During the chaotic holiday season, delays can derail operations. Streamlined logistics, on the other hand, can make peak periods immensely profitable. And as the holiday season peeks its head around the corner, businesses are bracing themselves for the surge in spending — potentially $240.8 billion in the...
The process of getting rid of paper invoices and checks may not be new, but the drive to solve this old problem is generating some new thinking — especially when it comes to the transformation of big, old, dirty industries. That creativity is bringing some...
The past year has ushered in record growth for the eCommerce industry. Consumers around the globe are going online to buy everyday essentials and more — but this has also created significant regulatory challenges for the online platforms and marketplaces driving this trend. Cybercriminals have...
Many United States consumers are now out and about, free to shop at any number of reopened businesses and dine at various restaurants. If you were to stop any of these consumers and ask where they made their last purchases, however, the odds are strong...
January 06, 2025
Digital marketplaces are becoming an important growth channel in retail, as global sales were projected to reach $3.8 trillion last year. To succeed in this environment, brands must adopt the right strategies to leverage these platforms’ unique advantages. One trend is the rise of hybrid marketplace models, where platforms like Amazon sell both directly and […]
March 11, 2020
Amid the seismic changes that have refashioned the payments landscape over the last few years — as large players get ever larger (such as the $22 billion Fiserv-First Data deal)...
October 09, 2019
The gig economy — and digital marketplaces designed to service gig workers and employers — is where so much of the action is these days. Payments and other forms of...
March 28, 2019
As major rideshare companies compete for even greater shares of the market, they’re placing a heavy focus on fine-tuning onboarding processes. Making it easy for both drivers and riders to...
February 27, 2019
It’s a process that stands not only as a familiar feature of U.S. history, but a part of global economic development stretching back centuries: First comes innovation, then comes growth based on that innovation (not just economic, but cultural and other forms of growth), then comes the regulatory backlash. That’s not a statement about politics, […]
February 27, 2018
The European Commission is looking to tax digital firms’ revenues, eyeing where their users are based – not where the firms themselves base their headquarters. Such a plan, Reuters reported...
