PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

To serve customers who want to shop in stores and online, retailers and solution providers are working to offer a unified retail experience across multiple channels. According to the latest PYMNTS mPOS Tracker , almost two thirds – or 63 percent – of retailers plan to offer this option within the next three years. Roche Bros.

Innovation 126

Innovation Retail Mobile Massachusetts 126

PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2019

Some companies, such as French sporting goods retailer Decathlon , are turning to QR codes as they expand to new markets, notably the U.S. The company recently launched a new reader that’s compatible with mobile wallets, such as Google Pay and Apple Pay. Tech giant Apple is also upping its payments game.

San Diego 130

San Diego Apple America Mobile 130

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Finally, not every retailer can be Amazon, but they can all learn something from the eCommerce giant – here’s what. The smart glasses will look like regular old glasses and will not have a screen or camera like Google Glass did, despite being built by the same developer, Babak Parviz. Prime Pharma? Rose-Colored Glasses. Setting Trends.

Strategy 102

Strategy Los Angeles Retail Google 102

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

After running a three-store pilot approximately one year ago, home improvement and appliance chain Lowe’s has announced news it will partner with software-powered electronics retailer b8ta to launch its “Smart Home powered by b8ta” connected-home shopping experience. Smart Home powered by b8ta is available in select major U.S.

Los Angeles 109

Los Angeles San Francisco Raleigh New York City 109

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Google, for instance, has its Midwest headquarters in the former Fulton Market Cold Storage building. Announcing the decision, McAuliffe said, “Working with companies like Facebook and many others, we are advancing Virginia’s position as a global leader in the technology economy.”. Cambridge, Massachusetts. Menlo Park, California.

social media 100

social media San Francisco Boston Chicago 100

PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2018

Achieving those mission-critical seconds has never had more options, with the QSR industry in the midst of enjoying a boom in new technologies that promise to reduce wait times while boosting food quality and customer service. The restaurant, Spyce , is set to open this spring in central Boston.

Innovation 105

Innovation Study Google Survey 105

PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2019

The company’s technology was in place at 700 of the company’s stores in the quarter that was most recent. Just look to Google. It recently introduced the ability to order food for pickup or delivery via services like DoorDash, Postmates and ChowNow through Google Maps. Mobile-Order Ahead.

Mobile 148

Mobile New York Philadelphia Google 148

PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2017

Voice health functionality could be coming soon to the big names in voice-activated technology. The MIT Technology Review wrote that Mayo also has plans to conduct a similar study in China to determine if these features translate into other languages. Controlling smart lighting, security products and shopping all saw 33 percent.

Google 100

Google Study Boston New York 100

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

On the heels of demonetization, the Ministry of Information Technology said earlier this month that digital transactions will grow 80 percent year on year into 2018, and the monthly average volume stands at around RS 137 crore, compared to 87 in the month before demonetization last November.

Google 135

Google Samsung Boston Apple 135

PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2018

In fact, we’re seeing it happen in a variety of retail, banking and broader commerce pilots and prototypes today. It’s why consumers default to Amazon when they buy online, and why the eCommerce giant now owns north of 40 percent of all online spend, based on Q3 2017 retail sales data. Here’s why. This Is the Human Brain on Habits.

Innovation 109

Innovation Payments Google Training 109

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Put on a Retail Happy Face. Yup, physical retail is doing just fine — despite all the talk of doom and gloom. Yet, according to Fung Global Retail & Technology, 6,985 stores closed in 2017 , up 229 percent from 2016, and well above the number of stores which closed in the year that started physical retail’s death spiral: 2008.

Big Data 135

Big Data Data Retail Marketing 135

PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2016

A user who lives in Boston will deal with an Alexa who knows that fact when he asks about how the Red Sox are doing. Alexa’s marketplace is getting increasingly common, and Google’s Echo competitor is already generating a lot of buzz for being that much smarter and better with human being’s voice commands.

Boston 100

Boston Google Technology Retail 100

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Like so much of the retail industry, hospitality is all about customer experience. Aloft Hotel — Boston Seaport & Santa Clara, California. Last December, 10 rooms at the Aloft Hotel in Boston’s Seaport got smart. That’s in addition to Aloft Hotel in Santa Barbara, which got the technology in September 2016.

Las Vegas 108

Las Vegas Los Angeles Hawaii California 108

PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2018

It’s why I said then that Google Search and Amazon and platforms like them — not Facebook — are among the new power brokers in our world. Law” or “CSI” or reading The Boston Globe or The Wall Street Journal all more or less liked the same things. That’s not the case with Google Search. billion searches a day or some 1.2

Google 121

Google Data social media Branding 121

PYMNTS

JULY 20, 2017

Boston-based Drizly , which raised more than $35 million, has a foothold in 70 cities and a stated ambition to be the “Amazon of Alcohol.” “Our focus is how we actually change the future of retail in a market, and consolidate buying behavior to a platform that offers a better way to shop.”

New York 100

New York Operations Retail Boston 100

Javelin Strategy & Research

JUNE 21, 2014

I had the pleasure of speaking at NextBankUSA in Boston the other week on the Future of Payments, as I see them. I think that the deliverance of FNC will come not from Apple, or Google, or Isis, or Facebook, or Square. The retail experience does. I used the “Fastlane” analogy for US retail at NextBank. What can I say?

Google 70

Google Apple Retail Boston 70

PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2016

The weather in Boston – and it’s about darn time. Apple’s first retail store overhaul in 15 years is hailed by just about everyone as a Grand Slam Home Run – and the store hasn’t even opened yet (it will, in SF, on Saturday). But they, like so many storied retail brands, are going through a bit of a spiraling down.

Bitcoin 109

Bitcoin Fraud Mobile Apple 109

PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2017

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. Customers, after downloading the new app, log in via Facebook, Google or email and register a card or to use Apple Pay. Android Pay is not yet an option.

Innovation 101

Innovation Mobile Michigan Ohio 101

CB Insights

APRIL 17, 2018

We used CB Insights data gathered via our machine learning technology (dubbed The Cruncher ) and from thousands of submissions we received from VC partners and firms via The Editor. After 4 years with the company, Brian joined Google as a Software Engineer and inevitably rose to become an Engineering Manager. BILL GURLEY.

San Francisco 71

San Francisco CA Capital Operations 71

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2016

London transportation that accepts Oyster will support mobile payments of up to £30 only, and for larger amounts, users can use Vodafone Pay at retailers, which requires a PIN. payments networks were undermining public confidence in payments technologies, U.S. Vodafone is the third-largest mobile operator in the U.K. But In the U.S.,

Mobile 100

Mobile Payments Apple Samsung 100

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.” Maybe it is the umpteenth attempt by Google to insert itself into payments. Ask Google Video. Fizzle or Sizzle?

Bitcoin 100

Bitcoin blockchain Video Apple 100

CB Insights

APRIL 24, 2018

Research BRIEFING: Surviving the Retail Apocalypse. How are brick-and-mortar retailers surviving and adapting in the world of digital commerce? The retail apocalypse has claimed many victims , with almost 7,000 stores closing in the US in 2017. And that’s just since February. However, this isn’t the whole story.

Retail 59

Retail Trends Technology Branding 59

Tomorrow's Transactions

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

But can agent 0111 stop a killer new technology from falling into the wrong hands? From Apple Pay brings significant increase in mobile payments to retailers like Whole Foods and McDonald’s, increases awareness of Google Wallet and… | Killer Apps TV ]. A meeting at his favourite place in Boston, Post 390. Final Chapter!

Las Vegas 45

Las Vegas Apple Meeting Analysis 45

CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2020

At the same time, financial upstarts have built technologies that could eventually cut into the relationship-driven work that investment banks are used to doing. But there’s no question that the way these institutions function has shifted, pushed along especially by the financial crisis and technology trends. Table of contents.

Management 78

Management Capital Company Marketing 78

PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2019

Customers download the app through the Apple App Store or Google Play and sign up for the service and choose the market that suits them. At the same time, Tortora noted the technology has been adopted by farmers markets nationally (the company white labels its product as well). There is not a lot of noise like in Boston and New York.

Rhode Island 122

Rhode Island Marketing Online New Hampshire 122

William Mills

MAY 11, 2016

Race Data brought bank client on stage who is thrilled with the product, he also states that the technology gives context to bank call center employees as well. ^KT. Portfolio outlooks, recommendation.Provide retail and advisory users the insight they need with Polly Portfolio. Svyatoslav Ostrovsky (Head of Retail Digital Business).

Video 40

Video Mobile social media Analytics 40

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

The media has declared chatbots the digital version of the little black dress: a technology staple that every brand must now have and every payment type must now commerce-enable. For instance, Google Play doesn’t operate in China, and Apple has had relatively few users until recently. We take our weather very seriously in Boston.

Payments 100

Payments Mobile Apple Google 100

NCR

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

The growth of mobile banking over the last few years is a trend that should put the technology at the heart of every financial institution’s strategy. This is a message that US banks appear to be hearing loud and clear, at least according to the findings of a recent study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.

Mobile 72

Mobile US Payments Study 72

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2016

We take our weather very seriously in Boston.”. And this is despite the difficulties and ever-expanding list of retailers that are moving to incorporate the bots into their full commerce package (recently even Starbucks decided to take the bot plunge). On the upside for grocers, they won’t be lonely at Festivus this year.

Mobile 100

Mobile Course Cards Apple 100

CB Insights

DECEMBER 11, 2017

From healthcare institutions and government agencies to insurance companies and retail stores, the client base of the AI 100 cybersecurity companies spans across various industries. Boston-based Cybereason is close to reaching Unicorn status. Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Baseline Ventures. Versive. $

Industry 78

Industry Capital Compliance Analytics 78

CB Insights

JUNE 14, 2018

Technology companies have infiltrated the home. We deep dive into the trends disrupting the housing industry, as well as the startups and technologies making these changes possible. However, new technologies could help bring the construction industry into the modern era. Offsite, modular, & prefabricated.

Seattle 56

Seattle Capital Industry New York 56

William Mills

MAY 9, 2018

Again another financial wellness platform using machine learning technology. HQ: Boston, MA. A TON of really old technology is being used in mortgage lending. In fact, Fiserv recently sold ALL of their mortgage technology to a PE firm. Pretty good dashboard. Website: projectfinance.io. Twitter: @yourfinanceapp.

Security 40

Security Samsung Strategy San Jose 40

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Online retailers will be where we shop. Technology — not traditional payments companies — will be who leads the way. Looking at the data, how players in payments and commerce more broadly are using technology and the shopping habits of consumers all make that fact indisputable. Mobile payments will be how we pay. Not anymore.

Payments 100

Payments Online Mobile Retail 100

PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2018

In the last few months alone, we’ve seen snow in Rome and three powerful nor’easters in Boston in the space of two and a half weeks — with some forecasts predicting a fourth this week. Galloway’s narrative asserts that “the four” — Facebook, Apple, Amazon and Google — should be broken up. Their twins. Our really, really bad weather.

Google 148

Google Apple Retail Millennials 148

CB Insights

JULY 19, 2017

Download this presentation from the CB Insights Innovation Summit to see the technologies, business models and distribution innovations that you should watch for in the next 5 to 10 years. Technology. Retail/Consumer Goods. Technology. Google’s X research center is where some of their biggest projects happen.

Innovation 74

Innovation San Francisco Georgia Technology 74

CB Insights

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Company: AOptix Technologies. Select VC Investors: Bill Gates, CapX Partners, Constellation Technology Ventures. Company: Powa Technologies. The Nectar system had its roots at MIT’s Microsystems Technology Lab — and may have simply left the lab a few years too early. via Beta Boston. via TechCrunch. via Fortune.

Capital 78

Capital Company San Francisco Operations 78

PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

And, yes, this likely sounds blasphemous from someone who’s been beating the mobile payments drum since 2005, well before the iPhone and the App Store changed how consumers, retailers and payments players all use mobile devices. That just makes the point much stronger. Consider this.

Mobile 205

Mobile Innovation Apple Study 205