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Starbucks Mobile Order Tool Accounts For 13 Percent Of US Sales

Starbucks Mobile Order Tool Accounts For 13 Percent Of US Sales
Starbucks Mobile Order Tool Accounts For 13 Percent Of US Sales
July 27, 2018  |  Earnings

Loyalty and mobile continued to do some productive lifting for Starbucks in its fiscal third quarter of 2018, as those two factors contributed to an...

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Discover Sets Pullback in Personal Loans, Touts Strong Q2 Results
Discover Sets Pullback in Personal Loans, Touts Strong Q2 Results
July 27, 2018  |  Earnings

Discover Financial Services Inc. reported an increase in second quarter earnings as the credit card issuer had strong loan and revenue growth — and also...

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Flywire CEO On $100M Capital Raise
Flywire CEO On $100M Capital Raise
July 27, 2018  |  Investments

The definition of a really good day: Raise $100 million led by a company that not only has obviously deep pockets, but a deep presence...

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Marketplace Sellers Drive Amazon’s Q2 Profit Train
Marketplace Sellers Drive Amazon’s Q2 Profit Train
July 27, 2018  |  Amazon

Another quarterly earnings reports, another rush of pleased Amazon investors hurrying to boost the stock in after-hours trading — Amazon stock jumped 4.1 percent in after-hours trading,...

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Wordapp Uses Payments To Keep The Text Flowing
Wordapp Uses Payments To Keep The Text Flowing
July 27, 2018  |  Digital Payments

The digital economy doesn’t depend on just numbers and images. Words still matter. Companies need lively product descriptions and online ad copy, along with other...

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Paytm Says It Didn’t Share User Data With Investors
Paytm Says It Didn’t Share User Data With Investors
July 26, 2018  |  Global Payments

Paytm, a digital payment company out of India, said Thursday (July 26) that it didn’t share user data with investors or any foreign entities just...

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What’s Next For Google And Facebook?
What’s Next For Google And Facebook?
July 26, 2018  |  Earnings

It’s simplistic, misleading and oh-so-very-macho to depict Google and Facebook as two titans that stepped into the ring this week, with one of those companies...

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Amazon Launches Alexa Cast, Allowing Users To Control Music From Smartphones
Amazon Launches Alexa Cast, Allowing Users To Control Music From Smartphones
July 26, 2018  |  Alexa

Amazon is rolling out a new feature for Alexa enabled devices dubbed Alexa Cast, which enables users to control the music playing on the device...

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