The assumption that governs commerce in the 21st century is that money is, and should be, easily moved. And, for the most part, on the consumer side of transactions that is true in the developed world to the extent that the ability to quickly and...
The tech press and mainstream media have simply run out of adjectives to describe Apple’s success. The words “Apple Watch,” can’t be Googled without pulling up the words “genius” and “dominating” in front page headlines. It’s probably the only mass-marketed consumer good released in the...
When it comes to studying how consumers use mobile to shop, the grocery market is a particularly interesting case study. So much of the space is being disrupted by the growing number of online marketplaces offering online grocery delivery — which keeps many consumers out of...
Though perhaps a bit overstated, the sharing and subscription economy is changing the face of the way consumers interact with the marketplace of goods and services. Yesterday, Google Ventures managing partner Bill Maris proclaimed that Uber was not only the fastest growing company his team had...
Income inequality gets a lot of press time. At this point in history, the majority of Americans are well aware that the gulf between the nation’s highest earners – 1 percenters, as they are colloquially known – and the nation’s bottom earners has been well...
There are two things that can be taken as certainly true coming out of the final days of April 2015. 1. It is a very good time to be Apple. 2. It is not such a good time to be the Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX). Apple’s...
Beacons are about to be the next big thing – if the Internet is to be believed. Google “beacons are coming” and there are 11 articles from separate sources that use that phrase. Whose beacons? Which type? Using what tech? What use can merchants best...
Sometimes regulators’ efforts to protect consumers miss the mark. Case in point. In 1980, the State of Massachusetts actively intervened to prevent its citizens from investing in a flashy new tech startup for fear that the suggestible residents of the Bay State would be taken...
The Internet is good for many things – not the least of which is numbers. Want to know how many people are living Peoria right now? The Internet has your back (~116,000). Need to know Avogadro’s number? No need to find a chemist – Google...
