PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Private equity-backed Inspire Brands will be buying Dunkin' Donuts and bringing it private for a whopping $11.3 Dunkin’ Brands CEO Dave Hoffmann noted the acquisition was a testament to the progress Dunkin’s had made and maintained during the global pandemic leaving the brand “stronger than ever.”. “We Inspire’s Many Brands .

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 23, 2022

If your bank struggles to create a clear value proposition and brand differentiation, then we have a case study for you. Brand Differentiation Step 1: Build an Employee-Centric Culture. Nubank is an example of what happens when you invest in your products in order to differentiate your brand.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

19) a partner program aimed at making it easier for brands to use and pay for augmented reality (AR) lenses. Snap ‘s lenses enable brands to superimpose content directly onto users’ faces and/or around them, resulting in branded content getting mapped into personal content, noted the report. and followed by the U.K.,

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Glenn Fodor, SVP and head of First Data Insights, contributed the following piece as part of PYMNTS’ 2018 year-end eBook. Other Amazon-branded stores comprising the company’s physical footprint include Amazon Books, Amazon pop-ups and AmazonFresh Pickup. These are but a few examples of 2018 successes in physical retail.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Ant Financial , the financial services unit of Alibaba , is rolling out a new brand to provide financial institutions (FIs) with support for digital transformation. The brand was announced at the 2018 Ant Technology Exploration Conference. In a press release issued Thursday (Sept.

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Perficient

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Here’s Why digital marketing video series, Eric Enge goes through different Google algorithm updates since March of 2018 and explains why Google made these updates. ? ? ? ? ?. I can’t actually name the site, but it shows how they compare against large brand-name competitors, and they’re doing extremely well.

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Chris Skinner

OCTOBER 6, 2017

I just spotted that Gartner have made a series of ten bold predictions for IT 2018 and beyond. They are summarised nicely by Forbes and are: By 2021, early adopter brands that redesign their websites to support visual- and voice-search will increase digital commerce revenue by 30%.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

This is the year that customer experience surpasses brand and price as the most important factor in retail. Consumers are using it, but at a lower level than they did in 2018. Brands that are dealing with demanding customers can’t afford to sit back and wait for this to play out.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Amazon might have kicked off the year of cashierless checkout with its Amazon Go store in January , but the concept took off in other parts of the world in 2018. Cashierless Checkout. In Singapore, for instance, habitat by honestbee unveiled a 60,000-square-foot space that serves as a grocery store and a dining destination in October.

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PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2020

Through this year’s Levi’s Haus Miami activation, the brand partnered with TikTok influencers Callen Schaub , Cosette Rinab , Gabby Morrison and Everett Williams to create customized denim using Future Finish 3-D denim customization technology. For example, fashion brands have found success on Instagram and its visual strength.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2018

But over the course of 2018 — and literally dozens of conversations with the ambitious entrepreneurs who have successfully launched matchmaking platforms — we did hear an awful lot of good ideas on how to make the right match, how to get to scale — and how to make money while doing it. So what is the lesson to take from all this matchmaking?

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 16, 2019

The brand released a new current account for U.K. customers last week, the first product launched by the bank since it was acquired by CYBG in 2018. Virgin Money is making a play for the mass affluent.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 22, 2020

The company has been affiliated in some measure with Coinbase for years, including Coinbase’s 2018 change to allow fiat withdrawals for U.S. PayPal has said it was never really part of Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency initiative and had been the first major brand to pull out. customers using PayPal.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2019

In a June announcement for the pilot’s launch, Mercedes-Benz USA President and CEO Dietmar Exler said , “we’re always looking to stay ahead of our customers’ needs and wants, as well as to bring new people to the brand.

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Perficient

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

You can get started by mapping the customer journey, uncovering pain points and opportunities across their interactions with your brand. Then widen your inquiry to learn from your customers as they interact with brands well outside your industry. 2018, November 01). portals, apps, communications and content strategy, etc.)

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 24, 2018

EXCLUSIVE— Mobile-only bank account Chime hopes to sign 100,000 new accounts on its platform by the end of January 2018, in keeping with the growth that has lead the banking service to open 750,000 accounts so far, the bank stated. Chime’s banking services, including its Visa-branded debit card, are provided by The Bancorp Bank.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Merchants who have upgraded to chip technology saw a decrease of 80 percent in counterfeit fraud dollars in September of 2018 when compared to September of 2015. The LINE Pay-Visa co-branded credit card will also offer exclusive rewards, including the LINE Points program. Also, total counterfeit fraud dollars went down by 48 percent.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Working with leading brands such as Honda and Acura has been our vision since launching five years ago, and we cannot wait to show more dealers and brands the power of Modal's e-commerce design and technology.".

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

Samsung Pay has increasingly grown in popularity, processing more than one billion transactions , almost double compared to 2018. By 2018, about 50 percent of retailers and restaurants starting accepting Apple Pay. But in some emerging economies, NFC is not supported, making MST important. . That number was about 25 percent for U.S.

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Perficient

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

This idea underscores the natural forces at work as brands battle to keep pace with customer expectations and stay relevant. In 2018 Gartner reported, “across all industries at least 84% of consumers say their experiences with using digital tools and services fall short of expectations”.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

For many years, Nike opted out of an Amazon partnership due to concerns that it would weaken the brand. Amazon has said it forbids counterfeit merchandise, however, the number of third-party sellers accounted for 60 percent of sales in 2018, up from 30 percent 10 years ago. . I don’t think as many brands can be as selective as Nike.”.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Arvind Youth Brands owns the popular Flying Machine brand of denim apparel. That would bring Walmart a solid return on its $16 billion investment in 2018 for a 77 percent stake in Flipkart. In July, Flipkart invested over $34.6 million for a minority stake in a division of Arvind Fashions for India’s youth.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2020

years, found nearly one-third of teens said they believe the economy is getting worse, up from the 25 percent reported in the fall of 2018. One year ago, girls spend most of their money on clothing, with many preferring athletic brands over designers such as Sperry, Ralph Lauren and Vineyard Vines. states, with an average age of 15.8

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 28, 2017

7 B2B Marketing Trends to Watch in 2018. Continuing a pattern from previous years, 2018 will see the ongoing evolution of many B2B marketing trends from years past and several newer concepts will become more mainstream. Here’s a list of seven B2B marketing trends to watch in 2018. Read Article. Read Article. Read Article.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

in October of 2018 — more than two years after the U.K. Though accurate numbers haven’t been publicly released as to N26’s customer base, reports have the number sitting at 200,000 since its 2018 U.K. The competitors, meanwhile, have pounced on the exit of N26 as a way to attract more customers to their own brands.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

70 percent : Minimum share of Gen Z consumers who use shoppable feed experiences to learn more about brands. 23.11B : Value of the global interactive kiosk market in 2018. Data: 2019: The year Tommy Hilfiger introduced its visual commerce app via desktop and mobile at tommy.com.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2020

1 chain Pizza Hut (6,296 stores), it’s a subsidiary of Yum Brands , which will report earnings on Wednesday (July 29). According to the magazine’s 2018 Industry Census, 60.4 percent over 2018. “The second quarter marked a rather unprecedented acceleration for food delivery in the U.S., As for No. No pivot needed.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2020

With Burberry launching a social experience at its brick-and-mortar Shenzhen store and social platforms like Facebook pushing their commerce capabilities, new startups are popping up and established brands are catching up to capture this newest area of the digital shift. Brands and Mastercard. 4) with Tuli. On Tuesday (Aug. ”

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2020

Renaat Ver Eecke , CEO of GTreasury, said in the release that the bank’s 2018 acquisition of Visual Risk had made it clear how much of a plus the combination of risk assessment and managing cash has been for customers. Goldman Sachs has also partnered with Amazon to offer lending through Goldman’s Marcus brand.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

What started as an April Fool’s joke in 2018 — "Teslaquila" — is now a hot seller, with bottles of Elon Musk’s Tesla Tequila, priced at $250, selling out within hours, according to a CNN report. Produced by the South California brand Nosotros Tequila, Tesla Tequila is sold in a lightning-shaped bottle resembling Tesla’s logo.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2020

In fact, it has been profitable since it was founded in July 2018, with its revenue doubling (on average) every 73 days. There’s a strategic planning process where the Thasio brand manager gets a document that details the history of the product, including its competitors, ranking, threats and opportunities.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Venmo , the digital money transfer service owned by PayPal , suffered payments fraud earlier in 2018 that played a role in the company posting losses that were higher than forecasted for the first quarter of this year. We cannot let that happen.”

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 19, 2020

The numbers illustrate a strategy touched on by Webster, who noted at the close of 2018 that the greater emphasis on subscriptions has been part of an effort to offset any lumpiness in hardware sales. consumers have tried a new brand in the last 60 days, and they’ve made those purchases directly from the brand via an online channel.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

21) that it is launching a new destination for electronics products to feature Certified Refurbished products, not from its sellers but from brands like De'Longhi, Dirt Devil, Hoover, Makita, Philips and Razer, which will sell exclusively on the eBay platform. The reCommerce trend continues to gain momentum. eBay announced on Wednesday (Oct.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2020

Helping brands launch their DTC and subscription businesses with the flexibility to sell how their customers want to buy – and fast – is the future of digital commerce.”. Startup brands are taking advantage, and established players are catching up. Payments Drive Digital Experiences for Brands (and Consumers). is investing.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2020

“We’ve spent years methodically building the three-tier compliant e-commerce foundation for the alcohol category — a place where consumers love to shop and that retailers and brands now deem critical to their e-commerce growth strategies,” he said, according to the release. “We

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 15, 2018

consumers a low-cost, digital-only bank that will directly compete with Goldman Sachs ‘s Marcus brand. For its part, Marcus has issued $3 billion in new consumer loans since launching in October of 2016, through the first quarter of 2018. Barclays is ready to offer U.S. It recently rolled out its services in the U.K.,

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