August 11, 2023
Business Travel Looks to Take Flight With Cloud Benefits
It has been a failure to launch for business travel coming out of the pandemic. The year 2019 is still the one to beat from a profit and volume standpoint,...
August 11, 2023
Amazon Aims to Reduce Packaging Waste
Amazon is working toward reducing its use of packaging and now has millions of orders arriving to customers with no extra box. The retail giant has made changes both in-house and...
August 11, 2023
Visa Says CFOs See Digital Payments Solutions Through Working Capital...
Back in the darkest days of the pandemic, Visa struck a partnership with Conferma Pay to integrate the payment network’s virtual cards into the latter’s mobile app. Tap and pay,...
August 10, 2023
Business Travel Costs Expected to Keep Climbing
Global business travel and events costs are expected to keep climbing through the remainder of 2023 and into 2024. However, lingering economic uncertainty and a gradual easing of supply-side constraints...
August 09, 2023
The RealReal Looks to Third-Party Ads as It Retools Resale...
Do you click on third-party ads? Whatever your answer may be, it’s a part of The RealReal’s 2023 reconfiguration strategy. The resale platform is planning to intensify its third-party advertising....
August 08, 2023
Capital One Ventures Invests $25 Million in Luxury Travel Subscription...
Luxury travel subscription brand Inspirato has entered into a definitive agreement for a new $25 million convertible note investment from Capital One Ventures. The funding will provide the brand the opportunity to further advance its...
August 08, 2023
The Aspiration Shopper May Be Straying From Luxury and Turning...
The aspirational shopper, once a core target demographic for high-end brands, seems to be in a state of flux. As the traditional luxury market contends with price hikes and changing...
August 08, 2023
Turns out Gen X Likes BNPL as Much as Millennials...
Buy now, pay later (BNPL) plans, in which consumers pay off purchases in a set number of payments and usually interest-free, have gained popularity in recent years. As detailed in...
August 08, 2023
Discover Global Network: Connecting Domestic Schemes Is Critical for Financial...
Domestic payments schemes have taken on a broad range of different shapes and forms through the past several decades. Some of them — such as FedNow, the faster payments initiative...