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JANUARY 25, 2018

Reviver Auto seeks to bring the license plate into the digital age via its rPlate, which acts as a digital display, tied, of course, to license plate numbers, but with an eye on connectivity. Boston noted that, with the traditional and entrenched methods, “your registration is sent out to an address.” It’s onerous.

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OCTOBER 9, 2020

Frameworks, of course, offer guideposts and at least some movement toward standardization. Depending on where you look, the shift to cashless has been dictated by market forces, or by government guidance. of course, is not standing still. The Federal Reserve Bank has been exploring a digital currency.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2020

With direct marketing hit by robocall abuse and the National Do Not Call Registry , direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands and other not-so-usual suspects are looking into and in some cases reinstating door-to-door sales. It’s a niche market, but $28.7 The iconic door-to-door brand is of course Avon.

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AUGUST 22, 2018

The crypto landscape is littered with digital tokens, with promise and peril, with stories of booms … and, of course, more recently, busts. To date as a group, the losses have mounted for all the cryptocurrencies out there – the ones that came to market and were snapped up and bought by speculators, and then sold.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

According to McKinsey , if you take the approximate value of all the sleep swag on the market as of 2018 –think luxury pajamas , high-end bed linens , cuddling robots , DTC mattresses and odd gadgets – it generates somewhere between $30 billion and $45 billion annually in revenue worldwide. Boston Med has offered Sleepio since 2016.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2018

It’s not wholly undeserved, of course. retail and apparel markets are nearing recession levels, tripling in the past six years. Lewis said the brand mostly stands by its profit-first mentality around growth and expansion — though, of late, they’ve pursued the market more aggressively.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2019

That enthusiasm for design in general first led Royer to be an early worker for bespoke men’s clothing firm Bonobos — but even back in his clothing days, he held onto a lasting fascination with the furniture market in general, and sofas in particular. But something simple, purpose build and of high quality for the middle market.

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AUGUST 20, 2020

The Main Street lending program is focused on companies that cannot raise funds in the capital markets through issuing, say, bonds, or selling equity. The question is what happens if loans go sour — which means, of course, that banks get dinged if they do.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Super Bowl LI is less than 24 hours away from kicking off and deciding once and for all which city is better — Atlanta or Boston (though obviously it’s Boston — since the global headquarters for PYMNTS.com is located here). And then there’s Tom Brady. Just in case you needed even more of a reason to want the Pats to win!).

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FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Super Bowl LI is less than 24 hours away from kicking off and deciding once and for all which city is better — Atlanta or Boston (though obviously it’s Boston — since the global headquarters for PYMNTS.com is located here). And then there’s Tom Brady. Just in case you needed even more of a reason to want the Pats to win!).

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OCTOBER 11, 2017

Google, for instance, has its Midwest headquarters in the former Fulton Market Cold Storage building. Building upon its Boston-area staff, Facebook plans to open a new office in neighboring Cambridge next year. Cambridge, Massachusetts. The new offices will be located on the top three floors at 100 Binney St.

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OCTOBER 12, 2020

In an interview with Karen Webster, Boston Federal Reserve Chief Operating Officer and FedNow Program Executive Ken Montgomery said the central bank’s ambitious payments initiative remains on track — and will inject competition into the instant payments market.

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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 .

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JULY 5, 2017

This once-free social networking site, over the course of the 11 years it existed, assembled millions of people who freely shared their experiences with each other and the entirety of the web. The citizens of Boston didn’t need a government report to tell them what was wrong, because taxi service in Boston was pretty pathetic.

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AUGUST 24, 2019

Indeed, the general sports world – and the NFL, of course, is included in that in a big way – is also adapting to the increasing popularity of online sports betting , with 10 states passing rules regulating the activity in 2018 after the Supreme Court ruled in favor. For the 2019 NFL season – PYMNTS is based in Boston, so Go Pats! –

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FEBRUARY 4, 2019

That enthusiasm for design in general first led Royer to be an early worker for bespoke men’s clothing firm Bonobos – but even back in his clothing days, he held onto a lasting fascination with the furniture market in general, and sofas in particular. But something simple, purpose build and of high quality for the middle market.

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APRIL 28, 2016

Part of the settlement is that, now, however, drivers can ask passengers for tips (in cash, of course) and hang signs in their cars stating that the fares do not include tips. In some cities like Boston, there is a $15 minimum – so an $8 or $9 taxi ride ends up being 40 percent more. Then, of course, there’s the issue of surge pricing.

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JUNE 25, 2020

” Unison offers them that access point at a time when the product they offer has become particularly relevant to the market’s needs. ” Unison offers them that access point at a time when the product they offer has become particularly relevant to the market’s needs. Alleviating The Pressures Of The Present .

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JULY 21, 2017

Connecting with consumers has seen a significant change over the course of the past few decades. No longer are retailers working with marketers to figure out a way to mass market products and services. Retailers are working hard to not only adjust but also enhance the approach to securing and maintaining sales.

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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. It’s a multi-pronged attack that is leveraging both gadgets and a big reboot of the in-store experience that the Boston-based firm is betting big on. and identified five or six influencer markets that we wanted to penetrate.

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MARCH 17, 2020

With all due respect and apologies, a triple whammy was served up in Boston today: Tom Brady is leaving the New England Patriots, the coronavirus has shuttered bars on St. Of course, Brady leaves a legacy of excellence and left on good terms,” Passikoff added. Patrick’s Day and an unseen contagion is in place.

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JUNE 1, 2019

That is not cheap, of course, but it doesn’t sound so bad – until one realizes that the problem with averages is that they are, well, averages. 2,420 in Boston and $2,300 in Seattle for a no-frills one-bedroom, probably a walk-up. Try finding a place to live in San Francisco with a $1,215 monthly rent budget.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2019

According to reports last week, Amazon will soon be heading to Boston to construct a $40 million state-of-the-art robotics innovation hub. The 350,000-square-foot facility is planned for Westborough, Massachusetts, a community roughly 35 miles west of Boston. Amazon’s Big Robotics Investment .

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DECEMBER 7, 2018

In an interview with PYMNTS’ Karen Webster, Gradifi’s new CEO David Chang — all of a week and a half in his role and a PayPal alum (where he helmed that firm’s Boston office) — said that all too often in conversation with young borrowers, it becomes apparent that debt is steering their career choices. What’s On Offer.

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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. I say yes, because … well, what else is there to say?

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FEBRUARY 2, 2019

As PYMNTS is Boston-based, the company is, of course, excited to see Tom Brady take a shot at that sixth Super Bowl ring. Produce marketer Avocados From Mexico said that avocado demand hit new highs this year ahead of the Super Bowl, increasing 20 percent from last year to 242 million pounds. “We It’s a tall order. Go Pats!

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

Of course, the movie has a happy ending: Pat lets the family go, and the hero finally confronts his feelings about his mother’s death. Availability is expanding through West Coast and Midwest markets this fall and should go nationwide early in 2018. Miscellaneous. Probably not long at all.

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APRIL 29, 2017

So in some sense, it is not surprising that the team at Boston Dynamics chose a dog to be their robotic delivery beast. Spot is Boston Dynamics’ attempt to branch out some — since before being bought by Google, its robots were largely funded by military contracts. D. Something they’d never want to see at their front door.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

The plan — or, at least, the widely expected course of events — was that the U.S. The 2015 holiday sales season was weaker than expected across retail, followed by a plunging and then bumpy stock market in late winter and early spring spurred by uncertainty about the Chinese economy. to zero, and there it remained for seven years.

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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.”.

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JULY 30, 2019

The company has also expanded Starbucks Delivers with the help of Uber Eats, which is in more than 2,700 stores in 11 markets. And there are plans to expand the service to additional markets in the coming months, including Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia. To take one example, look at the Starbucks results from Q2. McDonald’s.

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MARCH 6, 2017

While many in the Greater Boston area stayed indoors to keep clear of the arctic chill that had descended upon the region, eight teams hunkered down in offices in the middle of the Financial District with another goal in mind: reimagining the retail and payments experience using AR/VR technologies. Payment-enabled, of course.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Evolving with the customer has enabled the retailer to stay relevant, even through the struggles that so many brick-and-mortar companies are facing — though, of course, Lowe’s is not a pure brick-and-mortar business, with its robust web presence and mobile app. Smart Home Powered by b8ta” is available in select major U.S.

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AUGUST 3, 2017

There was variety of course- but within limits. Plain cake, glazed, chocolate dipped, Boston creme, powdered sugar and jelly was the standard line – with perhaps the occasional cruller or blueberry cake thrown in for exoticism. Donuts used to be one of the more standard staples of the American “balanced” breakfast.

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JANUARY 17, 2020

That matters because as time goes by and existing cities become prohibitively expensive — think San Francisco, New York City and Los Angeles, with Chicago, Boston and other areas not far behind — many younger, well-educated consumers are making moves to exurban or even rural areas, or smaller cities. We are tech agnostic,” Winrich said.

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DECEMBER 13, 2015

In a Federal Reserve Bank of Boston survey of mobile banking and payment services released in August, roughly three-fourths of about 600 community banks and credit unions in five Federal Reserve districts that were polled were offering some kind of mobile service. View credit card balances, transaction history. Stop payment requests.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2015

In a Federal Reserve Bank of Boston survey of mobile banking and payment services released in August, roughly three-fourths of about 600 community banks and credit unions in five Federal Reserve districts that were polled were offering some kind of mobile service. View credit card balances, transaction history. Stop payment requests.

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