Consumer Demand

Heads of Product Report Heavy Toll From Payments Uncertainty
Heads of Product Report Heavy Toll From Payments Uncertainty
June 20, 2024  |  Retail

Corporate heads of product drive profitability by setting strategic goals and supporting innovation across an organization’s entire product line. Unlike CFOs and corporate heads of...

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From Gaming to Hospitality, Firms Miss Out on Instant Payout Monetization Opportunity
From Gaming to Hospitality, Firms Miss Out on Instant Payout Monetization Opportunity
October 24, 2023  |  Real-Time Payments

Recent studies conducted by PYMNTS Intelligence have unveiled a significant opportunity that gaming and hospitality companies are missing out on — the chance to monetize...

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Global Trade Faces Slowdown as Economic Growth Weakens
Global Trade Faces Slowdown as Economic Growth Weakens
August 09, 2023  |  Economy

The world is facing a major slowdown in global trade as economic growth weakens. In addition, governments around the world are increasingly curbing business with...

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Credit Unions Weigh the Risks and Benefits of Expanding Crypto Offerings
Credit Unions Weigh the Risks and Benefits of Expanding Crypto Offerings
September 06, 2022  |  Credit Unions

Credit unions (CUs) have delayed their entry into the market for cryptocurrency products and services, largely because financial regulations bar CUs from holding digital assets...

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Chicago Purchasing Managers Index Tumbles To 38-Year Low
Chicago Purchasing Managers Index Tumbles To 38-Year Low
May 29, 2020  |  Economy

The widely watched Chicago Purchasing Managers Index fell to 32.3 in May, hitting its lowest level since the recession year of 1982 as the COVID-19...

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In China, Pent-Up Demand For Cosmetics A Blip Or Trend?
In China, Pent-Up Demand For Cosmetics A Blip Or Trend?
April 08, 2020  |  Retail

Emerging from lockdown, Chinese consumers may be opening up (digital) wallets and purses … though gradually. Against that backdrop, South China Morning Post reported that...

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eCommerce Drives Industrial Real Estate Boom
eCommerce Drives Industrial Real Estate Boom
April 02, 2020  |  Coronavirus

The universal characteristics of the coronavirus are change and speed. The virus is spreading quickly around the globe, of course, and has abruptly changed life...

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As SMBs Grapple With Virus, No Assurance From Insurance
As SMBs Grapple With Virus, No Assurance From Insurance
March 17, 2020  |  Coronavirus

The coronavirus continues to have reverberations across the global stage, and is especially impacting developed economies, and in particular, the small businesses that are a...

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Groceries, Retailers Limit Purchase Of Coronavirus Supplies; Hotels Deal With Cancellations
Groceries, Retailers Limit Purchase Of Coronavirus Supplies; Hotels Deal With Cancellations
March 10, 2020  |  Coronavirus

Target and Kroger, along with other grocery chains, have been limiting the number of items, like disinfectants, that customers can buy in the wake of...

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