Years into consumers’ ongoing financial challenges, restaurant customers are still trading down from delivery to pickup, Domino’s observed. The pizza giant, which has more than 20,000 locations around the world, shared on a call with analysts Monday (Feb. 26) discussing its fourth-quarter and full-year 2023 financial...
Block’s latest earnings show more users opting to use Cash App Cards, an on-ramp to other financial services and products. As noted in the company’s shareholder letter, 2 million actives (3% of total monthly transacting actives) were depositing their paycheck into Cash App each month, relative...
The leisure travel industry is alive and well at Booking Holdings. The parent company of Priceline, Kayak, Booking.com and other connected economy hospitality brands reported record fourth quarter earnings on Thursday (Feb. 22). Perhaps more importantly, it sounded an optimistic tone for Q1 and the balance of...
As consumers seek out simple, intuitive online shopping experiences, Mercado Libre is seeing its artificial intelligence (AI) efforts to improve the user journey pay off. The Latin American eCommerce platform shared in its fourth quarter 2023 financial results, reported Thursday (Feb. 22) that, throughout the fiscal year,...
Freelancer platform Fiverr says it is thinking long-term about its investments in artificial intelligence (AI). “All in all, we believe AI will be a multiyear tailwind for us to drive growth and innovation,” CEO Micha Kaufman said in announcing quarterly and yearly earnings Thursday (Feb. 22). “In 2023, we...
Generation Z continues to drive membership growth at Planet Fitness. This age group now accounts for 25% of the fitness chain’s members, due in part to the company’s efforts to recruit high school students, management said during a Thursday (Feb. 22) earnings call. “We aim...
Singapore’s Grab reported its first-ever quarterly profit on Thursday (Feb. 22). This, despite a cautious outlook for annual sales as its ridesharing and food delivery operations in the “fertile” Southeast Asia market continue to recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Our mobility business,...
The recent artificial intelligence (AI) boom is no game for $1.67 trillion chipmaker Nvidia. But just five years ago, the company — which invented GPUs — was focused on graphics cards designed to make video games and other applications run faster. Now, Nvidia is one...
Walmart’s latest results show continued momentum in digital commerce and the buildout of its online marketplace. The company said on Tuesday (Feb. 20) that overall eCommerce sales surged 23% in the quarter, and eCommerce net sales globally represented about 18% of the net sales logged...
