PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Retailers are starting to tap into the camera,” said Ted Mann, CEO of visual search technology provider Slyce. Slyce is working with retail partners to embrace events outside the store and developing new kiosk technology to work within the store. Consumers like being able to visually try on shoes or makeup with the camera.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2020

The company is always on the lookout for technologies or payment trends that could further enhance contributor loyalty, he added. Consumers frequently rely on mobile phones for their financial and professional needs, and Shutterstock provides a mobile app that allows contributors to upload and auto tag their content.

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PYMNTS

MAY 18, 2020

Sometimes that tipping point comes when technology is available and cheap enough for everyday people to embrace. Stretch back through the decades and you’ll find any number of examples — Henry Ford’s mass-produced autos, and more recently the internet and mobile phones. More than 36.5

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PYMNTS

APRIL 26, 2018

The company experienced some early difficulties with its “just walk out” technology that saved consumers from having to scan their items. According to reports at the time, the system was having trouble keeping tabs on items once they had been moved from their original shelf when more than 20 people were in the store at once.

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2017

That technology, it should be noted, has only recently had a patent filed for it and has only recently seen approval. But the sizzle here could fizzle if the lines get long, as they did with Starbucks, indicating that technology adoption on occasion has growing pains. Brexit: The price tag on this divorce is getting higher.

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Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 10, 2023

From Alfred Sloan at General Motors to Jack Welch at General Electric to Steve Jobs at Apple, there is a history of CEOs being tagged as superstars (and indispensable to the organizations that they head), in successful companies. With Tesla, the story is more complicated, but this company has always revolved around Elon Musk.

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Barry Ritholtz

JULY 11, 2023

And I got to tell you, we then spun out an auto financing business. And as a CEO today, I have to say that period of my career running the auto finance business was probably the most significant. RITHOLTZ: So Franklin obviously divests out of the banking business, the credit card business, the auto financing business.

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Barry Ritholtz

MAY 30, 2023

And how is it that you, what’s this car that’s in the parking lot, it’s got plates on it and a tag and it’s brand new. We’re not starting businesses with employees and technology. That is, my sport is auto racing, actually. I have a professional, I’m sorry, a competitive auto racing license.

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Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 25, 2023

HAMBURGER: So, my grandma, Nana Sophie, she lost her husband at a young age before I was born, and her husband ran an auto body shop. The reason for that is — RITHOLTZ: Technology. HAMBURGER: — is technology. HAMBURGER: That, but I think even more compelling is the scalability of that technology.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Michael: So just literally, client’s got an expenditure from such and such restaurant, you tag that as, that’s a restaurants thing. So they get technology reimbursement fees. I cover their CFP fees for the year. I pay for their continuing education. They all have a membership to your website for that. I buy them computers.

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