Any consumer with plans to attend a Major League Baseball game this season accordingly expects that some cost will be incurred. But the difference in retail prices from stadium to stadium varies significantly. What’s the explanation for such a wide range in costs for essentially...
Does SoundCloud want to be more like Spotify or more like Apple Music? According to a story in The New York Times, the online audio distribution platform would actually like to outdo both, as SoundCloud‘s long-awaited subscription plan — which launched yesterday (March 29) — is coming out...
Independent music artists — being, in effect, small business owners — lack the infrastructure that more established brands in their space enjoy when it comes to retail merchandising. In that regard, on-demand marketplaces, like Teespring, have emerged as a valuable tool for connecting musicians to...
SeaWorld is riding a wave of positive press (and a stock share increase) following its announcement that it will be phasing out the killer whale shows at its parks. But the question remains: Can a retailer survive in the long term after dissociating itself from...
April 25, 2016
While Amazon’s push to expand Prime membership shows no signs of slowing, it initially appeared that the latest move in that regard was focused directly on gamers (especially those who also happen to be cinephiles), but perhaps, the situation isn’t that cut-and-dry. On Friday (April 22), Seeking Alpha shared the news that the eCommerce giant […]
March 30, 2016
Does SoundCloud want to be more like Spotify or more like Apple Music? According to a story in The New York Times, the online audio distribution platform would actually like to...