Karen Webster

Consumers See Higher, Longer Inflation Than Government – Why That Matters
Consumers See Higher, Longer Inflation Than Government – Why That Matters
December 12, 2022  |  Economy

PYMNTS’ national study of 13,250 U.S. consumers over the last seven months may tell policymakers everything they need to know about inflation expectations: consumers think...

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The Greatly Exaggerated Demise of Alexa, eCommerce and the Card Networks
The Greatly Exaggerated Demise of Alexa, eCommerce and the Card Networks
November 28, 2022  |  Platform Payments

Almost 57 years ago to the day, the 1960’s rock band The Byrds appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show to sing their number one hit...

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Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX and the Demise of the Cool Kids
Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX and the Demise of the Cool Kids
November 14, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Investors with money sitting on the sidelines, listen up. I’m on to the next big thing and need capital. The total addressable market is every...

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What 2014 Teaches Us About the Future of Payments and the Digital Economy
What 2014 Teaches Us About the Future of Payments and the Digital Economy
October 03, 2022  |  Connected Economy

In 1963, Nobel-prize winning physicist Dennis Gabor wrote that the future can’t be predicted, but it can be invented. Gabor, who won the Nobel for...

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How to Catch the Next Wave of Digital Transformation
How to Catch the Next Wave of Digital Transformation
September 19, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Steve Ballmer’s reaction to the release of the iPhone in 2007 is regarded as one of modern business history’s most egregious faux paus. As the...

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What New Data Shows About Why Amazon is Buying iRobot
What New Data Shows About Why Amazon is Buying iRobot
August 15, 2022  |  Amazon Acquisitions

Joe Jones has become something of a household name in the last ten days because of an idea he had in 1989.  Jones is the...

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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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