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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. “Without technology, this industry is not going to move much further.” Cosi operated 74 company-owned restaurants and 31 franchised restaurants in 15 states at the time of filing. and Rue21, Inc.

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MARCH 25, 2019

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. Contactless technology in the U.S., and Europe, for example, is lagging.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Fevo is a white-label solution that lives within sight of the brands it serves – because, Daie noted, they don’t really want to interpose themselves into the brand’s relationship with their consumer. The Yankees are an internationally recognized brand, so why would we try to pull them to Fevo’s app?”

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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. We imagine they are still figuring out how shovel technology even works. In fact, deliveries of firewood now have a two-week wait in Boston and its surrounding areas.

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OCTOBER 20, 2017

Of course, many also have privacy concerns related to voice-activated technology, even at home — let alone in a shared space, where others use the device before and after them, and where someone (the hotel) could potentially have access to data or moments that the guest would prefer to keep private.

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JULY 31, 2019

Call Blue Apron what you will: a struggling retailer, a comeback kid, a prime example of hype in the online world, a respectable survivor. In fact, Blue Apron and its rival began forming partnerships with brands and stores such as Costco and WW (formerly Weight Watchers). Presto Eats is a good example of that.

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CB Insights

JULY 9, 2018

Whether you call it happy hour, apéro, or aperitivo, the couple of hours right after work and before dinner is a key drinking occasion for major alcohol brands. To tap into the craft spirits and new alcoholic beverages trends, major alcohol companies such as Diageo, AB InBev, and Pernod Ricard have all started to invest in emerging brands.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

Call Blue Apron what you will: a struggling retailer, a comeback kid, a prime example of hype in the online world, a respectable survivor. In fact, Blue Apron and its rival began forming partnerships with brands and stores such as Costco and WW (formerly Weight Watchers). Presto Eats is a good example of that.

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APRIL 20, 2017

I tried last night to make a reservation from Boston to San Francisco, and it told me that I had presented it with a first: There were no flights between those two cities. Within the next few months, the Amex bot will have artificial intelligence and servicing technology. At least that response only took a few seconds to get.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Based in New York, the business is now in seven other cities — Boston, Washington, D.C., Our core technology is our pricing engine. They can save it to say, “I want this paint to go in my kitchen,” for example, and all those tools are there digitally. So we started researching the world of painting, and it grew from there.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Learn about the technologies, innovations, and strategies that retailers can leverage during the holidays. Examples range from the neighborhood-specific inventory at Target’s small format stores to Adidas’ city-specific running shoes. Major retailers and brands go local. First Name.

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MAY 27, 2016

The weather in Boston – and it’s about darn time. The hope is that the brand/experience convo will lure in customers and keep them buying. Their retail experience needs a bit of reinventing , and she did that for the iconic brand when she joined them. You want to know what really sizzled this week? Burberry, Ms.

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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. Wearable technologies? For example, other studies have turned up numerous problems with the ‘click-and-collect’ orders placed on Cyber Monday. Social channels?

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JUNE 21, 2016

Favor, for example, will deliver everything from prescriptions to dry cleaning. For third-party delivery apps, customer service is another area where omnichannel technology is in demand. We need to be an extension of our partners’ service and brand.”. Bridging the gap between restaurants and technology.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Large banks and nonbanks, merchants and technology companies are pressing to solidify their inroads into the financial transaction business. Research and everyday observation show how consumers are increasingly using mobile technologies. It’s become a familiar story, usually with a new splash. Ed Bachelder, payments consultant.

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DECEMBER 21, 2020

And you can see it in the hustle by retailers and brands large and small to pivot their businesses and business models — and the disclaimers on just about every retail site starting a week or more ago that orders placed online might not make it in time for Christmas. Take PayPal, for example.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

This solution will make it easier for receivers in those markets to receive and use funds instantly (via their bank-issued Visa-branded debit card or Visa-branded prepaid card), and senders may choose the option by which to send those funds. billion) for its investors in the biggest technology IPO Europe has seen as of this summer.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Uber rode the tailwinds of smartphone adoption, app stores, well-developed technologies like GPS and (at launch) well-established mapping software provided by Google to blend the online and offline worlds around a consumer experience that before lacked certainty and reliability. But that’s just one side of the Uber ecosystem.

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JANUARY 15, 2018

And it’s why mobile wallets – except for a few noteworthy examples such as Walmart and Starbucks, that each have ubiquity across all of its stores – have struggled to get any meaningful traction despite this inconsistent EMV checkout experience. It’s what Google is hoping Google Home and “Ask Google” will do for them.

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OCTOBER 26, 2020

At the same time, financial upstarts have built technologies that could eventually cut into the relationship-driven work that investment banks are used to doing. But there’s no question that the way these institutions function has shifted, pushed along especially by the financial crisis and technology trends. Table of contents.

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APRIL 24, 2018

Retailers are leveraging technology, such as artificial intelligence and augmented reality, to enhance operational visibility and personalize their customer service, a new necessity in fast-changing and demanding consumer market. However, this isn’t the whole story. The new big-box store. Ikea as a model.

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MARCH 27, 2019

Facebook, for example, disclosed that an unprecedented data breach in September 2018 exposed the social media accounts of up to 90M users — including login credentials — effectively compromising access to any site that lets users log in with their Facebook account. Uber, for example, was involved in an incident that exposed 57M customers.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 27, 2016

Eric Morse counters megabanks through judicious marketing and branding. Boston native. Lifelong Boston Bruins fan. For that reason, every community bank should consider whether its marketing and branding are adequately communicating that second message, however directly or indirectly. Eric Morse, Needham Bank. Assets: $1.9

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William Mills

MAY 11, 2016

Race Data brought bank client on stage who is thrilled with the product, he also states that the technology gives context to bank call center employees as well. ^KT. Katerina Frolovicheva (MD, Technologies Innovations). Branded version is available. ^KT. For example, if they get a gift with account open).

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Building trust in your institution has a lot to do with technology, from implementing strong data security practices to humanizing your online customer interactions. But for most community banks, building a trustworthy brand isn’t a conscious effort. Use these 3 technologies to safeguard customer data. It’s in their DNA.

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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. It’s easy to assume from my example that ubiquity and certainty are two sides of the same coin, but that’s not my point. It’s why Visa and Mastercard are such powerful global brands.

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MARCH 6, 2017

The layout has been re-arranged to accommodate a self-serve cosmetic area and a fragrance room that gives shoppers the option to explore perfumes by scent type instead of brand. Those all have to be part of the experience, and that is what we are thinking about when we think about new technology.”.

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AUGUST 3, 2017

Traction : While Shah gave no specific examples of CARMERA’s business traction, the company has elsewhere highlighted its “symbiotic safety monitoring partnerships with high-coverage fleets.” He sees this deal as an example. ” CARMERA’s first product is now available for sale starting at $499.

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NCR

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

The growth of mobile banking over the last few years is a trend that should put the technology at the heart of every financial institution’s strategy. This is a message that US banks appear to be hearing loud and clear, at least according to the findings of a recent study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.

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CB Insights

JULY 17, 2018

The old guard of American dining are switching up their games to compete: McDonald’s is adding self-serve kiosks to many of its franchises, upping the ante with mobile order technology. Many of yesterday’s casual dining brands are dying, but not because millennials “don’t eat out.” table of contents.

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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. We take our weather very seriously in Boston. Spare me the cutesy icon that tries to make a joke about it.

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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. “The underlying principles of strategy are enduring, regardless of technology or the pace of change.”

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Technology — not traditional payments companies — will be who leads the way. Looking at the data, how players in payments and commerce more broadly are using technology and the shopping habits of consumers all make that fact indisputable. Take books, for example. Mobile payments will be how we pay.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2016

That’s also like saying the average winter temperature in Boston is 37 degrees. Nearly 100 percent of these wallets were NFC-enabled for the most part, a technology that merchants didn’t support nor want to invest to support. . Take PayPal for example. Then, the retailers distracted themselves. HOW PAYMENTS WILL SAVE RETAIL.

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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. Robotics and technology are taking jobs from people who need them the most, it’s said. The number of new businesses is at an all-time low.

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JANUARY 7, 2019

In other words, pay no attention to the notion that voice assistants are these clunky, friction-filled technologies that have reached their peak. Google, with Google Assistant, recognizes this shift, too, and is making its own moves in the space with branded devices and integrations with consumer product brands.

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OCTOBER 9, 2017

All jewelry sellers, for example, had to set up shop on the same street and sell their products for the same price. Advances in technology improved the mass production of textiles there and gave rise to new merchant centers outside Istanbul. Fewer buyers means that brands no longer find those outlets useful for distribution.

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