PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Germany- and Boston-based Spreadshirt uses data, analytics and even social media information to build a product and spread news among communities while printing more than 3.6 Founded in 2002, the goal of Spreadshirt’s platform is to eliminate headaches and hurdles when bringing great ideas to market. million items last year.

Data 100

Data Boston Community social media 100

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. The ability for merchants to surcharge in the U.S. is nothing new.

Regulation 181

Regulation Boston Cards Innovation 181

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

AUGUST 18, 2016

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. Our whole history is mobile location.

Data 100

Data Meeting Company San Francisco 100

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

APRIL 16, 2018

I said then that the payments and commerce power brokers of 2018 and beyond understand how to use context to monetize consumer intent without compromising their trust, their data and therefore their expectations of the platforms when using them. Those same people would also sit in front of the television to watch their favorite shows.

Google 121

Google Data social media Branding 121

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

MARCH 27, 2019

And because it’s so valuable — and not well understood — the scope of exactly what the big tech brands have been collecting is only recently being recognized by the general public. Its market cap seemed unaffected until July 2018, when Facebook lost around 20% of its value in one day off of news of slowing user growth.

Google 76

Google Apple Security Data 76

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Co-founder James Bello initially worked at the headquarters of a major retail chain, and then moved to Boston to serve in their innovation group. They were then able to figure out how to turn those products into usable food that is healthy for pets to eat and that has functional properties as well. The Market.

Millennials 144

Millennials social media Retail United States 144

William Mills

MAY 11, 2016

Credit HQ helps demonstrate to a small business how to start trading. What’s the market strategy? Branded version is available. ^KT. As a co-branding solution, it would work very well. Showing a data segmentation manager on a map of the Boston area. Sergii Danilenko (Head of Marketing). Karl Falk (CEO).

Video 40

Video Mobile social media Analytics 40

PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2016

When Godiva wanted to create a digital ad and shopping campaign around Valentine’s Day — probably the busiest shopping season for the chocolate maker — but didn’t have the time or resources to pull it off, it turned to a Boston-based company called Zmags and a tool called Creator. Most retailers struggle.

Meeting 100

Meeting Company Retail Resources 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. The nine or 10 years that smartphones and apps have existed is a digital lifetime in developed markets like the U.S. and the U.K.,

Payments 100

Payments Mobile Apple Google 100

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

JANUARY 7, 2019

But those concerns haven’t stopped consumers from using voice to access these new experiences, because they trust the primary enabler of those voice-enabled purchasing experiences – today that’s Amazon – as well as the underlying payment methods they use to make those purchases, which are network-branded credit and debit cards.

Mobile 205

Mobile Innovation Apple Study 205