PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Google, for instance, has its Midwest headquarters in the former Fulton Market Cold Storage building. Building upon its Boston-area staff, Facebook plans to open a new office in neighboring Cambridge next year. Cambridge, Massachusetts. The new offices will be located on the top three floors at 100 Binney St. San Francisco, California.

social media 100

social media San Francisco Boston Chicago 100

PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2017

Founded in 2012 in Los Angeles, the digital marketing firm works to bridge (hence the name) the gap so that the various communications don’t fall into the void. “We Bridge has a two-tiered approach to cracking the loyalty market: Identify the right targets and then aim wide when approaching on digital channel. Redefining Goals .

Los Angeles 100

Los Angeles social media Retail Marketing 100

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

JULY 21, 2017

Connecting with consumers has seen a significant change over the course of the past few decades. No longer are retailers working with marketers to figure out a way to mass market products and services. Retailers are working hard to not only adjust but also enhance the approach to securing and maintaining sales.

Retail 137

Retail social media Customer Experience Boston 137

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

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. I say yes, because … well, what else is there to say?

Regulation 181

Regulation Boston Cards Innovation 181

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

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. More than 400 Dunkin’ restaurants throughout New York City’s five boroughs are now offering delivery through Seamless, Grubhub’s New York brand. To take one example, look at the Starbucks results from Q2.

Mobile 148

Mobile New York Philadelphia Google 148

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. 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. Miscellaneous. Probably not long at all.

Google 118

Google Course Boston California 118

PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2018

It’s Boston. It’s February (or maybe it’s May, because it’s still snowing in Boston). The firms are eyeing a confluence of mobile commerce, digital marketing and ease of payments. Picture this. It’s snowing. A driver has to pull over and get gas. It’s the kind of commerce that engenders no joy. The Available Data. trillion.”.

Millennials 109

Millennials Boston Retail Mobile 109

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

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. A little mystery has often turned out to be a good idea.

Retail 100

Retail San Francisco California Minneapolis 100

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Boston, Philadelphia and Washington D.C. For food, they want to see the brands and the products and confirm they will be fresh and quality. Voice computing is another key focus, but Walmart isn’t going to leverage rival Amazon’s Alexa platform for that, of course. are reportedly next on the list of expansions. percent increase.

Metro 122

Metro New York City Nashville Oklahoma 122

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). Social Media’s Role.

Industry 110

Industry social media New York City Retail 110

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

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). Social Media’s Role.

Industry 100

Industry social media New York City Retail 100

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Cava has around 30 restaurants in the DC, LA, and NYC markets, and its packaged dips and spreads are sold in more than 200 Whole Foods Market stores. MiniLuxe is a nail and beauty lifestyle lounge with locations in Dallas, Rhode Island, Los Angeles, and Boston. sweetgreen. Total Disclosed Funding: $122M. Paper & Tea.

Maine 70

Maine Capital Rhode Island DC 70

PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2016

The Good … The really good news about summer for retailers is that the temperature is their ally — well, at least for those retailers in the Northeast, assuming that it warms back up again in Boston (from 92 to 62 in 24 hours is a bit much …). But science has also gone the extra mile to prove it.

Retail 100

Retail Course United States Boston 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. Of course, these are on Android phones, too. The whole process took less than 15 minutes.

Apple 227

Apple Study Innovation Survey 227

PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2018

That Mark Zuckerberg showed remarkable restraint in the face of being asked, repeatedly, over the course of two days and 10 hours, questions that highlighted that lack of understanding. 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

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. Mexico and the Philippines — two of the world’s top remittance corridors — are the first two markets out of the gate. The Top 10 List retired with David Letterman in May of 2015.

Branding 100

Branding Cards Fraud Marketing 100

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

There is no shortage of startups that enter the wild world of direct-to-consumer (DTC) retail to address a hole in the market that leaves a massive number of consumers underserved. The first of which, he said, was that all of these big brands weren’t really focused on runners and running as of the early 21st century.

Retail 101

Retail Marketing Boston Training 101

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

The big competition will be on the field of course – when more than 100 million people will tune intomorrow night to see if the Eagles will be able to snag their first championship win – or if Tom Brady will end the day able to cover 70 percent of his fingers with Super Bowl rings. Hey, we’re Boston-based. Go Pats!

Minnesota 100

Minnesota Philadelphia Boston Minneapolis 100

CB Insights

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

“We remain one of the leaders in the young drivers telematics market with strong profitability also.” “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.” ” Smart Wheels. ” DriveWise/MileWise.

West Virginia 54

West Virginia Boston US Mobile 54

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. Revolutionizing every aspect of sales and marketing in the process? Wearable technologies?

Retail 40

Retail Strategy Boston Industry 40

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Innovation centers across the globe in Boston, London, California, and Shanghai serve as regional hubs that can connect with local entrepreneurs, scientists, and technologies. Boston Children’s Hospital — Innovation and Digital Health Accelerator (IDHA). Boston Children’s Hospital created an in-house innovation accelerator.

Innovation 73

Innovation Cleveland New York New York City 73

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. s entry into the payments business with Apple Pay. See sidebar “Is Mobile Fully Catching On?”.).

Mobile 105

Mobile Community Bank Community Technology 105

CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2020

And before the dot com crash, Goldman Sachs’ IPOs did tend to jump an average of 293% from their starting price through their first Friday on the market — compared to 26% for the bank Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and 78% for Merrill Lynch. When Facebook went public in 2012, the stock fell 15% in its first few days on the market.

Management 78

Management Capital Company Marketing 78

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

Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

But for most community banks, building a trustworthy brand isn’t a conscious effort. Claire Hill, marketing director of $208 million-asset Heritage Bank & Trust in Columbia, Tenn., People used to say, ‘It’s not the crime; it’s the cover-up,’” says Seth Berman, a partner at Nutter, McClennen & Fish LLP in Boston.

Community 139

Community Community Bank social media Security 139

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

PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2016

Six years and an expanding inventory of cars and price points later, Uber’s platform has a market cap of $70 billion, more than 1 million drivers across 400 cities worldwide who’ve delivered a 1 billion rides – and the first instance of what we now call “invisible” payments in the offline world. And monetize. And the more money they make.

Branding 100

Branding Payments Los Angeles Innovation 100

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. But maybe that’s the good news.

Retail 134

Retail Innovation Maine Community 134

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

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. They used every available resource to understand industries, markets, consumer sentiment, and companies’ product lines.

Strategy 78

Strategy Management Analytics Tools 78

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