A banana-shaped heel is an unusual place to look for evidence of consumer spending discipline. But in luxury retail, financial restraint can apparently come with very adventurous footwear. There’s growing interest in eccentric designer shoes as shoppers seek alternatives to handbags costing more than $5,000,...
Somewhere, someone has decided that a drawer containing 171 eyeballs is worth $2,640. Presumably, they’ve also decided where to put it. The early 20th-century German prosthetic glass eyes sold at Potter & Potter’s Oct. 1 auction after 11 bids, according to the auction house’s listing. The...
The economy has a growing collection of oddly named consumers. One has two incomes, no children and a dog. Another earns plenty but has yet to build much wealth. A third is old enough to remember dial-up internet and young enough, apparently, to spend heavily...
New York City has found a new use for the tap card: opening a public toilet. The city is installing 17 modular bathrooms across its five boroughs. Visitors can unlock a door with a text message, QR code, app or card. The bathrooms are free, which may...
October 19, 2024
Oct. 20, 2009. The United States was starting to see daylight out of the darkness of the worst financial crisis since the great depression. The Wall Street Journal reported that companies were starting to see profit improvements but weren’t ready to hire workers laid off during the crisis. Many analysts speculated whether the Dow Jones […]
March 30, 2024
Baseball is back, and this year, more stadiums are tapping frictionless checkout to cut labor costs while meeting fans’ demand to spend as little time out of their seats as possible....
September 09, 2023
When was the last time you saw the Yellow Pages? Probably in 2019, since that was the last time it was published. Well, that thick, yellow book, which was created...
September 19, 2019
Today in the payments news roundup, Amazon PayCode is rolling out in the United States to make it easier for shoppers to pay with cash. Also, Plaid is launching new...