Remove Marketing Remove Nebraska Remove Regulation Remove Retail
article thumbnail

Connecticut AG Launches Antitrust Probe Into Amazon’s eBook Business

PYMNTS

Our office continues to aggressively monitor this market to protect fair competition for consumers, authors, and other eBook retailers,” Mr. Tong said in a statement, per WSJ. Amazon had a 76 percent market share of all eBooks sold in the U.S. in September, according to Codex Group data, per the WSJ.

eBook 174
article thumbnail

What ‘Patchwork’ eCommerce Taxes Mean For Black Friday – And Beyond

PYMNTS

After all, commerce is increasingly done across state lines, and remote sellers have the lure of selling into new and far-flung markets. Conversely, Nebraska has a database that lists items that are exempt from taxes. At the same time, navigating tax policies is proving to be a complex business.

Taxes 134
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Sizzle Or Fizzle: Facebook, Online Lending, Cash – And The Twilio Surge

PYMNTS

But Facebook got the jump on the news cycle this week with the big news that it was opening up Facebook Canvas for retailers and other marketers on the site, as opposed to just advertis e rs. So, providing retailers with a new storefront in an ecosystem of 1.5 billion people a month who visit it. The fizzle wears on.

Lending 101
article thumbnail

Surprises from the Consumer Financial Decision Making Conference (Behavioral Economics)

Celent Banking

An event geared towards academics, its rigor is a refreshing complement to the work that I see from market practitioners at traditional industry shows. Regulations may give consumers the confidence that they can undertake transactions (loan repayments under foreclosure) that they might not otherwise.

article thumbnail

24 Lessons From Warren Buffett’s Annual Letters To Shareholders

CB Insights

At the age of 26, Nebraska stockbroker and school teacher named Warren Buffett took his “retirement fund” of $174,000 and decided to start his own investment business. Market volatility. He increased his holdings dramatically during the bear market of the mid-70s when GEICO was struggling. Market volatility.

Omaha 78