To the casual observer, it would seem like hoverboards’ moment in the sun is finally starting to end. When the gadgets burst onto the scene in the summer, it seemed like nothing could stop the six to 12 miles per hour of momentum the little...
In B2B deals, there are multiple points of risk. Buyers have to assess supplier risk; suppliers, meanwhile, have to assess risk when it comes to getting paid. And for the institutions that finance many of these deals, of course, there is a complex risk mitigation...
Within commercial cards, fleet card products have seen a recent resurgence in technological innovation. Card issuers and FinTech players are beginning to link fleet cards to Big Data aggregation and analysis tools and are fueling the rise in telematics, allowing fleet managers not only to...
Bricks and mortar KeyBank sees value in partnering up in order to shore up its flanks against FinTech disruption.
When consumers grumble about “Christmas creep,” they’re usually referring to how the once-contained holiday shopping season has started to sneak its way earlier and earlier into November — and, sometimes, even October. However annoying a premature commercial or radio jingle may be for the shoppers,...
There’s no denying that in terms of cutting-edge innovations, online retailers are usually quicker on the uptake than their in-store counterparts. However, while eCommerce-centric businesses may have pulled ahead on fronts like omnichannel and dynamic pricing, more and more brick-and-mortar merchants are stealing pages from...
It might not be a large enough problem to warrant assembling a supergroup to record a song and raise awareness of it, but the fact is that many retailers don’t seem to know -- at least not if their security implementation is any indication --...
One of the greatest anxieties today among suppliers and manufacturers is that sales automation and digitization – AKA eCommerce – will negate the need for the sales representative. That, says Insite Software CEO Tony Abena, has created a bit of a riff between a supplier’s...
Why are suppliers paid late? In some cases, longer payment terms are a strategic cash flow decision made by a large corporation. But taking advantage of corporate size and power doesn’t portray the whole story of smaller suppliers getting paid 60, 90 or even 120...
