PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2016

Boston doesn’t quite make it into the top tier of U.S. 2) that they are running a contest to reward shoppers who pay with Mastercard credit, debit or prepaid cards at BJ’s locations in Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine and Massachusetts. cities, like New York, L.A. The prize?

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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2019

To enhance diners’ experiences in quick-service restaurants (QSRs), managers are utilizing digital innovations, enabling everything from faster orders to more efficient kitchens. More than 70 percent of QSR managers see these as the main benefits of implementing technology, according to the PYMNTS Restaurant Readiness Index.

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Chris Skinner

JULY 23, 2017

This week’s main blog headlines are … Why FinTech start-ups think they can beat the banks There’s an old joke about the guy who’s lost driving in the countryside who stops to ask a pedestrian how to get to the city. You will all know by now that I love the innovations in retail banking in Turkey, and Gürhan didn’t disappoint.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Long before innovators began talking about the power of ecosystems to transform commerce, scientists spent centuries studying them under microscopes in their labs. Decomposer for innovator large or small, established or emerging. Some spend much more in cities like Boston, New York and San Francisco. Consumer for the end user.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

One solution: in-house healthcare innovation labs. We put together a list of healthcare innovation labs from new entries to the field, as well as some of the oldest — and most familiar — names in health. Sometimes corporate innovation goes wrong , and we’ve written about corporate innovation theater before.

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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. Although Ford is leasing them, Boston Dynamics has recently started selling the robo-mutts for $75,000 apiece. And while Boston Dynamics is one of the better-known names in the robot game, it’s far from the only one.

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Innovations in 3D and augmented reality (AR) eCommerce are leveling the playing field and bringing conversion-centered visual technology to any online retailer. The main expansion of 3D is being seen in its dual usage for consumers and retailers. At this point, future tech can have two main effects for eCommerce.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2018

It also explains why some innovations in payments have been met with open arms by consumers and others given the cold shoulder. And why innovations that introduce more intelligence into the digital versions of those accounts that require little to no change of the consumer are highly valued by consumers, merchants and issuers.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

MiniLuxe is a nail and beauty lifestyle lounge with locations in Dallas, Rhode Island, Los Angeles, and Boston. Follain is a healthy beauty store with locations in Boston, Washington DC, and Nantucket. Select VC Investors: Breakaway Innovation Group. Total Disclosed Funding: $51M. Total Disclosed Funding: $3M. Chai Point.

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Abrigo

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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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

But luckily, where there is a problem, there is typically an innovative entrepreneur selling a solution – and in the case of sleep, there are a lot of solutions out there. It feels a lot more like play than work,” Lisa Kelly-Croswell, the chief human resources officer at Boston Medical Center, noted of the program.

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2020

Anyone who has ever driven North on Route 1 from Boston, Massachusetts, has seen Kowloon Restaurant. Not one to rest on his innovations, third-generation owner Bob Wong recently had two ideas as he was assessing ways to generate revenue amid the Massachusetts state-ordered lockdown and subsequent indoor dining restrictions.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2021

In it, a series of Boston Dynamics robots definitively answer the question: Do you love me, now that I can dance? Which, according to Aaron Saunders , Boston Dynamics’ VP of engineering, is pretty much the point: introducing the world to the fun side of robotics. The answer, incidentally, is yes. Yes, we do. and a dozen for $7.49.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2017

Its abundance in payments and commerce is what inspires innovators to challenge a friction-filled status quo and create something new. But none rose to the level of the seriously friction-filled experiences that might motivate a would-be innovator to quit her day job and give up her life to solve for it.

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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. And since iPhone users skew more to the affluent, it also denied those innovators the opportunity to monetize their spend. 23-25, 2020.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2019

Since about mid-December of 2018, checking out in the stores here in Boston has become even more of a hassle. This newfound friction is the result of the City of Boston passing a bill that bans plastic bags and gives merchants the right to charge for ones made of paper. Innovation by Any Other Name. Back here in the U.S.,

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Celent Banking

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

These brands are basically separate products that offer a digital-first experience to a certain demographic, but are closely tied to the main bank. Institutions are acknowledging the valuable and complementary role Fintech can play in providing a modern, innovative customer experience. I look forward to seeing you all there.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Super Bowl LI is less than 24 hours away from kicking off and deciding once and for all which city is better — Atlanta or Boston (though obviously it’s Boston — since the global headquarters for PYMNTS.com is located here). And then there’s Tom Brady.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Super Bowl LI is less than 24 hours away from kicking off and deciding once and for all which city is better — Atlanta or Boston (though obviously it’s Boston — since the global headquarters for PYMNTS.com is located here). And then there’s Tom Brady.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2019

Companies across the globe are innovating their mPOS solutions for faster, more secure services. In this month’s feature story, PYMNTS caught up with vendors from Boston and San Diego to explore how mPOS is becoming increasingly critical to winning business at Pride events. Around the Mobile Point-of-Sale World.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2017

Boston-based athletic company New Balance has a simple mission: to become the world’s best running brand. It’s a multi-pronged attack that is leveraging both gadgets and a big reboot of the in-store experience that the Boston-based firm is betting big on. The Step Into Tech: The RunIQ . We started in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2017

FatBurger was founded during the golden era of American fast food innovation – 1947 – by a woman named Lovie Yancey. It will also push its expansion farther – so that perhaps someday the people of Boston and Maine can too know the joy of the Fatrburger lifestyle. It will, however, be a franchise-only operation.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2020

Many Main Street SMBs, local restaurants and designer boutiques are doing it for the first time. One of the best things that happened last week was the reopening of hair salons in Boston. It doesn’t appear that this experience is exclusive to fancy hair salons in Boston. Gas stations are encouraging it. So what is ‘it’?

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2019

These teams are looking to mobile apps to innovate payments in a way that will revitalize purchases and the game experience. For the 2019 NFL season – PYMNTS is based in Boston, so Go Pats! – A decrease in game attendance also could provide more pressure and motivation to improve the at-home (or at-sports pub) NFL experience this year.

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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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Tefkin

JUNE 3, 2014

On the “Beta” end of the scale, ETFs are steadily becoming one of the most successful innovation in recent decades. We call them Recession Babies,” said William Finnegan, a senior managing director at MFS Investment Management in Boston , drawing a parallel to “Depression Babies” who avoided banks and investing after the 1929 crash. “If

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2020

For Main Street businesses, to say 2020 was challenging is an understatement. According to PYMNTS data, more than 60 percent of Main Street firms have at least three channels operating to drive sales: online, at physical stores and mobile.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Quick service restaurant (QSR) chain Boston Market is among the restaurant brands making their first forays into loyalty rewards. Rewards programs continue to be one of the restaurant industry’s favorite tools to retain customers, with several companies rolling out their first rewards offerings.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2016

After a bit of a bumpy start to the year, what has become a now multi-week debacle with the FBI over that phone and a solid month of share prices below $100, it has been a while since Apple has managed a whole week of headlines that were, more or less, positive and even hopeful about innovation in the offing.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Many of the Main Street businesses, which were once options for consumers, have closed or operate with limited hours and inventory,” Webster noted. Before the pandemic, James Beard award-winning Boston wine bar haley.henry was an eatery known for small plates, tinned fish and all-natural, small-batch wines shipped from all over the world.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2018

Boston-based agricultural tech company Freight Farms , for example, grows produce inside of shipping containers. Mushrooms make an actually great main if you’re at a restaurant.”. But Smallhold is not the only urban farming concept coming to a U.S. A lot of people are looking to other protein sources,” DeMartino said.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2020

The weather is turning such that Boston has already had its first snow, and eating outdoors at restaurants is losing its appeal in the northern United States. And perhaps most critically, do the dishes when we’re done.). And on that front, PYMNTS can offer few solutions.

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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. We all want to know what ‘it’ is it in our technology, our clothes and our personal lives.”.

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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. The customers want to get all their game prep set, retailers want to sell it to them, and innovators, doing it right, make those transactions happen so smoothly that they are almost invisible. It’s a tall order.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2016

To compile the index, researchers in Boston; Chicago; Charlottesville, Virginia; and Seattle shopped merchants across three channels: web, app, and in-store. The main obstacles preventing them from evolving into omnichannel merchants? We researched a breadth of merchants in the Top 500 based on total U.S.

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2016

The weather in Boston – and it’s about darn time. I recall three years ago at Innovation Project 2013 that a rather prescient panelist said that the payments system’s worst nightmare would be having the SWIFT network breached. You want to know what really sizzled this week? As for payments, here are this week’s picks and pans.

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