PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2019

While Nordstrom is planning to open two full-line locations this year, the fashion retailer intends to close two locations at the beginning of April. The outlet reported that the retailer has shuttered roughly two locations each year in recent times. area store in the middle of 2017.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2018

Then I went to Whole Foods on the North Shore of Boston Saturday morning to do some grocery shopping. I’ve been writing about the impact Amazon would have on the consumer’s grocery shopping journey and disruption to the grocery segment since Amazon introduced Dash buttons in March of 2015. Prime Time at the Grocery Store.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Modern-day retail is at an inflection point as retailers face struggling physical storefronts, massive debt, and inefficient operations, among other issues. Formerly beloved brands such as Aeropostale, American Apparel, and PacSun bit the dust in 2016, and the pace of retail deaths has accelerated since then.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Maxx, Marshalls and Home Goods — was one of the few retailers coming out of this earnings season with something to crow about. Same store sales — an all important retail metric — almost doubled analyst forecasts and clocked in at 5 percent. TJX — the owner of the discount department chains T.J. TJX posted a 6.4

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PYMNTS

JULY 14, 2016

True Fit , the Boston-based startup that helps connect customers with shoes and apparel that fits them really, really well, recently announced a $25 million investment from Intel Capital that it will use to expand its business, according to a report from TechCrunch. 2015 that it used for expansion. There’s nowhere to go but up.”.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2016

As brick-and-mortar retailers continue to struggle to bring in consumers, a few are taking a page out of Amazon’s book and working instead to meet consumers where they live. percent in 2015, while Kohl’s only saw 0.7 And quickly. All could use a boost. Best Buy saw sales rise only 0.5 percent.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

In 2017, it gobbled up at least three different food delivery competitors: Boston-based Foodler, Groupon’s OrderUp and, most recently, Yelp’s Eat24. Grubhub paid $288 million for the company — in cash — which Bloomberg noted was twice what Yelp paid when it acquired the smaller food delivery company in 2015. That deal closed on Oct.

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2016

Chipotle has opened 58 new restaurants since the second quarter of 2015. Chipotle’s brand, reputation and stock have all taken a massive hit after a case of norovirus reported at one of its Boston locations sickened more than 6o customers nine months ago. 12, 2015, to just under $400 per share in June. million, or $0.87

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PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2018

McDonald’s increased sales in 2015 when it began selling breakfast items all day. It even tried an interesting promotion last year: a “customized, digital Big Mac ATM” in Boston that dispensed two new sizes of burger — the Mac Jr. Deliveries will include the regular Uber Eats fees — around $3.50 and the Grand Mac — free of charge.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2020

And you can see it in the hustle by retailers and brands large and small to pivot their businesses and business models — and the disclaimers on just about every retail site starting a week or more ago that orders placed online might not make it in time for Christmas. percent of all retail sales. consumers — 47.2 Share of U.S.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2019

s two resident retail superpowers’ race for the consumer’s whole paycheck this week. The world’s largest physical retailer, Walmart, spent much of its earnings call with analysts discussing its digital commerce victories and expansion. economics, told CNBC that she expects retail sales — excluding autos — to have risen by 0.6

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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2018

She took the helm in 2015 after the death of her brother and then-CEO Fred DeLuca. We want to be sure that we have the best location,” Greco told The Boston Globe in April. “We She will be replaced by Trevor Haynes in the interim, who leads business development for the company, Fortune reported. locations dropping to 25,908. ‘‘We

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

What’s in store for mobile in 2015? So what can community banks expect for mobile banking and mobile deposit capture in 2015? Mobile deposit will save Americans 282 million hours in 2015. According to technology research firm Celent in Boston, the mobile user base will increase from 33 million in 2014 to 47 million in 2015.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2016

What followed over the next four decades was the evolution of a once familiar retail fixture – the carhop – who first walked, and then later roller skated their way into creating a convenient way of serving the customer. Retailers are having to find new ways of fulfilling shoppers’ orders.”. Pulling Up To Convenience .

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2016

In the Q4 2015 Index, we reported that sporting goods had omnichannel the most together of any vertical, leading the way with the highest score in the Index, while Grocery/Pharma finished with the worst score. Scores for most merchants increased from Q2 2015 to Q4 2015 before stagnating in Q1 2016. That hasn’t changed. .

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2018

In fact, in its founding days back in 2002, Wayfair fit comfortably in the spare bedroom of Conine’s Boston-area home. As of now, the firm is looking to branch out from its Copley Place headquarters in downtown Boston and into a neighboring building that reportedly has enough space to accommodate it.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

As PYMNTS is Boston-based, the company is, of course, excited to see Tom Brady take a shot at that sixth Super Bowl ring. The two brands first started working together in 2015. According to data from the National Retail Federation (NRF), stores will bring in around $14.8 We are mostly kidding about that. Snack Time. per person.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Germany- and Boston-based Spreadshirt uses data, analytics and even social media information to build a product and spread news among communities while printing more than 3.6 In 2015, Spreadshirt hit global revenue of approximately €85 million and shipped to 180 countries. million items last year. “We Greensburg, Penn.;

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

million in 2015 and projected to grow by $140 million by 2020. Frosty Ice Cream has deployed soft-serve trucks in the Boston area since 1958. In 2015, the company introduced a Square-based mPOS solution that runs on employees’ smartphones to cater to the rising demand for card acceptance. .

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2018

fans traveling to Boston for the start of the World Series will want to pack — and possibly purchase for the first time — sweaters, as this week will be an excellent opportunity to enjoy New England’s crisp fall weather. That is up from just 7 percent in 2015 — a 270 percent increase. locations at its peak. We’ll keep you posted.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 20, 2017

valuation reached in 2015 after MongoDB raised its Series G. The top exits are dominated by companies focused in media and advertising, social, financial services, data, retail, food delivery, and healthcare. & Boston, here. The IPO values the company at almost $1.2B, falling short of the $1.6B

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Eat Your Coffee CEO and Co-founder Johnny Fayad was in college in Boston when he helped come up with the idea to make energy bars. They officially launched their business in 2015. He and his co-founder were in the same accounting class during his freshman year. The snacks were well-received – people liked them and kept buying them.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2016

The Goldfish team will work out of Target’s tech office in Sunnyvale, California, under West Stringfellow — one of three entrepreneurs in residence who joined up with Target last year to help drive the firm’s latter-day efforts at innovation and out-of-the-box retail thinking. ECommerce was big business for Target in 2015.

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PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2017

The Boston-based furniture and home goods retailers saw it stock price shoot up 20 percent to an all time high as earnings reports clocked in stronger than expected. Net revenue from direct retail sales through Wayfair’s websites up 32.1 in August 2015. Wayfair’s net revenue hit $960.8 million, up 28.6

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Retail Boston America Management 100

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

The Reserve Bank of India said in a 2015 report that counterfeit notes had been on the rise, and the most commonly forged note was the 500-rupee denomination. The change was sweeping indeed, and the ban on the 500 and 1,000 rupee notes was targeted expressly by the prime minister.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2020

Not surprisingly, to make consumers more comfortable shopping and checking out in their stores, retailers have rushed to enable a “ contactless ” payment experience. One of the best things that happened last week was the reopening of hair salons in Boston. We’ve also seen a shift to digital for retail purchases of 3.4

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

In May 2015, James and I met, and Oomf was born. For example, we have shareable smartphone chargers in 16 bars in restaurants in Boston Logan Airport. Imagine instead if there were snow shovels attached using a smart lock to every street lamp in Boston. PYMNTS: Since its 2015 inception, how much has Oomf grown year over year?

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2016

So, how did a “team of geeks” with “zero experience” in the fashion or retail industries go on to become the second fastest-growing retail company in the U.S. Since its founding, Adore Me has grown into a business that saw $43 million in sales in 2015 alone, 6.5 million in funding.

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Celent Banking

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

AI and bot technology : Bursting out of the gate in 2015/16, Banks have begun a mad dash towards AI and other bot technologies. This is just a taste of what we’ll have in store at the 10 th annual Innovation and Insight Day on April 4 th in Boston.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 13, 2015

In a Federal Reserve Bank of Boston survey of mobile banking and payment services released in August, roughly three-fourths of about 600 community banks and credit unions in five Federal Reserve districts that were polled were offering some kind of mobile service. Financial Institutions,” August 2015. Check ordering.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

In a Federal Reserve Bank of Boston survey of mobile banking and payment services released in August, roughly three-fourths of about 600 community banks and credit unions in five Federal Reserve districts that were polled were offering some kind of mobile service. Financial Institutions,” August 2015. Check ordering.

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Community Bank Boston Community Iowa 70

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2017

But, according to Randy Shuken, founder and CEO of Qüero — a high-fashion, handmade footwear and clothing retailer — when it comes to products like clothes and shoes, customers often want to see, feel and try on products. Attracting Customers, #IRL.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2018

All the Reuters materials cover the period from 2009 to 2015.). But based on how dynamic pricing has been used in retail, significant issues are likely to follow — if not tweaking of certain business models. No further details were immediately available about the case, or how Accenture is now pitching the pricing software and service.

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Javelin Strategy & Research

JUNE 21, 2014

I had the pleasure of speaking at NextBankUSA in Boston the other week on the Future of Payments, as I see them. Amazon has been tinkering away with relentlessly removing friction from not just payments, but the entire retail experience. The retail experience does. I used the “Fastlane” analogy for US retail at NextBank.

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Google Apple Retail Boston 70

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

The 2015 holiday sales season was weaker than expected across retail, followed by a plunging and then bumpy stock market in late winter and early spring spurred by uncertainty about the Chinese economy. The plan — or, at least, the widely expected course of events — was that the U.S. percent to 0.5

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2018

In fact, we’re seeing it happen in a variety of retail, banking and broader commerce pilots and prototypes today. In 2015, these two researchers went back into the lab to dive deeper. Research that we did in 2015 on this topic then reported that nearly 60 percent of all searches related to commerce started in Amazon. Here’s why.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2017

And indeed, the middle of this month has been nothing if not gusty, but daunted not the gutsy — who trekked by the hundreds to Boston for the opening of the annual Innovation Project. in 2015, 180,000 locations in 2016, and likely to scale to more than 300,000 locations by the end of this year.

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