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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Ron Wyden of Oregon, Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, Ed Markey of Massachusetts, Chris Coons of Delaware and Gary Peters of Michigan sent a letter Wednesday (Nov. They asked whether the technology could be accessed by foreign entities and whether the technology posed a risk to national security.

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DECEMBER 2, 2016

The latest data show that SMEs in the nation have been forced to write off as much as $62 billion annually in bad debt. Wells Fargo: The beleaguered bank does not have many champions, and perhaps least among its fans is Massachusetts Sen. percent less according to the National Retail Federation. Plenty bad.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Ron Wyden of Oregon, Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, Ed Markey of Massachusetts, Chris Coons of Delaware and Gary Peters of Michigan sent a letter Wednesday (Nov. They asked whether the technology could be accessed by foreign entities and whether the technology posed a risk to national security.

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JULY 19, 2018

According to the National Retail Federation , as of last year parents entered August with about 45 percent of their back-to-school shopping done. Retailers have reason to want to tap into it because back-to-school shopping is an incredibly valuable run of commerce activity. That spend is big spend. In 2017, Americans spent $83.6

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MAY 14, 2020

As it works to address the pandemic with testing, CVS Health plans to open over 50 COVID-19 testing sites at designated CVS Pharmacy drive-thru locations throughout Connecticut, Florida, Arizona, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. CVS Health President and CEO Larry J.

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OCTOBER 4, 2019

Retailers have long enticed consumers with rebates, cash back and other rewards. The rapid rise and adoption of instant payments among retailers has solved this issue. has launched a white-label app that Massachusetts service providers can use to offer rebates on energy saving products. Utility marketplace Energy Federation Inc.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2019

The fee-free card is Goldman Sachs’ latest inroad into the retail consumer business after establishing its online Marcus brand in 2016, which makes unsecured personal loans. The 350,000-square-foot facility is planned for Westborough, Massachusetts, a community roughly 35 miles west of Boston.

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JULY 15, 2016

Santander is a national bank based in Wilmington, Delaware, and operates a network of close to 700 retail branch offices in Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.

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DECEMBER 24, 2020

Building The (Retail) Use Cases. The Federal Reserve said this year that its Boston bank is working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to explore the possibility of issuing digital currency. As reported, the company also said bought $50 million of bitcoin to hold on its balance sheet.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2020

The item became a national phenomenon due to a widespread belief in its superior taste and a viral marketing campaign highlighting its availability on Sundays, unlike the offerings of competitor Chick-fil-A. Cloud inventory management software can also mitigate the industry’s constant struggle with food waste.

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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.

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JANUARY 28, 2019

“These legal victories have significantly expanded the market opportunity for surcharging,” Razi said, and represent a tipping point for the five remaining states that have bans in place – Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Kansas and Oklahoma – to narrow their scope or drop them altogether.

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MARCH 1, 2016

Store front businesses in Vermont ha ve done a bit better than in regional counterparts in three out of the four categories tracked, but then again, the region itself was fairly lagging behind the overall nation. percent for the state, with the overall nation at 4.9 So, the outperformance is a bit of scant consolation. On The Ground.

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JUNE 17, 2019

At the same time, Tortora noted the technology has been adopted by farmers markets nationally (the company white labels its product as well). That opens the door for producers from Southern Maine, New Hampshire, Western Massachusetts and Rhode Island.) The Products and Vendors.

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DECEMBER 7, 2016

The story of smaller businesses being pushed out by larger, national chains is nothing new. If a national chain is better than me, then let them kick my ass,” he said. This includes eating establishments, professional and personal services, construction, remodeling and repair services, fitness clubs and a wide variety of retailers.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The Go team is now part of Physical Retail Technologies group within Amazon — an entity created in 2017 to expand the efficacy, efficiency and profitability of the tech such that it could be used more expansively — and sold to other retailers looking to adopt cashierless technology. Big Play of the Week: The Produce Reset .

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JANUARY 10, 2018

Mastercard’s “Grow Your Biz” contest for SMBs in Boston, Massachusetts, concluded in December. Estapa also plans to use the funding to rebuild her website over the next six months so that it’s easier to find, both locally and nationally. Mastercard and Bank of America know it’s not easy.

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JANUARY 9, 2017

When its first Massachusetts store opened last year, 2,000 people lined up to get inside. Moreover, Wegmans is more a turtle than a hare when it comes to its expansion plans — slow and steady wins the race — which means it restricts its footprint to six states and rolls out new locations extremely slowly (by normal retail standards).

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NOVEMBER 23, 2017

When the pilgrims landed in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in 1620, there was no voice of Siri to say, “Arrived.” National Geographic says that the first Thanksgiving was not a thanksgiving at all, but simply a celebration of the pilgrims’ first successful harvest. Making It a Holiday at All.

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MARCH 11, 2016

According to its survey of 507 vendors of merchant processing systems, Apple Pay is the most requested mobile digital payments service among retailers. ” And though we live in Boston, Massachusetts, where it is usually dreadfully cold in the winter, we take his point about the dipping, answering and discomfort. .

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MARCH 2, 2018

For those not used to thinking about electricity by the gigawatt, the estimates mean this: Even at the low end, bitcoin mining uses as much power as a nation state. The debate is whether that nation state is small (Lithuania-sized), medium (Morocco-sized) or medium-large (Israel-sized). Use of power is not very evenly distributed.

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JANUARY 2, 2017

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. Prpic and his team are hoping to use VR technology to transform luxury and high-end retail as we know it. DEVELOPER TRACKER.

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MAY 7, 2021

John Hancock, also known as The John Hancock Life Insurance Company, was founded in 1862 with operations based mainly in Boston, Massachusetts. The program includes select rewards from national retailers like Amazon.com, REI®, and Fitbit® John Hancock Vitality GO is not available in New York.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Digital identity in the last few years has gotten a major boost — as of 2018, 60 nations worldwide have embraced some version of a digital identity scheme. That is a very simple example, Anderson noted, but the applications are myriad, across a variety of verticals like retail, healthcare and services, to name a few.

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JULY 17, 2018

In 2017, the National Restaurant Association reported annual sales of $799B — close to 48% of the total amount that Americans spent on food. In the past decade, restaurant and bar purchases have grown at twice the rate of general retail spending. Community initiatives: Loom (Massachusetts). That’s not a new development.

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APRIL 17, 2018

Education: Stanford University (MBA), Australian National University (BA/BSC). After a brief role with DLJ, Kirsten joined Banc of America Securities as an Equity Research Analyst focused on the specialty retail sector. Education: University of Pennsylvania (MBA), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS). NEERAJ AGRAWAL.

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DECEMBER 19, 2017

Seriously, sit back with a pocket flask of Pappy Van Winkle, smoke a cigar (or your combustible of choice if you live in Colorado, California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Main or Massachusetts) and enjoy the 2017 GonzoBanker Awards. Monty Python “I’m Not Dead … Yet” Award – Goes to physical retail. THE BANKING AWARDS.

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JULY 23, 2020

Companies will have to look to guidelines from local and national authorities for each office location. We discuss cashier-less checkout and other trends in our 2020 State of Retail Tech report. Track companies that are driving more efficient payment and checkout for retailers and shoppers. Store Checkout Tech Startups.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Ed Markey of Massachusetts and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut penned a letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in which they asked about policies over handling and informing the public in cases of cyberattacks against connected vehicles. IoT also has many applications in supply chains.

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JULY 6, 2020

Still, New York leads the nation in the number of COVID-19 deaths at 32,206, followed by New Jersey with 15,211 and Massachusetts with 8,183. Think drive-in movies coupled with a payment system by Paytronix, the Newton, Massachusetts mobile app that allows for contactless dining, from menu selection through ordering and payments.

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