Rural lifestyle retailer Tractor Supply Co. said it will introduce a Visa credit card in the coming weeks in an effort to help customers feeling the pinch of inflation. The company made the announcement on its earnings report Thursday (Oct. 20), as it reported its...
When Dan Oliver says “Yum yum, get ya some” these days it makes a big splash. That’s because the signature social media sign-off of the founder of Dan-O’s Seasoning is now seen by nearly 3 million followers on TikTok, plus several million more on Facebook, Instagram,...
Luxury brand Hermes said it plans to raise prices next year, after reporting what it called “very good sales momentum” Thursday (Oct. 20) and continued buying power among affluent consumers in the face of rampant inflation. Hermes Executive Vice President of Finance Eric du Halgouet...
Amazon has filed a host of legal challenges — including one criminal complaint — in its ongoing effort to stop fake review brokers. The company said it had filed its first criminal complaint in Italy and first civil case in Spain against the review sites,...
Among the many ways digital technologies have shaped the way the world does business, the enhanced ability to collect and monetize customer data has been one of the most significant. While data protection laws such as the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) are widely...
Stock keeping unit (SKU)-level receipt data infrastructure startup Banyan raised $43 million to scale its technology and infrastructure to advance its network that enables retailers, banks and FinTechs to leverage item-level enriched data capabilities. The Series A round, a combination of equity and venture debt,...
Uber is piloting a new advertising model in California and will display ads on tablets attached to the back of seats as part of the rideshare and delivery company’s latest push to drive revenue. The newly unified advertising division led by Dr. Mark Grether, General...
There maybe only one driver, but it takes a lot of people to move an 80,000-pound truck loaded with concrete, scrap metal and other materials from a producer to a construction site — and a lot of information too — 90% of which is being transmitted...
As fleet operators aim to gain the many benefits of transitioning to connected vehicles, nearly half of the vehicles in corporate fleets are expected to be connected vehicles by 2025. That’s a substantial gain from today when one-third of companies with fleets report that only...
