competition levels, and platform policies significantly impact business performance. While popular platforms like Amazon and Walmart offer broad reach, niche marketplaces can provide specialized advantages. Careful consideration of these factors is important to optimize visibility, sales, and overall growth....
Delayed by Covid-19, Walmart now says it’s coming this month. As my Inc. colleague, Bill Murphy Jr. writes, it could signal the start of a war between the retail giants. I’m more inclined to think it’s likely to result in Walmart realizing something that see...
I don't know about you, but as a man galloping through his 30s at hyperspeed, my bladder is not what it was. I wasn't going to share this, but hey, you're already judging me. Flying long haul while stuffed into a window seat with several other passengers blocking my route to the ...
I needed affirmation of my contribution. I realize, again, that failure is not the opposite of fame. And if fame is recognition, perhaps I am famous. Last week a security guard at the Sun Arena in Trenton asked if I’d worked at Trenton High School. He hadn’t been my student, but ...
Concern #3: For the small percentage of users able to successfully redeem their points for a gift card, there is now a company-stated [up to] 60-day waiting period for gift card delivery, with few users ever reporting card arrival.
1. Disneyland Is the Original No matter how big Disney World gets, Disneyland will always and forever have the advantage of being first. Anaheim is where Walt's original vision for a family theme park took shape. Special headboards at the Disneyland Hotel, which opened only months after Di...
A new iPhone is coming and it is probably loaded with all the technology Apple can bring to bear — but the "iPhone 8" will probably be missing USB-C when it launches. AppleInsider explains why Apple will probably stick with Lightning for at least anothe
Q: Why didn't Walmart-style self-checkout exist in Soviet stores? A: It only works with honest people, but under socialism everyone was presumed to be a cheater. Quite ironically, the Marxist theory expected socialism to be a transitional stage preparing people for conscientious life ...