PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2017

According to emerging news reports, the five-year-old home and body care product company is looking to raise $75 million in new Series D venture capital funding at $19.60 The big price tag on Honest Company, however, is as much a limitation as it is an honor. So, is Honest no longer a unicorn? It seems possible — verging on likely.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2019

Mastercard has teamed up with retailer Fred Segal Sunset and Made to sell limited-edition products that showcase female artists and designers, as well as demonstrate Mastercard’s blockchain-based Provenance solution, which illustrates the journey of a product from start to store.

Leverage 57

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2019

The tech giants made a deal last year which would allow Apple to sell its products directly to consumers through an official store on the Amazon site. In fact, most will be barred from selling any Apple products. In fact, most will be barred from selling any Apple products. You just sort of tag on to an existing listing.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2018

But retail will not be any less busy for it, as there is still the rush to return gifts that didn’t quite make the cut. 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. Christmas is over and the rush of holiday gift giving has ended.

Manufacturing 44

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PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2019

According to a report in CNBC , citing the Cupertino, California iPhone maker’s online store in China, the cuts are across the board on its iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Airpods. The price cuts were prompted by lower than anticipated demand for iPhones in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, the news outlet reported.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2020

Macy’s is planning to test a new kind of store with a focus on apothecary and beauty products, which could lead to more locations in the future, according to reports. The company said it is looking to cut down on its real estate, and has plans to shutter 28 locations. The store will be rolled out in Southlake, Texas.

Retail 43

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2018

Electronic price tags enable the retailer to keep prices current. A high-tech stocking system enables associates to locate products and fulfill orders through the fastest product route. Available in-store services include laundry, key cutting, shoe repair and more.

Retail 40

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2017

As of now, customers must still manually scan their purchases before the system bags for them since not every item in the store has been fitted with an electronic pricing tag. Lawson said every item should have a tag by the end of February. The scale of the system looks ideal for handcart-sized grocery shopping trips. Family Hub 2.0

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2020

In other scenarios, an SMB may be overwhelmed with a plethora of loan products, each designed for different purposes with unique requirements and costs. With SMBs facing greater pressure to modernize, investment in technology — everything from cutting-edge machinery to new laptops — is a must. But the price tag is rarely painless.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 29, 2020

Fluffy and Spot travel the plant and gather data that can be synthesized into improvements in the production process, according to The Economist. 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.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2017

According to news from Reuters , Natale, which runs Canada’s largest mobile network, said there is high anticipation for the iPhone X but that production and thus inventory will be limited. Many Wall Street analysts have defended Apple, saying production is in line with previous expectations. The iPhone X becomes available on Nov.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

New Zealand’s Auckland Airport recently introduced mobile self-service kiosks to its international terminal, which will allow travelers to check in for flights and print boarding passes and baggage tags. . Similarly, back stateside, drivers at more California DMV locations will now have access to automated services.

Retail 51

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2017

Despite Fitbit sales growth stalling at the end of 2016, Fortune reported, the wearable maker has plans to move up the market this year with new product releases that are expected to include more smartwatch-like features. “As Fitbit said the acquisition will facilitate faster delivery of new products, features and functionality.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2017

Although the Austrian cut-lead-glass expert was expected to unveil the smartwatch at Baselworld 2017 later this month, the launch has been postponed due to the company’s “strive for excellence,” according to Forbes. Swarovski has decided to postpone its smart device initiative and will not present new smart device products at Baselworld 2017.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Major retailers are pitching premium baby care products at a less-than-premium price tag with the help of exclusive brands: Walmart is offering Hello Bello exclusively at its stores and its website (and that of the brand). And the majority of products, which will come over “multiple SKUs,” are said to be priced at less than $8.

Marketing 51

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2018

For a multibillion-dollar industry that is all about being on the cutting edge, the whole system was totally hopeless,” Van Houtte told PYMNTS. That was the year Van Houtte realized that if she built it, they would come, and so she set about creating the kind of searchable fashion product that she believes the world needs. The problem?

Advertising 76

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Well, we’ve already seen how unsupervised machine learning and AI can reduce reliance on rules-based fraud monitoring and cut false-positives drastically for banks. He pointed to the principle behind Smart-Agents, technology that creates a virtual tag to entities — in this case, words — and builds profiles as these words are used.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

The product integrates into a restaurant’s point-of-sale (POS) system without a hardware upgrade, which “eliminates a common pain point” for those merchants, CARDFREE CEO Jon Squire told PYMNTS. The fast casual space, in general, also is becoming less populated, at least when it comes to workers.

Education 67

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2018

.” That tax, she noted, encompasses marketing, retailer margins and other expenses that can typically push up prices on brand-name products by as much as 30 percent. Over the last three years, the firm has been vetting, tasting and sampling hundreds of formulations to create products that satisfy modern needs and value.

Construction 41

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2019

The New York Daily News reported last week that the city’s contract with source-to-pay technology firm Ivalua has seen its price tag increase from $30.5 ” These technologies are often designed to address the particular needs of companies within the supply chain that procure materials and goods in order to sell their own products.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2017

Besecker told PYMNTS in a recent interview that this new technology is almost a perfect match for retailers like Ashley’s, Lowe’s and other home retailers, because the retailers sell items with big footprints and big price tags that typically require extra thought and consideration from consumers before they are ready to make a purchase.

Retail 41

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Currently, the electronics savings are more on wires and Amazon products than on the TVs and speaker equipment that tend to become the more normal bait as the real Black Friday draws closer. As of yesterday (Nov. 1), Amazon officially opened the door to the Black Friday shop, and let the deals begin. The event will go on from Nov.

Sales 57

Sales Retail Marketing eCommerce 57

PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2017

So using Snapchat to illustrate grocery products’ freshness was a bit of a stroke of genius on the part of France’s U supermarkets. When shoppers go to the fish counter, they’ll find Snapcode origin labels on the shelf tag accompanying each cut. using the ECOgrade product, though the producer, GXT Green Inc., Roche Bros.

Manufacturing 40

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PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2017

Speaking of global expansion — on the consumer products end, Alphabet Inc.’s s Nest is vying for a larger piece of the smart home market by developing less expensive versions of its products. The end products will likely be comprised of cheaper component parts to bring the price tag down. And demand is certainly global.

Startups 40

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2016

The latest research puts a price tag on the finances of better procurement, banking, cash management and innovation among small and medium-sized businesses. That lost money is a result of the time used by small businesses to cut through that red tape to check, enter and reconcile banking data as they do their own bookkeeping.

Finance 40

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2018

The move to open access, according to sources, started with Apple adding the Core NFC framework, which allows apps to use the NFC chip as a scanner for RFID tags, although that feature was very limited. At launch, customers were induced with 100,000 points at sign on; that figure was cut in half last year. Some took to Twitter.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

iPhone sales may not quite be what they once were — as of last quarter they were less than 50 percent of Apple’s total sales for the first time in 12 years — but for the time being, they remain Apple’s flagship product and the center of its ecosystem.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Folks can buy Amazon products directly at Kohl’s, including smart home offerings — cementing, perhaps, Kohl’s as purveyors of cutting-edge technology. The price tag, however didn’t scare off investors — who liked Founder and “hipster-vegan” Doug Evans’ pitch — and thought that selling “smart juice” had a future.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2016

Each of the selected finalist bids will have the chance to pitch Walmart executives on their product. Customers can view all in-store product inventory, look up a specific size or color and see if it’s available. What exactly is Walmart looking to achieve through this project?

Startups 52

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2017

In its eBook, eRequester said that procurement visibility is paramount to cutting back on those financial losses. From employees that go rogue and purchase off-contract or non-approved items for the business, to not getting the best deal on a product from one supplier to the next, a lack of visibility means money down the drain. “If

B2B 40

B2B 40

PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2018

With thousands of eCommerce orders placed every day, it can be difficult for human workers to keep track of which products are needed and how to find and pack those items for shipment. 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]

eCommerce 40

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2019

For instance, we can analyze a guest’s buying patterns so we can offer up more relevant future offers and promotions through DD Perks and suggest new products they may be interested in trying. Viewers can tune in to see the ongoing adventures of Mindy and Sammy — a young couple in love and deeply engaged in discussing the products they love.

Retail 54

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

the products are now readily available from a domestic source. Speaking of the holidays, Amazon has cut more prices at Whole Foods just in time for Thanksgiving. The company’s core product, QuantumFilm, blends material science and software to improve the quality of images captured in less-than-optimal lighting scenarios.

eCommerce 40

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2018

Think off-the-shelf point solutions are going to cut it? But the reality is that those resources are never going to be dedicated to those compliance functions … they are going to be dedicated to the main part of the product that makes money,” he said. Think again.

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Barry Ritholtz

JULY 11, 2023

RITHOLTZ: It sounds like it was an easy decision to cut it loose. And look, I’m a big believer that some of those type commission products are still important. So one is filling product gaps, particularly in the case of private markets. But it’s a great product. So that was happening a bit. RITHOLTZ: Right.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 86

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2021

Its most recent quarterly earnings showed an unheard-of 9 percent decline as consumers cut back on consuming its sugary drinks outside the home – and their in-home consumption just couldn’t make up the difference. With a $45-for-three-months price tag, that subscription box has been popular among consumers — there's a waiting list to get it.

Retail 116

Retail Marketing 116

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

For Apple, the smartphone production cuts may be a tell on consumer fickleness – or just much sound and fury, signifying nothing. Nikkei reports anonymous sources that give a sense of how, at least allegedly, production directives have been toned down. As with just about everything in life, time will tell. But maybe not.

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