November 27, 2014
App Brings Gourmet Food
Startup Goldbely now offers consumers a way to order gourmet entrees from around the U.S. via mobile. Goldbely launched its first mobile app via iOS and includes a next-day shopping...
August 20, 2014
Westfield Malls Enters The Online Ordering Biz
Westfield Labs – the technological branch of the Westfield Group shopping center firm– created “Dine on Time,” a mobile app that lets users skip the pesky mall lines and order...
June 19, 2014
HelloFresh Scores $50M To Expand ‘Ingredients In A Box’ Business
HelloFresh, a service that delivers a box of pre-measured ingredients and cooking instructions, has just picked up $50 million in the largest funding round of its kind to continue its...
June 02, 2014
Costco: Store Visits Driven By Bargains Still Reign
While Costco Wholesale Corp. continues to test home delivery, company execs at the Issaquah, Wash.-based wholesale shopping club contend strong bargains will keep shopping warehouses busy. “It’s merchandising, it’s quality...
April 18, 2014
Sprig Springs Into The Food Delivery War, With A Plan
Sprig, the currently dinner-only delivery service, will soon start serving lunch. Sprig concluded a $10 million Series A earlier this month. The lunch program, is projected to launch sometime this...
March 21, 2014
NACS, FORMERLY KNOWN AS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONVENIENCE STORES, ET...
United States Court of Appeals FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT Argued January 17, 2014 Decided March 21, 2014 No. 13-5270 NACS, FORMERLY KNOWN AS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONVENIENCE STORES,...
April 16, 2010
More Than Money
Published in 1888, Bellamy’s book about achieving a utopian society was a huge best seller in its time. “Perhaps you would like to see what our...
April 12, 2010
Plastic Cards
About Dee Hock Dee Ward Hock (born 1929) is the founder and former CEO of the VISA credit card association. In 1968 Hock convinced Bank of America...
December 03, 2009
Banking the Unbanked Using Prepaid Platforms and Mobile Telephones in...
The rapid growth of mobile phone usage and the continuous rise in wireless coverage fuel the expectations that access to financial services through mobile phones could transform the way financial...