PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2019

Some entrepreneurs are inspired to start companies because they spot unmet needs in the market: Frontdesk Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer Jesse DePinto, for instance, saw the amateur nature of home shares but the opportunity for something better than a hotel. It has units in cities such as Charlotte, Tampa, Milwaukee and Columbus.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

According to a Lowe’s blog post on the subject, the Smart Home shops will include thermostats, cameras, lighting, speakers and more from brands like Google, Sonos, GE, Nest, Iris, Samsung and Ring. b8ta makes shopping for connected home products accessible and easy,” said Phillip Raub, co-founder and chief brand officer of b8ta.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

In this month’s B2B API Tracker, BNP Paribas VP of Innovation and Product Management for Trade and Treasury Solutions Charlotte Hausemer explains how APIs (application programming interfaces) are reshaping corporate spending with precise liquidity management and real-time payments tracking.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Technology is an essential ingredient that connects consumers with their favorite food brands. Many fast food, fast casual and quick service restaurants (QSRs) in the industry are realizing that using technology to deliver a seamless ordering experience is essential to remaining competitive in a $273 billion market.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 29, 2019

But as ideas about men’s wellness and grooming have risen in prominence and popularity, the markets are changing. Firms like Oars + Alps are gaining a name making the types of products normally marketed to women — facial moisturizers and cleansers — and repackaging and designing them into a more male-friendly palette.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2016

And the demand for new shoes — especially sneakers — doesn’t appear as though it will slow down anytime soon, as TechNavio Infiniti Research forecasts the global footwear market will reach $216 billion in sales by 2019. The footwear market is also getting a big boost from the popularity and high visibility of sneakers and athletic shoes.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

This year we expect another year of market-leading growth. Noting that existing Carvana markets grew by 84 percent, he said, “The company’s four oldest markets each more than three years old grew by 50 percent and our oldest cohort of Atlanta grew by 18 percent. New Markets. In 2019, we increased GPU by $750.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2019

s Automobile Association and a Bank of Ireland branded card. (It FinTech market had a strong showing last year, with venture capital and private equity investments hitting $3.3 Jaja Finance CEO Neil Radley said, according to reports, “This announcement with Bank of Ireland U.K. The report comes as news surfaced that the U.K.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2017

Few brands have become as synonymous with what they sell as Starbucks has. Sure they have their occasional dalliances with the stunty marketing beverage – baristas nationwide are still reportedly recovering from the national horror that was the Unicorn Frappucino in April. Keep it collegial. Keep it original.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 22, 2016

The seamless experience of voice-activated commerce was unfathomable half a decade ago, but now competitors are literally scrambling to get their own copycat gadgets onto the market so as to strike while the iron of consumer attention is hot. Could Amazon do the same with its Alexa engine?

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

And the evolution of who had access to Fashion Week in turn changed how brands started thinking about letting consumers access the goods they’d seen on display. Their recommendation pushed it into mass-market brands, where the questionably dressed intern “probably fished it out of some clearance bin.”.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

By comparison, 2019 saw 9,200 stores closed as brands like Payless ShoeSource, Fred’s, Gymboree, Charlotte Russe, Family Dollar, Forever 21 , Charming Charlie, Sears, Kmart, A.C. Although authorities knocked down two of the biggest criminal markets online recently, new exchanges quickly take their place.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2019

In 2019 Barneys New York went bust, as did Forever21, Gymboree, Charlotte Russe, Payless and Diesel Jeans, among others. They join a long list of once massive brands that have fallen to the reformation around digital and omnichannel shopping habits — Sears, Toys R Us, Borders, Sports Authority, Radio Shack. .

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Retail Branding Course Charlotte 135

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

For food, they want to see the brands and the products and confirm they will be fresh and quality. Kroger released its Q2 earnings this week, and the market did not love what it saw. Ever since Amazon acquired Whole Foods Market , Kroger has been in reinvention mode, launching new services to match the eCommerce giant.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 14, 2018

Using the CB Insights database, we mapped global unicorn companies valued at $1B+ according to the primary markets in which they operate. Mapped by market. Our market map divides unicorns up into thirteen categories comprised. Check out the full list of companies along with their select investors under the market map below.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

In a feature story, Charlotte Hausemer, vice president of innovation and product development for trade and treasury solutions Americas at BNP Paribas , explains how banks can use APIs to offer functions to their corporate clients that enable rapid payments and more precise cash-position management. .

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Respondents also indicated a 23% increase in purchase intent for brands and companies with responsible data practices. of consumers say they understand the value in sharing data with brands under the right conditions, such as when they want to learn about new products. Balancing marketing personalization with data privacy.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 4, 2018

Fueled by the rise of indie and direct-to-consumer brands, beauty products are evolving to meet consumer desire for transparency and clean products. Like food brands, beauty companies are beginning to integrate plant-based ingredients, spices that have not traditionally been used in Western markets, and more into their products. .

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 14, 2024

For financial marketers, especially those in credit unions and community banks, the biggest event of the year, The Financial Brand Forum , is just two months away. For the most part, early-bird (or very-early-bird) prices are still in effect, so you can easily save $1,000 or more on a pair of tickets.

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Banking 2020

JULY 1, 2015

A great example of this is connecting with the local community through local grants and marketing giveaways. Renee Shipko, Community Engagement Liaison at Truliant Federal Credit Union , discusses recent opportunities Truliant FCU has leveraged to connect with their local markets.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 28, 2025

These are the largest events in the financial services industry geared towards banking technologists, program managers, marketers, developers and C-Suite execs at both legacy financial institutions and upstart banktech and fintech firms. Event details are current at the time of publication, but always check event websites for the latest.

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William Mills

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Visualizing data for trends and market projection, visualize data in different ways. Integrated with major retailer API’s like Amazon, eBay, Best Buy and several other aspirational brands. Charlotte, NC-based tech company founded eight years ago by a 14-year FinTech veteran from FIS. Om Kundu and Mark Krofchik.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 26, 2016

HQ: Charlotte, North Carolina. Tags: SMB, enterprise, healthcare, health insurance, CDHC plans, sales, marketing. Net Element. Mobile payments. Latest round: $20 million Post-IPO Equity ($5 mil) and Debt ($15 mil). Total raised: Unknown (NASDAQ: NETE). HQ: Miami, Florida. Source: Crunchbase. Digital banking company. Total raised: $46.6

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 13, 2025

The legacy banks (Wells Fargo, Bank of America, et al) maintained market share by providing digital services deemed good enough to retain customers loath to switch banks. In the adjacent SMB lending space (see our Top 30 Digital Lenders list) , top brands such as Square (Block), Paypal, Amazon, Brex, and others have grabbed significant share.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Its value-driven approach has paid off for the payment company, which is a leader in its market. He added that one of the most visible implementations of its values to date came in the spring of 2016, when PayPal canceled plans to build new operations in Charlotte after the state banned gender-neutral bathrooms.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

About a year and a half after the chain was sold off to a private equity group, Charlotte-based Belk is opening up new stores, though less well-performing ones are being shuttered. We’re going to take that brand message and the legacy the Belks have built and continue building on it. Most brands can’t do exactly what Belk has done.

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United States Kentucky Charlotte Branding 100

CB Insights

JULY 24, 2018

From 2006 to 2016, the five big department store chains — Sears, JCPenney, Nordstrom, Kohl’s, and Macy’s — lost a combined $75B in market value due to the Amazon effect. in market value. Since 2012, retail space occupied by brands that started online has grown by 1,000% in the top 300 malls in America. to $355.9B

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CB Insights

JULY 20, 2017

Colorescience , a chemical-free skin care brand, ranked third with a $15M investment. Within branded cosmetics, startups focused on skincare have attracted the most deals. In the face of heightened startup activity, beauty corporates have become more aggressive in the private markets. Series A in March. L’Occitane.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Chris Messina, inventor of the Twitter hashtag and product designer for Google and Uber, wrote, “[Y]ou and I will be talking to brands and companies over Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, and elsewhere before year’s end, and will find it normal.”. In reality, late 2016 turned out to be the peak of chatbot hype.

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