PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2016

T-shirts may seem like a simple product, but according to Spreadshirt, there is a ton of hard data and analytics at the core of even the softest shirt. 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

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MAY 7, 2020

While sales fell 25 percent in the first quarter, the slowdown is expected to accelerate in the second quarter and could lead to an estimated contraction by as much as 35 percent for the year, said the Boston-based investment firm. While accessories have shown the most resilience, the survey found all luxury categories have seen declines.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2020

The Boston-based online sports gambling company announced Friday (June 19) it will sell 16 million shares of its stock. By bringing together our leading consumer brand, data science expertise and industry-leading products with SBTech’s proven technology platform, we will accelerate our innovation, growth and scale,” he said. “I

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JUNE 27, 2017

Over the course of the last few years, eCommerce has sprung up and put the brick-and-mortar side of the retail industry on notice. With the opening of the Amazon Go grocery store and bookstore in Seattle, Amazon is breathing innovation into the stodgy brick-and-mortar experience. More retailers are likely moving in a similar direction.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 29, 2020

Although they look kind of dog-like, they’re actually quadruped robots designed by Boston Dynamics and leased by Ford. Fluffy and Spot travel the plant and gather data that can be synthesized into improvements in the production process, according to The Economist. Such robots aren’t cheap. Robotic Hotel Workers. Warehouse Robots.

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JANUARY 26, 2018

There are a few innovators trying to solve the problems of fashion fit and style, both online and in physical or omnichannel environments. First, said Evans, the platform grabs data from the brand behind the product. Then, True Fit grabs data from the user during onboarding, including height, weight and age. Fashion Tech.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

The fee-free card is Goldman Sachs’ latest inroad into the retail consumer business after establishing its online Marcus brand in 2016, which makes unsecured personal loans. According to reports last week, Amazon will soon be heading to Boston to construct a $40 million state-of-the-art robotics innovation hub.

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Celent Banking

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Most retail deposits still take place at the branch. I’m being simplistic for brevity, but the data suggests that most commerce will remain tied to the store experience – at least in part – for the foreseeable future. Most Retail Deposits Still Take Place at the Branch. Not so much for food and beverage.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2018

At least, that’s what leading psychologists say the data shows. There’s data on that, too. It also explains why some innovations in payments have been met with open arms by consumers and others given the cold shoulder. More fundamental is that most resolutions require that people break old habits – and form new ones. Here’s why.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2020

You can see it in how investors are putting money to work in both consumer-facing and B2B startups, and how startups and incumbents are forging new partnerships to move innovation faster to market. Source: PYMNTS.com longitudinal study of over 40,000 consumers (data from the most recent panel on Nov. consumers — 47.2 23-25, 2020.

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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.

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AUGUST 16, 2016

So, how did a “team of geeks” with “zero experience” in the fashion or retail industries go on to become the second fastest-growing retail company in the U.S. Sharon Klapka, Adore Me’s vice president of business and brand development, appeared at the eTail East conference in Boston on Monday (Aug. million in funding.

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MAY 27, 2016

Omnicommerce usually refers to where and how retailers sell their products, not necessarily who they choose to sell them with. From office supplies and communal workspaces to new ways to pay for concert tickets, more barriers to siloed retail activity are falling every day to the onslaught of retail partnerships.

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JANUARY 8, 2020

The fast-food giant started McD Tech Labs in 2019, a venture based in Silicon Valley staffed with tech workers that include data scientists and engineers. Digital is transforming global retail, and it will transform McDonald ’s,” said CEO Chris Kempczinski. “At Before coming to McDonald’s, Brady worked at the Boston Consulting Group.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Amazon To Build $40M Robotics Innovation Hub Near Boston. Tye Brady, chief technologist at Amazon Robotics , said the new hub will speed-up innovation and will be a “world-class facility, where our teams can design, build, program, and ship our robots, all under the same roof.”. Deutsche Bank told U.K.

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OCTOBER 19, 2020

For Main Street businesses, the pain isn’t the result of just one shop or restaurant closing down, since the churn of small businesses is part of the small business reality – particularly in the retail and restaurant sector. The owner of an upscale hair salon in Boston is an example of a business living this reality.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2020

And the depth and breadth of that consumer changeover has made itself seen in PYMNTS’ six months of consumer surveys , and in our latest round of data. In fact, as the data make clear, when “normal” returns, it will find consumers who have permanently shifted to digital channels. The SMB Pinch.

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PYMNTS

JULY 14, 2016

True Fit , the Boston-based startup that helps connect customers with shoes and apparel that fits them really, really well, recently announced a $25 million investment from Intel Capital that it will use to expand its business, according to a report from TechCrunch. It’s one of the largest consumer categories, totally underpenetrated.

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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). So much so that P97 will go live this week with one of the largest fuel retailers in the United States, across 10,000 U.S. The Available Data. Picture this. It’s snowing. A driver has to pull over and get gas. Hands-Free Commerce.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

But despite the general interest in the area, the conversations around innovation and what’s next in technology isn’t always directed at women, or particularly tailored to their interests. Since Marie Claire is working with Neiman Marcus as its retail partner, they are styling outfits that fit into those three segments.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

This summer, Nike unveiled its latest brick-and-mortar venture in Los Angeles: Nike by Melrose, a physical store that uses local online shopping data to determine its in-store inventory. While the store is a first for Nike, it’s part of a bigger trend in retail — product and inventory localization. First Name.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

In an interview with Cities Today, Research Director Jonathan Collins of ABI Research said Amazon Sidewalk “has the potential to deliver low-cost, low-data, citywide mesh connectivity. It could certainly benefit from adoption within smart-city projects. But he noted that Sidewalk would “struggle to match 5G’s national coverage.”

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2018

The traditional gift for a ninth anniversary is pottery, and our offices are in Boston – but, you know, no pressure.). We always want to talk to innovators and those who understand them best. Over the last nine years, it has been PYMNTS’ privilege to speak with some of the most innovative minds in payments and commerce.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Modern-day retail is at an inflection point as retailers face struggling physical storefronts, massive debt, and inefficient operations, among other issues. 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.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

who each week walk into one of those physical stores, in addition to the 100 million who are said to shop one of the retailer’s online channels. 3 post position, displacing Apple, at roughly 4 percent of retail sales. That retailer is, of course, Amazon. percent of consumer retail spending in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2016

The Goldfish team will work out of Target’s tech office in Sunnyvale, California, under West Stringfellow — one of three entrepreneurs in residence who joined up with Target last year to help drive the firm’s latter-day efforts at innovation and out-of-the-box retail thinking. ECommerce was big business for Target in 2015.

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MARCH 16, 2017

And indeed, the middle of this month has been nothing if not gusty, but daunted not the gutsy — who trekked by the hundreds to Boston for the opening of the annual Innovation Project. Innovation, implying the change that is the only constant when it comes to how people and businesses interact and transact. and panels. .

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PYMNTS

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. According to data from the National Retail Federation (NRF), stores will bring in around $14.8 And retailers are ready, whether you need food, team jerseys, decorations or a new TV.”. Snack Time.

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PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2018

Businesses are largely behind the push, with government initiatives promoting a digital economy and FinTech innovators targeting corporate payments and finance in addition to their consumer-focused endeavors. India’s banking sector, like others around the globe, is in the midst of a digital overhaul. In October, bad loans hit $145.56

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2017

Consumers haven’t had a young innovative company to provide [pay TV] services to them since the mid-1990s, when Dish and DirectTV came on the scene.”. Data from the Pew Research Center shows that one in seven Americans have dropped their cable services as prices continue to rise.

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MARCH 16, 2017

And indeed, the middle of this month has been nothing if not gusty, but daunted not the gutsy — who trekked by the hundreds to Boston for the opening of the annual Innovation Project. Innovation, implying the change that is the only constant when it comes to how people and businesses interact and transact. and panels. .

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PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2018

To have their foot scanned in a retail environment, for example, consumers might not be comfortable standing on a machine that has been used by many other customers. That gives us all the data we need to make a custom insole for your foot,” Hargovan said. These traditional options may not be attractive to all consumers.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2018

That most of our elected officials don’t have any clue how Facebook, much less the platform business models that have powered so much innovation across industry segments for thousands of years, work. It’s that last point though — one now central to the current Facebook data debate — that I find most unsettling.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Boston-based company Cybric is a relative newcomer on the cybersecurity scene, but it’s re-envisioning how developers test the security of their applications. “If If you look at the cybersecurity landscape, there are over 1,220 solutions and tools,” said Mike Kail, Chief Innovation Officer at Cybric.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2019

So, Amazon hasn’t just benefited its customers: It has forced retailers to lower prices and increase their levels of service. percent of all retail sales to 6.4 percent of retail sales and 50 percent of all eCommerce sales. Facebook uses that data to better serve targeted ads. If and when they no longer do, they won’t.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2020

Not surprisingly, to make consumers more comfortable shopping and checking out in their stores, retailers have rushed to enable a “ contactless ” payment experience. One of the best things that happened last week was the reopening of hair salons in Boston. We’ve also seen a shift to digital for retail purchases of 3.4

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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. Eric has always been a student of innovation, and now at Coastal, this fearless leader has spearheaded a number of high-profile banking-as-a-service partnerships. The most important aspect of this deal is Huntington.

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