PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

As the buyer of the luxury retailer brand negotiates with the store’s landlord, Barneys New York’s flagship store on Madison Avenue in Manhattan will stay open for at least another year in a smaller form. Authentic Brands bid about $271 million for Barneys, saying that it would make the Madison Avenue location into a pop-up shop.

Los Angeles 101

Los Angeles New York San Francisco New York City 101

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 8, 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. The brand has grown gradually and cautiously during that time.

Chicago 102

Chicago Retail Boston New York 102

PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2020

Boston-based vegetarian fast food chain Clover Food Lab is getting one-third of its business via mobile ordering software it wrote itself — a bold move that most small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) could never take on. Loyalty is the real prize, and smart brands have gotten out in front of the challenge.

Dallas 131

Dallas Customer Experience Boston Mobile 131

PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2019

Johnson noted that one of Starbucks’ 2019 goals is to draw more consumers into its loyalty program, and into using the Starbucks app. Over the next several weeks, delivery services via Uber Eats are on deck to roll out in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and Washington, D.C. The brand is also forecasting net income between $2.32

Mobile 162

Mobile Los Angeles San Francisco Miami 162

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

The legal cannabis industry is large as of the start of 2019 – and, according to most experts, it’s on track to get even larger. Cannabis beauty brands are becoming increasingly popular, and CBD products are the next big thing in beauty,” Kim D’Angelo, Neiman Marcus’ beauty buyer, said in an email. Here in the U.S.,

Retail 136

Retail District of Columbia San Francisco Denver 136

PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2019

In a recent trend, eCommerce mattress brands have been moving into the world of brick-and-mortar retail by opening their own stores and pop-up shops to help let customers test-drive their products in real life. Through the partnership, Nectar Sleep’s mattresses will come to over 250 of the retailer’s locations on the East Coast in 2019.

Apple 109

Apple Branding San Francisco New York City 109

PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2021

To address that perceived name recognition mismatch, in 2019 SoFi signed a record 20-year, $600 million stadium naming rights deal for the brand-new facility that is home to both the Los Angeles Rams and Chargers football teams.

Capital 150

Capital Los Angeles Boston Lending 150

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Bloomberg reported this week that Boston-based home décor eCommerce giant Wayfair turned in strong Q3 financials, noting that the firm’s quarterly results “exceeded analysts’ estimates, suggesting the wave of home improvement inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic is lingering.”. percent in Q3 2019. Those repeat shoppers made 11.3

Boston 141

Boston Tools Report Branding 141

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

DraftKings already has similar arrangements with three NBA franchises: the Boston Celtics, Indiana Pacers and Philadelphia 76ers. DraftKings signed a multiyear deal in 2019 to be an authorized NBA betting operator. We’re talking about the strengths of virtual teams right now, but this is the current landscape.”.

Online 168

Online Indiana New York Nevada 168

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Early accounts seem to indicate that the just-launched Apple -branded credit card is finding its way into customers’ hands, and into heavy use. The fee-free card is Goldman Sachs’ latest inroad into the retail consumer business after establishing its online Marcus brand in 2016, which makes unsecured personal loans. India, the U.K.

Apple 101

Apple Massachusetts Data Cards 101

Cisco

MAY 29, 2019

According to JD Power, “Nearly 90% of retail banking customers who are highly satisfied with the advice provided by their financial institution say they “definitely will” reuse their bank or credit union for another product” (The Financial Brand). Power 2019 U.S. Financial Services at Cisco Live 2019. 2019 website.

Customer Experience 72

Customer Experience Retail San Diego Study 72

PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2020

PYMNTS research found that 42 percent of B2B payments were made via paper check in 2019, for example. AE Events , a respected Boston-based event planning firm, is using one of the major card brands to empower field managers in the kinetic events industry.

Management 130

Management Las Vegas Cards Taxes 130

PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

According to previous reports, Boston, Dallas-Fort Worth, North Carolina, and Ohio are among the next markets the pharmacy chain is targeting for the growth of HealthHUB in 2020. The retailer also noted that the final three months of 2019 are poised to complete the 11th straight quarter of same-store sales increases.

Atlanta 131

Atlanta Houston Fort Worth North Carolina 131

PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2019

Chipotle , too, is enjoying the benefits of investing in digital and delivery, at least according to its own Q2 2019 results. Need more evidence of the rise of mobile-order ahead offerings as 2019 gives way to 2020? Previously, the company had an exclusive delivery arrangement with Uber. The chain’s digital sales grew 99.1

Mobile 148

Mobile New York Philadelphia Google 148

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2019

11), that public pilot officially came to an end, as Penn Station was added to the New York list of MTA stations that enables open payments using network-branded contactless cards. So, when is it coming to Boston?” The goal for Visa was to get 100 million contactless cards into the market by the end of 2019. Yesterday (Dec.

New York 167

New York US Payments Training 167

Cisco

MAY 29, 2019

According to JD Power, “Nearly 90% of retail banking customers who are highly satisfied with the advice provided by their financial institution say they “definitely will” reuse their bank or credit union for another product” (The Financial Brand). Power 2019 U.S. Financial Services at Cisco Live 2019. 2019 website.

Customer Experience 48

Customer Experience Retail San Diego Study 48

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. As of 2019, it seems the two are working hard and getting a jump on that cashless Super Bowl vision. We in Boston hope for it to be our sixth!

Boston 150

Boston Retail Branding Payments 150

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

In June of 2019, Lyft became the first ridesharing firm to offer on-demand transportation for eligible Medicaid beneficiaries, thanks to a May policy change made by Arizona's Medicaid agency that allows ridesharing providers to offer rides to patients who can't secure their own transport to healthcare appointments. percentage points.

Arizona 160

Arizona Survey Boston Examples 160

PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

Social media was largely considered more friend than foe, most consumers still used passcodes instead of fingerprints to open their mobile devices, and Tom Brady was merely a great athlete instead of the fountain-of-youth demi-god he is today (PYMNTS is based in Boston, so just go with us on that one).

Industry 110

Industry social media New York City Retail 110

PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

Social media was largely considered more friend than foe, most consumers still used passcodes instead of fingerprints to open their mobile devices, and Tom Brady was merely a great athlete instead of the fountain-of-youth demi-god he is today (PYMNTS is based in Boston, so just go with us on that one).

Industry 100

Industry social media New York City Retail 100

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. consumers showed that of the 7.75 percent of all retail sales.

Apple 227

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. Expensify is more known for expense management, but introduced a corporate charge card in Oct 2019. Founded: 2019. Founded: 2019. Visits (Oct ’21). 1,230,000. 1,410,000. Divvy (Bill.com).

Cards 15

Cards Online Utah Austin 15

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. Expensify is more known for expense management, but introduced a corporate charge card in Oct 2019. Founded: 2019. Founded: 2019. Visits (Oct ’21). 1,230,000. 1,410,000. Divvy (Bill.com).

Cards 15

Cards Online Utah Austin 15

CB Insights

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

It is is piloting a new underwriting algorithm for mobile customers that includes variables related to distracted driving, with plans to roll out the algorithm to more states in 2019. “Bell is now a telematics-only brand that we sell via price comparison and it’s helping Admiral to stay as a telematic leader in the market.”

West Virginia 54

West Virginia Boston US Mobile 54

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

I hosted a digital discussion last week with an executive from Sift with more than 15 years of experience building trust and safety organizations for some of the biggest digital brands in the world – including Google , Facebook and Square. Good luck with that. Some consumers will take the bait, of course, but most won’t.

Cards 169

Cards Course Study New York 169

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2016

by the year 2019, Apple could be hoping that the new wallet features may also make the iPhone more appealing and help Apple compete with Samsung, not that it needs it when Samsung is imploding while its Galaxy 7s are exploding. Operator East Japan Railway Company alone served 17.4

Mobile 100

Mobile Payments Apple Samsung 100

CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Even so, September 2020 was one of the strongest months for IPOs since Uber went public in May 2019. Investment banking revenues hit a 13-year-low in 2019. Biotech firms saw most of the best IPO performances in 2019, but conditions appear to be favoring large software platforms and tech companies once again in 2020.

Management 78

Management Capital Company Marketing 78

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

The move, according to CVS CEO Larry Merlo, will change the face of the CVS brand going forward, as it moves to take a more active and avid approach to influencing better health outcomes while at the same time reducing healthcare costs across the board.

Apple 131

Apple United States Boston Branding 131

CB Insights

MARCH 27, 2019

And because it’s so valuable — and not well understood — the scope of exactly what the big tech brands have been collecting is only recently being recognized by the general public. is a Boston-based startup that verifies government-issued IDs for third-party businesses. Confirm.io

Google 76

Google Apple Security Data 76

CB Insights

MARCH 26, 2019

2019 FOOD & BEVERAGE TRENDS TO WATCH. ” For example, the rise of “athleisure” brands like Lululemon and Athleta has been attributed to millennials’ search for clothing options that let them easily transition from the yoga studio to the office. Forget cereal, canned tuna, and raisins. Casual dining.

Millennials 78

Millennials Industry Trends Branding 78

Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

But for most community banks, building a trustworthy brand isn’t a conscious effort. Source: 2019 Edelman Trust Barometer Special Report. There were more than 460 data breaches with confirmed data disclosures in the financial industry between Fall 2019 and Fall 2020, according to Verizon’s 2021 Data Breach Investigations report.

Community 139

Community Community Bank social media Security 139

CB Insights

JULY 17, 2018

New restaurant concepts are redefining how we think about food, pushing established brands to reinvent themselves, spurring entrepreneurs to be creative with visual platforms like Instagram and recipes like pea-based protein, and paving a new way forward for the idea of casual dining itself. Americans dine out more than ever before.

San Francisco 69

San Francisco California United States CA 69

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

They are a diverse group of players, ranging from automotive industry stalwarts to leading technology brands and telecommunications companies. 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.

System 78

System Technology Michigan California 78

CB Insights

APRIL 24, 2018

We look into how stores are being transformed into showrooms, community gathering spots, and even event spaces as retailers leverage the physical store as tool for brand marketing. It was an experiment by Ikea to better understand what types of technology could attract customers, and more broadly to introduce them to the Ikea brand.

Retail 59

Retail Trends Technology Branding 59

PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

Welcome to the first Monday of 2019. According to the Chinese calendar, 2019 is the “Year of the Pig” – which may not, at first blush, inspire much excitement for the 358 days ahead of us. The Ted Williams Tunnel in Boston, by contrast, gets me far less excited, even though I use it a lot. From LA to San Francisco.

Mobile 205

Mobile Innovation Apple Study 205

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

The modern-day department store, the intermediary that’s aggregated brands and buyers in a single physical location for more than 160 years, and the modern-day shopping mall, which has done the same for the last six decades, has steadily lost foot traffic, sales and profits to online competitors since about 2010.

Online 128

Online Google Branding Retail 128

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

The modern-day department store, the intermediary that’s aggregated brands and buyers in a single physical location for more than 160 years, and the modern-day shopping mall, which has done the same for the last six decades, has steadily lost foot traffic, sales and profits to online competitors since about 2010.

Online 112

Online Google Branding Retail 112