March 11, 2024
Amazon Takes On Trader Joe’s With Small-Format Whole Foods Stores

Amazon is rolling out a new store format under the Whole Foods Market banner — a move that comes as the eCommerce giant looks to increase its share of grocery...

March 06, 2024
Foot Locker to Launch New App, ‘Store of the Future’

Foot Locker is accelerating its transformation into an omnichannel retailer in 2024 after making gains in 2023. The specialty athletic retailer aims to “make the customer journey more dynamic, personalized and...

February 28, 2024
Squarespace Hits $1 Billion in Revenue as It Takes on...

Squarespace announced its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2023 on Wednesday (Feb. 28), revealing a milestone: The company that helps individuals and businesses to build brands online surpassed...

February 28, 2024
AI, Algorithmic Pricing, and Collusion

Advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning and their application to pricing decisions have led to concerns that such innovation could lead to higher prices for consumers. In particular, there...

February 28, 2024
Main Street SMBs Tap Online Channels to Drive Business Growth

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the shift to an eCommerce economy, with historically high sales in 2020 and 2021. As a result, most Main Street small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs)...

February 26, 2024
How OpenAI’s Sora Video Tool Could Change Hollywood

OpenAI’s new tool, Sora, which turns text into high-quality videos, could shake up how movies and shows are made in Hollywood. Sora employs a neural network trained on video examples to...

February 26, 2024
FoxyAI: Real Estate Frustration Leads to Valuation Innovation

In the real estate business, how a property looks has a big impact on how potential buyers make a decision. With so much at stake, real estate professionals have turned...

February 26, 2024
CE 100 Index Loses 0.4% Despite Block and Nvidia’s Post-Earnings...

Significant stock rallies in the wake of earnings from companies including Block (Square’s parent company) and Nvidia were not enough to boost the CE 100 Index’s fortunes. The Index sank...

February 22, 2024
Block Sees 20% Jump in Cash App Card Monthly Active...

Block’s latest earnings show more users opting to use Cash App Cards, an on-ramp to other financial services and products. As noted in the company’s shareholder letter, 2 million actives (3%...