January 04, 2017
IDC: Digital Spend $3.4T In 2020
A newly launched research program in consumer spending on digital devices, services and content from International Data Corporation (IDC) holds some interesting predictions about consumer spend on digital goods in...
January 03, 2017
Grocery Tracker: Wholesale For The Holidays
In this week’s Grocery Tracker: a sugar warning controversy, food prices on the rise in Canada, a class-action lawsuit and wholesale dominates the holidays. A systematic review of sugar intake...
January 03, 2017
PayU CEO: What To Watch In 2017
It’s not so much the what, but the where. That’s how PayU CEO Laurent Le Moal framed his predictions for 2017 in a conversation he had with Karen Webster about...
December 30, 2016
Pay Via Selfie? Now Available In Latin America
After fruitful trials in the U.S., Canada and the Netherlands, as well as a larger launch in Europe this year, Mastercard is now unveiling Identity Check Mobile to Latin America....
December 29, 2016
SF Restaurant Serves Dish On iPads
While millennials are a highly coveted demographic in many business sectors, there is one restaurant in San Francisco that is reaching to new heights to attract a younger, tech-savvy clientele...
December 28, 2016
Gig Workers As Specialists
There’s no doubt about it — the gig economy is booming. As the broader gig ecosystem continues to grow and diversify in the coming years, it will become more important...
December 27, 2016
Shrinking Middle Class Among Top 2016 Findings
‘Tis the season to reflect on the year that’s about to end, and that’s exactly what Pew Research Center did with its list of 16 “striking findings from 2016,” which...
December 22, 2016
UPS Invests In Returns Specialist Optoro
As retailers will soon enter the peak returns rush that follows the holiday shopping season, UPS is reportedly making an investment in logistics provider Optoro Inc., a company specializing in retail...
December 22, 2016
Odebrecht, Braskem Ordered To Pay A Record $3.5B For Kickback...
Latin America’s biggest engineering firm, Odebrecht SA, and petrochemical company Braskem SA will pay at least $3.5 billion to resolve international charges related to kickbacks to the country’s state oil...
