The pre-Black Friday narrative was not entirely sunshiny, with an evolving consensus that the day – though perhaps symbolically important to consumers – is no longer quite the bellwether for holiday shopping that it once was. Instead, it seems that Black Friday has given way to...
While the holiday clock starts softly counting down when the calendar turns to Nov. 1, the real excitement kicks in on Thanksgiving once the dinner dishes are cleared, the coffee and dessert is finished and family members retreat to their separate corners to start their holiday shopping on their laptops, tablets and phones. Payments players...
The news was full of surprises this week. In the undeniably fun and not-so-serious surprise column was animoji karaoke. We admit, the use case for pandas singing hip hop was something we didn’t quite expect, but are happy to see them, nonetheless. We also had a few surprises on...
American poet and woman of letters Taylor Swift once noted that the haters gonna hate (hate, hate, hate, hate) and the players gonna play (play, play, play, play) – but that she would, in any event, shake it off. As it turns out, that advice...
After what seems like a summer that didn’t quite know when to quit — despite the ubiquitous emergence of pumpkin spice flavored things — fall seems to have actually arrived. Temperatures are dropping, leaves are turning and sweaters are finally being freed from their drawers. And, as...
Hard though it may be to believe, the holidays are almost upon us. Don’t let those jack o’lanterns fool you — there are pine garlands just waiting to make their move any day now. And, speaking of making moves, this week’s Data Dive is dedicated to the...
The worst lines ever spoken in thriller/horror movies are “I’ll be right back” and “What else could possibly go wrong?” In the first instance, the person speaking those words is probably not coming back, and the moment the second is said, something else goes horribly wrong. In the “what...
Friday officially arrived last Friday – although that was likely a bit more noticeable if you spent your weekend west of the Rockies, where the average temperature was sub-60. Back east, summer determinedly held on for another weekend – it was almost 80 in Maine – but it’s only a matter of short time...
Baseball season is winding down as the playoffs loom (Go Red Sox), football season is warming up (Go Pats) and the transition to fall is upon us. Warm gives way to the cold, green leaves give way to reds and golds and T-shirts give...
