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AUGUST 16, 2017

Whether it’s driving increased digital sales , inducing worry among brick-and-mortar competitors , upping the ante on instant pick up kiosk expansions , or finding innovative ways to pay for its acquisitions, Amazon is helping shape the retail world, and it doesn’t appear to be slowing down any time soon. Commerce Department.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2019

“With continued innovation and personalization, we are providing customers with more ways to enjoy fresh, delicious meals that align with their individual tastes.”

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Williams-Sonoma ’s existing credit card portfolio will be acquired by Alliance Data , a Columbus, Ohio-based credit card services business, to provide a private-label, co-branded credit card program. “Williams-Sonoma has always embraced innovative customer engagement strategies. ”

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2019

DSW began working with W Nail Bar in 2017; the two companies offer salon services at Columbus, Ohio’s Easton Town Center and the Polaris Fashion Place. DSW , for instance, is growing its W Nail Bar partnership to offer services such as manicures and pedicures in more U.S. Austin, Texas; and Dublin, Ohio. .; Austin, Texas; and Dublin, Ohio.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2016

According to documents dug up by The Guardian , the labs are looking to shake up the industry by offering cloud software to a service in Columbus, Ohio, in order to change how their bus and parking services operate. Is Sidewalk Labs, the secretive labs division of Alphabet , trying to shake up the public parking and transit industry?

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

The new ghost kitchens will be available in Indianapolis and Columbus, Ohio. The way our customers order and receive meals is evolving, and ClusterTruck's innovative culinary and digital design is cracking the code for the future of profitable meal delivery," Cosset added. Whole Foods And The Food Boom.

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JUNE 14, 2016

As such, much of the pool of innovative tools currently being used by online and primarily omni-focused merchants is off limits to the hulking retailer, and its choice of life-saving interventions is limited to what it can do to manipulate the floorspace that it has.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2018

Two years ago, Columbus, Ohio won a $40 million grant from the U.S. Columbus said it expects to seek bids in early 2019 for hardware and software to support its connected transportation and smart city goals, with testing tentatively scheduled for summer 2020.

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MARCH 22, 2017

Going forward, Vance will locatable in Columbus — and on the hunt for firms that might otherwise be ignored by the venture funding mechanism in the U.S. I think that innovators can be part of the problem or part of the solution.”.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2017

Columbus, Ohio; and College Park, Md. Amazon, the eCommerce giant, announced Tuesday (Aug. 15) the launch of Instant Pickup, a free service for Prime and Prime Student members in which they can purchase a curated selection of daily essentials available for pickup in two minutes or less.

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PYMNTS

MAY 18, 2016

The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that Wendy’s is testing out self-serve kiosks in several locations throughout central Ohio. .” Wendy’s might want to snap that up though, because the fast food chain’s most recent checkout experiment could give consumers more power in the ordering process than ever before.

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DECEMBER 7, 2018

Investors in the seed round include Sonny Vu, the founder and former CEO of Misfit Wearables; Eric Dobkin, a former partner at Goldman Sachs known as “the Father of the Modern IPO”; NCT Ventures in Columbus; and Listen Ventures, a brand-focused venture capital firm based in Chicago. We’re a little bit different than a typical consumer brand.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2019

When it comes to technology, Gennette said the company is getting off-price better every day, with its backstage distribution center in Columbus now up and running. In other innovations, the company launched its second iteration of STORY at Macy’s with Outdoor STORY. STORY and Subscriptions.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2019

Grocery stores are undergoing historic transformation thanks to digital technology, transforming from rather staid operations to places that feature the latest retail and delivery innovations. That’s all fine and dandy, assuming consumers are within easy reach of those grocery stores.

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MARCH 13, 2019

The fast casual chain first began testing the program in Columbus, Kansas City and Phoenix last fall, and has been developing the idea of a digital-centric loyalty program for the last few years. Though Chipotle rolled out its points-based loyalty system nationwide yesterday, the upgrade itself has been a long time coming.

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MAY 1, 2017

Still, Jana’s activism will likely continue to positively influence investor sentiment and share value with it as long as the prospects for innovation (and maybe even a sale) stay in sight for the organic grocer. Whole Foods (WFM) continued to see growth in the last week of April, though Friday knocked it down a notch. expansion prospects.

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MAY 17, 2016

If we’ve learned anything over the last several years when watching the mobile payments field take shape, it’s that absent something that solves a problem for a consumer or adds value to their experience, innovators have nothing left but an empty bank account to show for their efforts.

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Celent Banking

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

In addition to a stand-alone app, Chase Pay will also be available as a payment option inside CurrentC, the wallet that MCX has been piloting in Columbus OH, the results of which were presented and greeted with a tentative applause during another keynote at Money 20/20. Sorting through a myriad of biometrics providers and approaches (e.g.

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JULY 13, 2017

Its online grocery shopping services were provided in partnership with Chicago’s Jewel supermarket, Columbus, Ohio’s Kroger, San Francisco’s Safeway and Houston’s Randall’s. Peapod was founded in 1989 (and, fun fact, it was almost named “IPOD,” for “Information and Product On Demand”).

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MAY 18, 2016

Those brand names enjoy central placement on the jerseys of Major League Soccer (MLS) teams Columbus Crew , Philadelphia Union and Seattle Sounders , respectively — all based in your own country. No way American professional soccer teams have brand names bigger than their actual team names on their shirts.”. Like I told you, soccer is weird.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2018

Online retailer Shoptiques once attempted to create some customer loyalty — and brand goodwill — by hiring five models to hang out between SoHo and Columbus Circle in New York City for about a week between 11:00 A.M. Some brands decided to get really literal with that by attracting customers with hugs. and 4:30 P.M.

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Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Brian Mooney, CEO of Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX), also used his stage time to talk about the pilot under way in Columbus, Ohio, with many merchants. Lots of talk about innovation and customer experience. Innovation on the merchant side. So, good freakin’ God, real innovation from an industry behemoth?

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MAY 23, 2016

Utilizing unique feedback from the marketplace and our Columbus pilot, MCX has made a decision to concentrate more heavily in the immediate term on other aspects of our business, including working with financial institutions, like our partnership with Chase, to enable and scale mobile payment solutions.

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APRIL 12, 2019

The eCommerce company further announced it has expanded its grocery pickup to Whole Foods Market to Columbus, Ohio — bringing the total number of pickup markets to 30. With the additions, Prime delivery is now online in 75 U.S. metros with more set to be added by Amazon by year’s end.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 24, 2018

With that context in mind, it’s interesting to look into the development of Columbus-based auto insurance startup Root Insurance. P.S. We’re launching TRANSFORM , a new CB Insights conference, for corporate strategy and innovation teams on Dec. Have a great weekend, Matt. 4-5 in NYC.

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CB Insights

MARCH 13, 2019

Select Investors: New Enterprise Associates, Goldman Sachs, General Atlantic, World Innovation Lab, SoftBank Group, Workday Ventures. Select Investors: Kima Ventures, DFJ Growth Fund, SOSV, BIRD Foundation, Foundry Group, Autodesk Spark Innovation Fund, C4 Ventures, New Enterprise Associates. Valuation: $2.5B. Total Funding: $250M.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 28, 2015

Lending Club highlighted in FT Journal feature on “trickle-down innovation” in fintech. Columbus Business First talks about Klarna CEO Brian Billingsley’s appearance on Jim Cramer’s Mad Money TV program. Around the Web.

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CB Insights

JULY 22, 2017

Eigen Innovations , for example, integrates video and sensor data on factory floors to ensure process and quality control. Merck Global Health Innovation Fund. Bloomberg Beta, Data Collective, Innovation Endeavors. Eigen Innovations. McRock Capital, New Brunswick Innovation Foundation. Innovation Works.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 9, 2016

Troy Woods, TSYS CEO and chairman called Joseph “immensely respected” among payments professionals, and highlighted her “deep familiarity” with TSYS which Woods said would help the company “deliver People-Centered innovation in this rapidly evolving payments industry.” Bancorp become the first U.S.

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