Pointing to “disappearing” regulatory issues and satisfaction scores up across the banking industry, JPMorgan Chase chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon said at a conference that the U.S. is in a “golden age of banking,” American Banker reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
With a partnership between TransferWise and Groupe BPCE, customers of the European banking group will be able to use TransferWise’s international money transfer service directly through the company’s app. In addition, TransferWise will have access to the banking group’s 15 million retail clients, Reuters reported. Get...
Following years of U.S. growth, IKEA is reining in its brick-and-mortar expansion efforts: The furniture retailer cancelled planned stores in North Carolina, Tennessee and Arizona. Instead, IKEA is focusing its efforts on eCommerce sales, USA Today reported. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
There are, perhaps, few moments sadder in the life of a wardrobe than when a beloved t-shirt is laid to rest. Maybe the collar is a memory or it is more hole than t-shirt. Whatever the reason, saying goodbye to a t-shirt can be hard....
As meal kits from companies, such as Blue Apron and Plated, begin to appear on supermarket shelves, HelloFresh will soon sell its meal kits in Stop & Shop and Giant Food. The company’s kits will come to just under 600 stores — primarily in the Northeast,...
As Walmart refocuses its worldwide operations, Advent International plans to take a 80 percent stake in the retailer’s business in Brazil. With such a deal, Walmart would keep a 20 percent stake in the company, and the retailer would utilize Advent’s regional expertise, CNBC reported. Get...
As anchor stores scale back their brick-and-mortar presence in malls, is their departure necessarily a big loss for shopping centers? Class A malls might, in fact, benefit by finding new uses for the space these stores leave behind. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
While Walmart has taken a majority stake in Flipkart, the company’s operating structure will remain the same: Flipkart Co-founder and Group CEO Binny Bansal said that the company will continue to be led by its board of directors, Livemint reported. Get the Full Story Complete the...
Bank of America and Harvard University have collaborated on a new initiative designed to make the complex technologies behind artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) more universally beneficial and accessible to the global workforce. The mission of the newly formed Council on the Responsible Use...
