Airbnb’s first quarter results showed growth in listings and in nights booked. And per management commentary on the conference call, demand for international travel remains robust — enough so that the firm is looking ahead to a “record” summer season, tied to sporting events such as the...
Keeping it simple can often pay off in spades down the line. That’s the tack that the company formerly known as FLEETCOR Technologies hewed to this March when rebranding to a cleaner, simpler “Corpay.” But the company name isn’t the only thing that Corpay is streamlining. During its first...
Instacart is seeing in-store technologies impact grocery shoppers’ spending and loyalty. The aggregator’s CEO, Fidji Simo, noted in a letter shared with investors Wednesday (May 8) discussing its first-quarter 2024 earnings results that, according to merchants who have deployed the company’s Caper Cart smart self-checkout shopping carts, “people are seeking out stores” that...
European used car platform Auto1 is deepening its artificial intelligence (AI) focus amid record profits. The company on Wednesday (May 8) reported quarterly earnings showing $175 million in gross profits, a 23% increase year over year. While discussing this milestone on the company’s earnings call,...
With revenues sliding, Qurate Retail is focused on women over 50 and their discretionary income. The parent company of QVC and HSN on Wednesday (May 8) released quarterly earnings showing its revenues declining 4% year over year, contributing to an overall drop of 11%. Those figures mirrored the company’s quarterly report from...
Digital may have changed the face of retail, but consumers continue to want to shop in stores, demanding that even the most eCommerce-centric companies such as Shopify adapt. The commerce platform shared Wednesday (May 8) in an investor presentation accompanying its first-quarter 2024 financial results...
Although it didn’t address two big elephants in the room, buy now, pay later company Affirm rode solid advancements in its debit card and gross merchandise volume metrics to better-than-expected Q3 earnings results. In what is a continuing referendum on consumer spend this earnings season,...
Uber and Lyft bring to mind the oft-quoted Robert Frost poem. You know the one — about two roads that diverged. The rest of the poem is about the woods, the path not taken … but more than a century after its publication, it proves...
South Korean eCommerce giant Coupang is seeing growing adoption of its latest products and services. Its fulfillment and logistics, grocery delivery and meal delivery offerings made gains during the first quarter, Bom Kim, founder and CEO of Coupang, said Tuesday (May 7) during the company’s quarterly earnings call. The company’s...
