PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Minneapolis, Sezzle’s buy now, pay later (BNPL) payments platform is in the U.S. Boosting shopping via smartphone has been a challenge for retailers, even as consumers spend many hours each day using their phones to interact with banks, brands, news platforms and social media outlets.

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OCTOBER 5, 2020

The Minneapolis-based giant said on Monday (Oct. Independently of 3M, Amazon in August announced the expansion of its Project Zero anti-counterfeit campaign, aimed at rooting out fake versions of a wide array of products and brands. 5) that it has worked with law enforcement and customs agencies around the world to seize 3.5

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OCTOBER 9, 2018

The pair-up will also see some private-label Kroger brands migrating onto Walgreens’ shelves. It’s clearly the same operating logic that drove Walgreens to recently announce its partnership with beauty brand and subscription box early innovator Birchbox. in early 2019. in early 2019.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2016

The VR experience was created in conjunction with marketing agencies BBDO Minneapolis and Made in Haus. Branded as “The Black Market” (Hormel brands its bacon as “black-label”), users can access the experience on their computer.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Meanwhile, Minneapolis-based Target is expanding its smaller-format storefront locations with an eye on profitability, opening 32 such stores in 2017 and planning 35 more launches throughout 2018, according to the company’s Chief Executive Officer, Brian Cornell. states, including Florida, Illinois, Michigan and Texas.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Minneapolis, Sezzle’s buy now, pay later (BNPL) payments platform is in the U.S. Boosting shopping via smartphone has been a challenge for retailers, even as consumers spend many hours each day using their phones to interact with banks, brands, news platforms and social media outlets.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Intel is the right company and brand to advance and scale Smart Edge’s software solution,” Kevin Shank, CEO of Pivot Technology, said in the post. Verizon has activated its 5G wireless network in Chicago and Minneapolis and plans to roll it out to 30 more markets by the end of the year.

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PYMNTS

JULY 14, 2016

Brick-and-mortar merchants are far from being free from the problems that plague their particular brand of retail, but even they have to look at online retail rising rents for warehouse space with a little bit of mirth. According to a new report from CBRE, things are about to get even worse.

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AUGUST 21, 2019

The firm first began testing the concept last October at its Minneapolis-based Glenwood Avenue headquarters. During the holidays, brands want to showcase all of their products but will have less physical space to do,” that report said. Costs for pop-up shops can vary widely, of course.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Target’s event, first reported by the Minneapolis Star Tribune, will feature “digital deals on thousands of items, more than double what the retailer offered last year, as it adjusts to the surge of consumers who have shifted to shopping online during the coronavirus pandemic.

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MAY 29, 2017

Target , the Minneapolis retailer, has eliminated close to 40 corporate headquarter jobs as part of a massive overhaul of operations. It’s been investing in in-house brands, remodeling stores and expanding its merchandise, noted the report.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2018

In 2016, the company was was acquired by personal care products giant Unilever, and there were questions at the time about how a direct-to-consumer innovator like DSC would fit into the very much mass-market and retailer-focused Unilever constellation of brands. “The fragrances almost invite you to try them.”

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2019

Minneapolis, MN-based Upsie will use the new funding to revamp its service, which aims to offer warranties for 70 percent less than retailers typically do. “If Upsie is the only consumer-facing brand in the space, whereas everyone else is more of a back-end provider,” said Puneet Agarwal, a partner at True Ventures.

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MARCH 16, 2016

That was when Anderson retired from Best Buy for the first time before being reappointed to the board of directors in 2013 after a failed bid by Best Buy Founder Richard Schulze to purchase the brand back for himself, Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal explained. “It

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MAY 31, 2019

The company saw the need for the best of both worlds and, to tackle this challenge, it is “evolving into a 21st-century tech-enabled hospitality brand,” DePinto told PYMNTS in an interview.

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JUNE 21, 2019

Luxury fitness brand Equinox is set next month to open its first hotel in New York City, “with more on the horizon in Seattle, Houston, Chicago, Los Angeles and Santa Clara, Calif.,” As well, the furnishings brand RH, formerly known as Restoration Hardware, plans to open RH Guesthouse in New York in the fall. and Portland, Maine.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 18, 2016

It’s OK for [Target] to be sensitive to this issue of gender and bathrooms — and they’re based in Minneapolis, so they have a history of being progressive. Others see it differently and fully expect that brands take positions on social, political and moral issues that impact the rights and well-being of their staff and customers.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2019

The Stitch Fix shopping experience melds the brand’s in-house labels with items from over 1,000 brands, many of which are pretty recognizable to the average shopper: pping. But Lake notes that those data tools are getting better, and the data sets are getting wider.

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DECEMBER 1, 2020

Minneapolis restaurant owner Luke Shimp converted the kitchen of his Red Cow Uptown restaurant to the Kenwood Food and Beverage, a virtual food hall that he opened about a month ago. "My My idea was [to] make a virtual food hall, where it has multiple brands inside, but … you order it online.

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DECEMBER 4, 2018

The news came about a year after the retailer opened up testing of this service to Minneapolis area REDcard customers. In May, for instance, news surfaced that IKEA was rolling out its own branded credit card. The technology takes in 100 or more data points from major brands. Approximately one-fourth of merchants — or 27.8

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PYMNTS

MAY 14, 2018

Evine has been launching a flurry of new brands under Rosenblatt’s leadership, transitioning to HD and rebalancing the merchandise mix to focus on more profitable goods. He also made a clear effort to give the brand an update and something of a makeover.

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American Banker

AUGUST 12, 2024

Minneapolis-based buy now/pay later fintech Sezzle has partnered with the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association to have its brand represented on uniforms until 2027.

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APRIL 12, 2018

For instance, if it’s going to be a rainy weekend in Minneapolis but it’s the season opener for the Colts, there’s a prefabricated campaign that can help encourage people to visit and spend – the merchant just has to decide to run it. And relationships, Rao says, are what drive revenue.

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JULY 29, 2020

Such is the case with Minneapolis-based Peace Coffee. Before the pandemic, it was a strong regional brand that combined conscious capitalism with direct-to-consumer (DTC) capabilities, with four popular retail locations, a rabid fan base and solid retail distribution for its whole-bean blends.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Crate & Barrel CEO Neela Montgomery said in an email, according to the paper, “As a longtime destination for dining and housewares, we know that our customers love to entertain, and incorporating food and beverage offerings is a natural extension of the Crate & Barrel brand.”.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2017

When goods are sold, FedEx will manage packing and shipping the goods in customized and branded boxes. Boxes will be branded to the retailer, not FedEx). Firms that opt in will be able to store their products at FedEx warehouses in the United States and Canada. FedEx Fulfillment was created by FedEx Supply Chain.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2018

The Host Committee estimates 1 million people will flock to Minneapolis on game day and the 10 days prior. Locally, Nicollet Mall will be festooned with free activities, and the Minneapolis Convention Center has reportedly been turned into a “Disneyworld for football fans.”. The Crowded Bowl . Minnesota vs. the Impending Masses.

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NCR

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Perhaps surprisingly, it is one of the newest, most forward-thinking brands on the UK’s digital banking start-up scene that has taken against the idea of the chatbot. Bank of America launched its Erica chatbot towards the end of 2016 and has been working this year to refine and improve the service.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Locally, Nicollet Mall will be festooned with free activities and the Minneapolis Convention Center has reportedly be turned into the “Disneyworld for football fans.”. Once the brand ran out of Shepherd masks – Eagles fans moved on to other dogs. There’s also a number of unofficial events,” Mokros says. “We

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JULY 30, 2024

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JANUARY 13, 2025

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. But we still havent seen a breakout small business bank, partly because of the love/hate relationship business owners have with big banks.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2020

in the wake of protests against excessive police force and the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Retail locations of all types and brands went unspared, from Los Angeles to New York City, as protests turned violent. Riots and looting over the weekend have taken their toll on retail reopening plans all over the U.S.

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Named 2015 CFO of the Year (Kurt Ishaug) by Minneapolis-St. Partnered with Scotiabank to co-brand loans for SMEs in Mexico and Canada. Ranked as one of the top 10 most promising cloud banking solutions of 2015. Raked in $3 milion in new funding. Entrust Datacard ( FD15 ). Paul Business Journal. in one year. Kabbage ( FD15 ).

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2020

The stores will be located at Minneapolis’ Mall of America, Orlando’s Disney Springs at Walt Disney World Resort and in Berlin, Germany, Fox Business reported. There is a role brands need to play to bring it to life outside of that aisle , which is why these M&M’s stores are so important.”. and around the world by next year.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2020

Recently, though, with the pandemic’s destruction of the retail sector and the civil unrest and protesting in the wake of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, retail sales volumes have been trending downward, and multiple deals are in jeopardy or have fallen apart due to the disruptions.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

The upscale apparel brand, according to a recent report , is opening an “experiential store” in the Mall of America in Minneapolis on Wednesday (Nov. The story she told was about the importance of the consumer experience and the benefits of direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands reaching out to consumers via physical retail offerings. “It

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2016

Secrecy is a funny thing for brands. It keeps consumers interested, because a consumer that is always guessing about the next product release is, by necessity, always thinking about the brand. ” These days, it’s known for how quickly the brand has regrown public trust in a short time.

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