PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2019

Some providers are capitalizing on the concept by launching new services that offer access to premium content such as newspapers and magazines in exchange for a monthly fee. subscription box market by 2022 is £1b. Each box contains eight to 12 products. Customers are said to receive roughly $200 worth of products for $49.99

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2020

Nike ’s online store has sold out of all of its Kobe Bryant-related merchandise, according to numerous reports on Tuesday (Jan. “We will not be selling any Kobes till further notice,” RIF Los Angeles announced in a statement. “All Kobes have been pulled off the floor and all online orders have been refunded.”

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PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2020

Lightspeed Ventures, iFly.vc, Silicon Valley Bank and Goodwater Capital were participants in the investment, Deal Street Asia reported. The firm evolved into an online shopping website with a warehouse and delivery network in 2017. The company provides its offering in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Sacramento and Seattle.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

What shall we make of private fundraising rounds that make valuation leaps, tacking on billions of dollars with each new capital raise? Now: Market caps are a simple, loose shorthand for how much it would take to acquire a company (without necessarily taking into account capital structure).

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PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2019

These are just some of the ways that restaurants and third-party online platforms are making it easier for customers to order and pay for their favorite foods from their mobile devices in the digital era: Approximately half – or 49 percent – of large, quick-service restaurants (QSRs) allow in-app payments.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2019

Goop has also notched over $82 million from outside investors and venture capital funds and reportedly has a value of more than $250 million. Kreuzberger told Glossy in October that 12 percent of the company’s online sales come from the New York metro area (more than Los Angeles and San Francisco).

Los Angeles 116

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PYMNTS

JULY 20, 2018

The law firm’s online publication, Manatt , reported on California’s Senate Bill 1235, which would require “commercial financing” providers to disclose a variety of information to small business borrowers when they are offered financing. The amendment includes commercial and investment banks in those requirements.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Citing Alto Pharmacy, TechCrunch reported that Greenoaks Capital, Zola Capital, and Jackson Square Ventures invested in the Series C round of fundraising. Alto Pharmacy is among a handful of online pharmacy startups that are offering same-day prescription deliveries as well as other services including medication management apps.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2019

million in fresh capital, a funding round that comes after one in May that brought it about $7.9 The idea is to capitalize on the trend toward food delivery thanks to the likes of Uber Eats, DoorDash and Deliveroo. In Los Angeles there are several delivery-only type restaurants that are using the company’s services, noted the report.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2020

TurboTax , the online tax preparation service, has said it is launching a free stimulus registration system to help people who don’t need to file a tax return. Amazon Shipping , which is a competitor to FedEx and UPS, launched in beta in Los Angeles and London. TurboTax Rolls Out Free Tool For Faster Stimulus Payments.

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2017

The Los Angeles Times reported the news, citing four sources familiar with the deal but unauthorized to discuss it. Founded in 2009 as FindTheBest, Graphiq aimed to collect and organize details about products, places and people to simplify online research. Amazon has acquired Graphiq, Inc. , Montgomery & Co.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2020

San Francisco, Los Angeles, Orange County, Sacramento, San Diego and California Central Coast customers can order from Smart & Final. DoorDash’s on-demand grocery service is a nice addition to our online shopping options, and with delivery in under an hour, we know Smart & Final customers are going to appreciate it.”.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2016

POS platform company Appetize recently announced that it had closed a $20 million investment round led by Shamrock Capital Advisors and Oak View Group, among others. Appetize provides fixed POS for iOS and Android, self-serve kiosks, handheld POS, online and mobile ordering, robust back-end inventory and reporting management tools.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Online lodging marketplace Airbnb announced on Thursday (Sept. Airbnb’s last raise was in 2017, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, Greylock Partners and General Atlantic. 19) that it wants to go public by next year, according to a release by the company. . At that time, the company was valued at $31 billion.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 11, 2020

This is true even though CloudKitchens began as Los Angeles-based City Storage Systems , which is rehabbing distressed properties into things like commercial-grade kitchens. locations leased for CloudKitchens’ use, only about 10 were online as of mid-May. Recent reports suggest that out of 70 U.S.

Los Angeles 150

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Share in online lender OnDeck have dropped 20 percent on the announcement that growth this year will be slower than initially forecasted. These companies have been valued as if there’s really no credit risk or capital-markets risk whatsoever. I think that’s what changed.”. percent t0 5.9

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PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2018

Betting that its popularity with shoppers online will translate into brick-and-mortar customers in Washington, D.C., Amazon opens an Amazon Books location in the nation’s capital. For Prime members, Amazon will charge the same price for items in the store as it does online.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2017

David is taking on Goliath as Shipt, an online grocery delivery startup based in Birmingham, Ala., Until now, the Alabama startup had not made any move to topple the reigning grocery delivery champs out of major coastal cities like New York and Los Angeles, but now that can finally change. number one grocery delivery brand.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

At the same time, Great American Group and Tiger Capital Group noted in a press release that store closings would soon start at five flagship Barneys New York locations and Barneys Warehouse locations. The release also noted that shoppers can participate in the sale online by visiting BarneysWarehouse.com and Barneys.com.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

The delivery option is free for online orders exceeding $75 from 376 U.S. Orders totaling less than $35 will be subject to prices approximately 15 to 17 percent higher than those found in-store, according to the Los Angeles Times. Costco stores, Reuters reported. A delivery fee will also be added to the order.

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PYMNTS

JULY 18, 2016

Amazon has already dominated the online shopping and clothing markets, and now, it is setting its sights on the food delivery industry, something that startups, including Uber, have been eyeing. The venture capital industry has been responding, pouring money into the space for the last couple of years. If it launches in the U.K.’s

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

With that in mind, the company has secured funding from YC, Notation Capital, Halogen Ventures and Jesse Draper. Bulletin actually joined YC’s fellowship program for founders last year and initially wanted to create a “shoppable magazine” online for up-and-coming brands.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2019

Another one has bitten the dust when it comes to providing the vital last-mile delivery service for online consumers (especially the hungry ones). Before calling a quits, Munchery shut down its services in Seattle, Los Angeles and New York so the company could focus on its largest market (San Francisco) in an effort to become profitable.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2017

In this week’s Tech Center tracker, Mary Gavala, Online Marketing and Promos Manager of Viva Wallet , spoke with PYMNTS on how Greece is becoming a hot spot for tech. Before we jump into the post, here are a few quick facts about Los Angeles and its tech scene: Greece’s population was 10,823,732 in 2015. percent in 2016.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Players like Amazon and Walmart are working to cut themselves a larger chunk of that pie, and they are doing so by introducing “hybrid payment systems” that accommodate cash-based transactions for online purchases. Here are the numbers: $17 billion | Value of the Mexican eCommerce market. Before that round, the firm raised nearly $2.5

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

What shall we make of private fundraising rounds that make valuation leaps, tacking on billions of dollars with each new capital raise? Now: Market caps are a simple, loose shorthand for how much it would take to acquire a company (without necessarily taking into account capital structure).

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2020

Function shoppers complete online surveys – a basic part of the DTC website experience these days. One recent example comes from Los Angeles-based Pepper. That new capital is earmarked to boost Pepper’s mission to assist DTC startups and digitally native businesses. The company has raised $5.6

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

The physical retailer is joining forces with the online juggernaut and is debuting a “smart home” experience across 10 stores in Chicago and Los Angeles. Venture capital interest and investments have been on the rise, so growth is in the cards. Truly, it has been a banner week for juice-related puns.

Los Angeles 115

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PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2020

The model for the DineVite online and mobile app is actually similar to social media. With DineVite, consumers and restaurants get a better deal, since the restaurants can offer a deal to customers that they are comfortable with and consumers capitalize on it. Restaurants create offers and promotions for profitable or loyal customers.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2019

These are the types of things one can expect to find on the Dolls Kill online shopping portal – as well as off the rack in their San Francisco and Los Angeles physical locations. And they are looking to expand – fresh off a $40 million infusion of funds, care of a Series B round from Sequoia Capital.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2017

One company that’s looking to capitalize on the cannabis market is startup on-demand delivery company greenRush. One of their biggest ventures was an online platform aggregating New Years Eve parties across the globe. We are the “Amazon” of Cannabis, the largest online marketplace in the world.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

The platform, however, also has some city listings, like a cottage in the vicinity of London’s Kensington Palace and a Los Angeles French country-style mansion. But online platforms are becoming more creative with the options offered to travelers. Many of the Luxe listings are rural vacation homes. More than half – 50.7

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

One firm, Exactuals , based in Los Angeles, offers a Software-as-a-Service model for payments and just announced this week that it garnered $10 million in Series A funding. As reported in a release by the company, funding came from a series of investors, led by City National and TTV Capital. .

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

New stores are also expected in Los Angeles, where, Recode reported, Amazon was in talks with Rick Caruso, the billionaire real estate developer, about having an Amazon Go located at The Grove, a 600,000-square-foot outdoor shopping mall. Some are expected to be in Seattle — Amazon’s hometown and the location of its first Amazon Go.

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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2019

The move comes the company is investing in refurbishing stores, rolling out faster shipping for eCommerce orders and offering store pickup as well as online grocery delivery. The paper also reported that the impetus of the move wasn’t cost savings, but meeting changing online shopping habits as well as staff demands.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 24, 2018

Alibaba, meanwhile, has publicly announced a strategy to combine online and offline commerce, dubbed “new retail.” Both companies have a tremendous data advantage as they seek to understand and influence consumer behavior in-store and online. ” — Daniel Zhang, CEO, Alibaba Group.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Select VC Investors: Khosla Ventures, Social Capital. Select VC Investors: Cue Ball Capital, Valley Oak Investments. MiniLuxe is a nail and beauty lifestyle lounge with locations in Dallas, Rhode Island, Los Angeles, and Boston. Select VC Investors: Otium Capital. Select VC Investors: Venture Capital.

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