gig economy

Malls, Retailers, Hotels Benefit From Workforce Changes
Malls, Retailers, Hotels Benefit From Workforce Changes
August 28, 2018  |  Gig Economy

Offices? Cubicles? Nah. What about retail stores, restaurants and hotels? The location of work always changes with the times. Fields, hovels, factories — all have...

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Auto Relocation, Sharing Economy Style
Auto Relocation, Sharing Economy Style
August 28, 2018  |  Retail

Peer-to-peer (P2P) marketplaces seek to make car relocation more accessible as they tackle the challenge of moving vehicles across the country. Consumers might put out...

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The Digital Marketplace, The Gig Worker And The Payments Conundrum
The Digital Marketplace, The Gig Worker And The Payments Conundrum
August 28, 2018  |  Gig Economy

Gig workers — and the gig economy itself — are becoming an ever-more integral piece of the workaday landscape. Taking on project-based work?  No longer...

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Why Digital Marketplaces Still Struggle To Make Digital Payments To Gig Workers
Why Digital Marketplaces Still Struggle To Make Digital Payments To Gig Workers
August 28, 2018  |  Gig Economy

Gig workers are increasingly embracing ad hoc project work by choice — not because due to need. Hyperwallet's Michael Ting goes behind the numbers in...

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Today In Data: A Mobile Economy Is A Self-Determined Economy
Today In Data: A Mobile Economy Is A Self-Determined Economy
August 27, 2018  |  Retail

Some things won’t ever change. The change of summer to fall will likely always send tens of millions of American families scrambling to load up on...

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Deep Dive: Gig Workers And Digital Marketplaces
Deep Dive: Gig Workers And Digital Marketplaces
August 27, 2018  |  Gig Economy

How do gig workers use digital marketplaces to find work? Do they use them to find leads? And how do they facilitate payments. The new...

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Streamlining Hiring With Gig Workers In Mind
Streamlining Hiring With Gig Workers In Mind
August 24, 2018  |  Gig Economy

A tight labor market, difficult job application processes and greater shifts in professional values are all contributing to greater appeal of the gig economy. Summer...

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Marketplace Merchants Sing The Blues
Marketplace Merchants Sing The Blues
August 24, 2018  |  Sizzle/Fizzle

There’s a lot of sizzle in marketplaces. In fact, they have made tiny businesses into big ones, as even the tiniest one-man operation can gain the...

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Today In Data: The Building Blocks Of An On-Demand World
Today In Data: The Building Blocks Of An On-Demand World
August 23, 2018  |  Today In Data

The world does not look radically different from the place it was 20 years ago, at least not at a quick glance. But zoom in...

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