PYMNTS

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. Canada, U.K.

Pennsylvania 101

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2020

“We appreciate the opportunity to partner with Falls Township officials, who are providing us with the approvals and support of this newly designed store format that will be of benefit to the community,” he added. The chain also operates stores in New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C.

New Jersey 155

New Jersey Delaware Maryland Pennsylvania 155

PYMNTS

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.

cryptocurrency 258

cryptocurrency Bitcoin Course Boston 258

PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2019

According to a report in USA Today , Starbucks is rolling out the delivery expansion in San Francisco on Tuesday (January 22) and will extend it into Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and Washington D.C. Starbucks is adding more cities to its delivery network via a partnership with Uber Eats. during the next few weeks.

Los Angeles 144

Los Angeles San Francisco Miami Boston 144

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

The access is exclusive to Caesars locations across select states where the company operates casino properties. ” Founded in 2012, Boston-based DraftKings offers daily fantasy sports contests across 11 professional sports and in eight countries, including the U.S., and Australia. . and Australia.

Online 108

Online Mississippi New Jersey Boston 108

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2020

When asked, fear of crowds surfaced as consumers’ primary reason for preferring to carry on with digital-first experiences when it comes to shopping for groceries (57 percent), purchasing retail products (52 percent) and even ordering food from restaurants (45 percent). The SMB Pinch. The Power of Persistence.

Retail 220

Retail Study Report Boston 220

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.

Retail 78

Retail Branding Company Capital 78

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Looks like retail sales are back on the street. The IRS is committed to fairness in the tax system, and we want to remind people across all income categories that they need to file their taxes,” said Paul Mamo, director of collection operations for the agency’s small business and self-employed division.

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Taxes Boston Florida Course 141

PYMNTS

APRIL 20, 2018

Though the retailer has 250 locations, 38 of those stores are already in liquidation. Still, Bon-Ton said its eCommerce and mobile platforms will continue to operate as its stores are liquidated. The retailer said in a filing earlier this year that it might have to file for Chapter 11 if it could not reach a deal with creditors.

Milwaukee 104

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2019

It’s that’s time of year again – football season is upon us. According to Zach Hensley, vice president of operations and guest experiences for the Seahawks and CenturyLink Field, these services are changing how fans experience live games and boosting their overall enjoyment.

Payments 161

Payments social media Mobile Seattle 161

PYMNTS

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.

Boston 100

Boston Ohio Massachusetts Company 100

PYMNTS

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.

Los Angeles 100

Los Angeles social media Retail Marketing 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

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.

Los Angeles 107

Los Angeles San Francisco Retail New York City 107

PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2019

In a recent trend, eCommerce mattress brands have been moving into the world of brick-and-mortar retail by opening their own stores and pop-up shops to help let customers test-drive their products in real life. 22) before reportedly extending the service into Boston and New York, among other cities.

Apple 109

Apple Branding San Francisco New York City 109

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. Or the chatty person who strikes up a conversation with the only cashier on duty while the rest of us cool our heels. Merchants, especially in an increasingly tough retail environment, just want the sale.

Regulation 181

Regulation Boston Cards Innovation 181

PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2020

The most recent details on FedNow come roughly a year after the central bank announced its plans to build and operate real-time rails. She said rapid access to funds would be useful for those living on fixed incomes or paycheck to paycheck (about 60 percent of consumers, as estimated by PYMNTS’ research). A Liquidity Boost? .

America 189

America Kansas City Payments Kansas 189

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Introduced in 2014 alongside a handful of other experimental services, Uber Eats operates worldwide in 29 countries. And Grubhub has been in expansion mode , gobbling up Boston-based Foodler, Groupon’s OrderUp and Yelp’s Eat24 in 2017. Manhattan-based Green Summit Group, for example, operates nine restaurants out of one kitchen.

Marketing 134

Marketing Boston Operations Retail 134

PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2016

What followed over the next four decades was the evolution of a once familiar retail fixture – the carhop – who first walked, and then later roller skated their way into creating a convenient way of serving the customer. Retailers are having to find new ways of fulfilling shoppers’ orders.”. Pulling Up To Convenience .

St. Louis 102

St. Louis Retail Dallas Mobile 102

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

As internet retailers are expanding their operations into brick-and-mortar operations (think Warby Parker, Argent, Bonobos, and BaubleBar ), venture capitalists are also investing in “physical-first” startups focused on creating new brick-and-mortar business models. New Frontiers in Retail Tech. RESTAURANTS.

Maine 70

Maine Capital Rhode Island DC 70

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.

Boston 100

Boston Online Data Retail 100

PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2016

And, by those standards, Target has us exactly where it wants us with Project Goldfish. Stringfellow was promoted to the permanent position of VP of internal innovation and operations. However, Target is not the only retailer in its segment that is taking such a strong, heavily invested swing at digital.

Retail 100

Retail San Francisco California Minneapolis 100

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

As a result of the historic pace of vaccine development through Operation Warp Speed and careful logistics planning, the FAA today is supporting the first mass air shipment of a vaccine," the agency said in a statement on Friday (Nov. Walmart now operates 19 clinics inside its stores to attend to routine, non-emergency health matters.

Arizona 160

Arizona Survey Boston Examples 160

Celent Banking

JANUARY 20, 2017

Ongoing innovation in banking technology is clearly beginning to pay off, and we’ve been privileged to learn an immense amount from all of the financial institutions that took the time to tell us about their how they’ve been using technology and innovation to serve customers better, become more efficient, and mitigate risk.

Case Study 100

Case Study Boston Innovation Massachusetts 100

PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2016

Staples announced on Tuesday (June 14) that it had officially launched its “Staples Rush” program that provides same-day delivery service to a handful of metropolitan areas, including parts of Boston, Dallas and Manhattan, with Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle to come.

Los Angeles 100

Los Angeles San Francisco Houston Dallas 100

PYMNTS

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. Rumors had Walmart wanting to buy Blue Apron — the retail chain, after all, was and still is engaged in an existential struggle with Amazon, and was trying to pump up its eCommerce offerings.

Industry 110

Industry social media New York City Retail 110

Jeff For Banks

JANUARY 11, 2014

According to a 2012 Boston College Center for Retirement Research study , 63% of American males (why only males I do not know) participated exclusively in defined contribution (DC) retirement plans in 2007, up from 47% in 1992. Americans are becoming more responsible for their financial well being now and into retirement. Probably not.

Boston 86

Boston DC Community Community Bank 86

PYMNTS

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. PYMNTS: How does the pricing model work, and how does goPuff get paid?

Tucson 150

Tucson Columbus Portland Phoenix 150

PYMNTS

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. Rumors had Walmart wanting to buy Blue Apron – the retail chain, after all, was and still is engaged in an existential struggle with Amazon, and was trying to pump up its eCommerce offerings.

Industry 100

Industry social media New York City Retail 100

PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2018

Many of us have faced the day when we realized our T-shirt collection has run out of control. And that is what got us thinking about how T-shirts travel around the world.”. We made the first in the way your grandmother or aunt would make one and it took us six to seven hours to finish.

San Francisco 116

San Francisco US United States Boston 116

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2018

Don’t worry if you didn’t remember to get us a present – we didn’t want to make too big a deal out of it, so we didn’t remind you. The traditional gift for a ninth anniversary is pottery, and our offices are in Boston – but, you know, no pressure.). It took us 18 months to launch the product in a legal and compliant and secure way.

Innovation 177

Innovation Payments Cards Retail 177

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2018

fans traveling to Boston for the start of the World Series will want to pack — and possibly purchase for the first time — sweaters, as this week will be an excellent opportunity to enjoy New England’s crisp fall weather. The reported goal is to reorganize the retailer around a smaller footprint of 700 stores. locations at its peak.

Data 134

Data Fraud Cards Regulation 134

PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2020

Not surprisingly, to make consumers more comfortable shopping and checking out in their stores, retailers have rushed to enable a “ contactless ” payment experience. Part of that includes reminding consumers to use their contactless cards when they check out in their stores (if they have one) or their mobile wallets (if they choose).

Cards 147

Cards Study Maine Payments 147

PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2018

The restaurant, Spyce , is set to open this spring in central Boston. QSRs also embraced popular third-party technology as part of their operations, including at kiosks. Italian QSR Fazoli used Amazon’s Alexa to enable voice ordering at its locations and planned to add Google Assistant and Google Home in the future.

Innovation 105

Innovation Study Google Survey 105

PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2017

Today there are 200 Fatburgers in 18 countries – though tragically for those of us who live in the Eastern U.S., 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.

Regulation 119

Regulation Boston Branding Maine 119

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

The Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB) is among the nonprofits working to feed local communities this holiday season is the which provides food services to 190 towns as well as cities in the eastern Massachusetts region. 25) that it will sell its StubHub ticketing operations to online ticket reseller Viagogo Entertainment Inc.

Google 129

Google Mobile Data Capital 129

PYMNTS

MARCH 31, 2017

The service is available in several major metropolitan areas, including Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., Biggins explained how she initially encouraged restaurants to join the MealPal platform by conducting a series of tests at a Fresh Market location in Boston. million lunches over the past year. San Francisco and Miami.

Boston 100

Boston San Francisco Meeting Miami 100