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.

Apple 101

Apple Massachusetts Data Cards 101

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

There were cheap sofas in abundance on the planet – and of course extremely expensive options out there. The marketing tool that ended up working best for the brand was opening a physical store – and giving customers a change interact with their line of couches. That, he noted, seemed to be the donut hole in the market.

San Francisco 101

San Francisco Branding Austin Customer Experience 101

PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2018

There are a few innovators trying to solve the problems of fashion fit and style, both online and in physical or omnichannel environments. A companion mobile app enables tagging of favorites, style comparisons and, of course, shopping recommendations. First, said Evans, the platform grabs data from the brand behind the product.

Data 116

Data Las Vegas Branding Online 116

PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2017

Boston-based athletic company New Balance has a simple mission: to become the world’s best running brand. Nike and Adidas would also like to be the world’s best running brand, and both are much larger. And those collaborations are even more on display in New Balance’s new brand of physical stores. The Run Hub.

Retail 100

Retail Boston Community Branding 100

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2020

You can see it in how investors are putting money to work in both consumer-facing and B2B startups, and how startups and incumbents are forging new partnerships to move innovation faster to market. And since iPhone users skew more to the affluent, it also denied those innovators the opportunity to monetize their spend. 23-25, 2020.

Apple 227

Apple Study Innovation Survey 227

PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2019

Delivery is not the only way that QSRs are trying to reach more consumers, of course — especially younger consumers married to their mobile devices and who all but take for granted the availability of ever more robust digital consumer experiences. Beyond Delivery. McDonald’s. Mobile-Order Ahead. percent offer services via third-party apps.

Mobile 148

Mobile New York Philadelphia Google 148

PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

And, of course, that moment never occurs on a day when one is early. In fact, she noted, their behavior at the turnstile will much more closely resemble their familiar everyday payments experiences – they will just take out their Mastercard-branded plastic card and, quite literally, tap and go at the turnstile.

New York City 179

New York City Los Angeles New York Training 179

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Of course, the movie has a happy ending: Pat lets the family go, and the hero finally confronts his feelings about his mother’s death. Innovations such as…. The option to buy Kenmore appliances (both smart and standard) on Amazon rolled out to Southern California first, due to strong brand recognition in the area. LG Everything.

Google 118

Google Course Boston California 118

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. Those investments have paid off — insofar as Walmart has seen its eCommerce sales grow consistently over the course of the last 24 months.

Boston 150

Boston Retail Branding Payments 150

PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2018

Then I went to Whole Foods on the North Shore of Boston Saturday morning to do some grocery shopping. I’ve been a Whole Foods shopper since I moved to Boston 17 years ago for the same reasons that each of you may be too: organic meat, seafood, produce and foods, great bread and cheese and a fun vibe. Prime Time at the Grocery Store.

Retail 156

Retail Branding Millennials Online 156

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Over the years, of course, long-armed women were replaced by the automated switching systems that evolved to become the backbone of the telephone switching systems that are in place today. She stayed with Bell and the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company for more than 30 years until her retirement. Consumers, of course, want it now.

Google 190

Google Branding System Apple 190

PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2016

Secrecy is a funny thing for brands. It keeps consumers interested, because a consumer that is always guessing about the next product release is, by necessity, always thinking about the brand. It is a delicate balance, of course. Stringfellow was promoted to the permanent position of VP of internal innovation and operations.

Retail 100

Retail San Francisco California Minneapolis 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. Some consumers will take the bait, of course, but most won’t. Good luck with that.

Cards 169

Cards Course Study New York 169

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2016

Sure, spring can be great — unless, of course, “spring” where you live is best defined by six weeks of chilly rain followed by eight weeks of infernal heat (welcome to Boston). Well, unless you’re PYMNTS, of course, in which case, you can always find something! Starbucks, of course. But fall — ah, fall!

Course 100

Course United States Boston Mobile 100

PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2018

It’s Boston. It’s February (or maybe it’s May, because it’s still snowing in Boston). And these merchants and retailers are recognizing that, over the course of the next two to three years, that $400 billion is going to inflate to something like $1.2 Picture this. It’s snowing. A driver has to pull over and get gas. trillion.”.

Millennials 109

Millennials Boston Retail Mobile 109

PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2016

The weather in Boston – and it’s about darn time. Her proposed course of action is likely to deliver anything but more uncertainty. The hope is that the brand/experience convo will lure in customers and keep them buying. But they, like so many storied retail brands, are going through a bit of a spiraling down.

Bitcoin 109

Bitcoin Fraud Mobile Apple 109

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.

Retail 167

Retail Online Branding Analysis 167

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

MiniLuxe is a nail and beauty lifestyle lounge with locations in Dallas, Rhode Island, Los Angeles, and Boston. Follain is a healthy beauty store with locations in Boston, Washington DC, and Nantucket. Select VC Investors: Breakaway Innovation Group. Total Disclosed Funding: $51M. Select VC Investors: Launch. Paper & Tea.

Maine 70

Maine Capital Rhode Island DC 70

PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2018

That most of our elected officials don’t have any clue how Facebook, much less the platform business models that have powered so much innovation across industry segments for thousands of years, work. On those content-filled pages were advertisements hoping to catch the consumer’s eye, build a brand and influence a purchase.

Google 121

Google Data social media Branding 121

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Almost 33 years ago, David Letterman introduced his singular innovation in stand-up comedy: the Top 10 List. The bit obviously needed some refining, which it got over the course of the next 30 years while “Late Night” and the “Late Show” were on the air. The Top 10 List retired with David Letterman in May of 2015.

Branding 100

Branding Cards Fraud Marketing 100

PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2016

Restaurants — the epicenter of payments innovation, it seems — were on the receiving end of a couple of new opportunities this week that could drive even more feet into them and help them grow. Its pitch to the family is to use their local Mastercard branded credit or debit card to make those payments. Here ya go… SIZZLE.

Lending 100

Lending Apple Cards Study 100

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

This small business is a really small business: a guy working out of a teeny tiny storefront in a little town north of Boston. But to remind all of us that payment innovations are only as good as the certainty those innovations deliver to their intended users. Ubiquity, of course, is payments nirvana.

Payments 195

Payments Innovation Boston Branding 195

Banking 2020

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Regardless of how and why they hit the market, some technology-driven innovations seem to lend themselves to particular vertical markets and/or disciplines. Redefining media and communications of every kind, of course. The regular drumbeat of stories about data breaches at brand-name retail chains probably doesn’t help.).

Retail 40

Retail Strategy Boston Industry 40

Independent Banker

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Big-brand megabanks, the Visa and MasterCard networks, and big-box merchants had signed up to become partners with Apple’s universal retail smartphone app that uses Near Field Communication and tokenization technologies. Typically the younger segments are more innovative and are looking for new ways to do things,” Brown offers.

Mobile 105

Mobile Community Bank Community Technology 105

PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2020

Northeastern cities like New York and Boston with an incredible and nearly unexpected force, a bit like a tsunami that surged and almost overnight washed away the entire cultural practice of eating out. Now we’re getting them for two, three experiences, possibly even four experiences in the course of a week,” Damian said.

How To 132

How To Boston Groups Massachusetts 132

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. In the 1950s and 1960s, the biggest innovations in breakfast were Eggo Waffles and Pop-Tarts. Casual dining.

Millennials 78

Millennials Industry Trends Branding 78

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Of course, business openings are just one part of this story: Business exits (AKA failures) are the flip side of that small business coin — and where those same dismal scientists say there’s even more cause for concern. And that trend line really hasn’t reversed course all that much since then.

Retail 134

Retail Innovation Maine Community 134

PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2016

I argued that making buying seamless inside of environments that consumers used regularly for other reasons would drive innovation for those environments —and for the third parties that enabled those new commerce experiences. This capability is as disruptive as it is innovative. Third on that list was “contextual commerce.”.

Branding 100

Branding Payments Los Angeles Innovation 100

PYMNTS

AUGUST 18, 2016

CVS has turned its back on the current offerings and decided to chart the course alone with its rollout of CVS Pay. With CVS’ Boston-based innovation lab working to push CVS in the direction of a cutting-edge health care company, there may be a lot more technology to come – and soon. CVS Brings New App At Lightning Speed.

Mobile 100

Mobile Samsung Apple Payments 100

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. Consumers were incentivized to send (and receive, of course) Red Envelopes with small amounts of cash to each other to celebrate the Chinese New Year.

Payments 100

Payments Mobile Apple Google 100

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

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

I believe that this inflection point will accelerate the four big shifts that have been taking place right before our very eyes over the last decade — shifts that will now set the course for how every single player in payments and commerce and retail should be planning their 2017 and beyond. Shift Number One | The Shift To Buying Online.

Payments 100

Payments Online Mobile Retail 100

PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2016

What we will say is that fun times with family, the dazzling display of fireworks and the perfunctory cookouts and beach time, truly and totally make this upcoming weekend one very big sizzle wrapped around what appears to be in Boston, at least, abundant doses of sunshine. Of course, Amazon – who already claims 21 percent of the U.S.

New York 100

New York Lending Cards Retail 100

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Of course, those aren’t dollars that are lost forever; someone gets the benefit of those sales. That’s also like saying the average winter temperature in Boston is 37 degrees. That’s, of course, just the beginning. million and $4 million in 2016. And probably even more in 2017 as those shoppers just never come back to try again.

Retail 90

Retail Payments Online Mobile 90

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. State of Innovation Report. It was a genuinely innovative insight into allocating capital, dressed up as a 2×2.

Strategy 78

Strategy Management Analytics Tools 78

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. And not even because they’re job destroyers, which he said is the natural consequence of innovation, and innovation is goodness.

Google 148

Google Apple Retail Millennials 148

PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

This is the year that everyone takes a critical look at the innovations they’ve pursued over the last decade to decide what’s worth taking forward into the decade of the ‘20s and what’s best left behind in the decade whose door will close 358 days from today. That makes it the most important year of the last decade.

Mobile 205

Mobile Innovation Apple Study 205