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.

Data 100

Data Meeting Company San Francisco 100

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Online retailers are expanding their brick-and-mortar footprints – and using feedback from eCommerce customers to inform the selections in their new stores. 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. Bass & Co.

Retail 109

Retail San Francisco United States Boston 109

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. “[Our

Data 100

Data Boston Community social media 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

JUNE 20, 2019

These are just some of the ways that companies are allowing consumers to place their orders for pick-up before they arrive at a brick-and-mortar restaurant location or for delivery by a driver via a digital platform: The mobile order-ahead market is expected to have a value of $38 billion by 2020.

Mobile 116

Mobile Jacksonville New York City New York 116

PYMNTS

JUNE 9, 2017

Kate Rettker, senior marketing manager and manager of the Protein Bar’s mobile order-ahead process, said the company has tweaked its app design to feature more distinct pops of color and better menu functionality, including adding photography. We’re a dietary-sensitive brand,” said Rettker. Because they are special to us.”.

social media 109

social media Mobile Boston Payments 109

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

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

She stayed with Bell and the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company for more than 30 years until her retirement. Fearful of giving up ground to a tech intermediary — Apple , Google , Amazon — many OEMs are working with third parties to develop their own branded apps and connected in-dash experiences. population had a phone in their homes.

Google 190

Google Branding System Apple 190

PYMNTS

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 projected value of the global POS software market by 2024 is said to be $30.9 The finding was reported by Boston Retail Partners in its 20th annual POS/Customer Engagement Benchmark Survey.

Innovation 126

Innovation Retail Mobile Massachusetts 126

Cisco

MAY 29, 2019

According to JD Power, “Nearly 90% of retail banking customers who are highly satisfied with the advice provided by their financial institution say they “definitely will” reuse their bank or credit union for another product” (The Financial Brand). But what exactly are those opportunities, and how can retail banks deliver when it matters most?

Customer Experience 72

Customer Experience Retail San Diego Study 72

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Funding and investor information is as of 9/6/17. . 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.

Maine 70

Maine Capital Rhode Island DC 70

PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2018

On those content-filled pages were advertisements hoping to catch the consumer’s eye, build a brand and influence a purchase. About every seven or so minutes, there was a commercial break in which ads were inserted with the same ambition — build a brand and drive a buy. And not, it seems, to enable commerce. trillion searches a year.

Google 121

Google Data social media Branding 121

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Based in New York, the business is now in seven other cities — Boston, Washington, D.C., Mike Russell, CEO of Paintzen, spoke with PYMNTS about the business, where it’s headed and why it’s like no other option in the market. You go online and give us really simple information about your home. What is Paintzen?

Los Angeles 100

Los Angeles San Francisco Portland Dallas 100

PYMNTS

JUNE 12, 2018

When Sephora announced the launch of a new 2,000-square-foot concept store in Boston last year , it unveiled a marriage of brick-and-mortar and digital: The store allowed customers the ability to order products in-store from the Sephora website, and it announced same-day pickup through its Sephora app, too.

Retail 109

Retail Examples Boston Mobile 109

Cisco

MAY 29, 2019

According to JD Power, “Nearly 90% of retail banking customers who are highly satisfied with the advice provided by their financial institution say they “definitely will” reuse their bank or credit union for another product” (The Financial Brand). But what exactly are those opportunities, and how can retail banks deliver when it matters most?

Customer Experience 48

Customer Experience Retail San Diego Study 48

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

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Mexico and the Philippines — two of the world’s top remittance corridors — are the first two markets out of the gate. However, MoneyGram CEO Alex Holmes noted that they can also send that cash to a bank account associated with their Visa-branded debit card or load it onto a Visa-branded prepaid card. million users, up from 9.2

Branding 100

Branding Cards Fraud Marketing 100

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

The Mayo Clinic Departments of Information Technology and Public Affairs teamed up with CFI to create the Mayo Clinic App. It delivers information in six key areas for visiting patients: About Mayo Clinic, About Rochester, Communication, My Health, My Visit, and Transportation. Cardinal Health — Fuse. Founded: 2014. Founded: 2015.

Innovation 73

Innovation Cleveland New York New York City 73

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., Security information and event management (SIEM). It’s in their DNA. fashioned customer service. “If Claire Hill, Heritage Bank & Trust.

Community 139

Community Community Bank social media Security 139

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

This is an innovation-seeking franchise that has built a solid brand and never got over its skis in execution. For the past four-plus years, Chesler has guided Glacier through continued growth and successful acquisitions across the West, all while staying true to Glacier’s local market culture. Man That’s a Cruddy Market.

Fintech 143

Fintech Strategy Leadership Lending 143

CB Insights

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Formerly beloved brands such as Aeropostale, American Apparel, and PacSun bit the dust in 2016, and the pace of retail deaths has accelerated since then. Additionally, many of these physical retailers have lost the cache they once had as new direct-to-consumer brands with a hyper-focus on specific products have taken off.

Retail 78

Retail Branding Company Capital 78

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. Good luck with that. Some consumers will take the bait, of course, but most won’t.

Cards 169

Cards Course Study New York 169

CB Insights

MARCH 27, 2019

These tech giants track our behavior, store our financial information, know where we work and live, what we buy, and more — and as a result, each has made moves to prioritize cybersecurity initiatives across two distinct areas: Personal data: Perhaps the most sought after currency of the digital age. But the company is not alone.

Google 76

Google Apple Security Data 76

PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2016

Recent market research performed by the NPD Group revealed that delivery traffic outside of pizza has expanded by 33 percent since 2012. When you order your first Favor, you’ll enter the payment information, which we store securely. We need to be an extension of our partners’ service and brand.”.

Resources 102

Resources Operations Technology Boston 102

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

William Mills

MAY 9, 2018

It adds a layer of connectivity between accounts that enables users to explore scenarios and tradeoffs — using their actual account data and information — and provides advice and guidance around the most optimal actions they can take with their money. HQ: Boston, MA. HQ: Boston, MA. Website: projectfinance.io. Key Executives.

Security 40

Security Samsung Strategy San Jose 40

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Major retailers and brands go local. According to CEO Brian Cornell: “In urban markets like New York or Chicago, San Francisco, Boston and D.C., Given that 7,000+ US retail locations shut down in 2017, retailers cannot afford to ignore consumer preferences. Target uses community research to effectively stock small stores.

Retail 64

Retail Los Angeles Strategy Community 64

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2019

restaurant market. Many restaurants are realizing that they need to provide their customers with delivery options to tap into the market’s full revenue potential, and are partnering with third-party delivery services to give customers the option to order their favorite meals, while raking in extra revenue. The main problem?

Data 134

Data Branding Boston Mobile 134

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

The company will use the new funding to further invest in its sales and marketing efforts in the United States, as well as expand research and development, including product data intelligence, and hire more than 100 additional staff in the upcoming year. Akeno’s U.S.

Retail 108

Retail United States Boston Branding 108

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

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

The “premium” pet food market as of 2001 accounted for about $5.7 That was about 44 percent of the revenue in the market. Lots of brands include exotic-sounding ingredients, the report notes, not in such small amounts that they likely have no nutritional impact. billion in annual revenue out of $12.9 billion of the $23.7

Oklahoma 139

Oklahoma Oklahoma City New Jersey Philadelphia 139

William Mills

MAY 11, 2016

Verifies the card and pushes that information onto the merchant. What’s the market strategy? Branded version is available. ^KT. Uses facebook to fill out personal information. As a co-branding solution, it would work very well. Showing a data segmentation manager on a map of the Boston area.

Video 40

Video Mobile social media Analytics 40

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.

Branding 100

Branding Payments Los Angeles Innovation 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. Information about customers and competitors is more available than ever. Information. Information. Table of contents.

Strategy 78

Strategy Management Analytics Tools 78

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

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. Kohl’s can move into smaller markets where a larger store may not fit.

Retail 59

Retail Trends Technology Branding 59

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