PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2018

The Boston-based company generated $5.7 billion in net revenue for the 12 months that ended June 30, 2018. Building on the success of our television advertising and direct mail, this pop-up experience is yet another way we are deepening engagement with customers beyond our online presence.”.

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2018

Amazon Expands Boston Tech Hub; Adds 2,000 New Tech Roles. Growth from markets that do not include major cities fueled Grubhub’s revenue growth in the first quarter of 2018, an increase that beat analyst expectations. But the online food delivery service’s food sales and active daily orders came up short of estimates.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2019

That’s because stadiums and sports teams are looking for more opportunities to connect with at-home and online viewers as they come to represent another segment of attendees. Not only that, but over the next decade, some 90 percent of sports bets will be made online. For the 2019 NFL season – PYMNTS is based in Boston, so Go Pats! –

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2019

Online furniture retailers are stepping further into the world of physical retail with permanent brick-and-mortar stores. Wayfair , for instance, opened a store at the Natick Mall in suburban Boston, where consumers can experience products firsthand before making a purchase, after debuting a pop-up shop there last year.

Retail 109

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2018

Turns out the online and mobile food ordering business has some hefty tailwinds in place. The company announced the acquisition of LevelUp , which should expedite integration with restaurants and “create a seamless diner experience in-app, online and in-store,” said the 423,000 daily average grubs, up 35 percent year over year.

Boston 100

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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. I seriously doubt it.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2021

Online FinTech startup SoFi announced Thursday (Jan. Noto will continue in his role as CEO which he has held for three years since arriving from Twitter in 2018, where he was COO, and prior to that the NFL, where he served as CFO. 7) that it was merging with publicly-traded Social Capital in an $8.6

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Brick-and-mortar retail oftentimes gets a bad rap in 2018. And adapting to those evolutions – and following them through, ” The Tie Bar CEO Allyson Lewis noted in an interview Lewis is how the eCommerce Tie Bar brand made a full migration to permanent physical stores — now up and running in Boston, Chicago and New York.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2017

Other global competitors have beaten McDonald’s to the punch tech-wise — Starbucks, Domino’s and Taco Bell, for example, are years ahead of Mickey D’s when it comes to ordering online and using digital tools to enhance the consumers’ experience. Kenmore Square, Boston will activate what it calls a “customized digital Big Mac ATM.”

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

According to McKinsey , if you take the approximate value of all the sleep swag on the market as of 2018 –think luxury pajamas , high-end bed linens , cuddling robots , DTC mattresses and odd gadgets – it generates somewhere between $30 billion and $45 billion annually in revenue worldwide. Boston Med has offered Sleepio since 2016.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 27, 2023

Enter the digital insurance challengers aiming to fill the gaps through simple online/mobile interfaces. Here are the biggest players in the United States ranked by our FAB score ( Fintech Attention Barometer ). NEW : Looking for digital banks, lenders, payment providers, insurance or digital accounting for small businesses?

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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. billion in annual revenue, has a stock market valuation of $10 billion and an employee headcount that is expected to surpass 10,000 by the end of 2018. As of today, Wayfair brings in $6.6 Doubling Down On Tech.

Boston 100

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 1, 2021

With Brex’s arrival on the scene in 2018 followed by a meteoric rise to multi-unicorn status, there has been considerable attention to, and investment in business credit/charge cards ( see definition below ). Check out our latest lists: SMB online lenders (33) | SMB challenger banks (12) | SMB insurers (15). Founded: 2018.

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 1, 2021

With Brex’s arrival on the scene in 2018 followed by a meteoric rise to multi-unicorn status, there has been considerable attention to, and investment in business credit/charge cards ( see definition below ). Check out our latest lists: SMB online lenders (33) | SMB challenger banks (12) | SMB insurers (15). Founded: 2018.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

When Buy Online, Pick Up In-Store Goes Horribly Wrong. It seemed like a no-brainer: A consumer finds and pays for something online and picks it up at the store faster than they could have it delivered. Like you, I suspect, I’ve attempted to use the buy online, pick up in-store option on many occasions over the last couple of years.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 17, 2021

With Brex’s arrival on the scene in 2018 followed by a meteoric rise to multi-unicorn status, there has been considerable attention to, and investment in business credit/charge cards ( see definition below ). Founded: 2018. HQ: Boston. Founded: 2018. The most recent example: Divvy’s $2.5B Expensify **. 1,060,000.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 17, 2021

With Brex’s arrival on the scene in 2018 followed by a meteoric rise to multi-unicorn status, there has been considerable attention to, and investment in business credit/charge cards ( see definition below ). Founded: 2018. HQ: Boston. Founded: 2018. The most recent example: Divvy’s $2.5B Expensify **. 1,060,000.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

cities, such as Boston and Los Angeles, for additional brick-and-mortar locations. The retailer, which started online seven years ago, opened up a holiday pop-up store in 2016. Over 60 percent of retailers showcased their in-store inventory on their online product pages, up from 35 percent in 2016.

Retail 100

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Pharmacy operator CVS , for example, experimented with a program in Boston in which shoppers received free delivery on prescriptions and eCommerce purchases as well as other perks. More than six in 10 health and beauty firms — or 61.7 percent — cited improving customer loyalty as the motivation for innovation. Just under half — or 45.9

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2019

Between 2016 and 2018, for instance, the volume of orders placed through mobile apps grew by 130 percent, according to PYMNTS’ Mobile Order-Ahead Tracker. And there are plans to expand the service to additional markets in the coming months, including Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

Amazon has opened an online store , establishing a presence on Chinese online shopping site Pinduoduo. The Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB) is among the nonprofits working to feed local communities this holiday season is the which provides food services to 190 towns as well as cities in the eastern Massachusetts region.

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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. Social Media’s Role. Blue Apron headed toward the brass bell of an initial public offering.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2019

At the same time, it was reported that Target — and other brick-and-mortar retailers — were introducing online and exclusive brand offerings as younger shoppers default to digital-first brands. Then, in 2018, Pop-In@Nordstrom partnered with Casper to bring pop-up stores to select Nordstrom locations and online.

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Enter the digital insurance challengers aiming to fill the gaps through simple online/mobile interfaces. Check out our latest lists: SMB online lenders (26) | SMB charge/credit cards (15) | SMB challenger banks (10) . American Express invested in the B-round (July 2018). Founded: 2017 (first policy sold in 2018).

Online 15

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2017

Flashfood bears a close resemblance to Boston, Mass. By 2018, Instacart plans to offer service to 80 percent of American households. is beefing up its ecommerce capabilities with a $10 million investment in online meal kit retailer Chef’d. Up next are areas in Texas, Connecticut, Florida, Ohio and South Carolina.

South Carolina 121

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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. Social Media’s Role. Blue Apron headed toward the brass bell of an initial public offering.

Industry 100

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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2018

After all, Boston managed to have a St. Patrick’s Day parade in 2018 – despite fears that three consecutive weeks of being decked by snows, winds and flooding might hamper the city’s ability to get out there and really enjoy their green beer. Two years later, Amazon is Mexico’s third largest online retailer. After the U.S.

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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

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PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2018

It’s not only for consumers, though: Alternative lending firm Kabbage recently found that mobile lending is on the rise among small businesses, with a more than 360 percent increase in the number of SMB loans accessed via mobile device between April 2014 and February 2018.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

The slowing growth is off a big base — and the fast growth of online commerce is coming off a very small one, they say, so it will be a long time before in-store sales really tank. The average temperature in Boston in February is 37 degrees Fahrenheit, but on Saturday it was 52 degrees. The average height of a female in the U.S.

Big Data 135

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PYMNTS

JUNE 12, 2018

When Sephora announced the launch of a new 2,000-square-foot concept store in Boston last year , it unveiled a marriage of brick-and-mortar and digital: The store allowed customers the ability to order products in-store from the Sephora website, and it announced same-day pickup through its Sephora app, too.

Retail 109

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CB Insights

APRIL 17, 2018

2018 VC Report: AI FUNDING LEPT 29% IN US. He received his MBA in 1993 from UT Austin before joining Credit Suisse First Boston as an Equity Research Analyst, where he focused on computer hardware and software. Brian Singerman started his career as a Software Engineer for 3D online virtual-world company, There Inc. BILL GURLEY.

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Cisco

MAY 29, 2019

And it’s not just about happy customers… Boston Consulting Group data indicates personalizing customer journeys can lead to a 10-30% increase in revenue. Features such as end-to-end online account opening and simple, secure ID verification tell customers “we see you, and we value your time.”

Customer Experience 72

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

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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.

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The company was founded in 2016 and launched services in 2018. The company is an aggressive online marketer attracting nearly 300,000 visits via paid marketing across 740 publishers vs. 80,000 via organic search according to SEMrush (Aug 2021). in assets and 32 branches in the Boston suburbs. SMB digital banks. Debit card.

Boston 15

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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

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