Perficient

JUNE 26, 2020

However, many of us (myself included) have done complete 180s in search of finding a career we are not only good at, but enjoy. Here at Perficient, I’ve found that a lot of us have this is common. Tom originally went to school for music at Berklee College of Music in Boston (not the only consultant in the music scene ).

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JANUARY 29, 2020

No longer charging into market spaces (no matter the cost), many real estate startups are now slowing their growth to more carefully assess a better strategy moving forward. Traditional Silicon Valley startups accelerate through cash to achieve rapid expansion, with the goal of easier profitability once a certain market size has been secured.

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APRIL 22, 2019

Eventually, the company plans to expand to other markets, including L.A. “We Starbucks partnered with the app in January, with San Francisco first and then spreading to Boston, Chicago and L.A., We also believe that a retail presence across every channel (online, retail, on-demand, etc.) among others.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 2, 2020

Doing business online is the bridge for American small businesses through this crisis and into the next decade,” said John Caplan, president of Alibaba.com for North America and Europe. trillion global B2B e-Commerce market,” he said, in a Tuesday (June 2) press release. based B.A.A.B.S. Beauty , a makeup and beauty products retailer.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Boston startup True Tickets is teaming up with the Broadway theater company The Shubert Organization for blockchain-based mobile ticket delivery , the companies said in a press release Wednesday (Oct. This pilot affords us the opportunity to do exactly that in a massive multichannel marketplace.”.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Boston startup True Tickets is teaming up with the Broadway theater company The Shubert Organization for blockchain-based mobile ticket delivery , the companies said in a press release Wednesday (Oct. This pilot affords us the opportunity to do exactly that in a massive multichannel marketplace.”.

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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. It’s generally agreed that Warby Parker’s usage of online frame fitting is one of the first scalable usages for 3D visual technology.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Have you purchased anything online recently? The benefits of utilizing e-commerce technology are readily apparent to us because they are personal: We find what we are looking for; we find it at a cheaper price; we can get it more quickly. One study by The Boston Consulting Group estimated that small and midsize U.S.

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DECEMBER 24, 2020

If 2020 taught us anything about cryptocurrencies, it’s that they’ve reached a tipping point. 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.”.

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MAY 24, 2018

Ohio-based Spangler Candy Company won the auction with a bid of just under $19 million, The Boston Globe reported. “We But the team will remain with the company “longer if they need us,” McGee told the Globe. The candies are made in a suburb of Boston, where the company has a little more than 200 employees.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Layered onto those closures was the running wave of bankruptcies that saw 21 retailers filing for protection, including some household names like Toys R Us. retail and apparel markets are nearing recession levels, tripling in the past six years. I think anything’s on the table for us.

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AUGUST 23, 2019

Online furniture retailers are stepping further into the world of physical retail with permanent brick-and-mortar stores. Wayfair , for instance, opened a store at the Natick Mall in suburban Boston, where consumers can experience products firsthand before making a purchase, after debuting a pop-up shop there last year.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2016

Wayfair, an online home furnishing retailer, is launching a home-grown display display advertising platform to improve consumer targeting through customized messaging. Magellan’s launch comes as the Boston-based company looks into investing in building technologies that can enhance its marketing intelligence.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Instacart, the online groceries company, announced Wednesday (Nov. “In our house, sometimes the ritual of going to the grocery store is inspiring and helps us meal plan for the week. Other times, we’re busy and can’t get to the store, so delivery makes life easier for us. ”

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2018

Amazon Expands Boston Tech Hub; Adds 2,000 New Tech Roles. Higher US Spending Marks McDonald’s Results, Hints At Resilient Consumer. Growth from markets that do not include major cities fueled Grubhub’s revenue growth in the first quarter of 2018, an increase that beat analyst expectations.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

On March 24, on what would have usually been a busy day at the start of spring, the state ordered all nonessential retail shops on the green to shut down, as the pandemic crept its way north from New York City and south from Boston. People were buying things because they wanted to support us. But you know what?

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2017

Founded in 2012 in Los Angeles, the digital marketing firm works to bridge (hence the name) the gap so that the various communications don’t fall into the void. “We Bridge has a two-tiered approach to cracking the loyalty market: Identify the right targets and then aim wide when approaching on digital channel. Redefining Goals .

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AUGUST 24, 2019

It’s that’s time of year again – football season is upon us. 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.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2020

AI simply hasn’t been around long enough, nor has it been adopted by enough companies, for us to determine all the ways it will ultimately drive value,” said Michael Scharff, CEO of Evolv Technologies , which provides retailers with AI expertise. That’s not to say AI won’t play a significant role, especially as it continues to advance.”.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Retailer bankruptcies were up 30 percent in 2017 , with a number of familiar names in that list of 662 firms: Payless ShoeSource , Toys R Us and The Limited. The slowing growth is off a big base — and the fast growth of online commerce is coming off a very small one, they say, so it will be a long time before in-store sales really tank.

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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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JANUARY 7, 2021

Online FinTech startup SoFi announced Thursday (Jan. The FinTech IPO Market. 7) that it was merging with publicly-traded Social Capital in an $8.6 billion deal that brings it instant liquidity and avoids the uncertainty of the initial public offering (IPO) process, while leaving it better positioned to take on legacy banks.

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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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JANUARY 28, 2019

Since about mid-December of 2018, checking out in the stores here in Boston has become even more of a hassle. Or the chatty person who strikes up a conversation with the only cashier on duty while the rest of us cool our heels. I’ve noticed that in many Boston stores now, I’m not charged for a paper bag. I seriously doubt it.

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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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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. For us, it’s a primary focus,” Niraj Shah said in an interview.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2017

In a twist on contemporary retail trends toward online channels, consumers still largely prefer to return in-store. The easiest way to describe what we do,” said David Sobie, CEO of Happy Returns , “is that we’re the buy online, return to store option for retailers that don’t have stores.”. and Houston. and Houston.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Currently offered in a session subscription payment method, Handstand is available in Los Angeles and Orange County; the plan is to roll it out to Boston, New York, San Francisco and Chicago. PYMNTS: Give us the background on Handstand. We’re launching New York and Boston soon. Also, the quality of our trainers.

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JUNE 9, 2017

Kate Rettker, senior marketing manager and manager of the Protein Bar’s mobile order-ahead process, said the company has tweaked its app design to feature more distinct pops of color and better menu functionality, including adding photography. Because they are special to us.”. We’re a dietary-sensitive brand,” said Rettker.

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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. market, with additional plans to expand internationally. million in June 2016.

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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.

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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. That is changing, but not quickly.

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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.

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AUGUST 16, 2019

As of the first day of August 1994 more people had walked on the surface of the moon than had bought things online, because online shopping did not yet exist. Big Play of the Week: The Power of Prime Day to Move Markets . Stores on the March: Seattle, Boston and Nashville . It was a Sting CD.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

2022 will be a big year as we move from development to pilot testing and begin to engage more with financial institutions in active planning,” says Nick Stanescu, senior vice president, FedNow business executive, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. “We Go-to-market preparations. payment system.”. The pilot experience.

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 1, 2021

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. Bento for Business (acquired by US Bank, Aug 2021) FAB Score = 11. – Tribal Credit. Bento for Business.

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 1, 2021

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. Bento for Business (acquired by US Bank, Aug 2021) FAB Score = 11. – Tribal Credit. Bento for Business.

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