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FEBRUARY 5, 2020

New York-based Kasisto, a conversational AI company which developed the banking […].

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Luxury retail is being revised — and in some cases, reinvented — and those trends are worth attention as the 2019 holiday shopping season approaches. Not only that, but the luxury online consignment retailer opened a brick-and-mortar store on New York City’s famed Madison Avenue. Indeed, in its recent U.S. Barneys Woes.

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JANUARY 4, 2019

Luxury retail company Saks Fifth Avenue is closing a two-year-old location at Manhattan’s Brookfield Place, a move that spotlights the intensifying competition from other high-end retailers for physical space amid shoppers’ exodus to online shopping. Physical U.S. department store sales declined 1.3

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NOVEMBER 6, 2020

As property executives report their quarterly earnings, some landlords are starting to put the squeeze on retailers that have skipped rent payments as a means to survive pandemic-triggered lockdowns. Spirit Realty Capital told FT that it had collected just 12 percent of the rent owed by movie theaters last month.

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JUNE 15, 2020

Square Capital LLC processed more than $820 million in Small Business Administration (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) forgivable loans in six weeks, the firm reported. Last year, Square Capital did $2.3 Of that number, 60 percent of the borrowers had never before received a loan through Square Capital.

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

In what would be Thailand’s biggest initial public offering (IPO), Central Retail Corporation, the country’s largest retailer, is looking to raise up to 81.1 The company said that funds raised would be used to grow its international and domestic businesses as well as pay off debt, The New York Times reported.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Centana Growth Partners, a New York and Palo Alto, Calif.-based based growth equity firm, closed its second fintech valued at $375 million this week. The firm, which closed a $250 million fund in 2015, primarily invests in business-to-business technology companies.

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JANUARY 29, 2021

If coronavirus cases stay at a stable level, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said eateries in the Big Apple will be able to open again for indoor dining starting on Valentine’s Day at restricted volume, CNBC reported. The holiday surge from New Year's and Christmas seems to be over, reaching a high on Jan. 28 from a 7.1

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OCTOBER 2, 2019

In separate news, Postmates has raised $225 million at a $2.4 The investment, which was led by GPI Capital, brings the firm’s total funding amount to almost $1 billion to date. billion valuation as it prepares to go public, per reports in September.

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OCTOBER 12, 2018

Brick-and-mortar retailers have closed flagship locations in recent times, but sometimes these landmark stores make a comeback. The new store, which will be located at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, will feature multiple experiential retail components. While $134 million worth of debt comes due for Sears on Monday (Oct.

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JUNE 10, 2020

As retail reopens and starts to spur some optimism for the future, a dark number appeared on the scene on Tuesday (June 10). Coresight released a report that says 25,000 retail storefronts will close by the end of the year. After all, they have access to capital, and they have shown strong balance sheets in the past.

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JUNE 22, 2020

The struggles of Neiman Marcus are the same as other brick-and-mortar retailers, hobbled by peoples’ shift to digital shopping, which has only been supercharged by the pandemic as people were forced to stay indoors. But he said the perils of the pandemic had unfortunately “placed inexorable pressure on our business.”

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DECEMBER 14, 2020

In today’s top retail news, Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. has entered into a definitive deal to sell Cost Plus World Market to Kingswood Capital Management, while Authentic Brands is reportedly in discussions with Arcadia Group and Debenhams. Bed Bath & Beyond Strikes Deal To Sell Cost Plus World Market.

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JUNE 18, 2020

Founded 80 years ago, the Boise, Idaho, chain has been owned for the past 14 years by private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management, according to Supermarket News , which first reported the IPO in March. The listing would allow the New York investor to exit the company. The IPO could fetch as much as $1.51

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AUGUST 5, 2020

If approved, Rocket would be listed on the New York Stock Exchange, under the ticker “RKT.”. Rocket describes itself as the largest retail mortgage lender in the U.S. The report stated the downsizing may signal the IPO market’s worry as the pandemic deepens across much of the U.S., which is owned by Gilbert.

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JANUARY 13, 2021

The aim of the Starbucks Community Resilience Fund is to support SMBs in areas “with historically limited access to capital,” the release said, to promote racial equality and environmental resilience. Access to capital is especially important amid worries of a second lockdown.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 4, 2019

million) Series D funding round, led by New York-based venture capital firm Insight […]. A spokesperson for Tink told Bank Innovation that PayPal's €10 million ($11.2 million) investment is part of the company's previously announced €56 million ($62.9

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FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Fanatics , a company that sells Team USA merchandise, has taken a novel approach to Olympic retail this year with a physical store in a major U.S. The store marks a milestone for Team USA: It’s their first in-person retail store outside the Olympic Training Center in Colorado. Retail Gold. The Economics.

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MAY 22, 2019

specifically, the use of such payments for mass transit in New York City. In an new PYMNTS discussion, Dan Sanford, Visa ’s global head of contactless payments, talked with Karen Webster about the May 31 launch of a contactless payments pilot involving the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in New York City and Chase.

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OCTOBER 9, 2018

Pershing Square Capital Management, the activist hedge fund controlled by activist investor William Ackman, now has about a 1.1 percent stake in Starbucks.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 9, 2019

Though he could not disclose a timeline, Mitchell noted he's currently visiting New York City to lay the groundwork for the launch. “We We are hiring in North America and raising growth capital at the moment,” Mitchell […]. Payments software provider Episode Six will launch in the U.S.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

By the time retailers get to Black Friday , they will have worked through almost two months of sales events – both proprietary and otherwise – from competitors ranging from Amazon to Target to Walmart. COVID-19 shows no signs of abating – in fact, fears of a second wave have already hit New York City, among other metro areas.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

online wholesale retailer sometimes called “Costco for millennials,” is seeking a buyer, Reuters reported. Boxed, based in New York, offers sales of fresh groceries, office supplies and more. Boxed, formed in 2013, has raised $240 million from investors, including American Express and GGV Capital. Boxed , the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The pandemic continues to have a monumental impact on commerce worldwide, with brick-and-mortar retail suffering due to unemployment, in-store safety restrictions and consumers’ concerns about contracting the virus during in-person interactions. The United States’ gross domestic product (GDP) has slipped 32.9 billion in 2018 to value $478.2

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FEBRUARY 6, 2020

It would make sense that the supermarket business might be immune from the cross-currents of retailing in 2020. Three regional players in the organic food retail business — where Whole Foods and parent Amazon rule — have declared bankruptcy over the past month. based natural foods retailer is the third significant U.S.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Brick-and-mortar retailers are teaming with logistics firms to test drones for delivery — and making progress on their experimental flights. From Walgreens to CVS, pharmacy retailers are collaborating with logistics firms to bring merchandise to their customers — as drones move the needle toward the future of delivery.

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DECEMBER 4, 2019

With its perfume that has a cult-like following, Glossier is opening temporary shops in seven Nordstrom locations, with the inclusion of the retailer’s New York flagship. A Nordstrom partnership should help Glossier reach more shoppers who don’t reside close to its Los Angeles and New York stores, per the report.

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DECEMBER 27, 2020

Securities and Exchange Commission approved a plan by the New York Stock Exchange to approve “direct” listings by companies, which let companies come to market without the underwriters (typically) large banks that charge hefty fees to bring the deals to the Street and reach institutional and retail investors.

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AUGUST 7, 2019

Those two retail trends have recently collided in Southeast Asia, where Carro, an automotive marketplace and financing provider, reportedly has bought Jualo, an online marketplace for used goods from some 300 product categories. According to the report , the deal comes as Carro raised some $30 million in fresh capital. Retail Waste.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 25, 2019

challenger banks Tide and Starling Bank ramped up their competition once again as the two rivals each announced new funding. Cybersecurity startup Firedome announced $10 million in new funding this week. While investors did not disclose how much they placed with the FinTech, it all adds to the $54.3

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

And it’s a world where a new competitor, or even a dozen of them, can pop up overnight. In short, it’s a world where access to capital and legal advice is welcome. In mid-August, the company announced that it will infuse $100 million in capital into the Amazon seller system, along with legal and marketing advice.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The company has talked with potential investors for an IPO that could come later this year, the sources told the news outlet. “We We continue to evaluate capital options and are excited about our industry position,” CEO Anthony Hsieh told Bloomberg. is the nation’s largest retail mortgage lender. Quicken Loans Inc.,

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Brink’s, which is based in Richmond, Virginia, said the transaction adds 14 new markets to its realm: the Netherlands, Malaysia , Romania, Belgium, Ireland, Kuwait, the Czech Republic, the Philippines, the Dominican Republic, Cyprus, Indonesia, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia. and several smaller markets. times,” according to the release.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2018

A popular eCommerce retailer, which has been called the “Costco for millennials,” is attracting potential investors, according to The New York Post. With warehouses in New Jersey, Dallas, Las Vegas and Atlanta, Boxed offers bulk-sized products similar to those found at big warehouse retailers like Costco Wholesale.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

That’s the oversimplified view of the business model adopted by Wardrobe , a new kind of peer-to-peer fashion rental company that on Tuesday (Sept. 8) is breaking out of its New York City beta test and into a nationwide launch. It has a network of dry cleaners (40 currently in New York City) that are happy for the extra revenue.

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JANUARY 14, 2021

The defendants, who have no affiliation with Nike or Converse, have attempted to capitalize on the popularity of plaintiffs’ marks by manufacturing and marketing counterfeit products falsely labeled as ‘Nike’ or ‘Converse,’” the company wrote.

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JULY 24, 2020

Venture capital is no guarantee in times of market volatility, but this week’s B2B venture capital breakdown finds several companies managing to secure millions for solutions that enable B2B eCommerce, financial management and alternative lending. million in new funding, U.K.-based but also operates in Russia and New York.

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