Sometimes entrepreneurs start companies due to a confluence of factors: Prevail Jerky Founder and CEO Glen Kohn, for instance, was inspired to start his company after finding it difficult to find food that met the dietary needs of his family, and he happened to have...
The annual retail event known as Amazon Prime Day is about more than Prime or the giant eCommerce operators. It’s also about larger eCommerce trends, given that nearly everything that Amazon does helps sets the pace for other retailers, and helps set the standards for...
In a move that bolsters the eCommerce retailer’s cosmetics business, Lady Gaga plans to roll out a line of beauty items that will be exclusively sold on Amazon. The Haus Laboratories brand will debut in the fall for consumers in countries such as the United...
Digital platforms facilitate everything from online shopping to ridesharing to booking a hotel. These platforms promise fast, seamless transactions, which most deliver – but when platforms focus on reducing friction for users, it can backfire and create new vulnerabilities to fraud. Get the Full Story...
Retailers surely have more than enough to worry about these days. For one, the pace of innovation keeps speeding up – and that holds true for all types of retail niches, from apparel to grocery to others. Closely tied to that is the increasing demand from...
In the age of quick-service restaurant (QSR) dining technology innovation, restaurants are frantically looking into ways to provide consumers with mobile ordering bells and whistles like third-party payment integrations, rewards programs and surprise-and-delight offers. Some establishments are rolling out proprietary apps, while others are teaming...
As part of a wider range of announcements related to monetization at VidCon, Facebook said it plans to take a share of up to 30 percent on fan subscriptions. The change will take effect Jan. 1, 2020. The social media company began to launch fan...
As part of a deal with a publicly traded shell, Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic space tourism venture would become the first listed company for human spaceflight. Special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. reportedly intends to invest approximately $800 million for a stake...
Restaurant Unlimited Inc., an eatery operator with 35 restaurants, has filed for bankruptcy and is blaming the misfortune on a recent minimum wage hike in court filings, according to a report by Bloomberg. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
