This week, our Data Digest is all about corporate finance. Analysts may be releasing new research and surveys about the upcoming trends for 2016 this time of year. But as the numbers suggest, the future of business banking is far from clear-cut. Automation appears to...
Can one product revitalize an entire industry? The latest ‘Star Wars’ installment could stand as an example of how the massive success of one brand’s offering can benefit even its competitors; on the other hand, there’s a chance that so much consumer attention on a...
After nearly a decade of waiting (or three for diehards that don’t count the prequels), fans are flocking to theaters to watch a new Star Wars movie. With millions of tickets sold months in advance for “The Force Awakens’” opening weekend, it’s a fair bet...
The travel and expense management industry is enjoying a period of innovative development. Among all of the B2B Software-as-a-Service segments, T&E seems to have implemented mobile, automated and high-tech solutions a bit more quickly than others. Many of these players are targeting their solutions to...
More than $127 million in venture capital funneled into B2B startups this past week, and investments were diverse. Alt-lending and logistics landed on the board, but innovators looking to highlight specialized areas, like apparel supplier sourcing and corporate events management, also saw their share of...
If it doesn’t have video, it’s not mobile commerce. That’s a consumer perspective that a lot of retailers are taking to heart, putting an increasing amount of resources into the medium. There are lessons to be learned from the brands that are utilizing video on...
“Free shipping”: Two words that are certainly appealing to consumers, but the process isn’t a simple one for retailers. To comprehend the merit in taking on that major cost, merchants need to understand (and weigh the value of) the precise elements that need to be...
What can virtual reality technology bring to the retail space? According to Hrvoje Prpic, Founder and CEO of Trillenium, a whole new world. He shares his thoughts on what is perhaps the next revolution in online commerce.
It’s no secret that brick-and-mortar retail is playing a high-stakes game of catchup against its online counterparts. It can seem like digital marketplaces have so many built-in advantages to running their businesses through the Internet — a medium where detailed data on shoppers is the...
