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AUGUST 17, 2020

Under the terms of the bankruptcy agreement between Yum Brands , the Kentucky-based operator of the pizza chain and NPC, NPC has agreed to pay Pizza Hut in exchange for the ability to close the restaurants, according to the report. NPC International , the largest Pizza Hut and Wendy’s franchisee in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2019

Airports are providing luxury brands with access to consumers with extra time on their hands who want to buy unique and unusual items they can’t find near their residences. shopping malls are on the decline, are also becoming locations where brands are innovating with products. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The leading QSR brands were mostly higher on the day, but rose more consistently with the broader market’s rally. Brands – parent of Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and Kentucky Fried Chicken – saw its stock jump 5 percent. But on the downside, their eat-in businesses have suffered. For example, Yum!

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OCTOBER 7, 2019

announced the acquisition of Midwest POS Solutions to expand its presence in Kentucky and Indiana, as detailed in a press release on Monday (Oct. The Indiana- and Kentucky-based Midwest POS technology company has been serving the restaurant industry for more than 75 years. There are also add-on tools to advance brand loyalty.

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DECEMBER 5, 2018

In a press release , the two companies said the concept will offer 2,3000 Our Brands and national products such as meat, dairy, grocery and meal kits. “We The first concept is operational in Florence, Kentucky, with the remaining 12 pilot stores up and running early next year. The Kroger Co.

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MARCH 25, 2019

And some eCommerce brands are bringing the convenience of self-service technology into their brick-and-mortar stores. The number of Kentucky Fried Chicken locations to adopt kiosks by 2020 is 5,000. Sixty-four percent of Canadian consumers say self-service technologies improve their in-store shopping experiences.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Whiskey maker Jim Beam has entered the connected device arena with a smart decanter for its popular Kentucky-style bourbon whiskey. So, what does a brand like Jim Beam gain by making fun of voice-activated consumer electronics and the Internet of Things? Beam me up, Jimmy.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2018

Playing with one’s food is all part of the Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) value proposition. There was the Watt A Box that let customers charge their phone while eating dinner, the Gamers Box that came with a mount for the phone as well as controllers attached to the sides — and now, the KFO, short for Kentucky Flying Object.

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DECEMBER 3, 2019

In 2012, it changed its name to Harbortouch, taking the brand of its POS system. Its clients include Arby’s, Blimpie, Carrabba’s, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Outback Steakhouse and it also works with more than 300 software companies. offering free point-of-sale terminals to merchants using its services.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2020

over the next few weeks, and food chains such as Yum Brands like Kentucky Fried Chicken and Chipotle Mexican Grill , have begun offering free delivery to make up for the hits they’ve taken in in-store revenues. GrubHub said it expected a 75 percent drop in dine-in traffic in the U.S.

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

” Kroger and Walgreens launched a pilot last year in 13 Northern Kentucky Walgreens stores to test Kroger Express, a one-stop-shopping concept. He added that the two companies are committed to building efficiency by “increasing innovation and competition through sourcing. … and reinvent critical components of our sourcing practices.”

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MAY 5, 2020

In addition to New York, the program is now available for SNAP recipients in Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, New York, Oregon and Washington. brand, is accepting online EBT payment at select locations. ShopRite, a Wakefern Food Corp.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2019

After testing out pop-up shops last year, digital furniture retailer Wayfair plans to open the doors to an outlet store in Kentucky. A selection of brands are turning to sales channels such as Amazon to sell returned goods and Under Armour has been using “off-price channels” to unload inventory.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Startups in the eCommerce space have long enabled their customers to experience their products in real life (“IRL”) through temporary retail shops, and now, digitally-focused brands belonging to major retailers are taking a similar approach. The four-room house, which is a mere 238 square feet, was built for the brand by Modern Tiny Living.

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AUGUST 21, 2019

Customers who use the app will also be able to swap out items as needed — based on preferences such as price, brand, quantity, or dietary restrictions. Target has announced it’s taking a more significant step into the world of private-label goods by launching its in-house grocery brand Good & Gather.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 27, 2019

The news comes as Wayfair was planning to open two pop-up shops last year to create an interactive brand experience. Wayfair Chief Product and Marketing Officer Ed Macri said at the time, “We are bringing the Wayfair brand directly to shoppers in a completely new format this holiday season.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2018

The grocer, which also noted growth for its Our Brands products, reported revenues of $27.67 The selection includes 4,500 of Our Brands products, which McMullen said are only available from the grocer. In quantitative terms, McMullen said that Our Brands products comprise 28.7 billion and 43 cents, respectively.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

“Home Chef is proud to continue our evolution toward becoming more than a meal kit delivery brand,” said Pat Vihtelic , Home Chef’s founder and CEO. The initial transaction price was $200 million, with future earnout payments of up to $500 million over five years, dependent on certain milestones.

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MAY 2, 2019

Brands Inc. , the Louisville, Kentucky-based operator of KFC and Taco Bell. “We Securities & Exchange Commission, showing that Chief Executive Officer Matthew Maloney acquired the stock. Shares were also likely helped by positive comments from one of its partners — Yum!

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DECEMBER 28, 2018

In December, Kroger and Walgreens announced that 13 Walgreens brick-and-mortar locations in Northern Kentucky would be getting small outposts dubbed Kroger Express. Beyond cashierless checkout, experimental grocery-store-within-a-store concepts took hold this year.

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Payments Source

JUNE 3, 2016

Months after announcing plans to launch Apple Pay, Yum Brands’ Kentucky Fried Chicken this week said it’s enabling the mobile wallet—along with Android Pay and Samsung Pay at the same time.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Both credit unions and banks recently gained access to a new set of tools designed to market access to multi-brand ATMs (MBAs). The new branch is the first shared location in Canada’s Atlantic region and aims to offer both CUs an opportunity to raise awareness of their respective brands to potential members. Meanwhile, in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

In yet another bizarre marketing ploy, Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) has introduced its most expensive branded experience yet (well, except for that time it launched its spicy Zinger sandwich into space , but we’re pretty sure that was green-screened). We still think the line should be called “Kentucky Fried Clothing.”).

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MARCH 1, 2018

Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) was serving Kentucky Fried Nothing in the U.K. The error is costing KFC not only millions of dollars, but significant damages to its brand. It appears DHL and its software partner Quick Service Logistics did not properly match up data from that ordering process to the restaurant’s new system.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2016

We don’t want this to just be a coastal brand for men’s clothing,” Smith told Re/code. “We We also want to serve the guy in Kentucky.”. The aim, Smith said, was to see how the frequency of male shoppers’ purchases could be tweaked to provide better service to new markets. “We

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FEBRUARY 1, 2017

In Kentucky right now, Belk is building out a location in what was a Macy’s. We’re going to take that brand message and the legacy the Belks have built and continue building on it. And when it thinks about how it is moving the brand forward, that style focus is staying at the forefront. We’re not replacing it,” Harper noted.

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MAY 31, 2017

Our goal is to allow someone to run a complete brand through Teespring,” Williams said of their choice to stay almost entirely focused on T-shirts in the early days. We wanted to prove that we could be great at apparel. But we think of the product as a platform for entrepreneurs.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Brands on Wednesday (Oct. 30) even as the quick-service restaurant (QSR) operator — which runs the Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and KFC brands — touted its expansions in digital and mobile services. It also announced new leadership, and a new hire who will oversee the brand’s ongoing digital and mobile push. “KFC

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JUNE 20, 2019

At the same time, he noted that they increase speed of service, access, and convenience for the restaurant’s guests while also driving digital sales and building more love for the brand. Over 400 Dunkin’ restaurants throughout the five boroughs of New York City are now offering delivery through Seamless, Grubhub’s New York brand.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Specifically, the Louisville, Kentucky-based Thorntons chain spent much of the late 90s and early 2000s upgrading the convenience experience at its now 192 locations. There is a host of things the brand can’t determine with all that much accuracy by just watching who comes in and out of the store.

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NCR

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

In order to deliver the best possible consumer experience – which will help you to strengthen brand loyalty and reduce customer turnover – there are many things you need to do well, but one of the most important of all is listening to your customers. ” Listening to your customers and taking action.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Inked Brands. $ Allied Payment Network. $ Regent Education. Massachusetts. Bright Health. Missouri.

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AUGUST 9, 2019

billion hub in 2021 in northern Kentucky as a base of operations for its 50 aircraft Amazon Air fleet. Fresh of its massive $3 billion acquisition of Jet.com, Walmart purchased ModCloth, Moosejaw and Bonobos in rapid succession as it attempted to update and expand its digital brand.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 17, 2018

Acumen Brands. The Most Well-Funded Tech Startups By US State (2015 – 1/8/2018). Disclosed Equity Funding ($M). AfterSchool. Resource Data *. $ IO Data Centers. $ California. Connecticut. Magic Leap. GreenSky. $ Ibis Networks. $ CradlePoint. Scale Computing. Involta. $ Lucina Health. Tilson Technology Management. Massachusetts.

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AUGUST 21, 2017

EST in South Carolina, there will be a total solar eclipse — with Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia all enjoying prime viewing slots between start and finish. EST/9:05 a.m. PST in Oregon and 2:48 p.m. One way or another, we will all find out soon.

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JUNE 14, 2019

billion in an air cargo hub to be built in northern Kentucky. The move comes as Walmart has eased off promoting Jet in favor of its own eCommerce offering, as that is where the brand has seen the higher rate of return on marketing investments, according to Lore. The firm is also investing $1.5

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DECEMBER 5, 2017

For many consumers, the local pharmacy is long gone, replaced by big box retailers with significantly more cash and brand recognition. Today, the top four retail pharmacies by number of stores — Walmart, Walgreens, CVS, and Rite Aid — operate more than 25,000 stores.

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