PYMNTS

JUNE 12, 2018

When Sephora announced the launch of a new 2,000-square-foot concept store in Boston last year , it unveiled a marriage of brick-and-mortar and digital: The store allowed customers the ability to order products in-store from the Sephora website, and it announced same-day pickup through its Sephora app, too.

Retail 109

Retail Examples Boston Mobile 109

PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2016

At the rate so many once-solitary brands are shacking up with other companies, though, maybe the definition of the term needs to be widened a bit. Omnicommerce usually refers to where and how retailers sell their products, not necessarily who they choose to sell them with. “People are everywhere,” Jacobson said.

Retail 100

Retail Las Vegas Millennials Conference 100

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2020

And you can see it in the hustle by retailers and brands large and small to pivot their businesses and business models — and the disclaimers on just about every retail site starting a week or more ago that orders placed online might not make it in time for Christmas. The whole process took less than 15 minutes.

Apple 227

Apple Study Innovation Survey 227

PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

Social media was largely considered more friend than foe, most consumers still used passcodes instead of fingerprints to open their mobile devices, and Tom Brady was merely a great athlete instead of the fountain-of-youth demi-god he is today (PYMNTS is based in Boston, so just go with us on that one). The timing seemed perfect.

Industry 110

Industry social media New York City Retail 110

PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

Social media was largely considered more friend than foe, most consumers still used passcodes instead of fingerprints to open their mobile devices, and Tom Brady was merely a great athlete instead of the fountain-of-youth demi-god he is today (PYMNTS is based in Boston, so just go with us on that one). The timing seemed perfect.

Industry 100

Industry social media New York City Retail 100

Independent Banker

OCTOBER 29, 2014

A consensus says that the future banking customer relationships—particularly for millennial consumers—will orbit to one degree or another around mobile technology. Consumer studies the Boston firm has conducted indicate increasing mobile-banking adoption and awareness and use of mobile remote-deposit capture applications.

Mobile 105

Mobile Community Bank Community Technology 105

PYMNTS

APRIL 18, 2016

Hey brand, want a better way to engage with your customer? And Messenger and Marcus’ big bet is that its chatbots will provide a mechanism for brands to strike up those conversations with their community faster, cheaper and as well – if not better – than a live person can do now. Find a developer and let them grab Messenger’s bot API.

Google 100

Google Mobile Branding Apple 100

CB Insights

AUGUST 2, 2018

US consumers aged 18+ make an average of 70 payments per month, with debit cards accounting for 32% of those purchases, according to a 2017 study by the Boston Fed. Square has partnered with other top brands (including Shake Shack, Whole Foods, and Chipotle) to offer other cash boosts, and claims to be expanding the list.

Cards 71

Cards Fintech UX Strategy 71

PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2016

This demand for timeliness and simplicity is evidenced by the demographics with which third-party delivery services are being most enthusiastically embraced: millennials, parents with children under 18, and city dwellers. We need to be an extension of our partners’ service and brand.”.

Resources 102

Resources Operations Technology Boston 102

CB Insights

JULY 17, 2018

Instead, new millennial-inspired and tech-infused dining trends have been emerging across the US and internationally. Many of yesterday’s casual dining brands are dying, but not because millennials “don’t eat out.” Vegan fast casual: By Chloe (NYC, Boston, LA, Providence, London). Dining out.

San Francisco 69

San Francisco California United States CA 69

Banking 2020

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

For example, a new report from consulting firm Boston Retail Partners states 85% of retailers say that ‘unified commerce’ is a top priority for the year ahead, and many merchants are well on their way. The regular drumbeat of stories about data breaches at brand-name retail chains probably doesn’t help.).

Retail 40

Retail Strategy Boston Industry 40

William Mills

MAY 11, 2016

Branded version is available. ^KT. Fiserv is meeting that need for FIs and millennials. Industry leader Fiserv is tackling the issue account opening for Millennials. I suspect it could be very popular with Millennials as they get serious about savings and investing. As a co-branding solution, it would work very well.

Video 40

Video Mobile social media Data 40

CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2020

A slew of startups have emerged over the last few years that are especially popular among millennials, and designed to serve as a cheap investment manager and an introduction to the basics of wealth management. Boston Consulting Group predicts, however, that only a few investment banks will ever again be able to grow to that kind of size.

Management 78

Management Capital Company Marketing 78

CB Insights

MARCH 26, 2019

Every few weeks, another story about the dreaded generation surfaces: millennials are killing casual dining; millennials are killing breakfast cereal; millennials are killing home ownership. Millennials aren’t shunning luxury goods; they’re just renting them instead of buying. Millennials are in debt.

Millennials 78

Millennials Industry Trends Branding 78

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2016

In London too, Apple Pay works on the Underground, buses and trains, and the company is keen to serve Boston, New York and other cities with tap-and-pay mobile services. Digital Currency – Millennials Just Aren’t That Into You. Operator East Japan Railway Company alone served 17.4

Mobile 100

Mobile Payments Apple Samsung 100

PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

For bridge millennials, those consumers between the ages of 30 and 40 who are the first generation of connected consumers with spending power, those percentages are even higher: 31 percent own a voice-activated device, 55 percent of whom used it to make a commerce purchase in the week we asked them to report on their purchasing experiences.

Mobile 205

Mobile Innovation Apple Study 205

PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2018

In the last few months alone, we’ve seen snow in Rome and three powerful nor’easters in Boston in the space of two and a half weeks — with some forecasts predicting a fourth this week. percent of today’s millennials will never make more than their parents. and the Caribbean, leaving tens of billions of dollars in damage in their wake.

Google 148

Google Apple Retail Millennials 148

PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2019

Had I been in town, I might have used Google to find a store near me in Boston that carried the brand I wanted so I could try before I bought. The season takes place in the year 1985 – 10 years before eCommerce and Amazon, and seven years before today’s 27-year-old millennials were born.

Innovation 170

Innovation US Maine Google 170