The Department of Commerce’s Quarterly Retail E-Commerce Sales report (http://dtn.fm/G4a7J), issued last month, shows, as expected, that online commerce continues its relentless growth. E-commerce sales for the first three months of 2016 registered an increase of about 15 percent over the comparable period in 2015. E-commerce continues to bite into traditional sales. The first quarter […]

It is no news to the average reader that the world has become very much more secularly-minded in the last few decades. In fact, it has gone so far that wholesome content has now become a rebel set niche market, with Christian culture in particular striking an unmistakable contrast to a 24/7 mass media orgy […]

Developing good communication skills, learning to negotiate, and being prepared to work long days both in and out of an agency office are just some of the abilities that people assume they need in order to become a real estate agent. Of course, all of this would come after initial training and certification. After that, […]

Content Checked Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: CNCK) recently announced a strategic partnership with ATLETO, an exciting new social sports app. The two companies will look to introduce a cross-promotional marketing campaign highlighting both the ATLETO app and Content Checked’s suite of dietary apps as tools for helping users stay in control of their health and fitness […]

The recent social media marketing industry report ‘How Marketers Are Using Social Media to Grow Their Businesses’ (http://dtn.fm/sXxo2) reminds us of Cardinal Richelieu’s defensive gambit: the pen is mightier than the sword. When marketers who used social media channels were asked to select the single most important form of content for their businesses, if they […]

Earlier today, eXp World Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: EXPI) announced the addition of Sally and Stephen Koss, founders of the respected Landmark brand in Greater Boston, to its Agent-Owned Cloud Brokerage™ after more than three decades as franchisees under the RE/MAX (NYSE: RMAX) umbrella. Over the past 31 years, Sally and Stephen Koss have successfully developed […]

Earlier today, Singlepoint, Inc. (OTC: SING) announced New York State Senate approval of a daily fantasy sports (DFS) bill that will play a key role in solidifying the legality of fantasy sports in the Empire State. The bill is currently pending final approval from Governor Andrew Cuomo, who is expected to sign it into law […]

In his seminal contribution to economic thought published in 1942 and titled Capitalism, Socialism & Democracy, Joseph Schumpeter coined the term ‘creative destruction’ to describe the dynamic operation of the economy. This ‘industrial mutation… incessantly revolutionizes the economic structure from within, incessantly destroying the old one, incessantly creating a new one’. Schumpeter saw this ‘industrial […]

OurPet’s Company (OTCQX: OPCO) already dominates the cat wall at many retail locations, with superb offerings like its OurPets® Catty Whack®, featuring patented Electronic RealMouse® sound and an erratically moving feather wand, which darts in and out of holes in around the perimeter of this carpet scratching area-topped marvel. With an impressive and growing retail […]

Now that the majority of Brits have voted to leave the European Union, crossing the pond has just become a lot cheaper. The value of the pound sterling has fallen to its lowest level since the first half of 1985. Brexit has hit the British currency much harder than the Great Recession ever did. The […]