PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

By embedding something into a product (like a QR code or RFID tag), Eon believes it can create that transparent life cycle in a way that is good for brands, consumers and the environment all at once. The Eon concept is simple, and works with and for a wide variety of goods. Leveraging A New Connection Point .

Retail 76

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Future CFO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Big price tags and longer timelines. Investors, customers and companies themselves look at ESG data to assess the performance of the company, and whether it is a good investment,” he opined. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) programs can pose unique challenges to finance chiefs charged with maximizing returns.

CFO 98

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2019

Pioneers of the first diamond-coated unclonable security tag for supply chain security and end-to-end tracking, DUST Identity has announced $10 million in Series A funding. The funding will help DUST Identity grow its customer base across industries, including automotive, luxury goods and cosmetics as well as oil, gas and utilities.

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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?” The new shopping experience was designed to make shopping easier and more accessible, enabling consumers to more seamlessly find, research and compare goods. Search sorts and filters pricing, brand, and deals.

Advertising 61

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https://trustedcfosolutions.com/feed/

OCTOBER 1, 2022

However, for a steadily-growing business facing increased demand and spending, outsourcing your accounting services is a good way to keep focus high, organization strong, and costs manageable. Small business owners can avoid the hefty price tag and time commitment of installing sophisticated programs on their own.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Packaged goods often reach consumers’ hands after traveling across oceans and being shipped between manufacturers, distributors and retailers. For example, a company could program the platform to display product care information when customers use their smartphones to engage with the near-field communication (NFC) tag or code on the package.

Retail 62

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2020

Two new projects have already been tagged for the initiative. That’s the good news for both CVS and Walgreens — Walmart’s still in the testing and fact-finding stages of this process. It also comes as Walmart Health is making a more aggressive run at the pharmacy space.

Healthcare 99

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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. So, is Honest no longer a unicorn?

Valuation 55

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Customers can even comparison shop: Digital price tags alongside every product show the Prime price and list price. The Amazon 4-star store is expected to carry consumer electronics, kitchen products, home goods, toys, books, and games, reported CNET. Interestingly, though, there are no price tags.

eCommerce 52

eCommerce Retail 52

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Intuit closed a deal to buy Credit Karma for a price tag of $7.1 The merger was touted as a good thing because it could help both Intuit and Credit Karma boost their total mass of data, which could, in turn, allow both companies the ability to help people in more specific manners. billion on Monday (Feb.

Startups 60

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Regardless of whether you think it’s a good idea for the market or a legal misstep, the T-Mobile and Sprint merger is going to put 5G on a faster track. Interactive “ magic mirrors ” can recognize the products someone tries on through an RFID tag. But one thing is clear.

Retail 65

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PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2020

All options cost money, however, and high price tags on gear, classes or personalized training plans can deter individuals from achieving their health goals. BNPL financing options can also be good for consumers’ financial health, as they do not affect credit scores the way many payment cards do.

Prioritization 56

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2018

Contguard’s technology is designed to help manufacturers and suppliers participating in global trade to better track their goods during transit. Customers who shop online want their goods fast, if the more than 100 million consumers who have signed up for Amazon Prime are any indicator. Warehouse Robotics for the eCommerce Rush.

eCommerce 79

eCommerce Transportation Securities Manufacturing 79

PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2020

There is no shortage of online marketplaces for consumers seeking luxury goods, slightly used. That’s a massive number, and one that represents the near-ubiquity of counterfeit goods, even on well-known and well-established marketplaces. The challenge, however, is knowing they are actually getting the real deal.

Advertising 53

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PYMNTS

APRIL 15, 2016

According to a recent article by Re/code , Project September is an app and website that will give users the ability to tag images from Instagram with product details that help to make products more discoverable and (as Maybank and her team hope) drive purchases from the platform.

Leverage 40

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2018

Having what a customer wants is important (and probably always will be), but it’s important not to merely have the goods — one must be able to show them to the customer at the right moment. Context is everything, a truism that is becoming increasingly true when it comes to commerce in the digital age.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2019

CEO Tina Sharkey believes that while consumers certainly want high-quality goods, they are tired of paying what she calls the “brand tax” for access to them. Consumers can set up regular deliveries of select goods on a timeline that works for them – weekly, monthly or three times a year, depending on their need.

Advertising 60

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 29, 2020

That’s a big price tag, but it’s not so bad when one considers that doing that using humans to perform that kind of plant surveying work would cost roughly $300,000. CEO Scott Gravelle of Attabotics told PYMNTS in a recent conversation that the company’s robotic wheeled shuttles bring goods to warehouse workers for packing and shipping.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2019

While the move allegedly aimed to prevent counterfeit goods and make the products more available to the eCommerce giant’s customers, concerns that it was also cutting out most third-party sellers were immediately raised. You just sort of tag on to an existing listing. In fact, most will be barred from selling any Apple products.

Advertising 55

Advertising eCommerce 55

PYMNTS

AUGUST 27, 2019

Today’s shoppers can find eCommerce niches for just about anything for which they are hunting, whether they are searching for the lowest price tags or products with ecofriendly missions. thredUP personalizes its services with AI offerings that generate recommendations and position sellers’ goods in the right categories and channels.

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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. Its aim is to answer the timeless question of “will this look good on me?” Direct sales company Younique also provides an example of another approach.

Retail 47

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2019

Launched in San Francisco as an on-demand storage company that would pick up and tag items from your home, then store them in a warehouse, it eventually started to expand into other cities. In April, Omni began allowing users to earn money by renting out their stored goods to other customers.

Startups 46

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Amazon has opened its first pop-up store in Spain, selling everything from electronic goods to video games to clothing. Interestingly, though, there are no price tags. According to Reuters , the location is in an old building in one of Madrid’s prime shopping districts.

eCommerce 59

eCommerce Retail 59

PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2017

First up, Panasonic just debuted a system that could change the grocery checkout game for good. The robotic system’s smart basket detects the goods inside and calculates the price, at which point the base slides away, dropping the contents into a waiting bag. Lawson said every item should have a tag by the end of February.

Forecasting 49

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2017

Loyalty is the Holy Grail of retail, with happy customers retained and spending all the while on goods flying off brick-and-mortar shelves. For many small merchants, that grail proves elusive, as finding out the answer to just what customers want before they vote with their feet needs good data taken into context.

Retail 46

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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. Return costs vary, according to reverse logistics shipping firm Optoro , between categories of goods. They are, however, consistently high.

Retail 86

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2019

It is generally accepted that digital supply chain management (SCM) strategies are good for business, yet it can be difficult to put a price tag on just how beneficial enhanced SCM can be. More advanced capabilities, like managing expired goods or accessing operating room data by case, are significantly less common.

Healthcare 69

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PYMNTS

MAY 16, 2018

Beyond answering the demands of social media users who crave celebrity and influencer fashions, Choosy seeks to solve another problem: making expensive designer fashions available to the masses without the big price tags. Fashion Through Social Tagging.

Manufacturing 40

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2016

The system relies on a basket that scans items with specialized tags as they are placed inside. “We need a good solution also for customers who wouldn’t like a completely digitalized system,” Yasuyuki Fukui, a Panasonic business-development executive, told WSJ.

Technology 59

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2017

2015, items marked “new with tags” bumped up nearly a quarter, and this January, that number is slated to pop up even more. And even secondhand sneaker company Stadium Goods landed $4.6 This time of year, consignment shops are seeing an uptick, namely because of the post-holiday calm. million-item inventory. million just this week.

Retail 40

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2020

If they’re not grabbing stolen credentials off the Dark Web then they’re neck-deep in buyer-seller collusion, or the long con of keeping fake accounts in good standing … just enough to drain them and abscond. Try wrapping your mind around the price tag of the average corporate data breach at $3.92 million per incident.

Education 57

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

While the program is still just a pilot, journalists working for Mashable will be able to take a photo of, say, a celebrity and tag elements of his or her outfit with links to similar products available for sale on eBay. For example, Mashable published a photo of Tom Hardy at the 2017 “Dunkirk” premiere in London. “She

eCommerce 44

eCommerce Retail Entertainment Sales 44

PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2019

A good coat. counterfeit goods, software piracy and the theft of trade secrets cost the American economy as much as $600 billion year, according to a report from the Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property. Barchiesi of the IACC noted in a conversation last year, consumers find it difficult to spot good fakes.

Manufacturing 67

Manufacturing eCommerce Retail Technology 67

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

The tariff hike of 15 percent that appeared earlier this month tags items that traditionally are big holiday sellers — smartwatches, drones, TVs, headphones and smart speakers. It is a trait they share with the items coming in the next expected round of tariffs, which include smartphones and video game consoles.

Budgeting 43

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PYMNTS

JULY 4, 2019

Those consumers — given their travel habits, and relatively high sense of adventure — are looking for seamless experiences that go beyond the price tag. Those are all lessons that apply to the world in which Awayco operates, where consumers are “mobile-first,” Silverman said.

Manufacturing 57

Manufacturing eCommerce Startups Marketing 57

PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2018

The shortage has also been making it tough to find available trucks (which need drivers, of course) and thus making speedy deliveries of goods (and, by extension, some services). Reported the Post : “Shipping costs have skyrocketed in the United States,” thus far into 2018, causing all sorts of other price tags to inflate.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 29, 2019

Invitations were tagged “by innovation only” although Apple isn’t expected to change the basic iPhone design. tariffs Chinese on Chinese goods that had been set to go into effect on Sept. Apple announced it will unveil its next generation of iPhones along with other products at a launch event scheduled for Sept. local time. .

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