Category: Business

Ready to join the ranks of the gig economy and start your own freelance business? Being your own boss has a lot of advantages, but there are some pitfalls. From concerns about cash management to worries about being personally liable, a freelancing business is a bit more complicated than grabbing a listing off a job […]

Frank Beard is a longtime convenience retail enthusiast who currently works in marketing and customer experience at Standard AI. His column, The Road Ahead, examines innovation in the c-store industry.  Three thoughts have been on my mind a lot this past year.  First, it strikes me that many of the new innovations in convenience store […]

If you’ve decided to lean into making your own baked goods to cut costs, you’re in for a rude awakening. Supply chain issues and other shortages mean some baking ingredients are either missing from grocery store shelves or are much more expensive. While American households aren’t facing the widespread shortages of pandemic days, the high […]

The most expensive assets on all fuel retailers’ books are their land and equipment. Retailers often spend more than half their gross profits (fuel retail prices depending) to pay off these assets through mortgages, interest, rent and other long-term capital expenditures. Despite the inflated costs for these assets, only a few station owners track or […]

A Plante Moran analysis shared with WIRED shows Tesla’s share of the North American EV market declining from 70 percent in 2022 to just 31 percent by 2025, as total EV production grows from 777,000 to 2.87 million units. In Europe, Tesla’s decline is already underway. Schmidt says data from the first 11 months of […]

Every year, Red Hat sponsors a Global Tech Outlook survey asking IT leaders worldwide about their funding priorities, cloud strategies, and digital transformation efforts. The 2023 Global Tech Outlook, which surveyed over 1,700 IT leaders last May and June, is the most recent. With all the focus on digital transformation in a topsy-turvy global environment, we […]

Industries across the board continue to see rising costs for goods and services in the United States. Simultaneously, the supply chain slowdowns following the pandemic have resulted in shortages for both products and labor. These supply chain challenges, and the rapidly rising inflation as a result, have caused several businesses to adjust their prices as […]

Do you want your organization to embrace digital transformation in 2023? Optimize the use of tech stacks? Create automated workflows that enhance both employee and customer experiences? You must have buy-in from your teams. Whether you are looking to grow your team in the months ahead or realign your executive leadership to move digital transformation forward, here […]

Day trading is one of the most popular and profitable ways to invest in the stock market. However, to be successful, you must have a well-developed day trading strategy that you can use consistently. A good day trading strategy should include both short-term and long-term goals and take into account any potential risks associated with […]

How will your career progress in the following years? What will happen to the industry and company you work in as time goes on? While we can’t possibly predict the future, we know that we live in turbulent, rapidly changing times. If your knowledge or experience ever falls short in such an environment, your career […]