PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2016

But for all the glories of summer — long days, vacations and a built-in excuse to substitute ice cream for any actual meal — summer does have one asterisk for retailers in the U.S. So what fun in the sun can the nation’s retailers expect this year? However, across the U.S. Strange, but not necessarily bad.

Retail 100

Retail Course United States Boston 100

PYMNTS

MAY 18, 2017

From responsive mobile websites to on-demand offerings, consumers are increasingly demanding that retailers, both online and in the real world, cater to their needs in the moment. . And Boston Dynamics is working on their own robotic delivery system, which it showed off at this past April’s TED 2017 conference.

Report 109

Report San Francisco Retail United States 109

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

The pods set up shop in places where the nap-needing tend to gather – university campuses and office spaces being their two main sweet spots – and offer the chance to book a 20-minute to two-hour nap online or on mobile with a few clicks or taps. Boston Med has offered Sleepio since 2016. But does it really work?

Boston 145

Boston Study Maine social media 145

PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2020

Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Delaware that COVID-19 exacerbated the company’s struggles with competition and a lack of online ordering, the news service reported. Boston-based Legal Sea Foods, which has 37 locations, has closed temporarily. Chief Restructuring Officer Steven Fleming said in a sworn declaration in the U.S.

Florida 131

Florida New York New York City Delaware 131

PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2019

That’s because stadiums and sports teams are looking for more opportunities to connect with at-home and online viewers as they come to represent another segment of attendees. Not only that, but over the next decade, some 90 percent of sports bets will be made online. For the 2019 NFL season – PYMNTS is based in Boston, so Go Pats! –

Payments 161

Payments social media Mobile Seattle 161

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2020

And you can see it in the hustle by retailers and brands large and small to pivot their businesses and business models — and the disclaimers on just about every retail site starting a week or more ago that orders placed online might not make it in time for Christmas. percent of all retail sales. consumers — 47.2

Apple 227

Apple Study Innovation Survey 227

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Its benefits can also be used when shopping at Joss & Main, AllModern and Birch Lane. The Boston-based company generated $5.7 Building on the success of our television advertising and direct mail, this pop-up experience is yet another way we are deepening engagement with customers beyond our online presence.”.

New Jersey 129

New Jersey Massachusetts Boston Maine 129

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2020

The digital transformation of the commerce ecosystem, which had been underway long before COVID-19 reared its ugly head, flipped into overdrive overnight, as consumers were forced to change their habits and shift almost everything they once did in real life to an online substitute. The SMB Pinch.

Retail 220

Retail Study Report Boston 220

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. As of now, the firm is looking to branch out from its Copley Place headquarters in downtown Boston and into a neighboring building that reportedly has enough space to accommodate it. Doubling Down On Tech.

Boston 100

Boston Online Data Retail 100

PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2020

Many Main Street SMBs, local restaurants and designer boutiques are doing it for the first time. Not surprisingly, to make consumers more comfortable shopping and checking out in their stores, retailers have rushed to enable a “ contactless ” payment experience. Gas stations are encouraging it. Uber and Starbucks pioneered it.

Cards 147

Cards Study Maine Payments 147

PYMNTS

MAY 19, 2016

A number of major retailers have already adopted processes that let customers stay strapped in their seatbelts while receiving state-of-the-art service. Major retailer Walmart finally unveiled the Walmart Pay app, a QR code-powered solution that will allow mobile users to pay with their smartphones. Louis Post-Dispatch.

St. Louis 105

St. Louis Boston Retail Customer Experience 105

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. 3 post position, displacing Apple, at roughly 4 percent of retail sales. That retailer is, of course, Amazon. percent of consumer retail spending in the U.S.

Retail 167

Retail Online Branding Analysis 167

PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2017

Some were already investors in the startup, which is headquartered in New York City and will use the funding to expand into Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., It’s time-consuming and difficult to navigate, with many businesses not even having a presence online.”. and Chicago.

Los Angeles 100

Los Angeles San Francisco New York City Philadelphia 100

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

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. But surcharging as a topic of conversation in the U.S.

Regulation 181

Regulation Boston Cards Innovation 181

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.

Policies 52

Policies Boston Tools Maine 52

PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2019

More than 70 percent of QSR managers see these as the main benefits of implementing technology, according to the PYMNTS Restaurant Readiness Index. Mobile ordering is available at the chain’s Denver, Boston and Houston locations, with more markets said to be in the works for this year. More than six in 10 – or 65.3

Innovation 179

Innovation Houston Denver Mobile 179

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

That was one of the main messages from a recent PYMNTS discussion featuring Karen Webster and Vaduvur Bharghavan (who goes by VB), the president and CEO of Ondot Systems. Amazon has opened an online store , establishing a presence on Chinese online shopping site Pinduoduo. The marketplace said Monday (Nov. for $4 billion.

Google 129

Google Mobile Data Capital 129

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. Will it be enough to save every SMB pummeled by the pandemic this year?

Maine 169

Maine Philadelphia Community Boston 169

PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2018

According to a recent survey from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), profits among the world’s corporate banking institutions is significantly declining – but digitization could halt that trend. Researchers found that just 17 percent of retail banks rated their digital transformation strategies as “optimal.”

blockchain 171

blockchain Lending User Experience Mobile 171

PYMNTS

APRIL 5, 2017

RI and YG: While attending Drexel a couple years ago, we found it unbelievable that there wasn’t an online alternative to running around, store after store, cab after cab, to get the supplies and products students and young professionals needed daily. RI and YG: Our pricing model works very similar to any retail convenience store.

Tucson 150

Tucson Columbus Portland Phoenix 150

PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2016

So, how did a “team of geeks” with “zero experience” in the fashion or retail industries go on to become the second fastest-growing retail company in the U.S. Sharon Klapka, Adore Me’s vice president of business and brand development, appeared at the eTail East conference in Boston on Monday (Aug. million in funding.

Data 100

Data Retail Industry Boston 100

PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2016

The Index is based on two key components: whether a merchant adds value through a mobile app or website, and how consistent online and in-store experiences are for consumers. The Index includes in-depth research on more than 100 retailers across the U.S. The main obstacles preventing them from evolving into omnichannel merchants?

Virginia 102

Virginia Resources Seattle Mobile 102

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2018

The traditional gift for a ninth anniversary is pottery, and our offices are in Boston – but, you know, no pressure.). But then, we had a feeling that something like this might be about to happen in a world suddenly able to be online and on the go at all times – it’s why we were founded in 2009. That is no longer the case today.).

Innovation 177

Innovation Payments Cards Retail 177

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. This is just a taste of what we’ll have in store at the 10 th annual Innovation and Insight Day on April 4 th in Boston. The first is a digital subsidiary as an offshoot of the parent bank.

Customer Experience 100

Customer Experience Branding Boston Innovation 100

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

Comparison Retail Boston Online 100

PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2016

According to its survey of 507 vendors of merchant processing systems, Apple Pay is the most requested mobile digital payments service among retailers. All 10,000 ExxonMobil locations are supposed to be online by the end of the year. The team at Piper Jaffray published some good news on Apple Pay.

Apple 100

Apple Houston Boston Mobile 100

PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2016

The weather in Boston – and it’s about darn time. Overall, according to the Global Fraud Attack Index that we do with Forter every quarter, fraud attempts are up 217 percent, putting nearly $5 of every online sale at risk. Their retail experience needs a bit of reinventing , and she did that for the iconic brand when she joined them.

Bitcoin 109

Bitcoin Fraud Mobile Apple 109

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

For those charged with managing the consumer’s trust and safety when transacting online, and in the midst of increasingly clever cybercrooks, being comfortable going against the status quo flow has become much more important than ever before, he said. percent of all retail sales to 6.4 If and when they no longer do, they won’t.

Cards 169

Cards Course Study New York 169

PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2016

Passport has designed similar mobile applications for the transportation systems in Chicago, Toronto and Boston. Fleischer has negotiated with many banks, not just the main financial institutions. There is an enormous amount of integration that has to happen in terms of switching and tokenization, both MST and NFC tokenization.”.

Samsung 100

Samsung Google Mobile Millennials 100

PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2018

In fact, we’re seeing it happen in a variety of retail, banking and broader commerce pilots and prototypes today. By ordering ahead using their phones, customers are simply applying their online shopping behavior to a new, and very habituated, use case. And why those who enable it will be among 2018’s power brokers. Here’s why.

Innovation 109

Innovation Payments Google Training 109

PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2018

After all, here in Boston, our local Irish population is eight times the size of the motherland’s, and Americans of every ethnic background get their green on one day a year. Patrick’s Day shopping: The $233 Million Online Spending Binge . Patrick’s Day — tends to run bigger, wilder and more raucous on this side of the pond.

Illinois 102

Illinois Boston Course National 102

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

In July, Grubhub announced it would be buying up LevelUp for $390 million in cash to expedite integration with restaurants and “create a seamless diner experience in-app, online and in-store,” said the 423,000 daily average grubs, up 35 percent year over year. In December of 2017, Even went live and online for 1.4

Branding 100

Branding Cards Fraud Marketing 100

PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2018

Law” or “CSI” or reading The Boston Globe or The Wall Street Journal all more or less liked the same things. Before digital and mobile and online stores, there were physical stores and shopping malls — and both were among the only ways consumers could find the things they wanted to buy. billion searches a day or some 1.2

Google 121

Google Data social media Branding 121

PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2019

The company recently launched its service in Boston, where producers have to be able to drive to the city within two hours. That opens the door for producers from Southern Maine, New Hampshire, Western Massachusetts and Rhode Island.) There is not a lot of noise like in Boston and New York.

Rhode Island 122

Rhode Island Marketing Online New Hampshire 122

Independent Banker

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Big-brand megabanks, the Visa and MasterCard networks, and big-box merchants had signed up to become partners with Apple’s universal retail smartphone app that uses Near Field Communication and tokenization technologies. They want to look at their device and know the balance and pay a bill in real-time, rather than input it online.

Mobile 105

Mobile Community Bank Community Technology 105

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

I, Shopper, take thee, Online Retailer, to be my faithful partner in commerce. Today, fewer than a third say that membership in loyalty programs drives their choice of retailer. Today, fewer than a third say that membership in loyalty programs drives their choice of retailer. THE MOVE FROM PHYSICAL TO ONLINE TO MOBILE.

Retail 90

Retail Payments Online Mobile 90