Home Depot passed a milestone signalling the pandemic’s massive impact on home improvement.The retailer added $40 billion in sales over the past two years.Pre-pandemic, it took Home Depot nine years to garner a similar increase in sales.Home Depot announced that it boosted its sales by a record-breaking amount over the […]
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America is about to go on vacation
A travel boom is coming.You may be thinking you’ve heard this before, and you’d be right.Last summer, a newly vaccinated America fresh off its last stimulus and an economic reopening began packing its bags.Americans booked plane tickets and hotel rooms, sending travel and leisure spending up before slowing down every […]
10 Small Business Marketing Strategies That Actually Work
If you’re a small business owner, then you know that marketing can be tough.It seems like everyone is competing for attention, and it’s hard to stand out from the crowd.But don’t worry: Here are 10 small business marketing strategies that work. 1.Know how to target your audience When it comes […]
Smashburger warns on inflation: ‘There’s a point where people won’t pay’
With consumer prices soaring by the most in four decades in January , food prices have borne the brunt of skyrocketing inflation — something Smashburger and other food chains have passed along to their customers. In a Yahoo Finance interview, Smashburger president Carl Bachmann cited inflation as “a challenge” for […]
Machine learning, explained | MIT Sloan
Apr 21, 2021 Why It Matters This pervasive and powerful form of artificial intelligence is changing every industry.Here’s what you need to know about the potential and limitations of machine learning and how it’s being used.Share open share links close share links Machine learning is behind chatbots and predictive text, […]
China Is About to Regulate AI—and the World Is Watching
Wen Li, a Shanghai marketer in the hospitality industry, first suspected that an algorithm was messing with her when she and a friend used the same ride-hailing app one evening. Wen’s friend, who less frequently ordered rides in luxury cars, saw a lower price for the same ride.Wen blamed the […]
XFL announces it will collaborate with NFL to advance game of football when league returns in 2023 – CBSSports.com
The NFL doesn’t have a developmental league, but it will take measures to improve the game of football by using the XFL as a testing site.The XFL announced Monday it would collaborate with the NFL on select innovation programs to further expand the game of football and create increased opportunities […]
Exclusive: Fintech Weavr Raises $40M From Tiger for US Expansion
London fintech Weavr has raised $40 million in a round led by Tiger Global, Insider can reveal.The startup, which was founded in 2019, is now valued at around $210 million, sources say.Weavr enables businesses to generate accounts, issue cards, and transfer funds through an API.Embedded finance startup Weavr has raised […]
Last-ditch Ukraine summit
BIDEN-PUTIN SUMMIT – President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed to “the principle” to meet for a summit discussing “security and strategic stability in Europe,” but it will only take place if Russia does not invade Ukraine.Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will […]
NFL to collaborate with XFL on innovation
Things have changed big time from the first incarnation of the XFL.So much so, the NFL is going to work with the league, which will be in its third incarnation when it starts in 2023.The news was announced on Monday that the leagues will work together on innovation.A field of […]