This year is likely to be a good one for trucking businesses. Industry sources expect higher freight volume, growing demand for short hauls, a focus on reducing detention, increases in digital load booking, falling fuel costs, improvements in supply chain processes, and rising refrigerated freight...
Today in the connected economy, Instacart tries to boost revenues by offering ad solutions to the brands using its service, while Citi and ExxonMobil expand their credit card relationship. Also, Latin American super app Rappi expands its relationship with dLocal, and Block’s purchase of Afterpay...
In the U.S., the race to create the super app — a connected ecosystem where users navigate their daily online lives after entering one digital front door — just got a bit more heated. To that end, Block, formerly known as Square, closed its $29...
Today in the connected economy, Walmart helps employees find doctors with a partnership with Health at Sale, and it helps customers do home improvement projects through a collaboration with Angi. Plus, GO2Bank works with Experian to help “credit invisible” Americans. Healthcare Personalization Gets Boost From...
Today in the connected economy, Google makes a $1 billion investment in India’s Bharti Airtel, while Brooks Brothers and Citi extend their consumer credit alliance. Also: how Apple had a quarter that defied supply chain woes. Google Investing $1B in India’s Bharti Airtel Google will...
Imagine a future in which commercial fleets could pay cities a toll that would allow their vehicles to travel without being stopped by traffic lights. With 5G and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) enabling cities’ smart infrastructure to constantly communicate with connected vehicles, traffic lights would give priority...
“Pay the world” is the theme of the day and for Thunes Collections CEO Christophe Bourbier, in an ideal world, consumers anywhere in the world can leverage technology to make payments as simple and as fast as using an instant messaging platform. “When we say pay...
Today in the connected economy, buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm Afterpay announces new partnerships with Nordstrom, Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein, while Go Instore breaks down shopper intent, which varies between physical stores and eCommerce. Plus, Petco and Lowe’s get set to launch a...
Today in the connected economy, a partnership between crypto exchange Binance and payments company Paysafe ends a months-long euro deposit freeze, Google helps AARP train seniors for the digital shift and Blue Apron offers Panasonic customers more meal options for the company’s 4-in-1 oven. Binance Ending...
