PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Brick-and-mortar retail oftentimes gets a bad rap in 2018. Last year saw store closures spike 200 percent to 7,000 — the worst retail bloodletting since the dark days of the 2008 recession. The widely shared consensus is that this could all get quite a bit worse for physical retail before it gets better.

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APRIL 26, 2018

According to The Boston Globe , Chief Executive Officer Suzanne Greco said, ‘‘We want to be sure that we have the best location. We’re focused now on strengthening market share.’’. Last year, the restaurant chain closed more than 800 stores, with the total count of U.S. locations dropping to 25,908.

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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

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Future tech is no longer the province of high-end retailers. 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. interactions.

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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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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Just last week, the company announced the national expansion of Instacart Pickup, a new grocery click-and-collect service that provides customers with broadened delivery and/or pickup options, enabling them to order via Instacart and pick up the groceries at retailers.

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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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BankInovation

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Bank’s investment in digitalization has enabled it to reach beyond its branch network as it plans to expand to seven new markets. The $668 billion bank is expanding to Arizona, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, New York, Texas and Tennessee, according to its presentation at the BancAnalyst Association of Boston Conference on Thursday.

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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.

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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. Shubert Ticketing sells tickets through its retail brand, Telecharge, as well as through hundreds of third-party agents.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

In a press release , the company said Instacart Pickup provides customers with expanded delivery and/or pickup options, enabling them to order via Instacart and pick up the groceries at retailers. “We want to make grocery shopping effortless by helping our customers get the groceries they need from the retailers they love.

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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. Shubert Ticketing sells tickets through its retail brand, Telecharge, as well as through hundreds of third-party agents.

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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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NCR

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

With smartphones now saturating the market and people all over the world regarding their handset as their primary, if not only, computing device, there’s no excuse for not providing a high-quality, full-featured service on this platform. What does ‘mobile’ mean in the US? Mobile banking everywhere, payments less so.

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JUNE 2, 2020

trillion global B2B e-Commerce market,” he said, in a Tuesday (June 2) press release. Alibaba.com Freight has helped us continue to source from overseas and expand our product line even during this global crisis, and we are set to launch four new products for the summer.”. Beauty , a makeup and beauty products retailer.

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DECEMBER 24, 2020

If 2020 taught us anything about cryptocurrencies, it’s that they’ve reached a tipping point. Building The (Retail) Use Cases. Part of the enthusiasm from investors comes as use cases have proliferated. Or maybe that cryptocurrencies have yet to go mainstream beyond the headlines because fraud still lurks.

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JANUARY 27, 2017

The loyal customer is increasingly the holy grail of retail — everyone wants to create them, but in an environment littered with discounts, digital offers and competing influence, holding a customer’s attention is not exactly easy work. That is the lowest for any vertical in retail. Which is where Bridg enters the picture.

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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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FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Caesars Entertainment announced that it has reached an agreement to offer DraftKings , the leading sports-tech entertainment brand in the country, providing market access for its online gaming products. In New Jersey and Mississippi, DraftKings Sportsbook mobile and retail allows players to bet for major U.S. and Australia. .

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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.

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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. That day was the start of a harrowing three-month retail lockdown. But you know what?

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FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Looks like retail sales are back on the street. With direct marketing hit by robocall abuse and the National Do Not Call Registry , direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands and other not-so-usual suspects are looking into and in some cases reinstating door-to-door sales. It’s a niche market, but $28.7

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JANUARY 31, 2017

But the fast-food giant is playing quick catch-up with its in-store tech, mobile ordering and delivery initiatives — and is doing so by taking a page out of Snapchat’s playbook by blending unattended retail with marketing. Kenmore Square, Boston will activate what it calls a “customized digital Big Mac ATM.” That’s right.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Modern-day retail is at an inflection point as retailers face struggling physical storefronts, massive debt, and inefficient operations, among other issues. Formerly beloved brands such as Aeropostale, American Apparel, and PacSun bit the dust in 2016, and the pace of retail deaths has accelerated since then.

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AUGUST 24, 2019

It’s that’s time of year again – football season is upon us. Revenue for the online sports betting market is predicted to reach $150 billion, making it likely that even more states will follow suit with regulations of their own. For the 2019 NFL season – PYMNTS is based in Boston, so Go Pats! –

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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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AUGUST 16, 2019

s two resident retail superpowers’ race for the consumer’s whole paycheck this week. The world’s largest physical retailer, Walmart, spent much of its earnings call with analysts discussing its digital commerce victories and expansion. Big Play of the Week: The Power of Prime Day to Move Markets .

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OCTOBER 31, 2020

That’s what PYMNTS surveys tell us, anyway. Consumers’ interest in going back to their old habits when it comes to things like shopping for groceries and retail goods has persistently been diminishing since we first started asking them about it in the spring. marketing director, told the Huffington Post. “We

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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. One logistics technology startup is working to solve the problem of physical returns for digital retailers. One logistics technology startup is working to solve the problem of physical returns for digital retailers.

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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. Luckily, for those of us who didn’t snag a ticket, the concession stand is also known as the kitchen, and snacks can be kept flowing to the central watching area. We are mostly kidding about that. Snack Time.

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PYMNTS

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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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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MARCH 11, 2016

Being too successful at flying under the radar, at best, confuses the target market or audience and, at worst, just misses them entirely. And, by those standards, Target has us exactly where it wants us with Project Goldfish. And, by those standards, Target has us exactly where it wants us with Project Goldfish.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

While the store is a first for Nike, it’s part of a bigger trend in retail — product and inventory localization. how retailers can survive (and thrive) this holiday season. Learn about the technologies, innovations, and strategies that retailers can leverage during the holidays. Major retailers and brands go local.

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AUGUST 1, 2018

Many of us have faced the day when we realized our T-shirt collection has run out of control. My business partner, Ross [Lohr], was in Nairobi and when you are there, you see all the T-shirts that get donated and shipped overseas to the secondary market. And that is what got us thinking about how T-shirts travel around the world.”.

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APRIL 5, 2017

RI and YG: Our pricing model works very similar to any retail convenience store. They are the only businesses that provide the same products as us, and consumers have been using them for years and will continue to do so. market, with additional plans to expand internationally. million in June 2016.

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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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