Karen WebsterThe Creative Destruction Of BankingThe economic principle of replacing existing business processes and models with innovative and more efficient ones is nothing new. In…11 min read·Jun 28, 2021----
Karen WebsterHow Consumers Live In The Connected EconomyOver the last year, nearly everyone — 92 percent of consumers — went online to make a purchase, and more of them made online purchases (75…19 min read·Jun 21, 2021----
Karen WebsterOverdraft Fees, Merchant Fees And Crypto: Why You Can’t Have It Both WaysSenator Elizabeth Warren’s exchange with J.P. Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon on overdraft fees has been viewed 750,000 times in the first 24 hours…11 min read·Jun 1, 2021----
Karen WebsterThe Instacart Way To Innovating In The Connected EconomyWould you be surprised if I told you that as many U.S. consumers now order groceries online as order restaurant food online?10 min read·May 24, 2021----
Karen WebsterCoinbase As Netscape 2.0? 5 Things You Must BelieveCoinbase’s April 14 IPO was the stock market event that launched a thousand superlatives. A “ watershed moment,” a “ rocket” that analysts…9 min read·Apr 19, 2021----
Karen WebsterWill Consumers Cut The Traditional POS Cord?Netflix first introduced its streaming service in the U.S. in January of 2007. It landed with a bit of a thud with analysts and pundits.11 min read·Apr 12, 2021----
Karen WebsterThe Future of Retail Is At The Grocery StoreThe U.S. has 40,460 grocery stores. If you want to see how physical retail might look 20 years from now, you might want to watch the…8 min read·Mar 29, 2021----
Karen WebsterWhat The Year Of Digital Means For BusinessThe U.S. has mobilized the largest COVID-19 vaccination rollout of any country in the world. The Biden administration has set May 1 as the…9 min read·Mar 22, 2021----
Karen WebsterDigital Intermediaries Threaten Payments Status QuoMarch 19 will mark the one-year anniversary of the U.S. lockdown in the face of the global pandemic. Since then, the payments and commerce…10 min read·Mar 8, 2021----
Karen WebsterWalmart’s Bid To Go From Supercenter To Super AppThirty-three years ago, in 1988, in Washington, Missouri, the first Walmart Supercenter opened its doors. The store concept itself took a…9 min read·Feb 23, 2021----