Abrigo

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Have you purchased anything online recently? One study by The Boston Consulting Group estimated that small and midsize U.S. For example, they can make adjustments during a client meeting, collaborate seamlessly with partners in other offices or manage the process while traveling. Reducing the IT burden.

Technology 170

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Square, for example, said in its latest earnings report that revenue from bitcoin trading came to $1.6 At a high level, that means helping crypto companies and FinTechs come to market with crypto payments across the Visa rails. To be sure, the popularity of cryptos as part of a portfolio has seen some traction.

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PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2018

Ohio-based Spangler Candy Company won the auction with a bid of just under $19 million, The Boston Globe reported. “We The candies are made in a suburb of Boston, where the company has a little more than 200 employees. Necco had moved its operations to a large 50-acre site after leaving its longtime plant just outside Boston in 2003.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2018

The plate, available in California and due to be rolled out in other states through 2018, is a self-lit LCD screen with a display that can be changed to, for example, showcase advertising along the (government-issued) license plate number. Boston noted that within the plate there is a GPS unit, which means the plate “knows” where it is.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

A food delivery app, for example, probably should use a customer’s location and previous restaurant transaction data to serve up food recommendations, but it doesn’t make sense for that app to automatically reorder food just because it’s been a week since the last order.

Retail 203

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2017

Other global competitors have beaten McDonald’s to the punch tech-wise — Starbucks, Domino’s and Taco Bell, for example, are years ahead of Mickey D’s when it comes to ordering online and using digital tools to enhance the consumers’ experience. Kenmore Square, Boston will activate what it calls a “customized digital Big Mac ATM.”

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2016

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 Founded in 2002, the goal of Spreadshirt’s platform is to eliminate headaches and hurdles when bringing great ideas to market. million items last year.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Calculating how long lockdown trendlines can continue before plateauing or falling off is now the fixation of most CEOs and CFOs, as they closely watch the progress of market-makers. For example, the October Pandenomics report notes that “the biggest change of all will likely be the share of consumers shopping for groceries online.

Boston 141

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

That mindset “is becoming increasingly necessary if retailers want to remain competitive in the market,” the index found. 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. Just under half — or 45.9

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2018

Consumers, particularly millennials, are increasingly paying their bills online. are paid online, with 61 percent of those payments coming from millennials. Avail, along with its companion in the space, Cozy, are part of a growing group of online platforms looking to upend the rental process. Bringing Rent Payments Online.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Beyond the Big Apple, which is the brand’s biggest market , Allbirds has its eyes on other U.S. cities, such as Boston and Los Angeles, for additional brick-and-mortar locations. For Allbirds, a brick-and-mortar presence can provide a bit of a marketing boost. In Other Brick-And-Mortar News.

Retail 100

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Our solution is oriented toward brand manufacturers who are looking to monitor their brands’ product listings in the online marketplace,” said Silverman. Along with its Dublin headquarters, Clavis Insight has offices in London, Paris, Boston and Shanghai. They want to have a view of both online and offline in the same place.

Retail 100

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2018

In fact, in its founding days back in 2002, Wayfair fit comfortably in the spare bedroom of Conine’s Boston-area home. billion in annual revenue, has a stock market valuation of $10 billion and an employee headcount that is expected to surpass 10,000 by the end of 2018. As of today, Wayfair brings in $6.6 Doubling Down On Tech.

Boston 100

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PYMNTS

APRIL 8, 2019

Beyond mobile apps, CVS is no stranger to delivery: Late last year, the company experimented with a program in Boston that allowed shoppers to get free delivery on prescriptions and online purchases among other perks. Even so, nearly a third — or 32 percent — of consumers were unaware of a mobile app by that kind of retailer.

Retail 152

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2019

To take one example, look at the Starbucks results from Q2. To take one example, look at the Starbucks results from Q2. The company has also expanded Starbucks Delivers with the help of Uber Eats, which is in more than 2,700 stores in 11 markets. Starbucks Delivery.

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MyBankTracker

MAY 7, 2021

John Hancock, also known as The John Hancock Life Insurance Company, was founded in 1862 with operations based mainly in Boston, Massachusetts. No easy online quoting tool. If you want to obtain a quote or purchase a policy from John Hancock, you can initiate a request online. Background on John Hancock. Industry ratings.

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PYMNTS

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. The hackathon began at 8 p.m. The Challenge.

Retail 101

Retail Payments Boston Innovation 101

PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

Call Blue Apron what you will: a struggling retailer, a comeback kid, a prime example of hype in the online world, a respectable survivor. The opportunity has not gone unnoticed by grocery stores and online delivery services, either, of course. It won’t be something that you hear a lot of or get marketed to a lot.

Industry 110

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PYMNTS

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.

Retail 109

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Cosi, the Boston-based sandwich chain renowned for its flatbread sandwiches, filed for bankruptcy in a Boston courtroom. The outcome in either case is that the bankrupt retailer has lost its place in the market and thus has limited value as a going concern.”. billion in debt.

Boston 100

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

Call Blue Apron what you will: a struggling retailer, a comeback kid, a prime example of hype in the online world, a respectable survivor. The opportunity has not gone unnoticed by grocery stores and online delivery services, either, of course. It won’t be something that you hear a lot of or get marketed to a lot.

Industry 100

Industry social media New York City Retail 100

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. Many of those are payment apps used by consumers online, but not in brick-and-mortar stores without access to Apple’s NFC chip.

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The most recent example: Divvy’s $2.5B Check out our latest lists: SMB online lenders (33) | SMB challenger banks (12) | SMB insurers (15). Market cap: $3.5B ( NASDAQ:EXFY) – Raised $301M ($263 in past 12 months via IPO) ( Crunchbase ). HQ: Boston. Tribal Credit. Bento for Business. Profit (was Swipedom ).

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The most recent example: Divvy’s $2.5B Check out our latest lists: SMB online lenders (33) | SMB challenger banks (12) | SMB insurers (15). Market cap: $3.5B ( NASDAQ:EXFY) – Raised $301M ($263 in past 12 months via IPO) ( Crunchbase ). HQ: Boston. Tribal Credit. Bento for Business. Profit (was Swipedom ).

Cards 15

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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. That curiosity was piqued by my walks to the office when I am in town (I live in Beacon Hill in Boston) and my mental counts of the number of Amazon boxes I see out on trash day.

Retail 167

Retail Online Branding Analysis 167

PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2020

Peloton, for example, took the market by storm with its connected fitness bikes that allow members of the greater community to tap into live classes and pre-recorded content with fellow riders from around the world. Even for firms that were already in that business to start with. Digital Fitness Firms Thriving.

Exercises 141

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Celent Banking

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Indeed, it does not take extensive examination to see, in Wayne Gretzgy’s words, “where the puck is going” Digital needs to be a top technology priority among financial institutions – particularly in highly digitally-directed markets such as North America and Western Europe. Plenty of consumers still like stores.

Retail 100

Retail Survey Boston Trends 100

Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Numerous applications, including card processing, online banking and bill pay, are overwhelmingly being outsourced. Industry-specific tech talent is consolidating and migrating to programmer and megabank community hotspots in San Jose, Seattle, San Francisco, Boston, Raleigh, Charlotte, Atlanta and Phoenix. Cards are a perfect example.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2016

And Boston-based D rizly ’s news yesterday of its $15 million in Series B funding was a noteworthy milestone, for sure. . Most local liquor store retailers don’t have websites, which means that they don’t have online product catalogues for starters. Th ere’s a reason there isn’t a lot of a lcohol sold online.” .

Comparison 100

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2016

That “team of geeks” would be the folks at Adore Me , the disruptive eCommerce lingerie startup founded by a Harvard Business School student in 2011 after he couldn’t find his girlfriend any affordable lingerie online for their anniversary. Since its founding, Adore Me has grown into a business that saw $43 million in sales in 2015 alone, 6.5

Data 100

Data Retail Industry Boston 100

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Based in New York, the business is now in seven other cities — Boston, Washington, D.C., Mike Russell, CEO of Paintzen, spoke with PYMNTS about the business, where it’s headed and why it’s like no other option in the market. You go online and give us really simple information about your home. What is Paintzen?

Los Angeles 100

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

If similar face-recognition algorithms were developed and tested with broader data sets, “disguised face identification” could make protesters easier targets for online vigilantes. Eyes can be detected behind glasses, for example, and the position of a nose is usually still viewable under a scarf.). CREDIT: IEEE-ICCVW 2017.

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Banking 2020

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Regardless of how and why they hit the market, some technology-driven innovations seem to lend themselves to particular vertical markets and/or disciplines. Revolutionizing every aspect of sales and marketing in the process? Yes, retail for sure—a quick search online turns up hundreds of stories about retail omni-channel.

Retail 40

Retail Strategy Boston Industry 40

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Mexico and the Philippines — two of the world’s top remittance corridors — are the first two markets out of the gate. 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.

Branding 100

Branding Cards Fraud Marketing 100

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. Examples range from the neighborhood-specific inventory at Target’s small format stores to Adidas’ city-specific running shoes.

Retail 64

Retail Los Angeles Strategy Community 64

PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2016

Favor, for example, will deliver everything from prescriptions to dry cleaning. Recent market research performed by the NPD Group revealed that delivery traffic outside of pizza has expanded by 33 percent since 2012. Flour, a Boston-based bakery with multiple locations across the city, is among the eateries Favor users can order from.

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