PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2020

The $9 billion price tag would make this one of the larger SPAC mergers of the year, behind the MultiPlan merger with Churchill Capital Plan for $11 billion and the pending United Wholesale Mortgage $16 billion deal with Gores Holding IV, Bloomberg reported. In addition, Foley launched another SPAC, Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp.,

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 90

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Finance Accounting Planning 90

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FEBRUARY 10, 2020

This year’s activation includes a curated Fashion Week of “essential” products from all female-founded brands. Our vision is to take the products [that] brands make, and connect them in a way that powers transparency and a sustainable life cycle management of products,” she said.

Retail 76

Retail Nonprofit Startups Sales 76

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JULY 1, 2020

pharmacy brand) access to customer data as they navigate online channels and provide consumers with more eCommerce options from the brands. “At Two new projects have already been tagged for the initiative. It will provide Walgreens and Boots (the company’s U.K.

Healthcare 99

Healthcare Startups Retail eCommerce 99

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Faced with that kind of transit, brands want supply chain visibility: they don’t want to be left in the dark on where their products are in their journeys or on how quickly items are selling once they get to their retail destinations. Parallel trade is a very significant issue for many brands around the world,” Murphy said.

Retail 62

Retail Manufacturing Communication Technology 62

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2018

NXP Semiconductors in late September introduced its latest NTAG DNA tag chip, providing privacy-enabled, multi-layered security for NFC and IoT authentication applications. With the new NTAG 424 DNA, brands can fight counterfeit and grey market activities at a cost that enables mass-market deployment of advanced NFC tags.

Pharmaceutical 54

Pharmaceutical Leadership Securities Manufacturing 54

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2020

The technology’s drag and drop creator lets users quickly make safe, branded shopping experiences without the need to have technological know-how. Sales order management company Aleran Software rolled out its OneMart B2B online shopping technology, according to a Thursday (Oct 1.) announcement.

B2B 84

B2B Technology eCommerce B2C 84

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 15, 2020

More than buttressed by the COVID-19 spike in web traffic that has driven digital sales across the board — Amazon has brought bigger names in fashion onto its platform with brands such as Oscar De La Renta, Chico’s FAS — parent firm of brands like Chico’s, White House Black Market and Soma.

Advertising 111

Advertising Sales Forecasting eCommerce 111

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Instagram is working on a shopping feature that would tell brands which products users are bookmarking, according to a report by CNBC. Brands can tag items and users can get more details about them, with the goal of eventually being sent to websites to complete purchases.

Numbers 53

Numbers Technology eCommerce Retail 53

PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2016

A new app is poised to move social content marketing away from user-generated content and put the power in the hands of brands themselves. This gives all brands in the platform access to targeted engagement and 100 percent organic reach,” Alhermizi remarked to the outlet.

Leverage 40

Leverage Planning Marketing Retail 40

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Serena Williams and her S by Serena fashion brand rolled out a new sequin jacket on Nov. The team used “shoppable” posts on Instagram this summer to sell jerseys for new players Paul George and Kawhi Leonard, in addition to throwback uniforms that were Buffalo Braves-branded.

eCommerce 52

eCommerce Sales Accounting Retail 52

PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2019

Its main mission is to update those analog lost-pet posters via a a Bluetooth-enabled tag that not only helps pet owners find their wayward pets, but also gives them access to other digital and mobile services. Better Pet Tag. The goal is to create a really affordable, much better pet tag,” she said.

Retail 48

Retail Healthcare eCommerce Numbers 48

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

The arrangement will see the outfitting of all new Nissan vehicles with Sem Parar Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID tags), providing thousands of drivers with contactless payments capabilities and expanding Sem Parar’s customer base in the region, according to an announcement.

Manufacturing 49

Manufacturing Securities Technology Marketing 49

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AUGUST 2, 2019

It also wants to showcase its blockchain -based tech; according to the 2018 Global Brand Counterfeiting Report, losses from online counterfeiting have cost the industry $323 billion. Luxury brands are especially susceptible, with $30.3 Mastercard aims to bring together artists that share a similar vision for the clothing lines.

Leverage 57

Leverage Retail Technology Sales 57

PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2020

Soon, sellers, brands and creators will be able to tag products from their Facebook Shop or catalog before going live and those products will be shown at the bottom of the video so people can easily tap to learn more and purchase. Now, we’re making it easier to shop for products in real time.

eCommerce 80

eCommerce Sales Investments Numbers 80

PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2019

You just sort of tag on to an existing listing. But of course the brand is not going to let you sell if you’re under the [minimum advertised price]. “They wanted to know how Amazon works, how eBay works,” Bumstead explained. “I I went into describing how a listing works on Amazon. That’s how Amazon did this.

Advertising 55

Advertising eCommerce 55

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The company also announced Explore, a shopping channel that lets users shop from the brands they follow as well as find new brands.On Thursday (November 15) Instagram added the ability to save to a new shopping collection which means if users come across a must-have item they can save it to their Shopping collection to revisit later.

eCommerce 58

eCommerce Retail 58

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Transactions are easy to spot and show identifying information like brand logos. The tool also categorizes payments so people can track business spending and tag payments to a specific job or client.

Credit Risk 64

Credit Risk Startups Accounting Banking 64

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

The feature is available through just-added stickers in Instagram Stories and tags in a person’s feed, and can be set with details like the date and product details. . Streetwear company Chinatown Market President Dan Altmann said the new feature is an intuitive way to do business. .

eCommerce 40

eCommerce Marketing 40

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Last year, in January 2018, 250,000 brand new items appeared on ThredUP, a 60 percent increase over the rest of the year. On the shoe front, both Nikes and Louboutin heels were returned at a much higher than average rate with tags still on, in the box and never worn. Clothes-wise it was not, as it turned out, a great time to give a J.

Manufacturing 44

Manufacturing Leverage Retail 44

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

We have three ideas: First, it’s a branding play. Walmart has managed to survive and thrive through the pandemic mostly because it never lost its “essential” retail tag and because it finally made some real steps toward being an eCommerce company. Just as Budweiser schedules its NFL season branding campaign, Walmart+ has done the same.

Math 60

Math Retail eCommerce Finance 60

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2017

The big price tag on Honest Company, however, is as much a limitation as it is an honor. About a year ago, the firm was in negotiations with Unilever about a potential partnership or acquisition, but that price tag pushed them instead to grab up competitor brand Seventh Generation for $600 million.

Valuation 55

Valuation Planning Retail 55

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

The new partnership between the two firms will, according to their joint release, offer shoppers the benefit of seamless payments via their smartphones no matter where they happen to be in a store, using the combined power SES-imagotag’s digital price tags and Wirecard’s payment technology.

Retail 43

Retail Sales Technology Marketing 43

PYMNTS

JUNE 12, 2019

. “The Ivalua platform uniquely empowers state and local governments to deliver the efficiency, transparency and value realized by the world’s leading brands to government. The project began in 2016 with a price tag of $30.5 Now we can deliver even greater value in less time than ever before.”

Compliance 43

Compliance B2B 43

PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2019

A “From Facebook” tag will be will be visible in all marketing for Instagram and WhatsApp brands. Earlier in August, Facebook added its name to Instagram and WhatsApp as part of a rebranding aimed at unifying all three apps.

Communication 64

Communication Marketing Technology 64

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MARCH 2, 2019

She was deluged with offers for the coat she wanted, listed on the site as “by Canada Goose,” which she took to mean she was buying from the brand itself. To aid in the efforts, brands can provide logos, trademarks and other key data, so Amazon can unleash its digital watchers on five billion product listing updates per day.

Manufacturing 67

Manufacturing eCommerce Retail Technology 67

PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2020

Brands such as Ulta Beauty and Sephora are continuing to open new stores, which could be motivating Macy’s to compete in that area. ” Macy’s has been struggling recently with sales at its traditional stores, and is lagging behind as brands begin to sell directly to customers who are skipping mall trips.

Retail 43

Retail Sales Planning Marketing 43

PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2019

According to a report in Adweek, the shoppable ads will enable retailers to tag product images , and when users hover over them, they will find information including the brand name and the price for the product. Google is expanding its advertising reach, bringing shoppable ads to Google Images search results.

Advertising 45

Advertising Retail 45

PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2019

Users are greeted with “Let’s go shopping” with a price tag logo and a search field that asks, “What are you looking for?” Search sorts and filters pricing, brand, and deals. The revamped experience was unveiled in India before rolling out to France in March. .

Advertising 61

Advertising Planning eCommerce Retail 61

PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2018

When it’s time to check out, customers go to a dedicated counter where the cashier makes sure they scanned the correct number of items and removes a security tag. Through the program, brands can pay a one-time fee for a space on Macy’s first floor to advertise or sell their products while retaining all of their sales.

Advertising 57

Advertising Retail Planning Technology 57

PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2018

Rose noted in a recent email exchange with PYMNTS, “[Instagrammers] watch stories to stay in the-know with brands they’re interested in, get an insider view of products they like and find out about new products that are relevant to them. The service is only in place for “select brands.”

Planning 44

Planning Accounting Retail Marketing 44

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2019

The feature is available through just-added stickers in Instagram Stories and tags in a person’s feed, and can be set with details like the date and product details. while showcasing Younique’s premium brand of cosmetic accessories. Its aim is to answer the timeless question of “will this look good on me?” Amazon Stumbles.

Retail 47

Retail eCommerce Sales Marketing 47

PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2017

For SMBs, social media has become a seamless way to build a following and a community around a brand and to provide customer support, marketing and communications outreach. Likewise, the company used social as a means to find new brands and products to feature. That, and they seek out other, similar brands to follow.

Leverage 40

Leverage Construction eCommerce Advertising 40

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

YouTube has launched a brand-new fashion vertical meant to take advantage of all the massively popular beauty and style content on the platform, according to a report. The platform has been very successful at promoting brands, and now also functions as an eCommerce app enabling users to tag and buy items.

eCommerce 46

eCommerce Numbers 46

PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2017

Clarifai offers customers an image and video recognition API that users can teach to automatically tag, organize and search visual content using machine learning. “If For video, Clarifai’s API doesn’t just send back one set of tags. “We And it happens much faster than a human can do it.”.

Startups 62

Startups Leverage Retail eCommerce 62

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Trevor Sumner, CEO of PERCH , said that people aren’t seeing TV ads anymore, and active engagement between brands and their customers on Facebook is dwarfed by the number of shoppers who pass by a store display on any given day. Every brand is vying for attention with video and direct-to-consumer digital media. AR Best Practices.

Education 62

Education Retail Sales Investments 62

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OCTOBER 28, 2016

In December, New York-based brand Rochambeau is debuting 15 exclusive Bright BMBR jackets powered by Avery Dennison’s Janela platform. The jackets use the owner’s smartphone to connect with smart NFC and QR tags hidden in the left sleeve, with serialized codes connecting to data profiles in EVRYTHNG’s IoT cloud.

Retail 59

Retail Technology Marketing 59

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

With Mastercard putting a 49 percent tag on the eCommerce spike for the holidays, this year will be the toughest on record for handling what is a resource- and capital-intensive task. In the process, they are capitalizing on a chance to drive loyalty and enhance the brand.

Retail 86

Retail Auditing eCommerce Forecasting 86