PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2021

Car technology was an expected part of CES in 2021, as vehicles are a big part of the big show every year — particularly for the last few years, as consumer interest in connected car technology has spiked alongside a growing enthusiasm for a possible future where cars can drive themselves and the humans just tag along for the ride.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2020

It makes for entertaining television, Anomalie Co-founder and CEO Leslie Vorhees told PYMNTS in a recent conversation — but a guide to what it’s actually like for the average person to buy a wedding dress? At times, that might involve answering questions about materials or constructions. It is much closer to fantasy than fact.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

But the right level of connection could enable brands and retailers to forge a unique personal connection with each customer and tailor the shopping experience to suit their preferences. With the new handbag line, Rebecca Minkoff also launched the hashtag #AlwaysON, which begs the question: Do consumers want to be always on?

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PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2020

And simply expanding supply is a bit more complex than merely hitting a switch — an issue SoulCycle has recently run into in the wake of shutting down the in-person studio classes the brand is built on and attempting to switch to something resembling the Peloton model of selling custom home equipment and access to a digital hub of workout content.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

So, with much expected but not quite so much delivered, the obvious question is perhaps: What is the way forward for wearables? To answer that question, one first needs to understand the wearable consumer. Why Woo The Wearable Consumer At All? They’re on the go, not surprising, and like to shop online. What’s Next.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

For that world of emerging high-style, low-energy, low-time shoppers, there is StichFix : an online fashion retailer that comes with a built-in personal shopper. Once the initial preferences survey is completed, there aren’t many questions or interactions the consumer needs to have with the company.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2018

But other than triggering questionable ethics in shoppers’ behavior, the Outfit of the Day has also inspired a new kind of eCommerce experience, care of the emerging brand Choosy. When the shopper is scrolling Instagram and spots an outfit they want to make their own, they can then tag the post “#GetChoosy.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2018

Such companies as Expedia, Citi and JetBlue reportedly have used Samba technology to craft personalized ads. Samba also offers digital tags that let companies figure out who visits their websites after ads appear. Those ads might appear on other household web-connected devices too.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2018

A companion mobile app enables tagging of favorites, style comparisons and, of course, shopping recommendations. Therefore, it’s not satisfying to customers and doesn’t help answer the question of whether to buy the product.”. It’s deeply personal by nature; it’s a form of expression and communication. A Different Approach.

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Barry Ritholtz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

And Joshua added tags to that, and so you could browse things by tags. RITHOLTZ: Let me make a digression here, and since you’re in front of me, I have to ask this question. And then I have to ask the same question, so Union Square Ventures, by definition Union Square is here in New York City. RITHOLTZ: Sure.

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PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2016

The problem is that shoppers do NOT want to carry around cards (or tags) for all the stores where they shop. Having several cards for different personal/business purposes is a big enough hassle. . “Not that it cannot generate significant activity pending wider deployment of things like Apple Pay, etc. “It isn’t pretty.”

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2018

Mallory may or may not have reached the top of the mountain – that remains an open question in history. But he is not credited with being the first person to hit the top of world (that was Sir Edmund Hillary) because what is not up for debate is that he did not make it back down to the bottom. Because it’s there.”. The less good news?

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2017

Data elements, Ayers said, such as a Gmail account someone has had for over 10 years or the same phone number they’ve had since adolescence, are central to that person’s identity — and much more reliable than anything else that a person can present as proof of identity. Ayers’ guess is probably not.

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PYMNTS

MAY 15, 2018

For instance, knowledge-based authentication is well-understood by users – but the answers to security questions can be socially engineered without too much trouble just by visiting victims’ social profiles. Data tagging is how ground truth is established. Plus, data breaches have left a lot of those security responses exposed.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Going clean and green is just about everyone’s favorite marketing tag line these days. We had to break down each ingredient, and in many cases that meant questioning not only our supplier but our supplier’s supplier,” said Shaich. And for a certain high-spending segment of consumers, purity is an expectation in the good.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2017

And person-to-person (P2P) payments have made it easy to send a monetarily infused message of encouragement. It’s OK, because PayPal has also crowdsourced this question to figure out how exactly people would put a price tag on the most special and sacred elements of friendship. Go buy yourself something pretty.”.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 21, 2016

When a mobile device is being used by the end customer, a business can confirm the device, phone number and person, all linked to each other. All of this is being done without the use of JavaScript or device ID tags. There are a lot of different directions to go with this question. This allows a lender, insurer, etc.

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Barry Ritholtz

JULY 11, 2023

And I remember being on the phone thinking, as the PMs were asking questions about cash flows and things, I was thinking, you’re asking all the wrong questions about whether this portfolio will perform because it’s things like down payment. And I’d always ask him all these questions. RITHOLTZ: Right.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 29, 2016

Be they in the form of conspicuously placed cameras, electronic tags on items or even old-fashioned, basic signage warning against shoplifting, such elements are regarded as commonplace in modern retail, and honest consumers — if they pay them much attention at all — don’t take them personally. The question is: Is it effective?

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2020

Amazon confirmed via attorney Robert Kelner that it will cooperate with lawmakers looking to investigate the company’s corporate practices and that it’s willing to make appropriate executives available for questions. Security Save Of The Week: Blocking The Biggest DDoS Attack Attempt Ever .

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2017

For those feeling that holiday gifting fatigue setting in, or who we might have just been given permission to feel fatigued, we have some ideas for giving your most favorite person — you — a very thoughtful gift. Christmas Tree Frappuccino. Remember the Unicorn Frappuccino ? To paraphrase Charlie Brown, it’s not a bad little drink really.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 8, 2016

With the Major League Baseball (MLB) season entering its first full weekend today (April 8), many consumers throughout the nation, no doubt, have America’s pastime on their minds, finding themselves yearning to get out to a game in person, where they can breathe in the smell of freshly cut grass, hear the crack of the bat…. Heck, no. (If

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2018

Typically, the time it takes a temporary labor person to get up to speed and be as productive as a full-time employee is about two months,” Cacioppo said. “[But] That kind of price tag is often outside small businesses’ budgets, and can put warehouses out of commission for longer than those companies can afford.

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Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Can one person make a difference to the value of a business? Of course, and with small businesses, especially those built around personal services (a doctor or plumber’s practice), it is part of the valuation process, where the key person is valued or at least priced and incorporated into valuation. Who is a key person?

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2017

Which begs another, perhaps even larger, question: How many of those watches are still on wrists? Brexit: The price tag on this divorce is getting higher. Prime Minister Theresa May has said she will be a tough person to deal with across the table. That would outpace the 18 seen in all of 2016.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2019

The original business idea was really a question: What would QVC for Gen Z look like?” Imagine if Coca-Cola had a profile on every person who has purchased Diet Coke over the last 30 years. “Smart employers recognize that, saying: ‘We know it’s happening, let’s make it easier for our employees.”. Lesson 5: Data is Power .

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PYMNTS

JULY 19, 2019

were the LifeStraw Personal Water Filter, the Instant Pot DUO60 and 23andMe Health + Ancestry kits. But sharp-eyed members noticed a glitch: The site had marked down almost all of the Prime Day-tagged camera equipment to around $94. Now the question is, what’s the best route to get these sold?” It sold out quickly.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2020

For Stephen Ritter , the question “Who are you?” As the chief technology officer of identity verification solution provider Mitek , he said he knows that question had an easy answer in the past. It’s what the fraudsters tag onto because it’s the most current opportunity. has never been more important.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

To explore this question, we partnered with an international influencer marketing agency to analyze more than 5,800 influencer marketing posts on the popular Chinese social media platform Weibo. (We But does investing in influencers really pay off? I looked so bad!

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Barry Ritholtz

MAY 23, 2023

Then suddenly in the ensuing weeks, you get tagged to be CEO. Actually, ask the question. Because you’d be surprised how many people can answer the question by the way. If you don’t get it ask the question. If I am the smartest person in the room — RITHOLTZ: You’ve done something wrong. RITHOLTZ: Uh-huh.

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Barry Ritholtz

MAY 30, 2023

Really a fascinating person who operates in a realm that I think a lot of people in finance overlook. I had enough courage to ask this question. Like, I was just completely, It was to me a common sense question because everybody in my neighborhood was a thug, a drug dealer, a criminal. He has written five books with more coming.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

So, big transition point where a lot of couples start having questions. They can just kind of skip a year, come back, or have a question. But you get a lot of information with open ended questions. So, that’s not a question I hear from a lot of firms on the intake process. ” So they might email a question.

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Michigan CFO

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2018

Some of that, he told Webster, can be written off to making less than stellar financial decisions, like the Second Chance customer he spoke to who reported taking out a personal loan to take their family on a trip to Disney World. It snowballs out of control pretty quickly,” Ashbacher noted. Better Financial Education.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

is a seemingly innocuous question that has become increasingly common. Pronouns are now frequently displayed prominently in social-media bios, email signatures and conference name tags. A recent survey of 40,000 “lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth” in the U.S. ‘What are your pronouns?”

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Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Can I just tag along? Barry Ritholtz ] 00:06:36 [Speaker Changed] Which raises an interesting question. He wasn’t, it was the first crypto person not to pitch crypto to me. ” [ Michael Lewis ] 00:10:56 [Speaker Changed] So I didn’t answer your question, but, so this is the why of it. What could go wrong?

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

An article published in the Harvard Business Review in August of 2009 posed a question that many airline and travel industry CEOs are pondering 11 years later: Will videoconferencing kill business travel? Given its hefty price tag and IT requirements, the technology was installed in conference or board rooms and not individual offices.

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