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2.7KInnovationMore Than Pretty Pictures: Visual Commerce’s Rise Boosts Retail
For fans of retail or marketing history — or just fans of how people communicated in the past — reading old magazine...
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1.6KRetailSnap Unveils Third Generation Of Spectacles
With new 3D effects included for Snapchat use, Snap has reportedly introduced its third generation of wearable sunglass cameras called Spectacles. Users...
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1.7KInvestmentsSnapchat Parent Seeks Profits As It Raises $1B In Debt Securities
Snap, the money-losing parent company of Snapchat, is issuing $1 billion in convertible debt for working capital and future acquisitions, CNBC reported...
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1.5KEarningsSnap Rides Success Of Updated Android App To Q2 Growth
Improvements to its Android offering continued to pay dividends for Snapchat operator Snap in the second quarter of 2019, according to the...
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3.3KRetailWalmart Expands EBT Grocery Card Acceptance Online
Walmart will now accept SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) to pay for online grocery orders at all of its pickup locations, according...
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1.8KSocial CommerceSnapchat To Release Facebook-Similar Events Feature
Snapchat is reportedly preparing to release a new feature that supports events just like Facebook does, according to a report by The...
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1.6KMarketsTeens Help Snap’s Stock To Surge
Snap has seen its stock surge more than 180 percent since December — thanks to teenagers. When it comes to augmented reality,...
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1.9KRetailSnap Lets Select Accounts Operate In-App Stores
Snap, the maker of the disappearing messaging app Snapchat, is rolling out new tools to enable select accounts to operate a store...
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1.5KRetailFoursquare Acquires Placed From Snap
At a time when Foursquare has notched $150 million in fresh funding, the location technology company has acquired Placed from Snap Inc....
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1.5KMobileShopify Partners With Snap On Marketing Integration
Shopify and Snap have formed a partnership that will allow Shopify merchants to buy and manage Snapchat Story ad campaigns on Shopify’s...
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5.1KWalmart Amazon whole paycheckSNAP Recipients In NY Can Now Buy Groceries Online
While the race for the consumer’s whole paycheck between Walmart and Amazon was somewhat quieter this week than it has been in...
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3.1KRegulationUK Regulator: Stop Pushing Kids Into Apps
The U.K.’s tech regulator, the ICO, wants companies like Facebook and Snap to stop enticing kids to their websites and apps. According...
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3.8KLegalBlackBerry Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Twitter
BlackBerry, the once-maker of the BlackBerry mobile phone, has filed a lawsuit against Twitter contending the social media platform operator engaged in...
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4.2KeCommerceEx-Snap CSO Rivals Amazon With eCommerce Startup Verishop
A former Snap executive is planning to take on Amazon with the launch of a new eCommerce platform. Imran Khan, who spent...
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4.5KEarningsEarnings March On As GrubHub Stumbles, Snap Has Pep
The data deluge continues, and the earnings roundup this week has some positives — such as in Fiserv’s gains ahead of a...
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5.2KSizzle/FizzleSizzle/Fizzle: Snap Earnings Sizzle, Bitcoin Fizzles
Sizzle Snap: Shares snap upward, up by 21 percent, in the wake of earnings that soundly beat projections. Daily average user count...
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3.0KPersonnelTwo Snap Executives Leaving Over Inappropriate Behavior With A Contractor
Two senior executives recently left Snap, the maker of disappearing messaging app Snapchat, for allegedly conducting inappropriate relationships with a contractor that...
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2.9KPersonnelSnap’s CFO The Latest Executive To Leave
Snap, the struggling maker of the disappearing app Snapchat, saw its stock take a big hit after announcing its chief financial officer...
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3.8KInnovationSnap Launches Partner Program To Help Brands Create AR Lenses
Snap, the maker of the disappearing messaging app Snapchat, announced Monday (Nov. 19) a partner program aimed at making it easier for...
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4.3KIPOSnap Subpoenaed By DOJ, SEC Over IPO Disclosures
Snap, the maker of the disappearing SnapChat app, has been subpoenaed by the U.S. Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission....
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3.9KEarningsSnap Plans Product Tweaks As Q3 Disappoints Investors
More product improvements — and quick ones at that — seem to be in the mix for Snap as its daily active...
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3.0KEarningsSnap’s Cash Could Run Dry By Mid-2019
Snap, the maker of a disappearing messenger app, may have to raise capital by the middle of next year, according to MoffettNathanson....
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Snap Shares Fall Following CEO Evan Spiegel’s Memo
Following news that Snap Chief Executive Evan Spiegel unveiled new strategic goals and acknowledged shortcomings with a recent design of its app...
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Snap Launches eCommerce For Advertisers
Snapchat eCommerce is taking shape this week, with the company that operates the messaging app launching advertising products centered around online retail....
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2.7KInnovationVisual Search Gains More Popularity, And Not Just From Amazon
Every time a new visual search deal comes along — like the major one involving Amazon and Snap, one rumored but officially announced...
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3.8KAmazonAmazon, Snap Pair On Visual Commerce
Snap announced that it is testing out a new way to search for products on Amazon using the Snapchat camera. “It’s super...
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4.2KEarningsSnap Loses 3M Users, But Sees Rise In Users Ages 35+
The backlash to the Snapchat redesign continued to depress user figures in the second quarter of 2018. But Snap Inc. still beat...
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8.5KLegalSnap Shareholders Can Pursue Lawsuit
Snap Inc. (NYSE: SNAP), the maker of the disappearing messaging app Snapchat, saw a court ruling that gave investors the green light...
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2.7KAppleMobile Ads Reportedly Interest Apple
Can Apple do mobile ads? The world might soon find out, according to a report Friday (June 1) in The Wall Street...
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5.0KToday In DataRules Were Made To Be Broken, Or At Least Rewritten
There are some things that happened so predictably they became like laws. Transistor density on microchips doubled every year and a half,...
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4.7KRetailPropel CEO Sees App As Aid to Low-Income Consumers, Beyond The Grocer’s Aisles
An app designed to make life easier for food stamp recipients is expanding the commerce-related services it offers to low-income Americans, but...
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2.8KConsumer FinanceWall Street Investors Place Their Bets On Millennials
When it comes to stock market picks, Wall Street investors are placing their bets on the buying power of the millennial generation....
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6.6KRetailSnap Adding ‘Shop Now’ Button To AR Lenses
Snap, the maker of the Snapchat disappearing messaging app, is reportedly adding a “Shop Now” button to its app, enabling users to...
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Snap To Fire 100 Engineers In Its Latest Layoff Round
Snap, the parent company and creator of disappearing messaging app Snapchat, is laying off around 100 employees in order to focus on...
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3.4KPersonnelSnap Braces For Biggest Round Of Layoffs Yet
Just like the photos and videos shared on its social platform, Snap employees are about to disappear as the company braces for...
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Contrary To Kylie Jenner, Snapchat Is Doing Just Fine After Redesign
Wall Street doesn’t seem to care what Kylie Jenner thinks. Despite Jenner’s – and many users’ –criticism of its redesign, Snap shares...
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7.0KRetailNike Teams Up With Snapchat For In-App Air Jordan Presale
Marking the first time that a brand other than Snap has allowed consumers to purchase a product directly through Snapchat, Nike pre-released...
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4.4KToday In DataToday In Data: Workplace AI, Faster Payments’ Proliferation And Snap Shares Are Up
Today in PYMNTS data, finance professionals are using artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace, payment speeds have varying impacts on different-sized businesses,...
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4.3KEarningsSnap Shares Soar As App Redesign Bears Fruit
And in a Snap, the Snap shares soared, snapping a losing streak that had brought forth the dreaded “busted IPO” sobriquet. Investors...
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6.0KRetailBlue Apron Tops The List For Worst Performing IPOs
Blue Apron was the worst-performing tech initial public offering (IPO) in 2017, according to Crunchbase’s ranking of tech IPOs. The meal kit company...
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25.4KInternationalGlobal IPOs Reach Record High In 2017
Global initial public offerings (IPOs) over the past year saw the highest number of listings since the financial crisis, driven by strong...
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3.6KNewsGiddy 2017 — But Be Mindful of 2018’s IPOs?
Stocks have had a high profile run for 2017, and some are expecting a new crop of IPOs to fare well in...
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Tencent Gives Snap A Capital Boost
Despite failing to meet growth projections and seeing a decrease in ad sales, Snapchat disclosed that Tencent has increased its stake in the...
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3.4KMobile ApplicationsSnap Slumps On Sales, User Misses
As it struggles to meet much-lowered projections for growth, Snapchat has decided to take the drastic measure of redesigning its app. According...
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4.4KFacebookMillennials Still Prefer Snapping Over Instagramming
A new report shows that Snapchat is the third-most popular app among 18- to 24-year-olds in the U.S., two spots ahead of...
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9.8KInnovationThe Great Online Innovation Pile On Of 2017
There seems to be an awful lot of piling on these days on the big online platforms. Startups are piling onto Facebook,...
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4.7KRetailSnap Opens Pop-Up Shop In Harrods
Snap has opened its first pop-up shop, selling Spectacles inside the famous London department store Harrods. Tech Crunch reported that this is...
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2.0KIPOSnap Shares Break Below IPO Price
Shares of Snap, Inc. broke below their initial public offering (IPO) price, a milestone no company publicly traded likes to see. Reuters...
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SNAP Stocks Drop To IPO Price Of $17 After Lackluster Quarter
Fame is a fickle friend, and it seems that Snapchat may have reached the end of its run, if investor confidence is...
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3.8KRetailSnap Developing Augmented Reality Wearable Glasses
Following up on its venture into wearables last year, Snap has reportedly been working on a sequel to its video-enabled Spectacles glasses....
