PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2018

cities this year, with big brands testing retail concepts “in real life” with temporary spaces. And, in some cases, brick-and-mortar retailers brought these concepts to their sales floors with their own takes on pop-up shops. Pop-up shops welcomed consumers in malls and major U.S.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2020

So far, it looks like the eatery will pull through — thanks to support it’s received from the local community to make a successful transition from fine eat-in dining to carryout and delivery.

Boston 244

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2019

For their part, the anti-fraud community is hitting back hard. Into the fray steps IBM to partner with Raw Seafoods of Fall River, Massachusetts, on the blockchain-powered Food Trust mobile app. But it is getting done, with innovative systems that leverage human and artificial intelligence. Easier said than done.

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Fraud social media Massachusetts Data 131

PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2016

The office will feature a variety of positions interacting, including software developers and managers whose focus will be on creating, developing and innovating new tech-based solutions for Amazon’s varied and complex operational challenges.

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2018

NARS has already seen a shift in consumer habits in Asia, with countries like China likely topping $1 trillion in online retail sales in the coming years. Shiseido also recently acquired Massachusetts-based artificial skin technology startup Olivo Labs and California-based personalization solution provider MATCHCo.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

One where grocery stores, restaurants and eCommerce can deliver anything and everything to your home almost instantly by drone, payments are automatic, doctors do house calls, people communicate by FaceTime and most of the labor force works remotely. But it’s not just the retailers trying to cut costs who are embracing technology.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 28, 2016

In total, there were 13 fintech startups (or 15 by the Bank Innovations definition ), 12% of the total YC W16 class of 109. Point-of-sale financing for retailers. HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. Three Finovate alums brought in new cash: Kreditech raised $11 million for its banking and lending services for the underbanked.

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CB Insights

JULY 17, 2018

In the past decade, restaurant and bar purchases have grown at twice the rate of general retail spending. Market share is simply shifting away from big chains that haven’t successfully innovated, flowing instead to new models for creating and selling food to customers. Community initiatives: Loom (Massachusetts).

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 30, 2017

These new companies are also offering price optimization tools for traditional industry players as well as for the growing community of companies in the sharing economy, such as home-sharing unicorn Airbnb. From new booking engines to events/activities to person-to-person platforms like Airbnb, there is innovation all over in travel.

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