PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

That’s why the always resourceful restaurant sector went all-in on mobile order-ahead (MOA) and kept the nation fed while industry players looked for their next move. cities, including Boston, Chicago, New York and Washington, D.C.”. For those who operate restaurants or simply enjoy them, 2020 has been a nightmare.

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PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2018

Nouchi noted his transit system is marked by density of population and high use — and has the fifth-highest ridership in the nation, taking its place alongside New York, San Francisco and Boston, for example. Notably, he said, some of those transit-innovating peers are on their second or third generation of smart cards.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2018

And Grubhub has been in expansion mode , gobbling up Boston-based Foodler, Groupon’s OrderUp and Yelp’s Eat24 in 2017. Manhattan-based Green Summit Group, for example, operates nine restaurants out of one kitchen. Introduced in 2014 alongside a handful of other experimental services, Uber Eats operates worldwide in 29 countries.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2016

For a startup that’s done some pretty heavy lifting to successfully recruit merchants to join an innovative new eCommerce platform, being front page news lauding its accomplishments is always great news. And Boston-based D rizly ’s news yesterday of its $15 million in Series B funding was a noteworthy milestone, for sure. .

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PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2016

Well, it is “an innovative new payment platform created to transform the payments industry by drastically altering the economics through Internet-based technology, generating significant consumer benefits.” Except, of course, it didn’t – and it is now in the crowded graveyard of payments innovations that sounded too good to be true.

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JUNE 21, 2016

Favor, for example, will deliver everything from prescriptions to dry cleaning. The National Restaurant Association’s “ Restaurant Technology Survey 2016, ” recently revealed that 80 percent of restaurant operators are aware that technology can increase sales, boost productivity and give them a competitive advantage.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2018

The goal of the Wayfair worker is to work on “innovating better together,” becoming “fast fixers and builders” and to help customers to better “envision the spaces where they live their lives.”. It’s a tall order for a Boston-based furniture company – but Wayfair has always thought big, even when it was very, very small.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Almost 33 years ago, David Letterman introduced his singular innovation in stand-up comedy: the Top 10 List. CFO Adam DeWitt noted that a seven-year-old, Boston-based LevelUp serves 200 regional and national brands, with a point-of-sale (POS) approach that seeks to replicate each brand’s experience online.

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MAY 12, 2020

In this week’s examination of payment rail innovation, PYMNTS explores the latest efforts to tackle B2B payments pain points. Some solution providers have opted to improve upon existing infrastructure — for example, digitizing certain aspects of the paper check , but preserving the payment method.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2020

This speaks more to an investment strategy (asset diversification, for example), we contend, than as a pivot toward using cryptos in the service of commerce. Stablecoins, he said, can be used as part of innovative payment solutions. There are indications that the banking world is increasingly getting its arms around crypto.

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CB Insights

JULY 17, 2018

In 2017, the National Restaurant Association reported annual sales of $799B — close to 48% of the total amount that Americans spent on food. Market share is simply shifting away from big chains that haven’t successfully innovated, flowing instead to new models for creating and selling food to customers. table of contents.

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MARCH 26, 2019

” For example, the rise of “athleisure” brands like Lululemon and Athleta has been attributed to millennials’ search for clothing options that let them easily transition from the yoga studio to the office. In the 1950s and 1960s, the biggest innovations in breakfast were Eggo Waffles and Pop-Tarts.

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JULY 23, 2020

For example, some experts point to social distancing as being most vital to reducing spread, while others highlight wearing masks as key. Companies will have to look to guidelines from local and national authorities for each office location. Source: Salesforce. This will also reduce commute times for many employees.

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JUNE 14, 2018

Forward-thinking startups and large tech companies like Facebook and Google are focused on innovation in single-family and multi-family residential construction. Housing supply is dire nationally, with the US reportedly staring down a housing shortage of 7.3M Starcity is an example of a growing co-living company.

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APRIL 24, 2018

Currently, customers in New York City and San Francisco are able to leverage experienced TaskRabbit workers to assemble furniture; the service will be expanded to stores in Los Angeles, Miami, Houston, Boston, and more this year. Micro-fulfillment centers , for example, focus on compact forms of warehousing in urban areas.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Indeed, co-founder Alejandro Resnik, the CEO, told the WSJ in 2015 that it was looking to raise a “monster round” of $300 million at a $2 billion valuation to fuel its national expansion. via Beta Boston. Torris said Boo.com also spent too much on advertising and promotions and failed to keep pushing forward on technology innovations.

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