ResTech startups are sometimes founded out of an entrepreneur’s need for more convenient food ordering options. QuickBite Founder and CEO Richard Reedy worked for a company in East Austin and didn’t have a ton of time to get lunch. He was within walking distance to...
Payless, a nationwide discount shoe retailer, has won approval from a bankruptcy court to begin closing its 2,500 stores in North America, effectively putting 16,000 employees into eventual unemployment, according to reports. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
Tide, the laundry brand owned by CPG Detergent, is introducing a service called Tide Cleaners, an on-demand dry cleaning and laundry service, at 1,000 locations in cities across the country, according to reports. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
For many consumers, smartphones aren’t only a way to catch up on emails or news: They are also a way to discover and shop for products and services. The technology also paves the way for payments with credit cards, debit cards, PayPal and mobile wallets....
Some entrepreneurs develop new tools after they find that existing technology doesn’t meet the needs of a specific market: Valyant AI CEO and Founder Rob Carpenter, in one case, realized that a lot of the conversational artificial intelligence tools on the market were not well-positioned...
The legal cannabis industry is large as of the start of 2019 – and, according to most experts, it’s on track to get even larger. Worldwide legal cannabis products represented a $55 billion market in 2018, and most analysts estimate that it will have nearly...
Kroger and Ocado, one of the world’s largest online grocery retailers, have announced that Central Florida and the Mid-Atlantic will be the next regions for Kroger’s two newest customer fulfillment centers (CFC) in the U.S. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this...
In the digital age, quick service restaurants (QSRs) have a host of technologies at their disposal to remove friction in the ordering process and drive repeat visits, such as self-service kiosks and mobile apps. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
The problem with customer retention in an era when consumers are easily distracted and pulled away isn’t that brands aren’t trying, or even that they are using the wrong tools. The problem, Thanx Founder and CEO Zach Goldstein told PYMNTS, is that they are using...
