Karen Webster

The Curse Of The (Startup) Cool Kids
The Curse Of The (Startup) Cool Kids
May 31, 2016  |  Innovation

‘Tis the season for … caps and gowns! Nearly three and a half million kids will graduate from high school this year and millions more...

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Why It Pays To Be Thick In Mobile Payments
Why It Pays To Be Thick In Mobile Payments
May 23, 2016  |  Mobile Payments

Starbucks and Dunkin’ have cracked it. Walmart Pay seems to have all of the ingredients to do it, too. Facebook and Messenger could but haven’t...

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Retail’s 12-Step Program To Commerce Redemption
Retail’s 12-Step Program To Commerce Redemption
May 16, 2016  |  Retail

“We’re frankly scratching our heads.” That’s Macy’s CFO last week explaining – or perhaps not – the root cause of their rather dismal Q1 2016...

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How Apple Can Reverse Their Revenue Curse
How Apple Can Reverse Their Revenue Curse
May 09, 2016  |  Mobile Commerce

Not many companies can lay claim to losing as much value in 12 months as the entire market cap of the world’s largest retailer and still...

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Uber’s Tipping Point
Uber’s Tipping Point
April 28, 2016  |  Legal & Regulation

Has Uber reached its tipping point? Or, more appropriately, is it tipping the future upon which Uber’s business might hinge? At the crux of this...

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Why Regulators’ War On Fees Will Kill Consumers
Why Regulators’ War On Fees Will Kill Consumers
April 25, 2016  |  Legal & Regulation

Free. What can be better than free? “Free” is so alluring that songwriters have created a boatload of songs about the concept. Prince, who sadly...

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The ‘Uber Of Nothing’ Is Coming
The ‘Uber Of Nothing’ Is Coming
April 11, 2016  |  Payment Methods

Payment’s Next Big Thing: The “Uber Of Nothing” ”I’m about to sneeze. May I have a Kleenex, please?” “I have a headache. Do you have...

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