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Campbell’s Sees Packaged Meal Growth as Consumers Seek Restaurant Alternatives
Campbell’s Sees Packaged Meal Growth as Consumers Seek Restaurant Alternatives
December 07, 2022  |  Retail

Inflation has caused consumers to reconsider their spending, which has lifted Campbell’s prepared food sales. This, as the food company announced Wednesday (Dec. 7) in...

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Rebag Debuts Wallet Feature to Help Break Resale Supply Bottleneck
Rebag Debuts Wallet Feature to Help Break Resale Supply Bottleneck
December 07, 2022  |  Retail

Rebag wants to turn secondhand luxury buyers into sellers and investors to boost its inventory. In announcing its new Wallet feature Wednesday (Dec. 7), the...

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More Brands Following Tech and Automakers into Connected Cars
More Brands Following Tech and Automakers into Connected Cars
December 06, 2022  |  Connected Economy

As consumers seek frictionless payments, businesses are looking to connect with captive in-car customers. Most recently, energy giant Chevron was reported to have created an app for Apple CarPlay...

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Being a Super App and Declaring Intentions Are Very Different
Being a Super App and Declaring Intentions Are Very Different
December 06, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Microsoft is reportedly looking to enter the race to become America’s new super app provider. While the software giant’s intentions — as well as those...

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Virtual Bagel Brand Offers Consumers  ‘Inexpensive Luxury’ amid Inflation
Virtual Bagel Brand Offers Consumers ‘Inexpensive Luxury’ amid Inflation
December 05, 2022  |  Merchant Innovation

As consumers reevaluate their spending, direct-to-consumer (D2C) food brands have had luck selling affordable indulgences. For example, PopupBagels, a virtual brand launched during the pandemic as...

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Banks and FinTechs Pivot to Consumer Credit Rehab
Banks and FinTechs Pivot to Consumer Credit Rehab
December 05, 2022  |  Retail

The rise in stretched consumers has seen more banks and FinTechs looking to help them. With weakened consumer buying power, a major theme of 2022,...

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Consumers’ Openness to Payment Options Drives Better Credit Scores
Consumers’ Openness to Payment Options Drives Better Credit Scores
December 05, 2022  |  Payment Methods

Consumers willing to try something new at checkout could boost their credit scores. This at a time when new findings in the report “New Payment Options:...

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A Tiny Washington Bank’s Crypto Entanglements Add to FTX Mystery
A Tiny Washington Bank’s Crypto Entanglements Add to FTX Mystery
December 02, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

As has often been the story at FTX, nothing really adds up. Given the lack of clarity surrounding the events that led to the cryptocurrency...

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Maersk Quietly Quits TradeLens Blockchain Project
Maersk Quietly Quits TradeLens Blockchain Project
December 02, 2022  |  Blockchain / Distributed Ledger

With the crypto industry under fire, some blockchain projects are also on the chopping block. It wasn’t supposed to be this way.   After all, blockchains...

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