Consumer packaged goods companies — think PepsiCo or Nabisco — face steep challenges from the rising cost of living and distribution. As inflation continues unabated, consumers’ disposable income isn’t going as far as it used to while products are becoming more expensive to ship. The pressure is on businesses to place their bets on the…
Specialty electronics, appliances, and furniture retailer: Conn’s (NASDAQ: CONN) stock has lost (-60%) year-to-date in 2022 bear market. Inflationary pressures, supply chain disruption, and rising logistics expenses are some of the headwinds taking the steam out of the regional home products retailer. The Company enjoyed the pent-up demand pressures as stimulus money was spent on…
Some SMEs don’t want to get (or have access to) equity funding, but also want to stay away from high-interest bank loans. That’s the gap that revenue-based financing platforms like GetVantage want to fill. The Mumbai-based startup announced today that it has raised $36 million led by Varanium Nexgen Fintech Fund, DMI Sparkle Fund, along…
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Consumer rights groups in Europe have filed a new series of privacy complaints against Google – accusing the advertising giant of deceptive design around the account creation process which they say steers users into agreeing to extensive and invasive processing of their data. The tech giant profiles account holders for ad targeting purposes – apparently…
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Modsy, an online interior design services company, has stopped offering design services, a move that comes at the expense of the team behind the effort and customers who have orders in flux. In an email to TechCrunch, Modsy CEO Shanna Tellerman provided this statement when asked about the disruption of business. “We have worked hard…
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