It’s that time of year again — kids are heading back to school, the nights are getting cooler and there’s pumpkin spice everything, everywhere. It’s true, summer is over. But the real question is: Are retailers ready? From end-of-summer sales to prepping for the upcoming...
Although more and more retailers are dabbling in new technology trends — hello, virtual reality shopping — consumers might not actually get the benefits of these advancements due to a problem that’s been facing the World Wide Web almost since its inception: slow internet connections. According...
Bridj — a Boston-based transportation startup that acts like an Uber for bus rides and currently serves the Boston, Washington, D.C., and Kansas City areas, now wants to launch a package delivery service that would use self-driving droids to transport packages to a customer’s front door, according...
While it’s not quite accurate to say that everyone loves Uber, for many consumers, to know Uber is love Uber. That’s because when it comes to payments, Uber manages to deliver the same semi-mystical experience to consumers every time they use it – a smooth, steady...
Consumers can now pay for airline tickets in monthly installments, making that dream vacation to Bali more of a reality than a dream, according to a report from CNNMoney. CheapAir has entered into a partnership with Affirm, a financial services company, that allows would-be travelers the...
At first glance, the business model behind Vacasa, the vacation rental home startup, sounds very similar to the one behind Airbnb. But Cofounder and CEO Eric Breon says that the two online rental startups are actually vastly different from one another. First, according to Breon,...
It seems Samsung is not content to let Amazon and the Echo (or Google’s forthcoming Home products) walk away with the simple smart home device market. According to reports emerging, Samsung is releasing a gadget all its own called the Scoop to compete in the...
BitScan, a merchant-backed loyalty program, has announced a partnership with Waves, a custom blockchain tokens platform, to implement a new type of rewards program, dubbed Incent. Incent will introduce the “first universal, merchant-backed loyalty program,” according to the two companies, allowing merchants on the platform to...
Google is slated to open a physical YouTube store, dubbed the Creator Store, attached to its 11-story King’s Cross headquarters in London later this year, according to TechCrunch. At the YouTube Space London (also at King’s Cross), popular YouTube celebs can already record and edit their...