January 31, 2020
Magazines Dive Into Retail Again — This Time With Pot,...

Retail and magazines have always had a relationship, mainly through advertising, but also via some other methods over the years. Indeed, during the younger days of eCommerce there was some...

January 24, 2020
Retail Pulse: Shipt Teams With Office Depot; Express To Close...

On-demand delivery services are expanding their offerings beyond takeout from restaurants or groceries from supermarkets to carry additional categories of merchandise. Shipt, in one case, announced a partnership with Office...

January 24, 2020
Cannabis Co MedMen Forced To Offer Shares To Vendors Amid...

Marijuana retail company MedMen is in the midst of a cash crunch in the industry, and it has been offering its vendors shares in the company in lieu of payment,...

January 21, 2020
High Times Plans Brick-And-Mortar Locations

As it moves into the business of cannabis retail and hangs out its shingle in the industry, High Times is opening its own brick-and-mortar stores this year. The storied 45-year-old...

January 19, 2020
Cannabis Startup Eaze Struggles To Pay Vendors

Once calling itself the “Uber of pot,” Silicon Valley cannabis startup Eaze is struggling to pay vendors as it searches for a new round of funding, reports said on Thursday...

January 17, 2020
FTC Probes Altria-Juul Tie-Up For Possible Antitrust Issues

Cigarette maker Altria, the company that produces Marlboro, has made an investment in electronic cigarette company Juul Labs, but certain aspects of the deal are frozen due to an ongoing probe...

December 27, 2019
Small Business Banking Braces For More Disruption

With regulations surrounding data ownership, privacy and open banking now in full swing in multiple markets around the globe, opening up account data is now a requirement for many financial...

December 20, 2019
BIS Caution On Cryptos Hints Toward Long Fizzle

The year is drawing to a close. Bitcoin hovers at $7,100 and change. Depending on how you view it, it’s a nice bounce off of nadirs of below $4,000 earlier...

December 18, 2019
Top News In Payments: Open Banking Could Expand In UK;...

In today’s top payments news, the Financial Conduct Authority proposed new data sharing rules to expand open banking in the U.K., and WeWork received $1.75 billion in new fundraising from...