PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

The pop-up shop will be located in The Market @ Macy’s in New York City, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Fort Lauderdale, San Antonio, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle, now through early February. Compared to traditional pop-up stores, Macy’s own staff services the brands.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

After a difficult deliberation, 10 early-stage fintech companies were selected by a team of judges to compete in this year’s DEMOvation Challenge, to take place in Seattle on March 1. Many applied, few were chosen.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2019

CenturyLink Field, home of the Seattle Seahawks , was the first NFL stadium to adopt the technology. Bundled sports broadcast packages, social media and high-definition televisions allow them to enjoy games from the comfort of their living rooms. Attendance at NFL games declined from approximately 17.8

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Furthermore, the device is still not available in Brazil, France, Italy, Spain or Australia, along with many other markets. Amazon told the Seattle Times that these two developments were unrelated and that the hiring lag was due to seasonal fluctuations. It is not yet clear whether Google will actually bring such a product to market.

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2019

The drive-thru window, for example, first met the market in 1947 when it was introduced to the world by Sheldon “Red” Chaney, operator of Red’s Giant Hamburg in Springfield, Missouri. and leading the field when it came to introducing mobile order-ahead to the market. The boxes are different colors, but the meals are the same.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2016

And nothing is worse than a bad product launch or poorly planned marketing strategy. Let’s just say, the pics weren’t well-received by the sneaker-loving community, and Harden’s been hearing it on social media ever since. With that said, PYMNTS decided to take a look at some of retail’s biggest winners and losers of the moment.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2020

In fact, there were a lot of other things to talk about, as Facebook made a major investment in the Indian market, Expedia snapped up $3.2 billion deal on Tuesday (April 21) for a minority stake in Indian telecom startup Reliance Jio , giving the social media giant a larger foothold in the region.

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Payments social media Seattle Marketing 130

PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2016

50 million businesses have Facebook pages , and the social media giant is launching a new initiative to tap into that customer base. The company published new data on the frequency of late payments across markets, concluding that France and Australia are among the worst offenders. At least their jobs report was optimistic.

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PYMNTS

JULY 19, 2019

Members purchased millions of Alexa-enabled devices, received tens of millions of dollars in savings by shopping from Whole Foods Market and bought more than $2 billion of products from independent small and medium-sized businesses. “We want to thank Prime members all around the world,” said Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2020

“As COVID-19 has spread, we’ve seen a significant increase in people shopping online for groceries,” an Amazon spokesperson said in a statement to media. Today this resulted in a systems impact affecting our ability to deliver Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods Market orders tonight. The Seller Squeeze and Preparing for the Worst .

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Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Today’s funds come from Madrid-based Mundi Ventures, a technology-focused VC firm that also operates in Barcelona, London, and Seattle. In September of last year, Qumram debuted a social media recording solution that is compliant with WhatsApp and in August won Swisscom Startup Challenge 2016.

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NCR

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Chris Coleman bills himself as the Social Media Superhero. We switched to a smaller bank for better customer service, less fees and it felt more mom and pop vs. a huge corporation,” said Melissa Garcia, 36, of Seattle, who, along with her husband, moved their accounts from Bank of America to Sound Credit Union. “We

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 30, 2016

home loan market, is the price you pay for not being “normal.” However, there is another situation that makes customers pull their hair out, rant on social media, and tell their friends to avoid that bank. One of the most frustrating aspects of modern day borrowing, especially in the heavily securitized U.S.

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CB Insights

JUNE 6, 2019

Coda Automotive was an early player in the electric vehicle market, an early failure, and a great example of why being early is not always an advantage — even if the future your company envisions is probably the right one. Another, larger problem was that the market for electric cars did not take off the way that Coda expected.

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CB Insights

JUNE 5, 2019

Seattle-based Axon AI (fka Taser International), which is focused on developing technology for law enforcement, is reportedly looking to add facial recognition tech to its software products. Some food companies have integrated facial recognition into marketing campaigns.

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Technology US Company Security 78

CB Insights

MARCH 13, 2019

Services include a CRM, report generation, and marketing tools. Its analytics program scans social media platforms for signifiers of breaking news and events. Its analytics programs apply to digital marketing, web events, and business intelligence. Rowe Price, Index Ventures. Valuation: $1.6B. Total Funding: $569M.

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 11, 2016

There are many options: Digital sales & marketing. Social media & PR champion. And the magnitude of it might surprise anyone who hasn’t checked out the urban rental market in recent years. Relationships with major local employers (eg. the traditional credit union model).

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CB Insights

JUNE 17, 2020

Telehealth technology is estimated to be a $43B market, according to CB Insights’ Industry Analyst Consensus. In March, the FDA eased restrictions related to marketing claims, allowing developers of remote patient monitoring devices to pitch their devices to hospitals. market by 2025 prior to the onset of Covid-19.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 1, 2017

In May, Tencent opened an AI research lab in Seattle focused on speech recognition as it looks to apply AI research to its social media, online games, and cloud services. The business social graph below highlights Tencent’s US AI investments over the period; each green line represents one round of funding.

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CB Insights

JULY 17, 2018

Market share is simply shifting away from big chains that haven’t successfully innovated, flowing instead to new models for creating and selling food to customers. The sophisticated food hall: North 3rd Street Market (Brooklyn). This approach to marketing is enabling a new wave of specialized fast-casual brands to take root.

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CB Insights

APRIL 10, 2019

While the technology is still developing, many companies (including Amazon) are banking on it as a disruptive force in a myriad of markets. Marketing & Advertising. Social Media/Entertainment. The technology is being tested in at least one school in Seattle, where kids smile at a camera to enter the school.

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

” More than half have “already invested” in social media, data mining, and predictive modeling. ” A few key metrics from the report: Total premiums for all insurance sectors in 2015: $2.0 trillion. .” Approximately 68% embracing mobile technology.

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Trends Report San Francisco social media 12

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

and Canada (its most lucrative markets, revenue-wise) isn’t growing and it’s suffered through a reputational beating over the last year. Facebook’s invigorated commitment to being vigilant comes as the service is officially shipping out its Portal video chat product to the market this week. The shops are staffed by Macy’s employees.

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CB Insights

JUNE 4, 2019

Fueled by social media, consumers want to get a hold of the latest trends as quickly as possible, and retailers must rapidly increase production to meet demand. Moreover, a 2018 survey found that sustainability is likely to be a crucial buying factor for mass market apparel consumers by 2025. Source: Ellen MacArthur Foundation.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2019

Brick-and-mortar retailers are teaming up with social media platforms to curate labels for their stores and their websites. The retailer also plans to team with Facebook on brand curation starting next year — “identifying and engaging with brands that have built a strong online community on the social media platform.”.

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Branding Retail social media Houston 101

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2018

The store will feature an experiential area where visitors can take photos to share on social media, showing that toy stores are becoming destinations as well as places to shop. Prime Now Grocery pickup, which came to market in August, is now available in eight cities, and Amazon said it has plans for continued expansion.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Social media is also helping campers discover new places to visit, then share their experiences with others: 30% of millennials said that they picked a camping spot after seeing someone else go there. As with many industries in today’s information economy, millennial travel trends are strongly influenced by social media.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Rainbolt has quietly built a community bank in the past 20 years that is closing in on $2 billion of market cap. For 35 years, Wilmers led M&T with creativity, integrity and the “old-school” wisdom of a community banker who created a $26 billion market cap company. GonzoBanker of the Year – Large Banks. At a banking conference.

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