Sooner or later every retailer faces a dilemma: How to adapt to changing consumer behavior without alienating brand loyalists? Lately, that dilemma has become a Catch-22. Bet you didn’t know that Black Friday deals at Best Buy, Macy’s, Target and Walmart are mostly the same from year to year. Turns out[…] Read On
I wrote the following column right after Donald Trump won the 2016 election. He’s met many of his campaign promises in a relatively short time but, in my view, has a long way to go to MAGA. What do you think? Some say Donald Trump made too many campaign promises.[…] Read On
President Trump has drawn a bullseye on Beijing, slapping tariffs on U.S. imports and labeling China a currency manipulator, all in an effort to improve our trade imbalance and bring manufacturing jobs back to America. He may be targeting the right country but waging the wrong war. China may be[…] Read On
Beneath the internet you use every day lies a hidden network of thousands of encrypted sites known as the Dark Web. Unlike the so-called clearnet – where everything is open, indexed and searchable – the darknet offers anonymous access to information, products and services of all kinds, legal and illegal.[…] Read On
The way everyone’s eyes are glued to some screen or another, hands ready to tweet at a moment’s notice while Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg gets grilled on Capitol Hill, you’d think this is some sort of existential crisis for the social network. You’d think these hearings are important. It’s not.[…] Read On
You’ve probably heard that credit card signatures will soon be a thing of the past. Like most news these days, it’s only partially true. Mastercard and Visa are simply removing the requirement for merchants. Besides, most transactions are already signature-less. You don’t seriously think they did this for you, do[…] Read On
Are self-driving cars smart enough to risk life and limb? Fully autonomous vehicles are one thing, but when you have both a computer and a human behind the wheel at the same time, there are far too many situations where it’s not clear who or what should be in charge,[…] Read On