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APRIL 22, 2019

Recess, a CBD-infused sparkling water company, has announced that it will be available on Uber Eats for delivery to customers in New York City, according to a report by Adweek. The announcement was made on Instagram by the drink company with a post that named UberEats as an “app someone made to deliver Recess and McDonald’s.”.

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MAY 9, 2018

As restaurant operators seek to bolster sales in the face of weak traffic growth, Yum! Brands’ Pizza Hut is bringing beer delivery to approximately 100 of its restaurants in California and Arizona. The restaurant chain had begun testing the service in Phoenix back in December, Reuters reported. The news comes as Yum!

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MAY 24, 2018

Ohio-based Spangler Candy Company won the auction with a bid of just under $19 million, The Boston Globe reported. “We McGee — along the company’s executive team — are planning to stay onboard until the end of July. But the team will remain with the company “longer if they need us,” McGee told the Globe.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2018

With CVS ’ planned acquisition of Aetna expected to close prior to Thanksgiving, the combined company plans to tackle health outcomes and services while reducing health costs. The news comes as CVS is testing a program in Boston in which customers get free delivery on prescriptions and online purchases, among other perks.

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OCTOBER 17, 2017

It’s a hungry brand, gobbling up three different food delivery competitors in the last quarter alone: Boston-based Foodler, Groupon’s OrderUp and most recently, Yelp’s Eat24. 10 and rounded out the company’s acquisition plans just in time for the end of Q2. Foodler launched in Boston in 2005.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Tide, the laundry brand owned by CPG Detergent, is introducing a service called Tide Cleaners, an on-demand dry cleaning and laundry service, at 1,000 locations in cities across the country, according to reports. The company’s goal is to have Tide Cleaners at more than 2,000 spots across the United States by the latter part of 2020.

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OCTOBER 16, 2019

Boston startup True Tickets is teaming up with the Broadway theater company The Shubert Organization for blockchain-based mobile ticket delivery , the companies said in a press release Wednesday (Oct. Shubert Ticketing sells tickets through its retail brand, Telecharge, as well as through hundreds of third-party agents.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2020

the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston said, “To date, U.S. Consumers can now use their bank accounts to make payments while also viewing the account balance directly,” Arjun Kakkar, vice president of strategy and operations for Ekata, told PYMNTS. It’s part of that “stand back” posture the Boston Fed noted in its March brief.

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JANUARY 16, 2019

Indochino , the digitally-native made-to-measure menswear brand, has plans to expand in 2019. The company will open up 20 new locations in North America this year before it starts to focus on going international. as well as a second Boston location and a fourth in the Greater Toronto Area, according to Chain Store Age.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2020

With direct marketing hit by robocall abuse and the National Do Not Call Registry , direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands and other not-so-usual suspects are looking into and in some cases reinstating door-to-door sales. While that won’t exactly crowd the neighborhood, there are more companies hitting the streets.

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OCTOBER 16, 2019

Boston startup True Tickets is teaming up with the Broadway theater company The Shubert Organization for blockchain-based mobile ticket delivery , the companies said in a press release Wednesday (Oct. Shubert Ticketing sells tickets through its retail brand, Telecharge, as well as through hundreds of third-party agents.

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DECEMBER 6, 2019

Also, the co-founder of Boston-based payments firm Circle will step down from his co-CEO role at the end of the month. The new certification program is meant to train people as professionals in dispute resolution, which the company says is a role “that is currently in high demand across the payments ecosystem.”.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

According to the company, a proprietary mixture of algorithms and predictive technology enables the store to separate each shopper and their purchases from others in the location. The Staples Connect concept, which offers experiences and solutions as well as a place to transact, debuted in multiple Boston area stores on Feb.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Caesars Entertainment announced that it has reached an agreement to offer DraftKings , the leading sports-tech entertainment brand in the country, providing market access for its online gaming products. The access is exclusive to Caesars locations across select states where the company operates casino properties. and Australia.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

16) that it’s signed an exclusive multiyear arrangement with the New York Giants NFL team, making DraftKings the franchise’s “official sports betting, iGaming and daily fantasy operator.” DraftKings already has similar arrangements with three NBA franchises: the Boston Celtics, Indiana Pacers and Philadelphia 76ers.

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JULY 21, 2017

It is currently operating in New York, Chicago and Boston, but has received driver requests from 49 U.S. The company pays per item instead of a percentage of sales because some of the items distributed are free for riders. The majority make at least $100 a month on average by selling items from Cargo.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Users of Facebook Pay , which the company said is not related to its proposed cryptocurrency Libra, will be able to enter a preferred payment method and then use the option to eventually pay throughout all of the related apps. The branding will reflect the financial institutions and not Google. Deutsche Bank told U.K.

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JUNE 8, 2017

Franchising veteran Paul Tripodes has loved fast casual eatery Saladworks since the very first time he ate there, and now he’s the company’s vice president of franchise sales. The 30-year-old QSR brand has plans for aggressive growth in 2017 , and Tripodes will spearhead the effort. The company currently has about 70 franchisees.

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

To help bring these options to more consumers, retailers and technology companies decided to join forces. It launched the expansion into San Francisco in January, with plans to extend the service into New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. and Chicago. and Chicago. Hoffmann said at the time, “Grubhub is No.

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JUNE 17, 2019

More than 400 Dunkin’ restaurants throughout New York City’s five boroughs are now offering delivery through Seamless, Grubhub’s New York brand. And there are plans to expand the service to additional markets in the coming months, including Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia.

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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. The store was to feature the brand’s original mattress along with pillows, sheets, and, yes, a dog bed made for man’s best friend.

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JUNE 6, 2019

Skirting Cash Shortages at Boston Pride. Boston’s pride celebration is one of the season’s biggest events for Mandy Roberge, the owner and artist behind Wicked Good Henna. The 2018 Boston Pride parade reportedly saw more than 750,000 spectators and over 55,000 marchers.

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OCTOBER 4, 2019

Amazon , in one case, has added a suburban Boston location to its roster of Amazon 4-star stores, marking the fifth location of its type in the United States. Sheriff told the outlet that the company chose to put a 4-star store in Natick due to the location of the mall and the large volume of consumers it attracts. Bass & Co.

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JANUARY 25, 2019

John Culver, Starbucks president of international channel development and global coffee & tea , noted on the call with investors that, with nearly two decades of successful and growing operations under its belt, Starbucks is confident it can “navigate any fluctuation that may take place” in the Chinese market. As of Tuesday (Jan.

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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.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Cosi, the Boston-based sandwich chain renowned for its flatbread sandwiches, filed for bankruptcy in a Boston courtroom. According to Forbes , Cosi hopes to restructure its debt and explore a possible sale after poorly planned overexpansion and menu revamps left the company in debt. The company also fired CEO R.J.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Yet not all retailers have the same resources, as companies with less than $250,000 in earnings might not have an easy time paying for new innovations or finding talent. The program, which is dubbed CarePass, also includes access to a pharmacy helpline, a discount on CVS branded products and a monthly coupon.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

According to reports, the Boston-based chain has filed for bankruptcy as it looks to restructure its debt load and conduct a sale process. The filing comes after recent attempts at expansion have seen the company spread too thin, with too few diners following it through too many menu revamps.

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APRIL 30, 2018

But according to the company, these moves are less of a failure and more of a strategic retreat. Store count isn’t everything,” CEO Suzanne Greco told The Boston Globe. Some experts called the brand “tired” and in need of an update. Any brand that doesn’t keep up will get left behind. It’s about growing the business.

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JANUARY 30, 2020

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. That’s not unusual for SMBs and paper-based operations, as recent surveys have shown. Complications arise with billing and payments – it’s generally accepted as a fact of life.

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AUGUST 8, 2017

Fat Brands – as it is pushing toward a unique IPO of its own – is offering consumers with $500 to burn an interesting opportunity: the chance to purchase their own piece of Fatburger. Regulation A+ allows companies to raise up to $50 million via a mini-IPO. It will, however, be a franchise-only operation.

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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.”. Unmasking What Happened. buyers on orders of $35 or more.

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JUNE 15, 2016

Staples and Office Depot saw months of hard work go up in smoke when their long-expected merger was denied by regulators and both brands had to take long, hard looks in the mirror before deciding how to proceed. For Staples, the answer wasn’t to sulk around for months.

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JULY 30, 2019

The company has also expanded Starbucks Delivers with the help of Uber Eats, which is in more than 2,700 stores in 11 markets. During a conference call with analysts late last week (July 25), Starbucks President and CEO Kevin Johnson said the company continues to learn as it expands and drives customer awareness of the new channel.

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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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JANUARY 17, 2020

The company says the concept features a broader selection of health and wellness items. The stores are part of the retailer’s strategy to have up to 1,500 locations operating throughout the country by the conclusion of next year. The company says it is keeping a prior outlook for its fourth-quarter earnings even with the news.

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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. In fact, they have favored brands, with iTunes and Google Play cards popular favorites. billion in assets and $11.3

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