Services news and trends

Apple’s Services Growth Dips to 5% as Ads and Games Slow
Apple // October 27, 2022

For Apple, the ecosystem is taking shape, but the services business shows a slowdown. FX rates are a headwind, to be sure, and so is lapping strong growth seen in years past. In a fiscal fourth quarter that showed total paid subscriptions at more than...

VC’s Next Great Opportunity Lies in ‘Great Unbundling’ of B2B Payments
B2B Payments // October 19, 2022

“FinTech, as an investment category, has been incredibly exciting because of the size of the industry — and the size of the opportunity,” Alex Niehenke, Partner at Scale Venture Partners, told Karen Webster. Venture capital firms, of course, are a key conduit to offering up...

Service-Based Retailers Surpass Product-Focused Merchants
Retail // March 11, 2020

Storefronts that provide services have exceeded the number of those offering clothes and other merchandise. Per a JLL report, the number of service-based retailers rose 20.5 percent between 2002 and 2017, coming in at 1.2 million spaces, while retailers offering goods declined 4.5 percent to...

Walmart Taps Verizon 5G To Power In-Store Health Centers
Walmart // March 01, 2020

Walmart and Verizon are in talks to create a 5G wireless network at Walmart locations using antennas and other such items. The experiment would be a high-profile test of the next-generation tech. The plan is to bring the tech to a pair of Walmart locations...

Interviews & Exclusives
VC’s Next Great Opportunity Lies in ‘Great Unbundling’ of B2B Payments

October 19, 2022
“FinTech, as an investment category, has been incredibly exciting because of the size of the industry — and the size of the opportunity,” Alex Niehenke, Partner at Scale Venture Partners, told Karen Webster. Venture capital firms, of course, are a key conduit to offering up the capital that fledgling and smaller firms need to scale […]

QSRs Supersize Their Digital Ante

July 30, 2019
The second quarter of 2019 showed that the QSR digital and mobile innovation push has gained more fuel. Starbucks, McDonald’s, Dunkin and Chipotle are among the industry leaders that have...

Quick Reads
SEC Challenges Coinbase’s Reliance on Ripple Ruling

October 03, 2023
A Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing in its case against Coinbase Global has reportedly raised questions about a previous ruling in a case against Ripple. The issue arose as the SEC asked a federal judge Tuesday (Oct. 3) to deny Coinbase Global’s motion to dismiss the regulator’s lawsuit against the popular cryptocurrency exchange, Reuters reported Tuesday. The SEC argued that […]

Service-Based Retailers Surpass Product-Focused Merchants

March 11, 2020
Storefronts that provide services have exceeded the number of those offering clothes and other merchandise. Per a JLL report, the number of service-based retailers rose 20.5 percent between 2002 and...

Walmart Taps Verizon 5G To Power In-Store Health Centers

March 01, 2020
Walmart and Verizon are in talks to create a 5G wireless network at Walmart locations using antennas and other such items. The experiment would be a high-profile test of the...

Apple Embraces Paying On Installment

October 31, 2019
iPhone growth continues to look sluggish, but Apple’s earnings report was a mostly story about growth once one got away from the figures on the firm’s flagship product. Particular areas...