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JANUARY 25, 2017

More fintech is coming to Austin. Austin is known for having a thriving Read More. The massive South by Southwest conference and festival features startups in a number of categories — transportation, augmented/virtual reality, and of course fintech — plus several others.

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

The mattress market in the United States has become a shocking competitive place. representing about 40 percent of the mattress market. Purple put up $190 million in net revenue last year — a strong showing for a firm that first crept onto the market less than three years ago.

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DECEMBER 5, 2019

The feature was tested in San Diego, Phoenix, Dallas and Austin, and was made available across the country on Oct. head of restaurant brand marketing, told USA Today. head of restaurant brand marketing, told USA Today. The promotion rolled out in Austin, Denver, Los Angeles, Miami, Sacramento and Washington D.C.,

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DECEMBER 28, 2018

There is a certain push toward perfectionism in athletic wear — some of that Nike “Just do it” ethos tends to permeate the market segment in a way that can feel a bit like pressure to all but the most seasoned athletes. Today the Austin store does sales comparable with Outdoor Voices shops in both New York and San Francisco.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2022

We were able to keep them from having to raise higher cost debt through the bond markets, and they went from last in mortgage origination to first. The 183-unit Melrose Trail in Austin, Texas, is one of the properties backed by Woodforest National Bank. Affordable housing shouldn’t be siloed out.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Although Amazon hasn’t commented, the strategy seems to be aimed at getting Amazon aligned with a more mass market customer segment than its other retail brands. Those consist of Amazon Books, Amazon 4-Star (online goods in brick-and-mortar stores), Whole Foods Market and Amazon Go. The latter operates without human cashiers.

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AUGUST 6, 2020

The offering was led by Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Jefferies Financial Group and KeyBanc Capital Markets, Bloomberg reported, with the company trending on the Nasdaq under the symbol BIGC. According to a PYMNTS report , Tiger Global Management plans to buy at least one-fifth of the shares in the IPO.

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MARCH 9, 2020

Cryptocurrency markets plummeted after oil prices crashed and the stock market spiraled into another sell-off frenzy, according to reports on Monday (March 10). . The stock markets in Japan and Hong Kong also plummeted, along with the other big digital coins ethereum, XRP and bitcoin cash. . per barrel.

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MARCH 13, 2020

According to independent data from analytics group Airdna, the drop was largest in China (previously the fastest-growing market for the rental platform) and parts of Europe where the virus has hit the hardest. Among the cancellations were Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress and South by Southwest in Austin, Texas.

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DECEMBER 17, 2019

Toyota and its suppliers are taking a longer view when it comes to cars that have artificial intelligence (AI) and self-driving technology in comparison to rivals that market vehicles that can drive themselves on the freeway. He continued, “Level 4 is really what we’re striving for to first appear in mobility as a service.” .

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OCTOBER 13, 2020

Alibaba is deepening its partnership with Austin-based ShipStation as the eCommerce and tech giant faces pressure to expand globally beyond its core market in China and Southeast Asia. On Tuesday (Oct. 13), eCommerce shipping firm ShipStation announced that it will now be able to provide a “seamless fulfillment process” to U.S.

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OCTOBER 20, 2019

The feature was tested in San Diego, Phoenix, Dallas and Austin, Texas, and was made available across the country on Friday (Oct. head of restaurant brand marketing, told USA Today. head of restaurant brand marketing, told USA Today. Uber Eats announced that it has launched a new pickup feature nationwide.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The Austin-based Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) eCommerce platform described Open Checkout in the release as an “open source extension of the platform’s native checkout” that will enable merchants, app developers and other partners to fully customize the checkout experience for their customers. BigCommerce on Tuesday (Nov.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Biel, the former COO and CFO for Shopgate, recently made the decision to move the company’s headquarters from the traditional hotbed of Palo Alto to the up-and-coming tech crucible that is Austin, Texas, and Biel is confident that both recent announcements will set Shopgate up for a productive 2016 and beyond.

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JUNE 23, 2020

kitchens are slated to open in San Francisco , Chicago , Los Angeles , Houston and Austin, according to the release, and will offer a selection of food from TiffinLabs’ digital-first restaurant brands. market and assessing what needed to be done in terms of building demand and a network for supply, along with selecting the locations.

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MAY 29, 2019

Alpaca Market , for instance, has a network of vending machines and smart fridges in Austin, Texas. Alpaca Market offers a digital touchscreen on its vending machines that lets consumers browse its menu, look at nutritional facts and ingredients and see pictures of the food. The Market.

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MAY 22, 2017

Uber and Lyft, the two ride-hailing firms that left several Texas markets over controversy tied to fingerprint background checks, may be coming back. The bill, in this case, eliminates local mandates, including a fingerprint directive in Austin, and had been the impetus for the two firms’ departures.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

With the record growth of San Antonio, Houston and Austin, southern Texas is becoming a hub for business. The 2020 Census quantified the growth many residents were already sensing: Austin grew by 33% between 2010 and 2020, earning it the rank of fastest-growing large metro. Photo by Dennis Burnett. By Mindy Charski. Deepening roots.

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AUGUST 3, 2020

BigCommerce Holdings, which was started in 2003 and is based in Austin, Texas, registered $120 million in revenue for the 12-month period that concluded on March 31. The bookrunners on the arrangement are Barclays, KeyBanc Capital Markets, Jefferies and Morgan Stanley. It plans to go public on the NASDAQ with the ticker of BIGC.

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JUNE 8, 2020

“I look forward to working with the Paytronix team to bring its industry-leading innovation, including contactless ordering for table service … to markets around the globe,” said Porter. Paytronix clearly delivers value to the market by enabling operators to drive incremental sales and deliver safer environments for staff and guests.”.

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APRIL 5, 2019

Morgan Stanley previously led Uber’s first funding round in junk debt markets in 2016. Riders in Orlando, Miami and Austin will still pay the introductory price, but riders in new cities will pay $24.99 Uber’s roadshow, where the underwriters pitch the IPO to potential investors, is expected to begin this month.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Things were a bit more active on the Amazon front, with a big infrastructure investment pushing its market cap back over the $1 trillion line, a new B2B financing partnership with Goldman Sachs potentially in the offing and its expanding stores and services menu. Market Cap Watch: Back to the Trillionaire Club With Logistic Investments.

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JANUARY 29, 2020

As the newest traditional merchant to try the expanding resale market on for size, Nordstrom is intending to sell secondhand clothes at its New York flagship and through eCommerce. The shop-in-shop puts the retailer against Vestiaire Collective, The RealReal and other companies in the rapidly expanding secondhand fashion market.

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JANUARY 29, 2020

As the newest traditional merchant to try the expanding resale market on for size, Nordstrom is intending to sell secondhand clothes at its New York flagship and through eCommerce. The shop-in-shop puts the retailer against Vestiaire Collective, The RealReal and other companies in the rapidly expanding secondhand fashion market.

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

Founded in 2011 by Australian banker Lex Greensill and Morgan Stanley legal counselor Jason Austin, the firm is looking to raise funds that could value the company at about $7 billion, the report indicated. The company maintains that it is not possible to roll out a 30-day policy throughout the wider market. Another client, U.K.-based

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MAY 26, 2016

Sometimes slow news is good news for a sector, particularly one like the on-demand delivery market space, where recent news has surrounded a wave of firms flaming out. But Warren was only one of the sharing economy’s problems with regulation this week, as the ongoing drama in Austin demonstrates. The Big Austin Loss .

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JANUARY 7, 2020

. “In such a highly regulated space with so many complexities, TaxBit is needed to remove the burden of proper cryptocurrency tax reporting from the shoulders of crypto users, exchanges and merchants,” said Austin Woodward, CEO and founder of TaxBit. ”

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

The world has spent much time speculating as to how and when Amazon’s ownership would bring changes to Whole Foods Market, and it seems the answers are now rolling in, according to reports from The Wall Street Journal. Whole Foods, by all accounts, is becoming a bit more like a traditional grocery store under Amazon’s leadership.

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APRIL 16, 2020

Stores wanting to sign on with Uber Eats doubled in March as grocery markets and convenience stores searched for new ways to serve customers duirng the lockdown. She said Uber Eats enabled the market to bring necessities to people in a way that is safe as well as convenient.

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AUGUST 24, 2018

The big B2B venture capital news of the week was Augmentum Fintech’s trio of investments, signaling the company’s focus on the B2B FinTech market — but it wasn’t the only firm targeting this startup space. The company secured $50 million in private equity funding from BV Investment Partners, Built In Austin said this week.

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MAY 30, 2018

Now the benefits list is expanding, as customers in 12 additional states (and at all Whole Foods Market 365 stores) will now be able to use their Prime membership to access more deals. Shoppers in Prime-ready stores today, for example, can pick up a $6 rotisserie chicken or a 6 oz. container of raspberries for $2.50.

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MARCH 22, 2019

Overall, Bainter said the storage market is near surpassing $30 billion, and that there are approximately 2.5 The company currently operates in Austin, Houston, Phoenix and Seattle. “We We always try to target high-growth markets,” Bainter said, adding that those locations are seeing a lot of expansion. million raised in 2017.

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MAY 5, 2020

Before explaining that pivot, here’s a little background: The company is the brainchild of Emily Schildt, a New York City-based consumer packaged goods (CPG) marketing consultant, who leveraged what she calls her “crazy entrepreneurial spirit” and founded Pop Up Grocer as a traveling natural food and beverage brand experience.

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OCTOBER 23, 2019

“With 28% of food and groceries now purchased online in the UK, our partnership with Uber Eats is a great way to reach new customers and demonstrates our continued commitment to helping our independent retailers thrive,” said Costcutter Marketing Director Sean Russell, according to the report. It was made available across the country on Oct.

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AUGUST 6, 2019

In addition, Vice President of Marketing Sabina Weber, also from American Apparel, came onboard. and Austin. “At But Los Angeles-based Modcloth has yet to turn a profit and has gone through three CEOs since early 2018. Mazzucchelli, who previously led the relaunch of American Apparel, took over in April.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Micromobility is a rapidly growing market that is here to stay, with millions of riders using e-bikes and scooters to commute,” the company said. The new funds will give us the ability to expand into new markets, enhance our technology, strengthen the team and pilot new opportunities. billion, according to reports.

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OCTOBER 31, 2021

Here are my favorites: Franklin Barbecue, Austin, Texas. Because, as the market continues to evolve, they may just be who you want gathered around your table. We build communities through our ties to our customers, and we have a vested interest because they’re the ones we gather with. They’re our friends and family. My Top Three.

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