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

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.

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CB Insights

APRIL 17, 2018

15 of the top 20 operate in the Greater Bay Area. 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. Operating Location: San Francisco, CA. Operating Location: San Francisco, CA. BILL GURLEY.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2016

And Boston-based D rizly ’s news yesterday of its $15 million in Series B funding was a noteworthy milestone, for sure. . Most local liquor store retailers don’t have websites, which means that they don’t have online product catalogues for starters. We look a lot like what Amazon did with books and Kayak did with travel.”.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Unfortunately, the operative word in the quote is “better,” not “build.” The new feature is already online at quick-service restaurants in Boston and will be rolled out across the country over the coming months. The mousetrap has to be actually and demonstrably better. So why the move into QSR from Chase?

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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. It can’t do that, certainly not as well, without collecting lots of data.

Cards 169

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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. ” Emory told The Globe.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Online retailers will be where we shop. 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. Take books, for example. For most of the last decade, we’ve been talking about the same old, same old.

Payments 100

Payments Online Mobile Retail 100

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Technology enthusiasts draw pictures on whiteboards showing bots as the new king of the stack, out-stacking the last great stack — apps, which sit on top of the next-to-last great stack — mobile operating systems, which sit on top of the next-to-next-to-last great stack — the web. We take our weather very seriously in Boston.

Payments 100

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 24, 2018

There was a time,” Grandfather will say, “when Amazon sold only books.” 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

Retail 108

Retail Operations Analysis Boston 108

CB Insights

MARCH 13, 2019

New York, Boston, Chicago, and Nashville, among other cities, all played host to newly minted unicorns last year. Company Description: Circle Internet Financial is a Boston-based cryptocurrency company offering a crypto exchange platform, money transfers, and investment services. Circle Internet Financial. Valuation: $3B.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Fall has arrived in Boston and we are sizzling. Witness the power of platforms on top of platforms operating at scale. Virtual personal assistants – the AI layer that goes anywhere a consumer wants it to go – independent of any messaging operating system. Regular” is defined as a shopper who shops online once a month or more).

Retail 100

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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. Table of contents. The disruption of the IPO.

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CB Insights

APRIL 24, 2018

E-commerce sales growth is pulling ahead of total retail sales ( 17% vs. 6% for year-over-year in Q4’17), and Amazon is controlling upwards of 40% of online sales in the US, according to the US Department of Commerce and Slice Intelligence, respectively. ” — Alistair Davidson, CFO, Ikea.

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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. Expertise: An experienced operator’s perspective on a problem and the different ways that it can be solved.

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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. Top initiatives: First company to test self-driving tech on the streets of Singapore, and later in Boston. Aptiv hits the road for testing.

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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. Source: VergeSense. Challenges: Privacy, security, and managing the learning curve.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Australian music streaming company Guvera has reportedly stopped operating, with its co-founder and biggest financial backer walking away from the project. and a dearth of people with technical, operational experience running energy facilities. The lack of people with real operational experience “hurt KiOR a lot,” says O’Connor.

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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

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.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Doorman says it will no longer accept incoming shipments after September 29th and that those who use their Doorman address for online shipments should update their information. “We Raptr, the online optimization platform founded by former pro gamer Dennis “Thresh” Fong a decade ago, is about to be shuttered. Product: Raptr.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

The first commerce intermediary to operate at scale was Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar , which opened for business in 1460. It also standardized pricing and hours of operation. Commerce intermediaries are nothing new. In fact, they are at least 557 years old. Less inventory means fewer things for buyers to buy — and ultimately fewer buyers.

Online 128

Online Google Branding Retail 128

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

The first commerce intermediary to operate at scale was Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar , which opened for business in 1460. It also standardized pricing and hours of operation. Commerce intermediaries are nothing new. In fact, they are at least 557 years old. Less inventory means fewer things for buyers to buy — and ultimately fewer buyers.

Online 112

Online Google Branding Retail 112

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