The year 2021 was a major year for restaurants and other food and beverage (F&B) businesses going public, with initial public offerings (IPOs) bringing in funds by the billions. This year, the tide has been turning. Panera Brands, the fast-casual group comprised of Panera Bread,...
This week the most notorious development in the TechREG space is the agreement reached by EU institutions on the scope of the regulation that will govern crypto assets and crypto providers in Europe, the Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCA). With strong anti-money laundering checks...
The past three months of runaway inflation, rising interest rates, worries about the war in Europe and the gloomy bear market at home may not have been branded with a fitting nickname yet but they surely will never be forgotten — especially by the nation’s...
Twitter is launching Branded Likes to all managed advertisers reaching consumers in the U.S., U.K., Saudi Arabia and Japan, according to a Friday (July 1) blog post. “Expanding Twitter as a creative canvas for brands means improving the reach and efficiency of some of our...
This week in TechREG, the debate about which regulator should oversee crypto assets continued with a former head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) suggesting that cryptocurrencies should be assessed as internet stocks. Gary Gensler, head of the Securities and Exchange...
In just 10 short months, former Apple executive and “Genius Bar” creator Ron Johnson rode his mobile store startup Enjoy Technology from the cash-drenched hills of Palo Alto to ringing the opening bell at the Nasdaq in Times Square, to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in...
Kohl’s announced Friday (July 1) that it was ending negotiations to put itself up for sale, citing a financing and retail environment that had “significantly deteriorated.” The company issued a statement saying its board had “unanimously determined that it was no longer prudent to continue...
Personal banking has become more digital than ever since the pandemic’s onset, when physical bank branches shut down, leading consumers to develop a penchant for online services. A recent study found that 78% of Americans prefer to bank via mobile app or website rather than visiting branches in person, thanks...
The definition of “employment” is continuing to shift, and that’s led to a corresponding shift in expectations on how workers in the gig economy get paid. And creators such as bloggers, photographers and influencers are redefining themselves as “solopreneurs” — independent contractors with all the...
