We’ve got more ways to communicate than ever, and when people get chatty, talk often turns to stuff we want to buy. In some cases, that translates into stuff we want but don’t want to pay for. In the grand and sometimes murky convergence of digital...
Not so long ago, anyone in search of packaging-free shopping opportunities had to seek out specialty retailers. Today, the landscape is changing as more mainstream supermarket chains adopt zero-waste shopping, with the goal to prevent millions of tons of wasted packaging every year. Related: Frictionless...
Web3 payment processing company DLT Payments said it has received $120,000 investment from startup accelerator Techstars Berlin to support its work developing payment solutions for digital assets, stablecoins, and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and accelerate their adoption as payment methods. In a Friday (Nov....
Now National Football League fans in Jacksonville, Florida, can make faster payments for tickets, merchandise, food and more with a Jaguars’ new partnership. Financial services company FIS announced Friday (Nov. 4) that it’s collaborating with the Jacksonville Jaguars to bring instant digital payments technology to...
Starbucks plans to partner with additional companies for cross-brand rewards, driving customer acquisition and engagement for both parties. The coffeehouse giant, the world’s largest restaurant chain by revenue, shared Thursday (Nov. 3) on a call discussing the company’s fourth-quarter fiscal year 2022 financial results that...
They say “never judge a book by its cover,” but the same logic clearly does not apply to evaluating companies’ stock prices. That is especially true for large publicly traded retailers like Amazon and Walmart which are currently experiencing dramatically different realities as they craft responses...
Digital sports entertainment and gaming company DraftKings is gaining players as well as more spending from its existing players as it expands to new jurisdictions and adds new features. “DraftKings had a very strong third quarter,” DraftKings Co-founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board Jason...
As retailers scramble to capture every holiday dollar they can with aggressive markdowns and sales, paying for those purchases continues to see buy now, pay later (BNPL) as the favored go-to solution. Much is told in the present fate of two point-of-sale finance giants, PayPal...
QVC owner and eCommerce platform Qurate Retail is facing a difficult road as it looks to navigate excess inventory in a post-pandemic eCommerce market. President and CEO David Rawlinson II noted in a Friday (Nov. 4) press release that the company’s third-quarter 2022 earnings results...
