PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2019

wholesale by continuing to reduce our concentration in that channel.”. The success of that and other digital and mobile programs by Levi’s — or lack thereof — promise to provide lessons and even case studies for many retailers, both here and in China. “Growing our U.S.

Concentration 55

Concentration eCommerce Sales Leverage 55

PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2017

“The greatest volume of easing has occurred in large and mid-sized banks,” the report found, “and the easing has occurred most often in pricing, guarantor requirements and loan convenants, as well as in retail loan sizes, collateral requirements and debt-to-income requirements.”. Cyber Threats.

Banking 46

Banking Compliance Currencies Concentration 46

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

We know that online sales … has certainly eroded traffic from retailers over the years,” Brian Field, senior director of advisory services for ShopperTrak, told CNBC. The cameras and the technology they leverage have been associated with tracking Muslims coming in and out of mosques in the western Chinese region of Xinjiang.

Concentration 40

Concentration Restructuring Leverage Sales 40

PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2019

The experience economy is likely to expand as consumers place an increasing amount of importance — and spend more of their money — on experiences over typical retail goods. We do leverage several algorithms to help refine the experience to [customers’] needs, but there’s always room to do more.”.

Concentration 44

Concentration Leverage Planning Technology 44

PYMNTS

AUGUST 26, 2019

All in, the company sells over 35 SKUs of skincare and bath and body products that are “formulated with pure, active, highly concentrated vitamins, minerals and botanicals.”. Herbivore identifies as a prestige skincare brand that sells a lot more than just soap.

Concentration 43

Concentration Manufacturing Leverage Marketing 43

PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2017

And, in 2011, eBay acquired eCommerce tech platforms GSI Commerce and Magento to create more synergies with the online retailers that were its customers. Speaking of online retailers, eBay went all out to court them. Facebook Stores was launched in 2009 as a way for online retailers to sell to the fans who “liked” them.

Advertising 51

Advertising Retail Startups eCommerce 51

PYMNTS

MAY 9, 2016

Not many companies can lay claim to losing as much value in 12 months as the entire market cap of the world’s largest retailer and still remain standing. The latest Nielsen study tells us that most people only use 27 of them – and concentrate 80 percent of their activity in five – Facebook, Google Play, Google Search, YouTube and Messenger.

Sales 42

Sales Retail Concentration Leverage 42

PYMNTS

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.

Invoicing 43

Invoicing Concentration Reconciliations Accounting 43

PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2017

At the ripe old age of 120, the Swiss Army knife holds a unique place in retail. Now, the idea of an Amazon Echo with a touchscreen is not exactly new — it was reported in November 2016 that mega e-retailer Amazon was working on such a device — whose code name is said to be the Amazon Knight. Many of whom are also named Karl.

Retail 49

Retail Profit and Loss Sales Manufacturing 49

PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2018

Later, the launch of Amazon Pantry leveraged Amazon’s brand and Prime reach to offer consumers the convenience of buying online the bulky items they once schlepped home from the grocery store. Warehouse clubs are a $200 billion business, highly concentrated among a few big brick-and-mortar players: Costco (the largest), BJ’s and Sam’s Club.

Sales 54

Sales Concentration Marketing Manufacturing 54

Future CFO

AUGUST 18, 2023

This allows the organisation’s core finance and accounting (F&A) operations to concentrate on more strategic work, such as financial analysis and planning. "We This transformation involves leveraging systems and re-engineering processes coupled with changing the way the teams work through upskilling and "re-culturing".

Finance 52

Finance Communication Accounts Payable Invoicing 52

PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2016

NFC penetration at launch was 15 large retailers’ stores and some 200k merchant locations. OpenTable retrenched and instead concentrated on building a critical mass of consumers and restaurants in cities that then gave them the ability to expand with a critical mass of both in tow. But not Apple Pay. WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

Numbers 66

Numbers Concentration Technology Retail 66

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Canada’s FoodHero , in one case, has technology that connects retailers with consumers to help sell surplus food that might otherwise be wasted. Devoy noted that many of FoodHero’s shoppers have tried services such as Instacart, and may have ordered online from their favorite retailers. The Retail Market.

Concentration 57

Concentration Retail Education Forecasting 57

PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2019

“We also saw a 350 percent increase last year in customers sending live payments, and we’re beginning to see more customers flip the switch and leverage XRP for on-demand liquidity.”. Among the dominant players: UPI, IMPS and others.

Concentration 62

Concentration Banking Leverage Economics 62

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Furthermore, because clients today have access to myriad options (from robo-advisors to DIY retail platforms) for setting up an appropriate asset allocation (often at a lower cost than using a human advisor), portfolio management is not the differentiator that it once was. Psychology Of Financial Planning.

Tax Planning 130

Tax Planning Planning Investments Profit and Loss 130

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

The concentration of merchants with Pay with Amazon was one of the best-kept secrets in payments — well, until that report. The surprise was as much about the number of sites that accepted Amazon as it was that getting to that threshold all happened rather quietly and without a lot of public fanfare.

Concentration 46

Concentration Accounting Numbers Retail 46

Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 7, 2023

And as the time goes by, I think the two lines get blurred also because of technology, because of the increased presence of retail investors in the markets. VASSALOU: — which are effectively retail investors. You need the lower leverage than you used to need before. VASSALOU: I think it’s much more nuanced.

Investments 64

Investments Marketing Economics Risk Management 64

CFO News Room

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The most prominent of which is Facet Wealth, which has stated a goal of getting advisors up to 250 clients/advisor by leveraging their own proprietary technology to make their advisors maximally productive. banks or retail brokerage firms) who want to cross-sell deeper wealth management/advice relationships to their existing retail customers.

Planning 130

Planning Technology Valuation Communication 130

Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 14, 2022

So where are the warehouses closest to the densest population centers, those assets are in demand because of e-commerce, retailers wanting to get things to people in the same day or within a few hours even. MCCARTHY: — and really concentrated the business in those best markets, and then helped to grow. Cambridge U.K.,

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 60

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Investments Construction Concentration 60

Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 6, 2022

And definitely, their retail market participation is significantly lower than you can see in the U.S. We have retail clients. I think, obviously, the ticker is very important, particularly for the self-directed retail client base. I mean, I do think there is a market for leverage and inverse ETFs out there.

Investments 60

Investments Marketing Numbers Risk Management 60

CFO Talks

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The conversation delves into the evolving landscape of the telecom industry, the impact of technology on business models, and the necessity for CFOs to embrace change and innovation, particularly in leveraging AI for forecasting and strategic planning. And then also in the larger scales being wholesalers and retailers. Farhaan: Sure.

CFO 52

CFO Leadership Accounting Finance 52

Barry Ritholtz

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

And so, with this gave me exposure to everything from investment banking to retail, looking at like checking account campaigns, like how do you get more assets in the door to credit risk. BITTERLY MICHELL: Not in leveraged, no, not at all, give more …. And ultimately, to make a very long story short, I fell in love with derivatives.

Investments 114

Investments Marketing Profit and Loss Banking 114

CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Among Indian institutions, LIC is the largest holder with just over 4% of the shares, but the retail investor presence in this company is small, largely because of the low float, though the surge in the company’s price in the last two years has drawn some traders to it.

Marketing 130

Marketing Investments Auditing Restructuring 130

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Among Indian institutions, LIC is the largest holder with just over 4% of the shares, but the retail investor presence in this company is small, largely because of the low float, though the surge in the company's price in the last two years has drawn some traders to it.

Investments 100

Investments Valuation Auditing Restructuring 100

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Bitcoin’s infrastructure is highly concentrated and not all that secure. As a result, bitcoin mining is concentrated in two countries : China, with 60 percent, and Georgia , with 15 percent of bitcoin processing power. He leveraged existing infrastructure and built on top of it.

Currencies 71

Currencies Concentration Financial Systems Investments 71

Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 4, 2023

So you would see pretty high concentrations of, you know, $100 million, $200 million, $300 million, all essentially sitting on a single balance sheet of the bank. We don’t invest in oil and gas and restaurants and retail and more volatile businesses. KENCEL: So, now, leverage is lower. RITHOLTZ: Yeah. RITHOLTZ: Right.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 56

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Finance Investments Banking 56

Barry Ritholtz

JULY 31, 2023

And most people think of Bill, his bread and butter business is activist, very concentrated stock investing, but he has a bit of a background in macro too, back from ’07, ’08, and he actually decides to do this in the credit markets, where spreads are incredibly tight. RITHOLTZ: Retail just is nothing at all.

Treasury 52

Treasury Economics Retail Entertainment 52

Barry Ritholtz

AUGUST 16, 2022

And now, some of the retailers are talking about easing Amazon and Walmart. And I think that’s reflective of employee having a lot of leverage over employers. The employee still has the upper hand, you know, as it relates to — RITHOLTZ: Is that still true? Because the sense seems to be you have layoffs at the tech firms.

Profit and Loss 117

Profit and Loss Foreign Exchange Valuation Investments 117

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Now, traditional players like Visa and Mastercard are leveraging their business models, and the incentives they provide for the ecosystem, to build out a robust infrastructure to support digital payments. Markets like Australia, which has a highly concentrated banking and retail system, make ignition easier.

Banking 75

Banking Concentration Marketing Communication 75

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

The escalation of this now seven-year-old death spiral in just the last two years — from May 2015 to June 2017 — has wiped out $230 billion in market value off the top 20 traditional retailers. Meanwhile, legacy pure-play digital marketplaces, like eBay , who once held sway, struggle to remain relevant.

Sales 51

Sales Retail Advertising Leverage 51

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

The escalation of this now seven-year-old death spiral in just the last two years — from May 2015 to June 2017 — has wiped out $230 billion in market value off the top 20 traditional retailers. Meanwhile, legacy pure-play digital marketplaces, like eBay , who once held sway, struggle to remain relevant.

Sales 44

Sales Retail Advertising Leverage 44

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

Amid growing interest in direct indexing ( whose use cases and potential users have expanded well beyond its original focus on tax management for high net worth individuals ), competition has heated up among asset managers to provide direct indexing services to advisors and retail clients on their platforms.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 130

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Profit and Loss Investments Valuation 130

Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 26, 2023

00:26:19 [Speaker Changed] It, it’s, it’s usually it is aggressive shorts from leveraged funds on s and p futures. So bears capitulated from institution, from retail investors, and the three month VIX versus VIX move below one to suggest, you know, capitulation on that indicator. You can see it also in futures positioning.

Marketing 60

Marketing Leadership Finance Investments 60

CFO News Room

JANUARY 17, 2023

This could be explained by several factors including insufficient concentration, improper formulation and/or amount of PVP-I, inadequate duration of exposure, inappropriate method of administration, and mucociliary clearance of PVP-I from the nasal cavity. Security State is leveraging the threat to ban TikTok from the U.S.

Concentration 130

Concentration Economics Manufacturing Numbers 130