March 09, 2021
Digital Technologies, Stimulus Check To Reshape Commerce
Electronics giant Panasonic is said to be pursuing an increased stake in supply chain management company Blue Yonder. In economy news, retailers will reportedly be major beneficiaries of a third stimulus check. And in pandemic commerce,...
February 12, 2021
P&G, Other CPG Firms Downplay D2C In Recent Earnings Calls
After three weeks of earnings calls from major consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies, one of the industry’s hottest trends was conspicuous in its absence: direct to consumer (D2C). The Q4...
January 27, 2021
TCV Raises $4 Billion To Fund High-Tech Investments
Venture capital firm TCV has raised $4 billion for its “largest fund to date.” The company said it would use the new fund “to capture the vast opportunities presented by...
January 26, 2021
Employers Need To Prepare For The Post-COVID ‘Golden Age of...
Given that the World Economic Forum has been relegated by the pandemic to a week-long digital discussion, how fitting is it that a conference of executives, elected leaders and academic...
January 22, 2021
Tiger Global Buys 4.4 Pct Slice Of Just Eat Takeaway...
Tiger Global Management has acquired a 4.4 percent stake in Just Eat Takeaway.com valued at just over 613 million euros ($746 million), Bloomberg reported Friday (Jan. 22). The hedge fund...
January 20, 2021
Amazon Says Its Ready To Assist US With COVID-19 Vaccine...
Amazon said it is ready to help with the COVID-19 vaccination efforts of the Biden administration, according to a letter addressed to President Joe Biden from Amazon CEO of Worldwide...
January 15, 2021
Latest Research: Vaccines May Cure ‘Pandenomic’ Slump And Fill Stores...
The latest installment in PYMNTS’ ‘Pandenomics’ study series is Mapping Digital-First Consumers’ Return to the Physical World, the “Why Digital-First Behaviors Are Here to Stay” edition. It explores correlations between...
January 14, 2021
Decision Time Approaches For Competing COVID Immunity Passport Schemes
In America’s antebellum south, mosquito-borne yellow fever was the COVID-19 of its day. There was no vaccine. People built up socially valuable “immunocapital” by catching the disease and surviving it....
January 12, 2021
Today In Payments: Demand For Personal Computers Highest In 10...
In today’s top news, personal computers recorded their largest sales numbers in 10 years in 2020, and the FinTech Curve raises $95 million. Plus, Walmart is creating a FinTech startup...
