March 22, 2021
UK Lockdown Winding Down Amid Increasing Levels Of Shopping
U.K. stores saw another uptick in the number of shoppers venturing out as restrictions started lifting following the region’s third COVID-19 lockdown, Reuters reported on Monday (March 22). The number...
March 22, 2021
What Consumers Say About The Reopening Of The Physical World...
The U.S. has mobilized the largest COVID-19 vaccination rollout of any country in the world. The Biden administration has set May 1 as the date that all states will be...
March 12, 2021
GameStop’s eCommerce Transformation, ID Verification, Installment Plans Top This Week’s...
In this week’s news, we saw Chewy’s founder selected to head up GameStop’s eCommerce transformation, in addition to new insights on ID verification and installment plans. The Weekender is here...
March 10, 2021
Software Firms Offers Discounts To Struggling Restaurants
It has been an enormously difficult year for restaurants, with mass layoffs and closures as lockdowns and economic downturns placed serious burdens on Main Street businesses. Aid has come in,...
March 10, 2021
Google Offers In-Store Display Technology To Irish SMBs
Running a small business means juggling a host of responsibilities, and creating and running an eCommerce platform might be more than some proprietors can handle. Google is hoping its Pointy...
March 08, 2021
NEW DATA: Digital Lessons From Main Street’s 2021 SMB Survivors
The anniversary of the United States’ first pandemic-related lockdown measures is fast approaching. March 19 will mark 365 days since California became the first — though certainly not the last...
February 24, 2021
Will DoorDash’s New Initiatives Be Enough In The Post-Pandemic Future?
It’s been quite the year for third-party delivery companies, with consumers’ mass adoption of off-premises ordering posing an unprecedented opportunity. Yet, as some of these delivery services saw strong growth...
February 19, 2021
Manufacturing Activity Rebounding Faster Than Service Sector
Countries that largely depend on exporting manufactured goods are starting to see economic recovery, even as service-oriented businesses continue to suffer from the pandemic’s toll on revenue, The Wall Street...
February 08, 2021
Online Gatekeepers to Commerce and Culture
Recently, the term “gatekeeper” has featured prominently in policy discussions concerning whether “big tech” needs to be regulated and whether antitrust laws need to be reformed to better protect consumers...