Tag: investments

February 13, 2023

The White House unveiled a $950 million round of investments by private sector players in Central America sourcing, infrastructure and businesses. The latest investments bring the total to $4.2 billion since the May 2021 launch of Vice President Kamala Harris’ […]

December 22, 2022

This year saw seismic shifts in the payments venture capital world. From 2019 to 2021, as the COVID-19 pandemic fueled rapid change in payments and fintech, “it was a battle to get onto a lot of companies’ radars,” said Commerce […]

January 7, 2022

Companies who invest more in training employees, value their employees more. That’s according to recent research that found pre-pandemic investments in employee training resulted in fewer lay offs during the pandemic. “Importantly, these findings provide evidence that the same investments […]

December 28, 2021

The rapidly evolving payments landscape inspired investors to pump money into these payment technology companies at a feverish pace, setting the stage for the record-breaking year. The investment haul in 2021 has already far outpaced 2020’s totals, when funding amounted […]

November 30, 2021

The press releases for mergers and acquisitions today are all about regulatory investigations. The same company is investigating all of them. The tech news is all about lab grown diamond innovations, implantable drug delivery mechanisms, and so many new crypto […]

October 20, 2021

Despite marketing budget cuts, CMOs continued to throw money at martech. Martech spending wasn’t the only trend that picked up speed in 2020 and into 2021: More marketers than ever before have adopted Agile methods, breaking the 50% mark for […]

June 25, 2019

Decision-making around marketing technology (martech) investments has become more complex than ever. With constant changes in technology options and ever-increasing customer demands, the process of choosing tools that are agile and as spot-on as possible has become a major marketing […]

December 19, 2016

Saving for most of us was something that was encouraged from an early age. The piggybank was placed somewhere safe. The shiny coins clunked and clinked into the slot that locked away the pennies until that visit to the bank. […]

October 16, 2015

Zalando, the online footwear and apparel retailer is updating technology in its distribution centers. (Bloomberg) — Zalando SE cut its profitability forecast as the online fashion retailer hires more workers and pumps money into marketing, highlighting the growing pains it’s […]