PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The dreaded returns season has hit retail with a predictable but painful thud. With Mastercard putting a 49 percent tag on the eCommerce spike for the holidays, this year will be the toughest on record for handling what is a resource- and capital-intensive task. In the brick-and-mortar retail era it was a nuisance to be avoided.

Retail 86

Retail Auditing eCommerce Forecasting 86

PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2019

Consider the fact that Cook shone the spotlight, specifically, on iPhone sales tied to China, along with other hardware. Look back beyond the panic of December’s stock market and the initial panics of January (the month already feels like it’s been dragging on forever, doesn’t it?), and the signs have been there for a while.

Sales 70

Sales Numbers Retail Accounting 70

PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2017

The movement toward digital and mobile, cashless payments is an immutable one, and Worldpay, as you might know, provides payment processing for online and brick-and-mortar transactions in more than 140 countries. firm, Europe may be among the more desired payments frontiers.

eCommerce 40

eCommerce Currencies Valuation Forecasting 40

PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2017

Amazon, says Ma, is at its core a retailer, andAlibaba is more like a small business ecosystem. Amazon is more like an empire — everything they control themselves, buy and sell,” Ma told CNBC. Our philosophy is to empower others to sell, empower others to service, making sure the other people are more powerful than us.

eCommerce 43

eCommerce Entertainment Planning Technology 43

Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 10, 2023

In fact, at Tesla, a company that I have valued at regular intervals over the last decade, the question of what Elon Musk adds or detracts from value has become more significant over time, rather than fading. Staying at the top, CEOs for companies often become entwined with their companies, especially as their tenure lengthens.

Valuation 113

Valuation Profit and Loss Entertainment Investments 113

Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Now, there was one really important part of, of that as part of my job training, I was sent to the big sales offices to learn how the product was sold. One of the big sales offices was out in Long Island in Garden City. It’s, it’s no different But, but inherently in futures, a whole lot more leverage, a whole lot more risk.

Marketing 108

Marketing Treasury Banking Profit and Loss 108