PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2020

This isn’t Amazon’s first attempt at breaking into the luxury fashion market – the retail giant originally started trying in 2012, but was not successful. Amazon’s new platform will give brands complete control over how the online space looks and feels, and what products they decide to sell.

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2020

The value grocery chain also said it intended to come into the greater Phoenix market and continue to support Gulf Coast store growth with a new Alabama distribution center, according to a Tuesday (July 21) announcement. ALDI also said it has grown its online shopping selections.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

News of Amazon ‘s acquisition of online pharmacy startup PillPack have had analysts assuming the eCommerce conglomerate is ready to introduce an online pharmacy to its suite of services. However, new reports from CNBC on Wednesday (Nov. 21) said Amazon may first be gearing up to introduce the service to its own employees.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2020

Robinhood Markets Inc., the commission-free online brokerage that offers a mobile app to invest in stocks, ETFs and options, announced a $200 million Series G funding, bringing its valuation to $11.2 the two-year-old New York-based global investment firm that deploys capital in public and private markets. “For

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2019

Walmart has announced it is adding four delivery companies to its team to help expand its online grocery delivery option. The pilot program, which will start next month at stores in Surprise, Arizona, will initially have human drivers as backups “until both companies and regulators deem them approved for a safe removal of the safety driver.”.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

By embracing the dual EV and AV strategies, GM has given a de facto endorsement to the changing dynamics that have made segment leader Tesla the behemoth it is today — its $750 billion market value is about 10 times that of GM’s. More broadly speaking, the EV/AV uptrend will also reshape the tech industry. International Trade Council.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 7, 2018

On August 3, 2018, Arizona began accepting applications for its regulatory sandbox that “enables a participant to obtain limited access to Arizona’s market to test innovative financial products or services without first obtaining full state licensure or other authorization that otherwise may be required.”

Arizona 68

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2018

growth, IKEA is reining in its brick-and-mortar expansion efforts: The furniture retailer cancelled planned stores in North Carolina, Tennessee and Arizona. They have found that in a number of established markets, they are really behind the curve in terms of online,” said GlobalData Retail Analyst Neil Saunders told USA Today.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Yet the move comes as IKEA has curtailed its planned new stores, having canceled planned locations in North Carolina, Arizona and Tennessee amid a shift to eCommerce. CityLab , too, reported that the company’s market research found those who live in the Big Apple continue to like to shop in stores for furniture. restaurants.

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2020

Its estimates are based on a hybrid schoolyear, one in which parents have to split their bets between possibly going back to physical classrooms and possibly taking courses online. FIT framework, which is a recommended structure for determining factors that will encourage the digital shift and go-to-market strategies. billion in 2019.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

RELX will acquire Arizona-based Emailage for $480 million in the former’s push to establish a footprint in the fraud prevention market, according to Financial Times (FT). While RELX didn’t disclose the price of the deal, a person familiar with the dealings valued it at around $480 million, according to FT.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

.” Home Chef retail meal kits are currently available in Kroger’s Family of Stores across multiple markets, including Illinois (Mariano’s), Kentucky (Kroger), Michigan (Kroger), Ohio (Kroger, Cincinnati ) and Wisconsin (Pick ‘n Save and Metro Market).

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Arizona-based startup Emailage — the identity verification company delivering risk scores to financial institutions (FIs) and online merchants based on customers’ email addresses — announced news that it’s going on tour. The company sees its upcoming FinTech Roadshow as an opportunity to forge new connections in some of those markets.

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2019

POSaBIT, based in Seattle, already manages millions of transactions for over 120 dispensaries across Washington, California, Nevada, Colorado, Arizona and Oklahoma. Even though legal marijuana industry keeps gaining traction — according to one official state estimate, the market in California alone will reach at least $5.1

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2018

Bloomberg reported news that between 400 and 500 jobs were cut this week in marketing, human resources, merchandising, real estate and other departments. Earlier this month, it suddenly closed 63 Sam’s Club warehouses in several states, including in Arizona, Alaska, Texas, New Jersey, Indiana and New York. million nationwide.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

When it comes to its target market, the company casts a wide net. The company also caters to snowbirds, shipping a large number of gifts to the warmer locales of southern and western states like Florida, Arizona, California and the Carolinas. They can’t simply walk into a supermarket and ask to be put on a shelf.

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2020

Looking at the past several weeks of PYMNTS consumer survey data, four times more consumers are buying groceries online instead of going into the grocery store these days. Smith suffers from a chronic medical condition affecting her connective tissue and laments the fact that she can’t use her SNAP to easily shop online.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2017

After five Christmases, five Hanukkahs, five Black Fridays and five Cyber Mondays, Arizona-based startup Emailage — the identity verification company delivering risk scores to financial institutions (FIs) and online merchants based on customers’ email addresses – has defenses down to a science.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

That growth will be driven by a generally healthy consumer spend and tight labor market. Accelerating trends in technology and consumer demand will lead to more “cloud kitchens” and “virtual restaurants” — restaurants that exist only online or via an app,” the report says. New chains could quickly emerge regionally or nationally.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2018

Take the most recent announcement by one chain of health-conscious and organic food-focused supermarkets, which in this case is Sprouts Farmers Market. Another commerce and eCommerce juggernaut, Walmart, bought a same-day delivery firm known as Parcel late last year, and serves five markets with Uber-enabled delivery.

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CFPB Monitor

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Any vehicles sold online, including through www.carmax.com or the CarMax mobile app, must also clearly and conspicuously disclose on the first page of the overall description of the vehicle or vehicle history report that the vehicle may be subject to an open recall for safety issues that have not been repaired.

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

Looking for an avenue to increase its deposit base, Academy Bank tapped into a market it hadn’t explored before: homeowners associations. is a full-service commercial bank with 80 branch locations in Arizona, Colorado, Kansas and Missouri. HOA high-earning money markets, which maximize HOAs’ interest potential. Assets: $2.3

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Perficient

MAY 21, 2021

Deepti Dhar’s Bright Paths Project: Welcome to Stock Market. Deepti graduated with a Bachelor’s degree and diploma in Business Administration with a specialization in Marketing and worked as a Relationship Banker and as a Marketing Coordinator for the banking industry. Bright Paths Project: Welcome to Stock Market.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2019

The offering will be powered by an automotive commerce platform for connected cars called Xevo Market , and it will let consumers use the touchscreen on their vehicles to place their orders. Xevo plans to show the in-vehicle experience in person at the Restaurant Leadership Conference in Phoenix, Arizona at the beginning of April.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Economic nexus and market facilitator laws have pushed sellers to learn how individual states tax discrete product categories. consumers online are typically exempt from federal taxes, but they must comply with localities’ new sales and use tax laws. More than sales taxes . Wayfair ruling’s impacts.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2017

Arizona temps grounded flights last week when they got about 120, and even the Pacific Northwest saw temperatures get up over the 100 mark in Portland. And if you can’t stay cool this summer – and odds are if you’re reading this from Arizona you can’t – we can at least keep you very well informed. But as for the lazy, well not so much.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2018

It’s not uncommon for online brands to open brick-and-mortar stores, and it seems that Google may be the latest digitally native brand to take the plunge into offline retail. Will Google’s planned store come to market, and will the tech company open a collection of stores like Warby Parker, Casper or Amazon? Time will tell.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

In April of 2017, Red Robin launched its order-ahead feature , which allowed consumers to order online and select a pick-up time at a local location. A customer who is ordering online probably isn’t in the market for a sit-down meal – and not offering them an easy way to order and go is an easy way to send them to another merchant.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2018

Recently, several players in the credit union market have worked to improve and increase the way their members can connect with their preferred credit unions through partnerships and tech innovations. HomeAdvantage works to provide credit union members with online tools to help them connect with qualified real estate agents.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

It’s been a long two years since bankers and investment bankers nationwide made their annual pilgrimage to the Arizona desert for the Acquire or Be Acquired conference – and ohhh man, a completely different world has emerged since the January 2020 get-together! An arms race in marketing and digital cannot be ignored.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2018

According to the PYMNTS Unattended Retail Tracker , it comes down to “offering the right combination of in-store tech, mobile solutions and online features.”. The projected annual growth of the American interactive kiosk market through 2021 is 7.2 Over a quarter of U.S. s research.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2017

It had to choose between three platforms that had seen success at its 450 locations across California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Nevada, Alaska, Hawaii and two international markets. Over the years, we collected three good online ordering partners,” Kohn said.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

But amid news of the city store concept, the furniture retailer scrapped the brick-and-mortar stores it had planned to open in North Carolina, Tennessee and Arizona last year. Instead, the company decided to focus on eCommerce sales, per a USA Today report in June.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Getting one’s wheels online. If satisfied, a buyer can even purchase her new car online and have a Carvana employee drop the vehicle off at a scheduled time, or can schedule a time to pick it up from one of the company’s distinctive automobile vending machines. Memorable marketing. It’s a great marketing presence,” he said.

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Jeff For Banks

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

On September 17, 2021 in the Scottsdale, Arizona desert, I delivered a speech to a ballroom full of bankers titled: 5 Things I Wish We Did Better. We have to be able to identify, implement, utilize and market technology solutions using PPP-level speed and urgency. PPP urgency must be our norm. Can it be done?

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2019

Thom Tillis noted that for good or ill, cryptocurrency is here, and a potential important force in the market that ought to be reckoned with. Marcus went on to reaffirm Facebook’s commitment that it would not look to bring Libra online in the U.S. Arizona Sen. North Carolina Sen. He said the U.S. without regulatory support.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Indicating the market opportunities for these loans, companies providing home health care and “aging in place” house renovations are interested in working with reverse mortgage lenders for their clients, he adds. Yet Ardesson says he is the only banker based in Arizona that he knows of making reverse mortgages. About the market.

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