Retail employees rarely choose their workplaces based on the distant CEOs that might drop by the office once or twice out of the year, but when it comes to Kanye West and Adidas’ new Yeezy line of apparel and products, the allure of the bossman...
Despite the rise of online shopping in just about every retail market imaginable, fashion brands are still somewhat confident that their business model primarily relies on the in-store behaviors of trying clothes on before buying. Of course, traditional apparel players have been falling to their...
Some of the biggest eCommerce companies in the world — Amazon, Alibaba, JD.com — got that way by perfecting buying and selling in an online format. How quickly the world changes, though, that just about every major eCommerce player is keeping an eye toward the...
It’s hard to keep up with the competition if you don’t have accurate insights into your own performance. For small-sized issuers, this can make competing with the big guys an even bigger challenge. Cheryl Guerin, MasterCard Group Executive of Global Products and Solutions, shared how...
Will the wonders of artificial intelligence ever cease? In the last decade or so, artificial intelligence has been increasing at a dramatic clip, and software developers and programmers have developed AIs that can do everything from beating a world class chess champion to diagnosing medical...
Apple’s podcast app has thousands and thousands of podcasts available entirely for free, but Amazon is banking on the fact that its Audible service can entice podcast enthusiasts to fork over $4.95 per month for its new podcast-dedicated Channels service. Channels offers “an exclusive selection...
Is retail heading to the dogs? Seriously. Have you noticed lately how ridiculous some of the concepts for new retail stores are getting? A renowned New York City chef recently teamed up with Kellogg’s to open a trendy cereal-themed restaurant near Times Square and is...
Ever had a UPS delivery that you’ve missed because you were working, out running errands, or had some other perfectly normal reason why you were not at home between the typical 9-5 hours? Or maybe you live in an apartment that UPS can’t access or...
It was only a decade or two ago that you’d be laughed out of the room for suggesting someone buy clothes or shoes online without trying them on first. Now that that barrier has fallen, though, might there be opportunities to sell more traditional products...
