For Apple, the ecosystem is taking shape, but the services business shows a slowdown. FX rates are a headwind, to be sure, and so is lapping strong growth seen in years past. In a fiscal fourth quarter that showed total paid subscriptions at more than...
“FinTech, as an investment category, has been incredibly exciting because of the size of the industry — and the size of the opportunity,” Alex Niehenke, Partner at Scale Venture Partners, told Karen Webster. Venture capital firms, of course, are a key conduit to offering up...
Storefronts that provide services have exceeded the number of those offering clothes and other merchandise. Per a JLL report, the number of service-based retailers rose 20.5 percent between 2002 and 2017, coming in at 1.2 million spaces, while retailers offering goods declined 4.5 percent to...
Walmart and Verizon are in talks to create a 5G wireless network at Walmart locations using antennas and other such items. The experiment would be a high-profile test of the next-generation tech. The plan is to bring the tech to a pair of Walmart locations...
October 19, 2022
“FinTech, as an investment category, has been incredibly exciting because of the size of the industry — and the size of the opportunity,” Alex Niehenke, Partner at Scale Venture Partners, told Karen Webster. Venture capital firms, of course, are a key conduit to offering up the capital that fledgling and smaller firms need to scale […]
July 30, 2019
The second quarter of 2019 showed that the QSR digital and mobile innovation push has gained more fuel. Starbucks, McDonald’s, Dunkin and Chipotle are among the industry leaders that have...
October 03, 2023
A Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing in its case against Coinbase Global has reportedly raised questions about a previous ruling in a case against Ripple. The issue arose as the SEC asked a federal judge Tuesday (Oct. 3) to deny Coinbase Global’s motion to dismiss the regulator’s lawsuit against the popular cryptocurrency exchange, Reuters reported Tuesday. The SEC argued that […]
March 11, 2020
Storefronts that provide services have exceeded the number of those offering clothes and other merchandise. Per a JLL report, the number of service-based retailers rose 20.5 percent between 2002 and...
March 01, 2020
Walmart and Verizon are in talks to create a 5G wireless network at Walmart locations using antennas and other such items. The experiment would be a high-profile test of the...
October 31, 2019
iPhone growth continues to look sluggish, but Apple’s earnings report was a mostly story about growth once one got away from the figures on the firm’s flagship product. Particular areas...
