Whatever else gets written about 2020 in the history books, we suspect the adjective “boring” will not make the final cut. The first eight weeks of the first year of the 20s have certainly lived up to the billing and roared right along — with...
There was lots to watch in the world of payments and commerce last week, with red flags flown in physical retail, international commerce and crypto. Physical Retail Stumbles Into 2020 The year got off to something of a rocky start for physical retailers, as the...
With so much happening on the world stage between Davos and the Lunar New Year, headlines in the U.S. last week might have run the risk of fading into the background. And that would be a shame since the theme of those headlines centered around...
Resolution season is here, and as such, millions of Americans are forswearing sugar and heading to the gym determined to turn over a new leaf and become a better version of themselves for 2020. Which ones will actually make up the 20 percent who manage...
July 30, 2018
A visit to a local bookshop (or to Amazon, more realistically for many of us) and a brief perusal of the self-help section will give one access to hundreds of options for improvement. That is unless the shopper is online, in which case they might find themselves picking through 100,000 options. Though all claim to […]
June 11, 2018
Saturday crowned horseracing’s 13th Triple Crown Winner, with its winner, Justify, now well positioned as a cash machine for its owners. Payments saw several players jockeying for a similar place...
May 07, 2018
Consumers, on the whole, really like doing business with their credit unions. According to the latest iteration of the Credit Union Tracker, 81 percent of credit union customers report being highly satisfied with their services. And that...
April 09, 2018
Though you might not realize it looking at a weather forecast in various parts of the nation – as it seems the temperature might never actually break 40 degrees – spring is...
February 27, 2017
The Academy Awards are over, and the trophies have all gone out. Granted, in the case of the Best Picture Award, getting the right trophy into the right hand tuned out to be a more difficult order than normal, but all’s well that ends well. Plus, given the outcomes of both the Super Bowl and Academy […]
November 21, 2016
It has been, to put it mildly, a full two weeks with lots to watch. Jamie Dimon and President-elect Donald Trump’s “one-step forward, two steps back” dance over the role...
November 15, 2016
Singles’ Day has come and gone. But before it passed, online retail giant Alibaba set new records. Alibaba reportedly earned $17.8 billion in gross merchandise volume during this year’s Singles’...
November 11, 2016
Home furnishings firm Wayfair’s earnings grew 53 percent to $832 million in the third quarter of 2016. Wayfair currently boasts 7.4 million active customers in 2016, up 60 percent year...
