When it comes to gambling, over a long enough time frame, the house always wins. And that appears to be the case with daily fantasy sports contest and sports betting company DraftKings, which on Friday (May 3) reported that its revenue had grown 53% year-over-year in the first...
In a market ecosystem where Instagram influencers are a new norm in advertising, and where corporate sponsorships are diversifying throughout the digital ether, businesses’ vast network of strategic B2B partnerships is getting even bigger, and more complex. Negotiating and fulfilling contracts, determining the effectiveness of...
Some ideas for a startup come from unexpected places – like the golf course. One entrepreneur dropped his daughter off at Coachella and went to go play golf. When he arrived at the 19th hole for a beer, he asked a member of the wait...
It started in the early 1980s: The nation began to repent for what was commonly viewed as the shabby treatment of Vietnam War veterans. It caught speed in the early 1990s upon completion of the Gulf War. Later that decade, in a cultural movement that...
November 12, 2018
It started in the early 1980s: The nation began to repent for what was commonly viewed as the shabby treatment of Vietnam War veterans. It caught speed in the early 1990s upon completion of the Gulf War. Later that decade, in a cultural movement that included the publication of The Greatest Generation and the release […]
August 23, 2018
The onboarding process is one increasingly rendered in bits and bytes, where, for merchant acquiring, speed matters. Streamlining the steps that must be taken in the continuum for merchants to...
April 24, 2017
Retailers say they lose out to Amazon for many reasons. One of them is their inability to enable last minute gifting. Loop Commerce CEO Roy Erez tells Karen Webster how...
April 20, 2017
With Costco increasingly in the rearview mirror, American Express hurdled Street estimates, as members spent more both here and abroad.
August 23, 2018
Numbers can be everything when it comes to any competitive landscape. That’s especially true when it comes to the competition for merchants in the battle to onboard them. The numbers? Well, providers want merchants in their rosters. More customers mean top-line growth, and better, streamlined processes mean stickier relationships — if independent sales organizations (ISOs), independent […]
