2016

I would say around 2010, 2011, 2012, with Apple having mobile payments acceptance in stores, checking out on mobile devices, that’s where we saw transactions become much more personal,” Dasilva said of in-store retail experiences. And it all started with Apple, he said. “I You must have a blended model.”.

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Social Assurance

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Financial Brand https://thefinancialbrand.com/. Getting organic material out – While all the social media platforms begin to grow and evolve, earning attention will become much more difficult. Most Likes in 24 Hours: Frito – Lay on April 11, 2011 with 1,575,161 likes. Social Media Marketing.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2016

Mastercard started with week with an announcement of how its Mastercard Send product would extend the reach and the speed of Early Warning’s clearXchange P2P network for bank customers with a Mastercard branded debit product. The networks are happy because they are the proud recipients of tons of brand new transaction volume.

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CB Insights

MARCH 6, 2019

Three months later, Amazon contributed to a $50M funding round earmarked for promoting the Pets.com brand. To boost the company’s public perception, Powa claimed it had made deals to work with 1,200 merchants, including leading brands like Adidas. All told, the company’s goods cost more money than it made back in sales.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

The social media giant closed out last week with shares trading at $135.44. TransferWise has become one of Europe’s better-known payment firms since breaking on the fintech scene back in 2011. Facebook stock (FB) looks to finish off February on an upswing. At the time of writing, Facebook stock was trading at $137.10, up 1.22

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2017

That may sound exciting, but brain tech is one area where the social media giant is playing catchup with the broader scientific community. ” Their device is similar to one that was shown to restore memory and improve information recall in rats (per a study in 2011 ). Connected cortexes of the future.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Social media is also helping campers discover new places to visit, then share their experiences with others: 30% of millennials said that they picked a camping spot after seeing someone else go there. As with many industries in today’s information economy, millennial travel trends are strongly influenced by social media.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Date: October 2011. With Apotheker fired in 2011 for a slew of missteps that had contributed to the company’s massive losses, nothing ever came of the acquisition. Date: August 15, 2011. And in the short-term, that would have looked like a good deal, as the social media site hit its peak in 2007 at a value of about $12B.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 5, 2018

Driven by Lore, Walmart acquired e-commerce platform Shoebuy in January 2017, followed by outdoor apparel retailer Moosejaw in February, womenswear site Modcloth in March, direct-to-consumer premium menswear brand Bonobos in June, and last-mile delivery startup Parcel in September. Crew’s Madewell brand. E-commerce.

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CB Insights

MAY 1, 2018

Product innovation is one way that large corporations stay competitive in a rapidly changing marketplace, but it doesn’t always work out when big brands attempt innovation. BlackBerry PlayBook, BlackBerry (2011). Google+, Google (2011). While still in operation, Google+ is hardly anybody’s favorite social network.

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CB Insights

MAY 3, 2018

In 2011, a university professor with a background in robotics presented an idea that seemed radical at the time. After conducting research backed by DARPA — the same defense agency that helped spawn the internet — Dr. Robert Finkelstein proposed the creation of a brand new arm of the US military, a “Meme Control Center.”

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Lex Sokolin

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The core premise at its founding was to recreate the dynamics of the sharing and social media revolutions. So you need sufficient aggregation, correlated with heavy customer acquisition and branding costs, in order to create the asset class of reasonable credit exposure. And this realization takes us to Lending Club.

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