tag job losses 
PYMNTS
MAY 18, 2020
million Americans have lost their jobs since the start of the pandemic and countless others have taken huge salary cuts. Job losses and possible pressures on savings and cash flows mean luxury goods are not top of mind for consumers … instead, keeping food on the table is key, especially among less financially secure consumers.
PYMNTS
JULY 2, 2019
The Asia Pacific region has the most employees outside of China, so job cuts there were the first step in the consolidation process. Bird also made news when Apple announced last month that it was teaming up with partners — including Bird — on special tags that can trigger purchases with Apple Pay without the need for a special app.
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PYMNTS
OCTOBER 5, 2016
Nope, Google went big, rolling out its fancy new phone (with an accompanying fancy price-tag), its VR entry and its Echo competitor. Also netting praise are the quick-charging technology that allows the phones to run for over 7 hours on 15 minutes of charge (though the loss of wireless charging was bemoaned) and the 12.3
PYMNTS
MARCH 29, 2016
Be they in the form of conspicuously placed cameras, electronic tags on items or even old-fashioned, basic signage warning against shoplifting, such elements are regarded as commonplace in modern retail, and honest consumers — if they pay them much attention at all — don’t take them personally.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 15, 2019
Details are scant about what that shop might look like, but what is known as of earlier this week is that Amazon has posted job listings for four new positions connected to the forthcoming store, it will be a separate entity from Whole Foods and it won’t use Amazon’s cashierless Go technology in favor of traditional checkout methods.
Musings on Markets
DECEMBER 10, 2023
We will end with a discussion of how enterprises try, with mixed effects, to build protections against the loss of key personnel. In my valuation of Birkenstock for their IPO, just a few weeks ago, I noted the value added to the company by Kate Moss or Steve Jobs wearing their sandals. Who is a key person?
Barry Ritholtz
MAY 30, 2023
And did you say one more time that your job is to lend people like me to be an entrepreneur of money? So, one, I was shocked that there was an industry whose job it was to lend a risk taker money. My mother is in an hourly job at McDonnell Douglas Aircraft. He says “it’s the worst job I got.” RITHOLTZ: Right.
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