PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Although the $1,000 price tag was anticipated and expected, it was nearly universally commented upon, as it officially makes Apple the price leader in its category (by about $50, as the latest and greatest from Samsung clocks in with a $950 price tag). The watch also sports a slightly enhanced battery life of 18 hours.

Retail 41

Retail Advertising Forecasting Numbers 41

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

DICK’s Sporting Goods has fine-tuned its price-matching policy that covers all regular-priced items and their identical twins at other stores. Competing with Amazon’s prices has mostly been an online battle of eRetailers throwing down the gauntlet, but some brick-and-mortar stores are launching price matches too.

Retail 40

Retail Sales Technology 40

PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2017

Also, Muzak garnered a $345 million price tag for a reason – which is that Muzak got very good at matching the background music to the commerce experience. Music is both a good avenue for that, because of the type of medium it is, and how much data it generates. “Music is something we know well.

Retail 48

Retail Marketing 48

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2019

They join a long list of once massive brands that have fallen to the reformation around digital and omnichannel shopping habits — Sears, Toys R Us, Borders, Sports Authority, Radio Shack. . That was good, she said, but the brand realized it could do better. Many customers were hesitant to do so, fearing security breaches. .

Retail 54

Retail Communication Leverage Numbers 54

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Going forward, the sneaker and sports apparel company says it will pursue a new retail path based on partnerships and its direct business. “As Adding goods to a basket involved giving Siri a command to “Add to Walmart” and then naming the product they want to add to their cart.

eCommerce 46

eCommerce Profit and Loss Sales Retail 46

PYMNTS

AUGUST 26, 2019

That would have been just fine, by the way, as long as my dog was getting good stuff.”. BarkBox, for its part, responded in a very good-natured, dog-like way: “we didn’t mean to accidentally push people into paying for hulu… but here we are. Good thing #nationaldogday is tomorrow!”. Higher-Tech Celebrations.

Numbers 43

Numbers Technology Sales Marketing 43

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.

Valuation 113

Valuation Profit and Loss Entertainment Investments 113

Barry Ritholtz

MAY 30, 2023

And so my friend, my best friend who was very, very smart did not have good parents like I had who told me I could do anything I wanted to do and who loved me and told me, my mother, she told me she loved me every day of my life. If I don’t feel good about me, I’m not going to feel good about you. RITHOLTZ: Right.

Economics 57

Economics Education Profit and Loss Banking 57

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

Although the team over at Ava (the Tinder of escort services) would probably like us to remind you that you can transact for a reasonably good facsimile of that on their platform, the real deal is not for sale but is a gift that can be given — but not bought. Love truly has no price tag. The good news — or goodish news?

Retail 47

Retail Sales Manufacturing eCommerce 47

Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 25, 2023

I said, I’m good with my answer. But I had some really good, strong women in my life. It’s this word compliance that major firms have used because it’s a good catch-all. HAMBURGER: It’s a good call. HAMBURGER: Very good. This is not a good deal. I said, yes. I’m ready.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 61

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Compliance Investments Finance 61

Barry Ritholtz

MAY 2, 2023

CLYMER: That’s a good one. And then within LVMH, I moved to Tag Heuer, which is a pure watch business — RITHOLTZ: Right. It was really kind of in the Tag Heuer timeline for me, career-wise, that I became aware of Ben and of Hodinkee. Perhaps the iPod and Nest are good examples. But I hadn’t met Ben yet.

Retail 65

Retail Advertising Numbers Economics 65

Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 2, 2024

Angus Deaton : Well, I was not cut out to be a banker, but one of the things that was good about spending nine months there was I discovered that I wasn’t cut out to be a banker, and that it was much more fun to be an academic. Like reading books and playing the pipe organ and playing rugby and sports and things.

Healthcare 57

Healthcare Economics Math Education 57

Barry Ritholtz

MAY 16, 2023

LINDZON: Good point. RITHOLTZ: Good for … LINDZON: And so QVC would call us and say, we have hundreds of complaints from old women that are going to a website to buy your product again. Now that’s a good origin story. You know, obviously good instincts. LINDZON: It’s a good question. RITHOLTZ: Clueless.

Leverage 112

Leverage Investments Valuation Finance 112

Barry Ritholtz

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

And we literally talk about during the show, I got a tag to present to the SEC, about their new single stock product. And I remember Joe Montana, like the sports figures were always fascinating, but so do were the finance figures, people that were very much rock stars in that space. RITHOLTZ: Good for him. NADIG: Yeah.

Finance 108

Finance Investments Math Marketing 108

Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 3, 2023

And he said, that’s a really good idea. Now, the good news is you could lease ’em, you could lease seats on a, on a monthly basis. And, and, and so we had a, you know, we had a a, a good relationship with each other. We, we had some very good markets going on in, in the mortgage space. Lucky never hurts.

Marketing 108

Marketing Treasury Banking Profit and Loss 108