PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Oakland, San Jose, San Francisco, Detroit, Austin, Boston and Chicago. Amazon has only been in Mexico since 2013 when it launched its Kindle e-books site there. One of Amazon’s first moves was to slash prices on 2,000 items under the organic grocer’s 365 Everyday Value brand , which became available online from the company last Monday.

San Diego 164

San Diego Detroit San Francisco Oakland 164

PYMNTS

JUNE 11, 2018

In fact, the now Duchess of Sussex has sold out a few items for the brand, as its items regularly sneak into her wardrobe rotation. A royal celebrity endorsement is, of course, always nice – and certainly a good way to get a brand’s name in print. Pop-up stores. For this launch, Club Monaco is again working with Diptyque Paris.

Retail 101

Retail Los Angeles Branding New York 101

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Consumers can buy shoes, books, coffee pots, linens and dog toys online, so why are they still going to the grocery store for the same dozen eggs and gallon of milk they buy every week? Boston-based meal kit company Just Add Cooking aims to address both by sourcing its kits from farms and businesses in the New England region.

Boston 102

Boston Regional System Online 102

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. And it will be a lot more than just 10 cents. The Ban on the Ban.

Regulation 181

Regulation Boston Cards Innovation 181

PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2017

From the way consumers shop for groceries to clothes, books and almost any other conceivable item, there does not seem to be an area of retail unimpacted by AI in some fashion. Now, more than ever, consumers expect a certain level of personalization when interacting with a brand.

Retail 128

Retail Customer Experience Boston Branding 128

Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 14, 2024

For financial marketers, especially those in credit unions and community banks, the biggest event of the year, The Financial Brand Forum , is just two months away. For the most part, early-bird (or very-early-bird) prices are still in effect, so you can easily save $1,000 or more on a pair of tickets. But there is much more to choose from.

Conference 15

Conference Fintech Marketing Las Vegas 15

PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2020

Restaurants can add incentive to a slow night, or pull back on promotions during full bookings. As the year rolls on he expects to launch in Seattle, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Austin, Dallas, Houston, Chicago, Boston and Miami. Consumers can inquire directly with restaurants about existing promotions.

Miami 130

Miami Los Angeles Austin South Carolina 130

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Cosi, the Boston-based sandwich chain renowned for its flatbread sandwiches, filed for bankruptcy in a Boston courtroom. “Brand degradation and competitive pressures to either price or experience can be real threats to the survival of struggling retailers,” said Sharon Bonelli, senior director of leveraged finance at Fitch.

Boston 100

Boston Retail Nebraska Study 100

PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2018

With home sharing platforms, people can book unique accommodations that are more homey and comfortable than a hotel when they visit a city, capitalizing on space that is already available and is not being utilized by the owner. We’ll fly out of Boston at 9:00 a.m. With this, you can show up 15 minutes or 10 minutes before the flight.

Las Vegas 109

Las Vegas Boston San Francisco New York 109

PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2019

Had I been in town, I might have used Google to find a store near me in Boston that carried the brand I wanted so I could try before I bought. Little known fact: Leach writes in his book that Georgia O’Keefe made a tidy sum in 1927 by painting posters that graced department store walls and windows.

Innovation 170

Innovation US Maine Google 170

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Based in New York, the business is now in seven other cities — Boston, Washington, D.C., That process involves getting inspiration for colors, choosing colors, ordering and getting a quote, and booking a painter. So what we’ve done is really consolidated that into one simple booking platform.

Los Angeles 100

Los Angeles San Francisco Portland Dallas 100

PYMNTS

APRIL 20, 2017

Trying to book a trip on Hipmunk seems primitive to the point of being useless. I tried last night to make a reservation from Boston to San Francisco, and it told me that I had presented it with a first: There were no flights between those two cities. So what does the 2.0 American Express. Western Union.

Groups 104

Groups San Francisco New York City Cards 104

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

MiniLuxe is a nail and beauty lifestyle lounge with locations in Dallas, Rhode Island, Los Angeles, and Boston. The company says it is improving on the nail salon model by offering online booking tools, ethical business practices, and high-quality services at reasonable prices. Oh My Cream! Total Disclosed Funding: $6.6M.

Maine 70

Maine Capital Rhode Island DC 70

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Thinking that way misses a much bigger point: That is, looking at an “average” percent of sales done in a physical store is about as accurate as following the Farmer’s Almanac ‘s prediction of the average amount of snowfall in Boston each winter by examining how furry the caterpillars are. Take books, for example. Take groceries.

Payments 100

Payments Online Mobile Retail 100

PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2018

On those content-filled pages were advertisements hoping to catch the consumer’s eye, build a brand and influence a purchase. About every seven or so minutes, there was a commercial break in which ads were inserted with the same ambition — build a brand and drive a buy. And not, it seems, to enable commerce. trillion searches a year.

Google 121

Google Data social media Branding 121

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. We feel confident that we have built a category-leading retail brand that is exceptionally well positioned for long term growth.”. in August 2015. .

Retail 100

Retail Boston America Management 100

PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2016

Taking a page out of the copy book of the London Tube, where contactless payments have skyrocketed, the Miami-Dade County’s Department of Transportation and Public Works has signed a $33 million contract with Cubic Transportation Systems to install contactless and mobile payments. Miami Transportation To Offer Mobile Payments.

Samsung 100

Samsung Google Mobile Millennials 100

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

All of those things are precisely what Sam Walton staked the Walmart brand on 56 years ago when he opened the first store in Bentonville, Arkansas. The brand was built on keeping prices low, and stocking shelves with a variety of merchandise categories that would keep consumers coming back week after week. percent and Amazon at 9.7

Retail 167

Retail Online Branding Analysis 167

PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2017

One platform benefitting from the mobile scramble, NewStore, a Boston-based omnichannel mobile commerce platform provider and software developer, recently received $50 million in Series B financing to help fund efforts to expand its mobile platform’s capabilities and partner with new retailers.

Mobile 110

Mobile Retail Metro Online 110

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

The media has declared chatbots the digital version of the little black dress: a technology staple that every brand must now have and every payment type must now commerce-enable. Uber, OpenTable and hotel and airline apps provide booking and payment functionality for those who want and need those services.

Payments 100

Payments Mobile Apple Google 100

PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2016

It’s only a matter of time, I conjecture, that on the ride from the airport to home or from the office to home, similar prompts might be made for an UberEats delivery or booking a reservation at a nearby restaurant. Another study done by a Boston University professor suggested that music itself is a marketing platform for alcohol.

Branding 100

Branding Payments Los Angeles Innovation 100

PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2016

At the rate so many once-solitary brands are shacking up with other companies, though, maybe the definition of the term needs to be widened a bit. Through Expedia, shoppers will be able to pay off hotel bookings of at least a $200 value, though no minimum was outlined for concert or event tickets from Eventbrite.

Retail 100

Retail Las Vegas Millennials Conference 100

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. Consumers today can use Alexa to order food, book an Uber and do their banking – and they do.

Cards 169

Cards Course Study New York 169

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Customers can also elect to pay in-store using LevelUp and Chase Pay branded scanners at LevelUp merchants — and Chase Pay customers will be able to access LevelUp merchant offers though the app. The new feature is already online at quick-service restaurants in Boston and will be rolled out across the country over the coming months.

Payments 100

Payments Mobile Innovation Boston 100

PYMNTS

APRIL 18, 2016

Hey brand, want a better way to engage with your customer? And Messenger and Marcus’ big bet is that its chatbots will provide a mechanism for brands to strike up those conversations with their community faster, cheaper and as well – if not better – than a live person can do now. Find a developer and let them grab Messenger’s bot API.

Google 100

Google Mobile Branding Apple 100

PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2018

In the last few months alone, we’ve seen snow in Rome and three powerful nor’easters in Boston in the space of two and a half weeks — with some forecasts predicting a fourth this week. I ordered Vance Packard ’s classic book, “ The Hidden Persuaders ,” written in 1959, from Amazon last week.

Google 148

Google Apple Retail Millennials 148

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

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. They have also mentioned the use of drone delivery, although this one looks more than a little sci-fi for now (along with providing inspiration for a brand new sport I’ll call for now “Skeet Shopping”). What can I say?

Google 70

Google Apple Retail Boston 70

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Department stores, sporting goods stores, specialty retail, jewelry, books and music — the list goes on and the shift online more dramatic by the year. Clover Food Labs was one food truck with a Square reader in Boston in 2008. Starbucks was a single storefront that didn’t even brew coffee back in 1971.

Retail 134

Retail Innovation Maine Community 134

CB Insights

MARCH 26, 2019

” 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. Savvy marketers at struggling cereal brands may be able to reverse their fortunes with the millennial set.

Millennials 78

Millennials Industry Trends Branding 78

PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2018

It explains why many fitness trackers, gym memberships, home exercise equipment, or books or apps on physical and financial self-improvement bought at the start of the year begin to collect dust right around Valentine’s Day – just in time for a big romantic dinner. It’s what Google is hoping Google Home and “Ask Google” will do for them.

Innovation 109

Innovation Payments Google Training 109

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

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. By demystifying the management consulting process, books, classes, and blog posts bring more transparency to the marketplace of ideas.

Strategy 78

Strategy Management Analytics Tools 78

CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2020

While they drum up interest in the company, known as “book building,” underwriters also work to price the IPO, or determine how the stock should be priced when it first hits the market. Boston Consulting Group predicts, however, that only a few investment banks will ever again be able to grow to that kind of size.

Management 78

Management Capital Company Marketing 78