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NOVEMBER 4, 2020

the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston said, “To date, U.S. open banking rules and that provide holistic views of users’ finances by sharing data among multiple financial entities,” according to PYMNTS’ latest Merchants’ Guide to Navigating Global Payments Regulations , done in collaboration with Ekata.

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DECEMBER 23, 2019

Online betting company DraftKings is merging with two other companies and going public, according to a report by the Boston Business Journal. Jason Robins, the co-founder and CEO of DraftKings, is going to run the new company, which will be incorporated in Nevada and keep its headquarters in Boston.

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DECEMBER 23, 2019

Online betting company DraftKings is merging with two other companies and going public, according to a report by the Boston Business Journal. Jason Robins, the co-founder and CEO of DraftKings, is going to run the new company, which will be incorporated in Nevada and keep its headquarters in Boston.

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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.

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AUGUST 18, 2016

Big Data is big business. That’s become pretty much gospel for brands, retailers and marketers alike. And one of the most valuable forms of data right now is behavioral data because it tells a retailer or brand where a customer or potential customer goes, does and spends their time and money on.

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OCTOBER 20, 2017

After opening the first of these brick-and-mortar pop-up shops in New York in 2016 — followed by more in cities including Boston, Los Angeles and Miami — Shuken noted the shops often led to repeat customers. While Qüero may have built its brand with the help of real-world pop-up shops, its foundation remains decidedly in the virtual world.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2018

We’re flying blind because we lack relevant data to build and then use the right frameworks to make confident, reasonable decisions that guide our businesses, and even our economy. Despite being inundated with data, we’re amazingly lost. We see evidence of this every day. Put on a Retail Happy Face. Simultaneously, U.S.

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AUGUST 16, 2016

Sharon Klapka, Adore Me’s vice president of business and brand development, appeared at the eTail East conference in Boston on Monday (Aug. By simply switching one model for another, Adore Me’s data team discovered that it could triple sales. Go to your customers, ask them questions, measure the data. million in funding.

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OCTOBER 19, 2020

It’s why recommendations are consistently ranked by consumers as one of the most important features a merchant can offer an online shopper, why merchants gladly oblige and why brands strive to make products that are consistently ranked high by consumers. Saving Main Street. Even more of them are closing.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2018

And adapting to those evolutions – and following them through, ” The Tie Bar CEO Allyson Lewis noted in an interview Lewis is how the eCommerce Tie Bar brand made a full migration to permanent physical stores — now up and running in Boston, Chicago and New York. The brand has grown gradually and cautiously during that time.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

In data that will likely surprise anyone who has avidly watched retail over the last few years, the market is trending strongly toward same-day delivery. According to the “2017 Digital Commerce Benchmark Survey,” conducted by Boston Retail Partners (BRP), some 65 percent of retailers will offer same-day delivery within the next two years.

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JULY 14, 2016

True Fit , the Boston-based startup that helps connect customers with shoes and apparel that fits them really, really well, recently announced a $25 million investment from Intel Capital that it will use to expand its business, according to a report from TechCrunch. 2015 that it used for expansion.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2019

The branding will reflect the financial institutions and not Google. Amazon To Build $40M Robotics Innovation Hub Near Boston. New Data: How Subscription Box Merchants Can Contend In The Amazon Age. The knives were out for Amazon this week thanks to a major sneaker brand. Deutsche Bank told U.K. and not by a small margin.

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JUNE 1, 2016

The new platform, called Magellan , has been built by Wayfair’s very own data science, engineering and marketing teams to enhance the effectiveness of its display advertising campaigns, which will now provide in-depth insights on its target audience and real-time optimization.

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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. A data team from the eCommerce retailer determines what is sold at the locations, Amazon Physical Stores Director Drew Sheriff told MetroWest Daily News. Bass & Co.

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DECEMBER 8, 2016

Clavis Insight, a world leader in digital shelf analysis, insights and analytics, recently formed an alliance with leading Big Data and predictive analytics provider IRI. Our solution is oriented toward brand manufacturers who are looking to monitor their brands’ product listings in the online marketplace,” said Silverman.

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OCTOBER 11, 2017

Last week, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe announced that Facebook would be building its next data center in Henrico County, just outside of Richmond, to the tune of $1 billion — $750 million for construction and $250 million for solar facilities to power the data center. Cambridge, Massachusetts. San Francisco, California.

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MAY 3, 2018

I love the brand and the company, and I always will, but it’s time for me to have more balance in my life.”. We want to be sure that we have the best location,” Greco told The Boston Globe in April. “We The company is utilizing data from SiteZeus to choose better locations. Greco is not leaving the company just yet.

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APRIL 16, 2018

That lawmakers have now put any big tech company that uses consumer data in the same bucket: bad guys out to make billions of bucks at the consumer’s expense. It’s that last point though — one now central to the current Facebook data debate — that I find most unsettling. They aren’t all like Facebook.

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MAY 24, 2018

That gives us all the data we need to make a custom insole for your foot,” Hargovan said. With the data, Wiivv can run the measurements through software that can biomechanically enhance the soles. Unlike more traditional brands, Wiivv doesn’t have inventory. Here’s how the service works: Consumers download Wiivv’s app.

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JANUARY 26, 2017

Jeff Binder, CEO of Layer3, was quoted by The Washington Post as saying, “We’re the first cable company in … 10 years to come that’s brand new. Data from the Pew Research Center shows that one in seven Americans have dropped their cable services as prices continue to rise.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Dunkin’ is one of the most widespread quick-service restaurants (QSR) brands in the world, selling coffee, donuts and breakfast items at more than 11,300 locations in 36 countries, including 8,500 restaurants across the United States. Dunkin’ is no stranger to such attacks and suffered from data breaches in November and February.

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MAY 18, 2017

And Boston Dynamics is working on their own robotic delivery system, which it showed off at this past April’s TED 2017 conference. The PYMNTS.com Omnicommerce Tracker™, powered by Vantiv, features industry-spanning research and insights that arm retailers with data to make smarter decisions for enabling omnichannel commerce.

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JULY 16, 2018

It’s Boston. It’s February (or maybe it’s May, because it’s still snowing in Boston). The Available Data. The data is out there, said the executive, with unprecedented access to drive patterns, the number of fill-ups that a consumer conducts in a given period of time and other buying behaviors. Picture this. It’s snowing.

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AUGUST 8, 2017

With PwC’s projected significant increase in the AI market over the next two-and-a-half years — alongside Boston Retail Partners’ research showing 45 percent of retailers ramping up AI use in the next three years — it’s no wonder consumer behaviors have begun to change as well.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Berger’s ambition is to for Marie Claire to be the brand that curates an experience for women that is about discovering the “ Next Big Thing ” at the intersection at fashion, beauty, content and technology as women go about their day – making it, as Berger told Webster, experiential and real.

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JANUARY 17, 2020

According to previous reports, Boston, Dallas-Fort Worth, North Carolina, and Ohio are among the next markets the pharmacy chain is targeting for the growth of HealthHUB in 2020. percent from December 2018 per Commerce Department data. CVS Health, however, is not the only retailer to bolster its health offerings. percent and rose 5.8

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NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Articles via USA Today, Payments Today, The Financial Brand and Bloomberg. The hackers pulled off the largest theft of customer data from a U.S. financial institution in history, stealing personal information of more than 100 million people.

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APRIL 14, 2020

According to CDC data, only about 23 percent of American adults are getting the recommended amount of exercise per week, data consistent with measurements by the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) indicating that about a quarter of all Americans have gym memberships they report using regularly.

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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. According to data from the National Retail Federation (NRF), stores will bring in around $14.8 We in Boston hope for it to be our sixth!

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JANUARY 6, 2018

Boston and the areas surrounding New York didn’t get quite as lucky and were actually buried under more than a foot of snow, but the damage was done. Boston, in its ongoing quest to suffer more than any other American city in the winter, didn’t just have more than a foot of snow and more than 50-mile-an-hour winds.

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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. “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.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2019

In some cases, brands like Loblaw and Nike are letting shoppers use their mobile phones to pay for their purchases at their physical stores. The approximate value of Fiserv’s stock-based acquisition deal for First Data was $22 billion. In addition, First Data CEO Frank Bisignano was set to be president and COO.

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MARCH 9, 2020

The internet “and its many apps, online reviews, and socially viral communication speeds will continue to disrupt restaurant industry traffic, revenues, brands, and survivability even more over the next decade,” Christopher Baron of RedBaron Consulting, told Modern Restaurant Management.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Data from Tracxn Technologies released this week found less than half the volume of venture capital going to B2B startups in between January and August of this year compared to the same period the year before. million in seed funding, announced on Thursday (Sept.

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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 was a little over two years ago that Target was synonymous with “data breach.” It is a delicate balance, of course.

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AUGUST 3, 2016

It’s providing an enhanced service that everybody is already familiar with, it’s not a brand new payments system where people have to figure out, ‘How do I use this? Here’s a sneak peek: One central reason Kenneally expects Sept. 23 to go smoothly is that the ACH network is already being used by banks and consumers. Kenneally explained.

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