PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2017

The 30-year-old QSR brand has plans for aggressive growth in 2017 , and Tripodes will spearhead the effort. Tripodes has more than 15 years of franchising experience with Boston Restaurant & Sports Bar, Bojangles and Moe’s Southwest Grill, among others.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2019

Since about mid-December of 2018, checking out in the stores here in Boston has become even more of a hassle. This newfound friction is the result of the City of Boston passing a bill that bans plastic bags and gives merchants the right to charge for ones made of paper. Yet the bad behavior persisted.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

In a twist on contemporary retail trends toward online channels, consumers still largely prefer to return in-store. The easiest way to describe what we do,” said David Sobie, CEO of Happy Returns , “is that we’re the buy online, return to store option for retailers that don’t have stores.”. and Houston. and Houston.

Los Angeles 107

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2019

Taziki’s Mediterranean Café , for instance, has seen its online and to-go orders increase by 200 percent over the past three years. These are just some of the ways that QSRs have recently sought to reinvent their mobile and online ordering experiences to encourage diners skip the line and order ahead: The total number of U.K.

Los Angeles 158

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2019

It launched the expansion into San Francisco in January, with plans to extend the service into New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. In July, McDonald’s announced its new alliance with DoorDash, effectively terminating its relationship with Uber Eats, which went back to 2017. and Chicago.

Retail 134

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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. Doubling Down On Tech.

Boston 100

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2018

Consumers, particularly millennials, are increasingly paying their bills online. According to research from 2017, more than 50 percent of bills in the U.S. are paid online, with 61 percent of those payments coming from millennials. Coon noted that putting the apartment applications online helps make the process more secure.

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Payments Online Millennials Boston 100

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Yet, according to Fung Global Retail & Technology, 6,985 stores closed in 2017 , up 229 percent from 2016, and well above the number of stores which closed in the year that started physical retail’s death spiral: 2008. The average temperature in Boston in February is 37 degrees Fahrenheit, but on Saturday it was 52 degrees.

Big Data 135

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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. In 2017 to date, we have seen 21 bankruptcies. RadioShack and Wet Seal also fell victim to second bankruptcies in 2017. The List (2017). Date: December 2017.

Retail 78

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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. Take PayPal, for example. consumers showed that of the 7.75 Share of U.S.

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Apple Study Innovation Survey 227

Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Two have been acquired by large banks, but they will stay on this list as long as they are operated as an independent brand. Check out our latest lists: SMB online lenders (33) | SMB challenger banks (12) | SMB insurers (15). Founded: 2017. Founded: 2017. HQ: Boston. 1,230,000. 1,410,000. Divvy (Bill.com).

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Two have been acquired by large banks, but they will stay on this list as long as they are operated as an independent brand. Check out our latest lists: SMB online lenders (33) | SMB challenger banks (12) | SMB insurers (15). Founded: 2017. Founded: 2017. HQ: Boston. 1,230,000. 1,410,000. Divvy (Bill.com).

Cards 15

Cards Online Utah Austin 15

PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2019

The move isn’t unprecedented: In 2017, it was reported that Target would start to carry Casper -branded mattresses and bedding through Target.com and that Casper accessories would be available in brick-and-mortar stores. Then, in 2018, Pop-In@Nordstrom partnered with Casper to bring pop-up stores to select Nordstrom locations and online.

Apple 109

Apple Branding San Francisco New York City 109

PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

Call Blue Apron what you will: a struggling retailer, a comeback kid, a prime example of hype in the online world, a respectable survivor. The opportunity has not gone unnoticed by grocery stores and online delivery services, either, of course. As PYMNTS readers know, that 2017 IPO was anything but glorious. Back to 2012.

Industry 110

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

As internet retailers are expanding their operations into brick-and-mortar operations (think Warby Parker, Argent, Bonobos, and BaubleBar ), venture capitalists are also investing in “physical-first” startups focused on creating new brick-and-mortar business models. Funding and investor information is as of 9/6/17. .

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PYMNTS

APRIL 5, 2017

RI and YG: While attending Drexel a couple years ago, we found it unbelievable that there wasn’t an online alternative to running around, store after store, cab after cab, to get the supplies and products students and young professionals needed daily. PYMNTS: What are goPuff’s 2017 goals?

Tucson 150

Tucson Columbus Portland Phoenix 150

PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

Call Blue Apron what you will: a struggling retailer, a comeback kid, a prime example of hype in the online world, a respectable survivor. The opportunity has not gone unnoticed by grocery stores and online delivery services, either, of course. As PYMNTS readers know, that 2017 IPO was anything but glorious. Back to 2012.

Industry 100

Industry social media New York City Retail 100

Abrigo

JULY 25, 2023

developed in 2017 with the backing of some of the largest banks. FedNow will operate around the clock every day of the year, so fraudsters can try to push through fraudulent transactions at any time. Instead, institutions serving both the payor and the payee will need to be FedNow participants to access the instant payment service.

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Fraud Payments Security Resources 195

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

who each week walk into one of those physical stores, in addition to the 100 million who are said to shop one of the retailer’s online channels. That curiosity was piqued by my walks to the office when I am in town (I live in Beacon Hill in Boston) and my mental counts of the number of Amazon boxes I see out on trash day.

Retail 167

Retail Online Branding Analysis 167

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

For those charged with managing the consumer’s trust and safety when transacting online, and in the midst of increasingly clever cybercrooks, being comfortable going against the status quo flow has become much more important than ever before, he said. Yet, over the last four years, Amazon has gone from 2.2 percent of all retail sales to 6.4

Cards 169

Cards Course Study New York 169

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. As of September 2018, losses from gift-card fraud have hit $53 million.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 25, 2017

July 2017 saw the two largest-ever restaurant tech deals: a $151M private equity investment by Vista Equity Partners to Providence-based Upserve , and a $101M Series C (with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, Generation Investment Management, and Lead Edge Capital) to Boston-based Toast. Annual Financing trends.

Trends 28

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Uber rode the tailwinds of smartphone adoption, app stores, well-developed technologies like GPS and (at launch) well-established mapping software provided by Google to blend the online and offline worlds around a consumer experience that before lacked certainty and reliability. But that’s just one side of the Uber ecosystem.

Innovation 146

Innovation Cards Payments San Francisco 146

PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2018

It’s a tall order for a Boston-based furniture company – but Wayfair has always thought big, even when it was very, very small. So small, in fact, that when it first started in 2002, the entire operation fit easily into the spare bedroom of Co-founder Steve Conine’s Boston home.

Boston 101

Boston Branding Retail Examples 101

CB Insights

AUGUST 2, 2018

US consumers aged 18+ make an average of 70 payments per month, with debit cards accounting for 32% of those purchases, according to a 2017 study by the Boston Fed. PayPal subsidiary Venmo’s forthcoming Venmo Card operates in a similar fashion. It also has a Chrome plug-in to support online shopping.

Cards 71

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 24, 2018

A look at some of its latest moves — a survey backed by fresh PYMNTS data and statistical analysis of Amazon’s strength in consumer spending — gives strong ideas of where the eCommerce operator is headed. The eCommerce operator will account for an estimated 2.2 percent in 2017 and 1.3 percent in 2017 and 1.3 New Services?

Retail 108

Retail Operations Analysis Boston 108

CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2020

While the rules against prop trading have more recently been loosened, the restriction has still changed how investment banks operate. Even as the regulation pendulum swings back toward more limited oversight, how investment banks operate is fundamentally changing. By 2017, it had much of this codified in its own internal software.

Management 78

Management Capital Company Marketing 78

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

A few of the companies or brands listed below belong to the same parent organization, but are detailed separately if they are operating distinct autonomous development programs. It was updated and expanded on 5/17/2017 and again on 9/4/2018. In October 2017, Delphi acquired autonomous software development shop nuTonomy, Inc.

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PYMNTS

MAY 15, 2018

That space at brick-and-mortar locations can then be reallocated to fulfilling digital orders rather than shipping those from the warehouse, which the company says will reduce costs and enable it to respond faster to “buy online, pick up in store” orders. A True Contender In The Race Against Amazon.

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CB Insights

APRIL 24, 2018

The retail apocalypse has claimed many victims , with almost 7,000 stores closing in the US in 2017. Retailers are leveraging technology, such as artificial intelligence and augmented reality, to enhance operational visibility and personalize their customer service, a new necessity in fast-changing and demanding consumer market.

Retail 59

Retail Trends Technology Branding 59

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Online retailers will be where we shop. Well, it sure feels like next year — 2017 — could be that year. Shift Number One | The Shift To Buying Online. We’ve been watching online sales now grow — even double — year over year, for many years now, but it’s still tiny, overall. Mobile payments will be how we pay.

Payments 100

Payments Online Mobile Retail 100

CB Insights

MAY 10, 2018

Before Bruce Doolin Henderson opened the doors of Boston Consulting Group on July 1, 1963, the concept of “competition” barely existed in American business culture, let alone the concept of strategy. Expertise: An experienced operator’s perspective on a problem and the different ways that it can be solved.

Strategy 78

Strategy Management Analytics Tools 78

CB Insights

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Blockchains operate through decentralized peer-to-peer platforms, building resilience against the spread of corrupted information and boosting resistance to fraud. The service is seeking to help customers reduce operational costs and response times. Its platform seeks to reduce losses from fraud and bring down operational costs.

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blockchain Fraud Technology Management 78

William Mills

MAY 9, 2018

HQ: Boston, MA. Founded: August 2017. Presenter Profile: How they describe themselves: AI Foundry uses AI and user-guided machine learning to transform enterprise operations by integrating information, people and processes. Founded: January 2017. Press & Sales: Colby Ross, colby@projectfinance.io , 603-767-2089.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Note: We last updated this post in November 2017. In July 2017, device maker Jawbone became one of the most spectacular failures in the history of startups. With its demise, Jawbone become the second-costliest VC-backed startup failure of all time (per CB Insights’ 2017 Hardware Failure report ). via Beta Boston.

Capital 78

Capital Company San Francisco Operations 78

CB Insights

JULY 23, 2020

Higher-tech solutions have also appeared, including foot-operated elevators in Thai malls to minimize contact with buttons, as well as an ultraviolet sanitation solution from Ashla Systems that uses hospital-grade UVC rays to kill pathogens in empty elevators. Challenges: Privacy, security, and managing the learning curve.

Meeting 101

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CB Insights

JULY 19, 2017

From their humble, skunkworks-style origins in Palo Alto to their current offices in Sunnyvale, Cupertino, Seattle, and Boston, they’ve scaled up to attack new projects but keep the same focus on experimentation and innovation that helped them build the first Kindle. Telecommunications. AT&T. Founded: 2016. Founded: 1999. Founded: 2015.

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Innovation San Francisco Georgia Technology 74