In a curious case of David coming to the aid of Goliath, more than 1,600 small businesses (SMBs) led by Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group the Connected Commerce Council (3C) are asking the House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee to end its year-long pursuit of Big Tech. The...
An article published in the Harvard Business Review in August of 2009 posed a question that many airline and travel industry CEOs are pondering 11 years later: Will videoconferencing kill business travel? The answer in 2009 was, probably not. The answer in 2021 is far...
Five years ago, connected cars were still very much a theoretical expansion of connected tech. As Car IQ Founder and CEO Sterling Pratz told PYMNTS, it wasn’t really an idea ready for development because the underlying infrastructure hadn’t been built yet. Connected cars, he said,...
It started with a simple premise. PYMNTS asked a cross-section of the companies we work with to give us their take on their wishes for the world as we approach 2021. In addition, we wanted to know how these companies and executives were planning for...
‘Tis the season for predictions — the most dangerous time of the year for potential prognosticators looking to offer the world a sneak peek as to what’s coming next in the new year. On the whole, Karen Webster noted on New Years Day, 2020, making...
Of all the things shifted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the concept of home has perhaps been the most changed. Home is quite literally where everything is these days, as an increasing number of consumers work, study, shop and are entertained there. In short, as outlined...
Although long, stressful commutes may seem like a distant memory to many people at this point in the pandemic, new research shows that 80 percent of commuters think that once restrictions are lifted, they will pick up where they left off in terms of getting...
Mobility relies on connections. The less one gets around while transacting, the lesser the need for a multitude of apps and devices supporting “anywhere commerce.” And as much as lockdown living has hindered many connections, it’s also highlighted the need to create and sustain new...
The rapidly expanding world of the connected economy saw both expected developments on Tuesday (Dec. 1), like the release of figures showing a big Cyber Monday. But it also saw some unexpected things as well. Here’s some of the latest news: Adobe: Cyber Monday Sales...