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MARCH 2, 2017

Boston-based athletic company New Balance has a simple mission: to become the world’s best running brand. Nike and Adidas would also like to be the world’s best running brand, and both are much larger. And those collaborations are even more on display in New Balance’s new brand of physical stores. The Run Hub.

Retail 100

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MAY 24, 2018

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. Additionally, Wiivv works on a B2B to C strategy, partnering with leading brands to provide Wiivv’s fit tech as a platform. The Business Model.

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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. In other words, it’s a lot of that uber-valuable type of data.

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JANUARY 30, 2020

AE Events , a respected Boston-based event planning firm, is using one of the major card brands to empower field managers in the kinetic events industry. One high-profile pairing involves Uber and American Express, where paying Uber with an Amex corporate card now accrues points for free rides, eats and more.

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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. For retailers that struggle to maintain a seamless experience through multiple channels, solution providers are rolling out new tools such as software development kits (SDKs).

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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?”

Groups 139

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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

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MARCH 11, 2016

Exxon is not the first brand to embrace Apple Pay. Chevron attempted a limited rollout in northern California with NFC-enabled pumps, but Exxon is the first mass rollout and the first based on in-app software changes, as opposed to hardware upgrades.

Apple 100

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DECEMBER 21, 2016

Based in New York, the business is now in seven other cities — Boston, Washington, D.C., When you look at the actual business model, we’re investing in the brand experience, building logistics and software and pricing technology. So it’s really just the software investment that is connecting these worlds.

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OCTOBER 20, 2017

Despite the fears of some, several hoteliers have decided to give it a try over the past year, including some of the bigger name brands. Aloft Hotel — Boston Seaport & Santa Clara, California. Last December, 10 rooms at the Aloft Hotel in Boston’s Seaport got smart. Pacifica Hotels — Santa Barbara & Los Angeles.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

The funding was provided by Nauta Capital, reports said, whose general partner based in Boston, Dominic Endicott, said that Nauta’s confidence in Connected2Fiber stems from its ability to nix manual processes, like Excel, and other systems to help network operators visualize assets and connect to buyers.

Capital 100

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Maestro is a live and on-demand video experience platform that allows content creators and brand sponsors to engage and monetize audiences at scale. Headquarters: Boston, Massachusetts. Haste is a software solution that improves network performance for live interactive experiences. Headquarters: Culver City, California.

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AUGUST 9, 2017

One platform benefitting from the mobile scramble, NewStore, a Boston-based omnichannel mobile commerce platform provider and software developer, recently received $50 million in Series B financing to help fund efforts to expand its mobile platform’s capabilities and partner with new retailers.

Mobile 110

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APRIL 18, 2016

They’re software programs that make performing repetitive tasks simple and fast – way faster than human beings could ever do. Hey brand, want a better way to engage with your customer? Well, that is unless you’re in Japan where robots – dinosaur robots to be precise — are now acceptable substitutes for hotel reception staff.

Google 100

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Salsify , a startup that helps companies and their brands “win on the digital shelf,” has just raised another $155 million as it doubles down on product development and expands globally. 23) that they have closed on a deal with the Boston-based software and eCommerce company for $155 million in a Series E round of financing.

Boston 154

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Innovation centers across the globe in Boston, London, California, and Shanghai serve as regional hubs that can connect with local entrepreneurs, scientists, and technologies. Diverse teams within Verily work with partners in healthcare, technology, and engineering to develop new hardware and software, publish studies, and encourage startups.

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Banking 2020

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

For example, a new report from consulting firm Boston Retail Partners states 85% of retailers say that ‘unified commerce’ is a top priority for the year ahead, and many merchants are well on their way. The regular drumbeat of stories about data breaches at brand-name retail chains probably doesn’t help.).

Retail 40

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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. Today’s mobile options. Others may be available off the shelf.

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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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SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Akeneo’s open source software as a service (SaaS) platform manages product information and omnichannel catalogs, becoming the most used product information management (PIM) platform in the world. In addition, the company has achieved compound triple-digit revenue growth for the sixth consecutive year. “We Akeno’s U.S.

Retail 108

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

This is an innovation-seeking franchise that has built a solid brand and never got over its skis in execution. Goes to the growing cacophony of low-code and no-code software promises in the bank tech market. Before getting into banking, he started two tech companies in Asia and was a consultant at Boston Consulting Group.

Fintech 147

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CB Insights

AUGUST 3, 2017

Gupta exposed Shah to the opportunity and “emerging trend” in V2V (vehicle-to-vehicle) communications: Prior to the discussion, Shah says he had yet to pay mind to the idea that autonomous vehicles must “communicate with other vehicles because decisions would need to be processed locally” by each vehicle’s respective software.

Security 34

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William Mills

MAY 11, 2016

11:37 am William Mills, CEO of William Mills Agency, and Stephen Ramirez, CEO of Beyond the Arc, discuss major trends presented at this year’s Finovate and highlight key companies such as Malauzai Software, PayActiv and many more! Branded version is available. ^KT. As a co-branding solution, it would work very well.

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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.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Both firms were among the 23 banks underwriting Snowflake’s IPO, which was the biggest software IPO in history — more than triple the size of VMware’s offering in 2007 — as well as the IPOs of real estate investment firm Broadstone Net Lease, telehealth company Amwell, and investment group StepStone. Source: Wall Street Journal and Dealogic.

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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.

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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.

Payments 100

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William Mills

MAY 9, 2018

HQ: Boston, MA. HQ: Boston, MA. We license the technology to HW vendors and brands. ProxToMe IA is patented software that leverages Bluetooth and/or Near Field Communication with an identity assurance algorithm to ensure that the authenticating user’s smartphone is in front of a legit IoT device. Twitter: @yourfinanceapp.

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CB Insights

APRIL 24, 2018

We look into how stores are being transformed into showrooms, community gathering spots, and even event spaces as retailers leverage the physical store as tool for brand marketing. It was an experiment by Ikea to better understand what types of technology could attract customers, and more broadly to introduce them to the Ikea brand.

Retail 59

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Thinking that way misses a much bigger point: That is, looking at an “average” percent of sales done in a physical store is about as accurate as following the Farmer’s Almanac ‘s prediction of the average amount of snowfall in Boston each winter by examining how furry the caterpillars are. Take books, for example.

Payments 100

Payments Online Mobile Retail 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. That’s why McKinsey launched McKinsey Solutions, a suite of analytics software products that are sold to and embedded with a client.

Strategy 78

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JANUARY 30, 2017

Instead of worrying about what those software developers are doing or why no one is downloading your app, you’re stressed out about food — specifically, where your next meal is coming from. If you’re a chipmunk in Boston, you might not want to venture far or even stay out a long time when the weather is cold or snowy.

Retail 100

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JANUARY 7, 2019

Software platforms are taking commerce to new worlds, independent of any single device to provide that point of entry. 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. In fact, it already is.

Mobile 205

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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. There’s no question that the world’s weather patterns are undergoing a massive change. The number of new businesses is at an all-time low.

Google 148

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OCTOBER 22, 2018

The beloved mall kiosk, or the more formally named retail merchandising unit ( RMU ), had its humble beginnings in Boston. Brands will be able to lease space for a relatively short period of time – six months to one year – in a variety of designs, from standard cubes to triangles and receptacles.

Branding 129

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OCTOBER 9, 2017

The modern-day department store, the intermediary that’s aggregated brands and buyers in a single physical location for more than 160 years, and the modern-day shopping mall, which has done the same for the last six decades, has steadily lost foot traffic, sales and profits to online competitors since about 2010.

Online 128

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

The modern-day department store, the intermediary that’s aggregated brands and buyers in a single physical location for more than 160 years, and the modern-day shopping mall, which has done the same for the last six decades, has steadily lost foot traffic, sales and profits to online competitors since about 2010.

Online 112

Online Google Branding Retail 112