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NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Waltham, Massachusetts-based eCommerce solutions company Yottaa has made a big splash in the commerce space in the past few years. Its SaaS platform for accelerating eCommerce has been picked up by major retailers, including Puma, eBags, King Arthur Flour, Jo-Ann Fabric and Moosejaw, to name a few. Think back a few years ago.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2019

With the help of connected car technology, the morning and evening commutes are no longer just a time for consumers to drive to and from work: These periods of the day between home and work life are also becoming a time where retailers can engage shoppers in contextual commerce experiences. More than three in 10 commuters — or 33.4

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2019

While it is easy to imagine the path of progress is ever forward, often in the innovation game it is a bit more like the Paula Abdul hit song from the late ’80s — two steps forward, one step back. Massachusetts already has a law requiring cash acceptance. So where were those moves, and where did everyone end up? Cashless Coup.

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MAY 30, 2018

The industry is booming, and consumers who shop for beauty products have no shortage of brand options in stores and online. In a recent interview, Lord explained how NARS is working to carve out its niche by investing in data and personalization tools for both online and offline customers. It’s also seeing a similar shift in the U.S.,

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OCTOBER 27, 2018

Retailers are stocking up to supply children, pets and adults with their favorite decorations, candy and costumes for the season.”. About a quarter of all shoppers will buy their Halloween gear online, though 39 percent will start browsing for it digitally. Massachusetts saw a bigger peak run, with 12,900 tickets sold per minute.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Cohen owns a national distribution network and deals with some of the nation’s biggest retailers. His aim is to change the way that the thousands of cases of retail goods are stored, handled and hauled. But it’s not just the retailers trying to cut costs who are embracing technology. In 2016, 5 percent of U.S.

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JULY 13, 2017

The beauty of online grocery shopping is that you can add to your order throughout the week and at the very moment you remember that you need something,” said Cat de Merode, Peapod’s vice president of product. The company has plans to open two new Massachusetts locations by 2018.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2016

After a bit of a bumpy start to the year, what has become a now multi-week debacle with the FBI over that phone and a solid month of share prices below $100, it has been a while since Apple has managed a whole week of headlines that were, more or less, positive and even hopeful about innovation in the offing.

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DECEMBER 29, 2020

One FI navigating pandemic-related challenges is Massachusetts-based Avidia Bank , which was founded in 2007 and currently has $1.9 Avidia — like other banks around the world — has been forced to make numerous changes to its brick-and-mortar and online services to provide proper safety precautions while serving customers.

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JUNE 22, 2020

the Massachusetts-based restaurant digital payment software company, has launched contactless dining for guests to access menus, order and pay touch-free. It also looks at how the pandemic’s impact on online ordering and other digital tools could affect the restaurant industry’s future. Paytronix Systems Inc. ,

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JANUARY 2, 2017

Winding down the year, the most recent Trackers examined just what it takes to get all those Christmas presents ordered online to loved ones across borders. From using virtual reality to overhauling the retail industry to shifting trends in cross-border payments, here are some of the highlights from our 2016 Trackers.

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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. Online foreign exchange services. Nigerian online credit card processor. Latest round: $25 million Debt. Source: Crunchbase.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 27, 2017

As India’s IT companies shift their strategies to seek new lines of business and markets, they’re upping their M&A and investment activity, in an attempt to absorb innovation and close the gap so as not to be left behind. Infosys has raised its own fund to invest in startups, the Infosys Innovation Fund.

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AUGUST 21, 2017

Across so many facets of daily life, online has replaced the “on line” part of transactions — from paying bills to grocery shopping and making tuition payments. One company is striving to transform that retail experience. The tickets are sold at face value — Morel noted there’s no upcharge — and are secured through ticket retailers.

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CB Insights

JULY 23, 2020

A completely remote workforce seems unlikely, given the intangible benefits of social connection, collaboration, and innovation that in-person working provides. An entirely remote workforce seems unlikely for most companies, with an office providing intangible benefits such as social connection, collaboration, and innovation.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

This is the year that everyone takes a critical look at the innovations they’ve pursued over the last decade to decide what’s worth taking forward into the decade of the ‘20s and what’s best left behind in the decade whose door will close 358 days from today. That makes it the most important year of the last decade. Consider this.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2019

history, but a part of global economic development stretching back centuries: First comes innovation, then comes growth based on that innovation (not just economic, but cultural and other forms of growth), then comes the regulatory backlash. It’s a process that stands not only as a familiar feature of U.S.

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JANUARY 23, 2017

WHAT DO HILLBILLIES HAVE TO DO WITH PAYMENTS INNOVATION? As important as that work is, discussing this social and public policy agenda isn’t why I was intrigued by Vance and his book — nor why I asked him to join me on stage on March 15, 2017, at the Innovation Project. THE WORKING AND MIDDLE CLASS IN THE U.S. 01 percent a year.

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