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APRIL 21, 2020

In addition to Uber Eats, which donated $2 million to jumpstart the fund, founding partners included PepsiCo, Constellation Brands, Moët Hennessy USA, Ecolab, Cargill, Boston Beer Co., As reported in early April, the National Restaurant Association created the fund to support U.S. It was led by Food Network host and chef Guy Fieri.

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OCTOBER 4, 2019

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. The Natick Mall store carries products that are top sellers or new and trending on Amazon’s website. To keep tabs on the latest retail trends, check next week’s Retail Pulse.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

The Staples Connect concept, which offers experiences and solutions as well as a place to transact, debuted in multiple Boston area stores on Feb. The company aims to create its own take on the classic counter convenience store, offering natural wines and craft beer along with several of its own brands of sandwiches.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Cannabis beauty brands are becoming increasingly popular, and CBD products are the next big thing in beauty,” Kim D’Angelo, Neiman Marcus’ beauty buyer, said in an email. Our CBD assortment is an important part of our brand’s commitment to the health and well-being of our customers.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2019

In a recent trend, eCommerce mattress brands have been moving into the world of brick-and-mortar retail by opening their own stores and pop-up shops to help let customers test-drive their products in real life. At the stores, customers will be able to choose to take their mattresses from the store or have them delivered.

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Celent Banking

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

This is the third article in a weekly series highlighting trends and themes from Celent’s Model Bank submission process. A number of customer experience submissions this year focus on building out separate digital subsidiary brands within traditional institutions. Brands are similar and products/ services are frequently cross-sold.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Bloomberg reported this week that Boston-based home décor eCommerce giant Wayfair turned in strong Q3 financials, noting that the firm’s quarterly results “exceeded analysts’ estimates, suggesting the wave of home improvement inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic is lingering.”. Winter weather will end in six months, however.

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MAY 18, 2017

And Boston Dynamics is working on their own robotic delivery system, which it showed off at this past April’s TED 2017 conference. To read the story and for all the latest news and trends from around the Omni space, check out the latest Tracker. Bringing Online to the Real World . About the Tracker.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2019

With the help of Robomart , a startup based in California, the grocery chain plans to bring produce, convenience items and meal kits to the customers’ doors through roving autonomous mobile stores in the Boston area. And Indochino , a digitally native made-to-measure menswear brand, has plans to grow its brick-and-mortar footprint this year.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

The aim is to stay on top of the latest digital commerce trends to remain relevant. 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.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

DraftKings already has similar arrangements with three NBA franchises: the Boston Celtics, Indiana Pacers and Philadelphia 76ers. Online sportsbooks and esports wagering — either via apps or websites and even inside some casinos — is bucking the COVID-19 trend with impressive numbers even as real sports are, to a large degree, sidelined.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Berger’s ambition is to for Marie Claire to be the brand that curates an experience for women that is about discovering the “ Next Big Thing ” at the intersection at fashion, beauty, content and technology as women go about their day – making it, as Berger told Webster, experiential and real.

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MAY 24, 2018

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. Hargovan is convinced that this functional, custom mode of selling is going to be a big trend. The Business Model.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2017

Are shopping malls doomed to fall by the wayside along with retail trends of the past? This year, Boston Retail Partners principal analyst Ken Morris shared his thoughts with Glossy on the closing department stores and what’s happening as a result. But there are positive ways to respond to these trends. Not quite yet.

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OCTOBER 9, 2020

Controlling costs while leveraging logistics is the rising trend in restaurant operations, and platform solutions are already getting ahead of changes that will further affect how we eat. cities, including Boston, Chicago, New York and Washington, D.C.”. Retrofitting for the Future. Mobile Is Making It Work.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Big brands are opening pop-up shops chock full of digital commerce technology and experiences for fans, and Nike is no exception. Between its flagship and pop-up shop, brands like Nike are incorporating mobile payments along with experiences into their new retail spaces as they head into a digital future.

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JANUARY 17, 2020

According to previous reports, Boston, Dallas-Fort Worth, North Carolina, and Ohio are among the next markets the pharmacy chain is targeting for the growth of HealthHUB in 2020. To keep tabs on the latest retail trends, check next week’s Retail Pulse. CVS Health, however, is not the only retailer to bolster its health offerings.

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JUNE 9, 2017

The new app is powered by LevelUp , a mobile payments platform created by Boston startup SCVNGR and the force behind PYMNTS’ mobile order-ahead tracker. We’re a dietary-sensitive brand,” said Rettker. Between that trend and Protein Bar’s steady messaging around fresh ingredients, selling customers on the product hasn’t been an issue.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 14, 2024

For financial marketers, especially those in credit unions and community banks, the biggest event of the year, The Financial Brand Forum , is just two months away. For the most part, early-bird (or very-early-bird) prices are still in effect, so you can easily save $1,000 or more on a pair of tickets. But there is much more to choose from.

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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. At the same time, startups are riding the craft spirits, cannabis-infused beverages, and alcohol-free trends, offering innovative products to happy hour drinkers.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2020

The weather is turning such that Boston has already had its first snow, and eating outdoors at restaurants is losing its appeal in the northern United States. Because while most readers are undoubtedly familiar with both chocolate milk and Oreos, both brands have gone far, far beyond their original roots.

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JULY 30, 2019

That trend continued in the second quarter and looks likely to be a dominant trait in the 2020s, only a few months away. More than 400 Dunkin’ restaurants throughout New York City’s five boroughs are now offering delivery through Seamless, Grubhub’s New York brand. Starbucks Delivery.

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PYMNTS

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 22, 2017

Setting Trends. Boston Retail Partners (BRP) is attributing the shift to Amazon Prime, which, by dominating the retail landscape, is forcing competitors to keep up or give up. Plus, it has the potential to help the retailer leverage underutilized parts of its store footprint and drive up visitor frequency. In the U.S.,

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MARCH 15, 2019

As it stands, mobile ordering is available at the chain’s Denver, Boston and Houston locations — and more markets are said to be in the works for this year. To keep tabs on the latest retail trends, check next week’s Retail Pulse. Moviegoers, in turn, can pick up their selections near the concessions at the Express Pick-Up kiosks.

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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.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

We’ll analyze the current eSports landscape, macro trends affecting the industry, where deals and dollars have trended, and which areas may be primed for startup investment in the future. Headquarters: Boston, Massachusetts. The State of e-Sports Research Briefing. First Name. Headquarters: Culver City, California.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Download the 50-page PDF to explore trends in the US insurance tech ecosystem. More accurate and agile underwriting in light of trends such as distracted driving and ongoing marijuana legislation. Since the start of 2017, there have been over 830 mentions of telematics on earnings calls. Unpacking the insurtech landscape. ” N/A.

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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.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2018

It’s also a core tenant that I outlined in my January 2018 annual opus on trends that will drive the payments and commerce ecosystem dynamics this year and in the years to come. On those content-filled pages were advertisements hoping to catch the consumer’s eye, build a brand and influence a purchase.

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DECEMBER 6, 2019

The concept comes with interactive walls and follows similar moves by sporting or other fashion brands. Lancome, as it stands, is one of the largest brands of L’Oreal, the French cosmetics group. Beauty companies are also acquiring other brands. Have & Be also owns Do The Right Thing, a men’s grooming brand.

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PYMNTS

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. About the Tracker .

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2016

The Good … The really good news about summer for retailers is that the temperature is their ally — well, at least for those retailers in the Northeast, assuming that it warms back up again in Boston (from 92 to 62 in 24 hours is a bit much …). In an average year, the trends are on a merchant’s side.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 2, 2018

One of the biggest trends in fintech today is the rise of digital banking products like mobile checking accounts and new debit cards. See the investment trends, top deals, and active investors in Q2 2018. When users shop at any of the 200+ brands Acorns has partnered with, the brand will provide “cash forward.”

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

While the store is a first for Nike, it’s part of a bigger trend in retail — product and inventory localization. And there’s a lot to gain from this trend: 63% of consumers are interested in personalized recommendations from retailers, according to a recent study. Major retailers and brands go local.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 18, 2016

Hey brand, want a better way to engage with your customer? And Messenger and Marcus’ big bet is that its chatbots will provide a mechanism for brands to strike up those conversations with their community faster, cheaper and as well – if not better – than a live person can do now. Find a developer and let them grab Messenger’s bot API.

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JUNE 21, 2016

Also, Mintel’s Foodservice Trends 2016 report found that 77 percent of Americans said they would use online food delivery services. We need to be an extension of our partners’ service and brand.”. Flour, a Boston-based bakery with multiple locations across the city, is among the eateries Favor users can order from.

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