The Software-as-a-Service market is in the big leagues now. Ever since Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella declared this age to be the dawn of SaaS, the B2B market has kept its eyes on the innovators that develop cloud-based tools to help businesses manage their accounting, operations,...
Small businesses really struggle with cash flow. It’s the No. 1 reason why most businesses fail, in fact. But here’s the problem: a small business owner isn’t an accountant. For Xero, developing solutions for small businesses to keep their finances in line is a process that...
Let’s set the record straight on one thing: EMV and bitcoin have nothing to do with each other. Outside of the fact that both have something to with payments — one being via traditional payments cards, and the other being a volatile digital commodity/currency — comparing...
For financial software and services company Blackbaud, nonprofits are a way of life. The sector, marked by more than 1.5 million organizations registered across the United States, according to the National Center for Charitable Statistics, runs the gamut from public charities to religious organizations to...
The fitting room can be one of the most stressful parts of in-store shopping, but Hointer CEO Nadia Shouraboura told MPD CEO Karen Webster how a bit of automation can yield massive results for B&M retailers.
There are many complementary adjectives people routinely apply to their pharmacist. “Friendly,” “organized,” “knowledgeable” and “helpful” were all words customers of a Boston-area CVS used to describe how they felt about their pharmacist. While some people didn’t have much an opinion on their pharmacist one way...
When does the volume of a company’s advertising risk being bad for business? As daily fantasy football brands have experienced, it might be when consumers are openly revolting against it. There’s a lesson there for retail businesses of all kinds.
Replacing human employees with automated systems, “robot restaurants” are popping up everywhere. How quickly they catch on — and potentially thrive — will likely depend, however, on some all-too-human factors, including what happens at the Federal and State Court Houses near you.
With the flipping of the calendar to October and the pumpkin spiced drinks flowing freely from sea to shining sea, it’s time for one of the most underappreciated shopping holidays: Halloween. A lot of people pony up an awful lot of cash to scare, be scared...
