All the data is pointing to a significant decline in sales revenue and demand, signaling that a similar end to that of Toys R Us is near for many toy manufacturers. Or is it? The toy industry is still raking in more than 20.7 billion dollars in sales a year, which begs the question: is the toy industry actually in danger?Continue Reading
Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) companies have transformed the way we make payments online. They offer a fresh alternative to using credit or debit cards and they’ve been adopted by companies from Amazon to your local mom-and-pop store. Continue reading to learn more about what BNPL systems have to offer and why they’re making noise!Continue Reading
After years of resistance, the NCAA has finally allowed student-athletes to profit from their NIL rights. What does this say about the state of the lucrative college athletics industry?Continue Reading
Been a while since you last traveled? Continue reading to learn about how the pandemic has affected the airline industry and how you can score cheap tickets for your next dream vacation!Continue Reading
Furnishing an apartment for the first time doesn’t always have to be a headache! Although the pandemic has made furnishing more difficult and costly, you can improve your experience by planning ahead with a few helpful tips in mind. Continue Reading
Contactless payments have taken the world by storm, with its boasted efficiency and how it makes it easy for customers to purchase products with one less step in the process of transactions. Learn more about the intricacies of contactless payments, and how they will impact consumers, businesses, and the overall society from a macro perspective.Continue Reading
Did you know that an esoteric libertarian ideology can explain why Bitcoin is popping up in your newsfeed? Investing columnist Abby Copeland explores Silicon Valley’s crypto-craze and the obscure political ideology that’s fueling this trend in her inaugural article.Continue Reading
Unprecedented growth in Latin America, coupled with high rates of technology penetration, have given rise to digital banks with services spanning payments, lending, and insurance. Catherine Zhao explores this trend in her newest article.Continue Reading
Due to the continued effects of the chip shortage, both consumers and companies are taking the burden of supply issues and hiked prices, while silicon chip manufacturers are benefiting greatly. Consumers are forced to pay higher prices for the limited supply of chip-goods available as businesses struggle to maintain similar profit-margins as before the shortages began.Continue Reading
Today, inequity exists in many forms: opportunities, income, and treatment – to name a few. However, with the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new form of inequity has emerged: vaccine inequity. This article explores the issue of vaccine inequity and one of its root causes, vaccine nationalization – all through the lens of candies. Continue Reading