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FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Pharmacy operator CVS , for example, experimented with a program in Boston in which shoppers received free delivery on prescriptions and eCommerce purchases as well as other perks. The program, which is dubbed CarePass, also includes access to a pharmacy helpline, a discount on CVS branded products and a monthly coupon.

Innovation 166

Innovation Retail social media Apple 166

PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

Store count isn’t everything,” CEO Suzanne Greco told The Boston Globe. As a high-profile American brand, Subway may have some luck with its plans for international expansion — it plans to open more than 1,000 locations abroad this year — but it appears that America has already moved on. It’s about growing the business.

Retail 100

Retail Branding Boston Washington 100

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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. Cosi operated 74 company-owned restaurants and 31 franchised restaurants in 15 states at the time of filing. The company also fired CEO R.J. Dourney and other executives in August. “We Claire’s Stores, Inc.,

Boston 100

Boston Retail Nebraska Study 100

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

As a result of the historic pace of vaccine development through Operation Warp Speed and careful logistics planning, the FAA today is supporting the first mass air shipment of a vaccine," the agency said in a statement on Friday (Nov. Walmart now operates 19 clinics inside its stores to attend to routine, non-emergency health matters.

Arizona 160

Arizona Survey Boston Examples 160

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Emma Nutt, born in 1860 in a small town in Maine, was hired by Alexander Graham Bell in 1878 to be the world’s first female telephone switchboard operator. She stayed with Bell and the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company for more than 30 years until her retirement. At the end of her three-decade-plus career, about 25 percent of the U.S.

Google 190

Google Branding System Apple 190

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Connected2Fiber uses predictive artificial intelligence to connect telecom suppliers with corporate buyers, while providing a secure, cloud-based platform for its clients to exchange network intelligence. This startup is laser-focused on one B2B industry: telecom networks. million in seed funding, announced on Thursday (Sept. B2B eCommerce.

Capital 100

Capital Boston Management Report 100

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JUNE 21, 2016

These programs — which include apps like GrubHub, Foodler, Favor, Seamless and DoorDash – operate independently of merchants, acting as middlemen between in-home consumers and various eateries. When you order your first Favor, you’ll enter the payment information, which we store securely. Or, for that matter, even a lobster dinner?

Resources 102

Resources Operations Technology Boston 102

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OCTOBER 13, 2016

Vodafone is the third-largest mobile operator in the U.K. Operator East Japan Railway Company alone served 17.4 In London too, Apple Pay works on the Underground, buses and trains, and the company is keen to serve Boston, New York and other cities with tap-and-pay mobile services. But security is an ever-present concern.

Mobile 100

Mobile Payments Apple Samsung 100

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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. The whole process took less than 15 minutes.

Apple 227

Apple Study Innovation Survey 227

CB Insights

MARCH 27, 2019

Read our future of data security report for more on this topic. ). It comes as no surprise, then, that big tech players like Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Apple (FAMGA) are investing heavily in data security — especially as several have fallen victim to data breaches themselves.

Google 76

Google Apple Security Data 76

William Mills

MAY 9, 2018

HQ: Boston, MA. Presenter Profile: How they describe themselves: AI Foundry uses AI and user-guided machine learning to transform enterprise operations by integrating information, people and processes. Press & Sales: Colby Ross, colby@projectfinance.io , 603-767-2089. Website: projectfinance.io. Twitter: @yourfinanceapp.

Security 40

Security Samsung Strategy San Jose 40

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. Moreover, lingering doubts over the security of mobile channels also surfaced in the Fed’s research.

Mobile 105

Mobile Community Bank Community Technology 105

CB Insights

AUGUST 3, 2017

Other early-stage AI startups operating in the AI-for-business niche include Saba Software and DataFox. Frankel also sees the startup’s location in Boston as giving them an “unfair advantage” in talent acquisition. He says customers need “a security system that learns and gets better over time.”. Julia Computing.

Security 34

Security Capital Software Data 34

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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. That would ignore the fact that there’s a huge swath of SMBs who operate just like him and bank at one of the 13,198 banks that have not yet connected to the Zelle network — lots of them very small.

Payments 195

Payments Innovation Boston Branding 195

William Mills

MAY 11, 2016

Diana Chin (HR & Operations). It’s all done through the smartphone, with bank-level security. Chip card reader for when customers are shopping online to improve security. Customers can store all of their online profiles in one secure location to improve user experience. Branded version is available. ^KT.

Video 40

Video Mobile social media Analytics 40

CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2020

While the rules against prop trading have more recently been loosened, the restriction has still changed how investment banks operate. Even as the regulation pendulum swings back toward more limited oversight, how investment banks operate is fundamentally changing. Table of contents. The disruption of the IPO. Source: Stash.

Management 78

Management Capital Company Marketing 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

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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. Finally, the mobile app ecosystem in China is a lot messier than in developed countries because of massive security and quality control issues inside of app stores.

Payments 100

Payments Mobile Apple Google 100

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APRIL 4, 2016

I suspect it might be a tough hill to climb for the simple reason that anyone who is already a preferred customer of an airline probably uses their branded airline app. Or, alternatively, be the only platform available for consumers to communicate with brands – which they could be well positioned to become in lesser developed markets. .”

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. From one perspective, the position of management consulting as an industry has never seemed more secure. Those companies made plans.

Strategy 78

Strategy Management Analytics Tools 78

PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

Payments are and will be embedded in each of these experiences, enabled by an intermediary that will authenticate the user or the user’s device and enable secure, private and interoperable commerce experiences. The Ted Williams Tunnel in Boston, by contrast, gets me far less excited, even though I use it a lot.

Mobile 205

Mobile Innovation Apple Study 205

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

The first commerce intermediary to operate at scale was Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar , which opened for business in 1460. It also standardized pricing and hours of operation. Fewer buyers means that brands no longer find those outlets useful for distribution. Commerce intermediaries are nothing new.

Online 128

Online Google Branding Retail 128

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

The first commerce intermediary to operate at scale was Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar , which opened for business in 1460. It also standardized pricing and hours of operation. Fewer buyers means that brands no longer find those outlets useful for distribution. Commerce intermediaries are nothing new.

Online 112

Online Google Branding Retail 112