Think all IPOs are tech-driven, are based on social media and roar right out of the gate? If you nodded to only one of these statements, then it had better be the last one. The hot IPO bowing this past week not only had legs,...
IP 2017 is now slightly in the rearview mirror, but the debates over everything from cross-border remittances to the role of the private sector in cybersecurity to digital identities live on.
Sizzle Bricks and Mortar, Alive? What if we were to tell you that retail shopping isn’t dead? That there may be a spark of life in the bricks and mortar model? The caveat may have to be that we’d be talking about Amazon, with a...
The pursuit of clear (preferably acne free skin) can be quite a long journey and for some it’s one that continues even after adolescence. Because of this, the skin care market is flooded with both high-end and drug store products promising to keep acne at...
Sizzle Snapchat and the snapback in tech IPOs? When Snapchat posts a 44 percent gain its first day out of the gate, what does that say about the state of tech IPOs to come? Maybe nothing, as this is a singular event … but then...
Though using the online channel to order flowers for delivery is nothing new, it’s safe to say that most consumers have no idea where those flowers are coming from and what the supply chain is that’s used to get that delivery from Point A to...
Baby, you can drive my car … loan book off a cliff. Warning signs in subprime are heating up like an engine light on the dashboard, as results from a few heavy hitters show rising delinquencies. Is there a fizzle brewing in the otherwise sizzle-y...
Amazon sizzled — along with the rest of eCommerce — while Walmart fizzled after Mr. Buffett threw them some public shade. And while that might normally be the fizzle of the week, pretty much nothing compares with the ongoing flogging the CFPB is taking at...
At what point does a brand become sticky — so sticky that it transcends its own ecosystem or website and becomes portable? Pay with Amazon is demonstrating that top of mind can equal top of wallet, virtually and otherwise, as numbers this past week show...