A lot can happen in a year. What makes one stand out from another? How shall 2017 go down in the history books? Search Google for “2017: the year of…” and it becomes clear that many have seen this as a year of “death” and...
Sizzle Alexa: Users are spending more, and they seem to like doing it, as evidenced by stickiness. A new study reports that Amazon Echo users are boosting their buying by double-digit percentages depending on the goods. Diapers are a hot seller, up 13.5 percent in the third quarter...
Breaches, scandals galore, and not a few losses on the bottom line -- call it a year Uber wants in the rearview mirror, with a Fizzling end to 2017. In the meantime, Amazon grabs holiday cheer, ready for Prime time with Alexa giving voice to...
A 40 percent stock gain might be enough to garner a sizzle in any week, but Walmart has been firing on cylinders that extend well beyond earnings reports. When it comes to digital innovation, the company shows that big can also be nimble. Plus, luxury...
Sizzle Singles’ Day is for Lovers (of Global eCommerce): The record set last year for Alibaba’s Singles’ Day gets crushed with this year’s $25 billion in transactions (1.4 billion of them). That the tally is up 39 percent year over year is nothing to sneeze at....
It was a good week for same day ACH, voice activated virtual assistants and finding ways to attend to unattended retail - and sizzle abounded. It wasn't quite as good a week to be Amazon - which notched the rare double fizzle with a suburban...
It was a week that showed mobility in mobile-ad companies, at least as stock prices were concerned. Consumers seem ready to spread some holiday cheer at the registers. And, Paris Hilton and some other celebs may be looking for other (non-ICO) revenue streams...
Sizzle of The Week: Fraudsters And for the record, making “fraudsters” a sizzle isn’t because we think it’s a good thing to do – but, unfortunately, they have earned it. And they’ve earned it not for lack of effort on the part of fraud and security professionals. Many...
While any one big piece of bad news in a single week can be enough to knock a big-name brand into fizzle territory, American Express had the misfortune of being hit by something of a one-two punch. This week, we learned that long-time CEO Ken...