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MARCH 23, 2017

A recent field test from the Boston Fed's Payments Strategies group shows the shortcomings of today's market.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Restaurants may want to reach more delivery customers by expanding into new markets, especially as the market for food delivery could grow to $17 billion by 2020. And Grubhub has been in expansion mode , gobbling up Boston-based Foodler, Groupon’s OrderUp and Yelp’s Eat24 in 2017. Target Market.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

In its Q2 earnings statement , Sunstone Properties said that “after reaching a trough in April, the Company began to see hotel demand slightly improve in May and June, most significantly in leisure travel, which benefited its hotels in drive-to leisure markets.” That is equivalent to the entire size of hotel markets in Louisville, Ky.,

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AUGUST 10, 2020

Boston-based Advent International , a global private equity firm focused on overseas buyouts, has purchased a stake in the United Kingdom’s parcel delivery group Hermes for 1 billion euros ($1.3 business is “consistently growing market share” with “industry-leading margins,” according to FT.

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JUNE 14, 2020

Not only has Square processed $100,000 in Bluebonnet payments annually, she said, Square’s lending arm has offered customers financing and she has used its software for customers to book sessions and launch marketing campaigns, the report said. Hudson told WSJ she plans to drop the company.

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JANUARY 5, 2020

Amir Rubin, a former UnitedHealth group executive, succeeded Lee. ” It has applied as common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. Investments in One Medical were led by the Carlyle Group, which owns 26.8 One Medical was valued at about $1.5 billion in a 2018 funding round. .

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Bloomberg reported this week that Boston-based home décor eCommerce giant Wayfair turned in strong third quarter financials, noting that the firm’s quarterly results “exceeded analysts’ estimates, suggesting the wave of home improvement inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic is lingering.”. These are the top stories in retail for Tuesday (Nov.

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JANUARY 15, 2020

CVS rolled out three HealthHUB concept stores in Texas close to the conclusion of 2018 and grew the offering to 50 locations in four markets by the end of last year. Dallas-Fort Worth, Boston, Ohio and North Carolina are among the next markets the pharmacy chain is targeting for the growth of HealthHUB in 2020. Pat Carroll, M.D.,

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

” From September 23-27, first-class passengers onboard 10 flights between Boston and Seattle and Boston and San Diego will have a chance to experience the technology, as well as offer feedback, on a selection of 2D and 3D movies provided by SkyLights’ partners 20th Century Fox, Warner Brothers and EIM. “I’m

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AUGUST 6, 2019

Cybereason has announced it has received a series of investments and commitments totaling $200 million by SoftBank Group Corp. Founded in 2012, Cybereason boasts distribution in all major global markets. and its affiliates. The new funding will be used to boost the company’s operations, with a focus on global growth.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2018

With the addition of Reserve, which works with about 1,000 restaurants, most of them in Chicago, Washington and Boston, Resy will now serve about 4,000 restaurants in the United States. Leventhal added that Resy will also focus on helping restaurants market themselves more strategically. The service now seats about 1.4

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JANUARY 8, 2020

Before coming to McDonald’s, Brady worked at the Boston Consulting Group. The fast food brand’s other tech-leaning teams, including the marketing technology and global delivery departments, will merge under the digital customer engagement umbrella and work under Brady. billion in sales, per the report.

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OCTOBER 7, 2016

One study by The Boston Consulting Group estimated that small and midsize U.S. Leaders reap multifaceted benefits from the technology tools they adopt.” - The Boston Consulting Group Some of the ways technology is specifically helping valuation firms grow include the following: - Providing flexibility.

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DECEMBER 29, 2016

There seems to be no shortage of action in the corporate banking space, whether it be scandals (like Royal Bank of Scotland’s Global Restructuring Group fiasco ), cyberattacks (such as the $81 million stolen from the central bank of Bangladesh) or anomalies like Brexit impacting top financial institutions across the globe.

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DECEMBER 24, 2020

Said Allaire of the bid to get digital currencies more front and center: “Regulators are getting their arms around them … the digital asset market is now moving, more and more, into the mainstream of finance, FinTech payments and banking world.”. And, of course, the crypto landscape extends well beyond bitcoin.

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AUGUST 5, 2019

The services are competing in a market that could reach 829 million smartphones users by 2022, up from half a billion today, per estimates from Cisco Systems Inc. In addition, India’s video-streaming market could reach 10 times that size by the time 2023 rolls around, per a Boston Consulting Group report in 2018.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2017

“Business-to-business payments have been some of the most resistant to electronics,” said Steve Ledford, senior vice president for product and strategy at The Clearing House — a point underscored by the fact that over half of all check-based transactions today come care of the B2B payments market. to keep pace with nations like the U.K.

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Engel, Research Professor, Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Mass. Hall, Executive Vice President, PNC Financial Services Group, Pittsburgh, Pa. Hughes, Senior Vice President of Card Marketing, Discover Financial Services, Deerfield, Ill. Tim Chen, Chief Executive Officer, NerdWallet, San Francisco, Calif. Kathleen C.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Sources told Bloomberg that the retailer had discussions with lenders and equity holders from its previous bankruptcy filing, including Oaktree Capital Group, with some investors agreeing to rework about $280 million of debt and to provide $55 million of new money to keep the company in business.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

The numbers are consistent across major racial and ethnic groups, genders, city and rural residents in the nation’s four regions. economy overall , reflecting the importance of the housing market to overall economic growth,” the survey said. The number of young adults living with parents swelled to 26.6 million from February.

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MARCH 27, 2019

In a press release , MineralTree said the investment round was led by Great Hill Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm. MineralTree said proceeds from the round will be used to fund growth and expand its opportunity in accounts payable (AP) automation for middle-market businesses. 406 Ventures and Eight Roads Ventures.

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MARCH 20, 2018

The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has released a new report that suggests corporate bankers may be able to halt shrinking profits through digital transformation. Now is the time to develop a more coherent digital strategy to decide where to play and how to invest.”.

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DECEMBER 11, 2017

Kenneth Montgomery, first vice president and chief operating officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, is taking up the position. Montgomery will also retain his position at the Boston Fed, where he focuses on services for the U.S. Treasury and financial market, among other responsibilities.

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MARCH 29, 2018

In investment news, Boston-based Flipside Crypto notched $3.4 The company plans to use the funding to develop tools and algorithms that scan the online crypto market and serve as the basis of its investment recommendations. CME Group is in discussions to purchase Britain’s NEX Group for $5.4 In the U.S.,

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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

As SMBs seek opportunities to expand their operations, and reach new customers and markets, they will need the right spend and workforce tools to ensure funds are spent appropriately. This demand is driving the global expense management software market to reach $6.6 billion in value by 2025. million nonprofits in the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

trillion industry by 2028, according to Boston Consulting Group. The market opportunity for Flywire is roughly 70 percent of all U.S. The global payments industry is expected to increase at a CAGR of 5.9 percent from 2019-2028 and is expected to comprise a $2.5 It is estimated that U.S. billion in out-of-pocket costs every year.

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JULY 22, 2019

We view Venture Banking and Lending as an attractive loan and deposit growth vehicle, and we’re excited to be in the market with these new capabilities.”. Venture clients have sophisticated needs that often require access to a variety of specialty teams, especially as they grow,” added Thom Weisel, co-chairman of the Board of Stifel.

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OCTOBER 4, 2019

Amazon , in one case, has added a suburban Boston location to its roster of Amazon 4-star stores, marking the fifth location of its type in the United States. In fact, one of the Amazon Books stores is located close to Natick in another suburb of Boston, Dedham. The used-fashion market in the U.S.

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JUNE 2, 2020

trillion global B2B e-Commerce market,” he said, in a Tuesday (June 2) press release. Alibaba.com is a business-to-business trading platform that is a business unit of Alibaba Group. “Ultimately, our goal is to give SMBs even greater access to the $23.9 based B.A.A.B.S. Beauty , a makeup and beauty products retailer.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2020

“By blending the physical and digital worlds and enabling users to actively shape their experiences, AR offers unique ways for marketers to interact with consumers,” says a recent report from Boston Consulting Group. More than four out of five respondents said that AR marketing is a differentiated way to engage with customers.”.

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OCTOBER 8, 2020

We want restaurants to work so badly that we are willing to lie to ourselves,” Heather Mojer, co-owner and beverage director at Boston-based Big Dipper Hospitality Group , operator of the Café Du Pays, Mamaleh’s Delicatessen and State Park restaurants, wrote in an Instagram post. “We

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MARCH 28, 2017

A recent field test by the payments strategies group of the Boston Fed revealed the shortcomings of today's mobile payments market. Mobile transactions have a long way to go before they overtake cash use in the US.

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JANUARY 3, 2020

The company, however, still has traditional focus groups with top influencers and fans. The established consumer group of Ulta, along with additional benefits, however, provides a boost to brands that they can’t attain alone. The beauty brand has also launched pop-up shops in cities like Miami, Austin, London, and Boston.

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MARCH 22, 2019

“We are working through the regulatory review process and are looking forward to updating the market soon,” an ICE spokesman told The Wall Street Journal. million in investor funding, including from ICE, Microsoft’s venture capital unit and Boston Consulting Group, noted the paper.

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MAY 6, 2016

The program is called Drizly Connect and it’s launching in Boston and D.C. Drizly faces competition in the market. Amazon delivers alcohol through Prime in some cities, and Instacart is working with local omnichannel liquor retailer vinodivino to offer Boston customers same-day delivery of wine, liquor, and beer.

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JANUARY 17, 2020

They also include wellness rooms for group events like health screenings; benefits education; and nutritional and lifestyle coaching. According to previous reports, Boston, Dallas-Fort Worth, North Carolina, and Ohio are among the next markets the pharmacy chain is targeting for the growth of HealthHUB in 2020.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Perhaps the most important thing for retail executives to understand outside of the “early days” perspective is that AI is going to morph from an engineering-only property to marketing and from a big-scale retailers to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Maybe the future of AI and retail is shared between algorithms and humans.

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