Saks Relocates Beauty Brands, Plus Sears Doubles Down On Co-Branded Card, and POPSUGAR Comes To Kohl's. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The Gig Economy’s $1.2T Digital Payments Potential | | | | The gig economy includes about 35 percent of the workforce — on its way to 50 percent, some say, in just the next two years. Karen Webster says the tailwinds that will fuel this growth are the gig economy’s “long tail” and marketplaces that aggregate specialized workers like nurses, lab techs, computer scientists, teachers and even lawyers, CFOs and architects. For digital payments players to cash in on the $1.2T digital payments opportunity that they’re missing today, Webster says they might want to pay heed to the entrepreneur who invented the gig worker concept some 72 years ago. | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | Nordstrom And Starbucks Expand Brick-And-Mortar Footprints | | | | Even in the digital age, retailers are looking to grow their brick-and-mortar footprints. Nordstrom is adding new off-priced stores as it makes a digital push, and Starbucks is planning to open hundreds of new stores in China. Here’s why Nordstrom is expanding its off-price business and why Starbucks is seeing big opportunity abroad. Read More... | | |
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| | | | | | | | | | AllWork: Flexibility Is The New Full-Time | | | | The gig economy has been seen as the “death of the full-time job,” but — like eCommerce to retail — it’s just the next evolution of how things are done in a tech-driven age. Laura Adamo, AllWork, explains how on-demand labor takes the gig economy to the next level in specialized retail and which verticals it could be poised to disrupt next. Read More... | | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | Mobile Makes The World Go ‘Round | | | | After much waiting, and a few false starts, the mobile transformation of commerce and consumers is finally here. Whether shopping for beauty and wellness goods or just getting a bite to eat, how customers pay, save and engage is becoming increasingly moderated by mobile. Read More... | | |
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