Karen Webster

Why Retailers Should Worry About Inflation but Dread the Wealth Effect

Why Retailers Should Worry About Inflation but Dread the Wealth Effect
Why Retailers Should Worry About Inflation but Dread the Wealth Effect
July 25, 2022  |  Retail

A new survey of U.S. consumers, hot off the presses at PYMNTS, tells a lot about how they’re handling the current economic turmoil and when...

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Amazon’s Fight for a Seat at the Dinner Table
Amazon’s Fight for a Seat at the Dinner Table
July 05, 2022  |  Amazon

Turns out that not many people order burgers at a restaurant that sells pasta and pizza, even though they’re a menu option. But many did...

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Why 2022’s Tech Wreck Doesn’t Have to Mean a Dotcom Crash Landing
Why 2022’s Tech Wreck Doesn’t Have to Mean a Dotcom Crash Landing
June 27, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Spanish-born, Harvard educated professor and philosopher George Santayana was a prolific writer, known best for his many aphorisms. Perhaps one of his best-known soundbites is...

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Is Apple Pay Later Really a Threat to Affirm and Other BNPL Providers?
Is Apple Pay Later Really a Threat to Affirm and Other BNPL Providers?
June 13, 2022  |  Apple Pay

Apple’s Project Breakout finally broke out a week ago today at Apple’s WWDC. It was then that Apple confirmed what was probably one of the...

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Revised Census Data Shows eCommerce Share Didn’t Plummet After All
Revised Census Data Shows eCommerce Share Didn’t Plummet After All
May 23, 2022  |  eCommerce

In 1986, Former President Ronald Regan said that the nine most terrifying words in the English language are, “I’m from the government, and I’m here...

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RIP Digital Transformation, We Hardly Knew Ya
RIP Digital Transformation, We Hardly Knew Ya
May 16, 2022  |  Connected Economy

It’s over. It’s done. Stick a fork in it. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

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It’s Time for Netflix to Stage Its Next Blockbuster Pivot
It’s Time for Netflix to Stage Its Next Blockbuster Pivot
April 25, 2022  |  Streaming

When Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and INSEAD Professor Erin Meyer released their business book bestseller No Rules Rules in September 2020, they wrote that it...

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The One Big Thing Apple’s Project Breakout Needs but Doesn’t Have
The One Big Thing Apple’s Project Breakout Needs but Doesn’t Have
April 04, 2022  |  Karen Webster

Project Breakout is said to be Apple’s now-not-so-secret plan to turn itself into a full-fledged payments and financial services company by building its own acquiring,...

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Will Amazon Make Streaming Shoppable?
Will Amazon Make Streaming Shoppable?
March 21, 2022  |  Amazon

The Netflix series “Emily in Paris,” which debuted in May of 2021, didn’t exactly start off on the right foot. Panned by critics and viewers,...

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