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The World Cup Has Become the World’s Largest Pop-Up Store
The Weekender // June 27, 2026

The Super Bowl is a one-night luxury product; the Olympics is an infrastructure project with medals. The FIFA World Cup 2026 is a roaming retail platform: 48 teams, 104 matches and 16 host cities across three countries. Through 44 matches, attendance had topped 2.85 million,...

The CEO Job Is Easy. Just Ask a CEO.
Big Tech // May 30, 2026

Every so often, a person with a security detail, a compensation committee and five admins emerges to tell the rest of us that the top job is actually fairly straightforward. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

The Weekender: When Banks Start Dressing for the Job They Want
Banking // May 23, 2026

Before a bank branch disappears, apparently, it must first become Barbie’s dream collateral. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today....

Memorial Day, Now With 65% Off Luxury Appliances
The Weekender // May 16, 2026

At some point between decorating soldiers’ graves and debating whether a patio sectional “completes the outdoor room,” America discovered the retail potential of solemnity plus a Monday. Memorial Day, which this year falls on Monday, May 25, still asks the country to pause, remember and honor...

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The World Cup’s Other Final: Platforms, Pizzas and a Planet Hitting ‘Buy Now’

July 25, 2026
Spain took home the trophy. The digital economy took everything else: our attention, our sleep, our snack budgets and, apparently, our remaining sense of distance. Uber data supplied to PYMNTS says one fan treated a 266-mile ride from Arlington to Houston as perfectly normal match-day transportation, while another logged trips at 10 venues in all […]