Today in the connected economy, Nasdaq is reportedly examining companies’ initial public offerings (IPOs) after some companies saw massive gains and big drops in quick succession. Also, buy now, pay later brand Affirm begins offering its services to Amazon customers in Canada, and the Department...
The summer of 2022 was a watershed moment for the global digital economy. For millions of consumers in the Northern Hemisphere, this summer was the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic that they felt comfortable traveling and enjoying the outside world. Not...
Today in the connected economy, UnitedHealthcare extends its collaboration with the fitness platform Peloton as more consumers look for ways to mix digital and in-person health. Also, Target and TD Bank decide to continue their collaboration on the Target Red Card until 2030, and Japan’s...
In business, sometimes the more things change … well, the more they change. We’re seeing disintermediation and disruptions as the connected economy continues to shape. Innovation gives rise to those disruptions, and along the way, not surprisingly, top lines get disrupted too. Just one example...
Today in the connected economy, DoorDash continues a string of partnerships with retailers outside the restaurant sphere by teaming up with Sprouts Farmers Market. Also, Lowe’s introduces its virtual store concept, and Spotify makes its bibliophile customers happy by adding audiobooks to its offerings. DoorDash...
Today in the connected economy, Instacart debuts a bundle of next modular technologies, dubbed “Connected Stores” and designed to combine the best of online and in-store shopping. Also, Amazon and Google move deeper into the world of voice commerce, and Communications-Platform-as-a-Service (CPaaS) company Clickatell teams...
If the connected economy is about how digital payments enable new ways of going about day-to-day experiences, then the connected store provides an apt expression of how channels can simply vanish, replaced by pure experience. Already walking this line with a legion of pickers who...
Steve Ballmer’s reaction to the release of the iPhone in 2007 is regarded as one of modern business history’s most egregious faux paus. As the story goes, the then-president of Microsoft scoffed at the idea of a $499 phone that lacked a keyboard and, by...
Markets were roiled this past week by concerns over inflation, and over Fed rate hikes, and over consumer demand, especially — and it may have felt that no companies emerged unscathed. FedEx might be called the harbinger of bad news this past week, and a...
