As the entire East Coast (or at least the parts of East Coast that knew the storm was coming) prepared for winter storm Jonas, an image became increasingly common on social media streams and local news reports. Grocery store shelves picked dry, consumers have bought...
After a holiday season rife with underperformance and a year where stock prices steadily trended down, analysts are looking at retail to be the likely magnet for activist investors and retail across categories. Especially attractive? Firms that are sales and revenue poor, leading to depressed...
IKEA’s chief sustainability officer Steve Howard has an interesting idea for a man in the business of selling people stuff, namely that consumers have too much of it. In a recent interview with NPR, Howard noted that in much the way the world has peaked out in...
As technologists and automakers are scrambling to build the next generation of cars, auto parts makers are facing an uncertain future. While relatively stable in some aspects of design, the next generation of cars (which will almost certainly be Internet-enabled and possibly able to drive...
Apple may soon post its first decline in iPhone sales as the company’s Asian suppliers brace for lower revenues and decreased orders of the device this quarter, Reuters reported late last week. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
At the dawn of 2016, mobile app developers have a problem that from the outside may not seem like much of a problem. A little under a decade after the iPhone hit the market and kicked off the smartphone revolution, there are an ever increasing number...
Don’t worry — when we last checked, Facebook hasn’t crashed. The social media titan’s recent moves offline are actually a way of expanding its reach beyond the virtual realm that could have significant impacts on “real world” commerce and socialization.
If anybody still needed proof that Airbnb is running veritable circles around the traditional hotel industry, look no further than the two entities’ most coveted properties. For the incumbents, it’s downtown ritzy highrises that ooze decadent luxury; for the newcomer, it’s treehouses. Get the Full...
After a tumultuous week that saw Twitter’s stock price plummet drastically only to sharply rebound late in trading Wednesday (Jan. 20), many are scratching their heads wondering whether the social giant is primed for a takeover or buyout. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
