November 09, 2020
Retail 2022: Digital Taps Pent-Up Consumer Demand

It’s one year from today: Nov. 9, 2021. It’s been 18 months since the coronavirus swept the world and changed everything about it. But finally, the citizens of the world are...

November 02, 2020
What Sticks? Digital-First Changes Show Signs Of Permanence

In years to come, it’ll be hard to find anything as studied and surveyed as COVID-19’s effects on commerce. And while most predictions are at best, informed speculation, certain aspects...

November 02, 2020
UK Businesses Brace For More Hard Times As Pandemic Triggers...

Amid a resurgence of COVID-19 cases, a new national lockdown was announced in the U.K. that will take effect on Thursday (Nov. 4) and continue through Dec. 2, according to...

October 28, 2020
Visa Debit Volume Up As Consumers Spend With Funds On...

Visa reported fiscal fourth-quarter results Wednesday (Oct. 28) that showed a rebound in pent-up demand, with volumes up quarter over quarter. But the firm also reported headwinds on cross-border results...

October 28, 2020
Germany, France Plan Business Closures Amid Uptick In COVID Cases

To fight a rise of COVID-19 infections, authorities in both Germany and France have opted to institute a partial lockdown for a month, The Wall Street Journal reported. Chancellor Angela...

October 28, 2020
New COVID-19 Wave Crashes Through Global Economy

It’s been a week of all the wrong kinds of COVID-19 records getting set all over the world. In the United States, the average number of new daily cases hit...

October 26, 2020
SAP Results Cloud The Business Tech Spend Recovery

Clouds ahead for cloud services? German tech giant SAP announced results over the weekend that sent the stock plummeting more than 20 percent in intraday trading (and to its worst...

October 26, 2020
The Pandemic’s Latest Wave Meets The Digital-First Economy

It’s difficult to say whether the pandemic is making a comeback because to “make a comeback,” it would technically have had to have gone away — which it never really...

October 25, 2020
Second Outbreak Wave Forces Europe To Tighten Restrictions

Governments across Europe are re-imposing social distancing measures as COVID-19 roars back from a summer lull, prompting widespread concern of a new round of economic damage, The Wall Street Journal...