A Look at Podcasting by the Numbers
Earlier this week we wrote about how audio-streaming jätte (that’s Swedish for “giant’) Spotify is acquiring its way to dominance in the podcasting space. It
Charles Laughlin
December 24, 2021
Charles Laughlin
Charles Laughlin, senior analyst with Localogy, is a seasoned journalist with more than 20 years experience covering the industry.
Urgently Raises $75 Million to Further Disrupt Old Line Roadside Assistance
The digital roadside assistance platform Urgently claims it can reduce response times for roadside emergencies by as much as 50%. Today the company announced a
Charles Laughlin
December 22, 2021
Spotify Expands Its Podcasting Empire with Whooshkaa
Spotify wants to be the biggest player in podcasting. And its path to this objective has, thus far at least, been paved with gold. And
Charles Laughlin
December 21, 2021
U.S. Regulators Set Their Sights on Buy Now, Pay Later
Buy now, pay later came onto the scene several years ago cloaked in virtue. It was a new way of financing purchases that rejected the
Charles Laughlin
December 17, 2021
Scorpion Named a Top Employer in New Utah Home
The local digital agency Scorpion has been named a “Best Company to Work For” by Utah Business Magazine. This notable award given Scorpion just relocated
Charles Laughlin
December 15, 2021
Ghost Kitchens Are Going Mobile
E-Commerce entrepreneur and NBA franchise owner Marc Lore has jumped into the food-tech space as the new CEO of Wonder Group, which operates the Wonder
Charles Laughlin
December 9, 2021
Reputation Retail Report Highlights Need to Double Down on CX
Reputation has released its annual report on the state of retail. The report involved Reputation analyzing a mere 3.7 million reviews by shoppers to see
Charles Laughlin
December 8, 2021
Jack Dorsey Leaves Twitter for His One True Love — Fintech
Today Twitter announced that its founder Jack Dorsey (@Jack) will step down as CEO. His replacement, interestingly, is the company’s current CTO, Parag Agrawal. We
Charles Laughlin
November 29, 2021
Earnings Show Klarna’s Credit Losses Rising Sharply
The Swedish buy now, pay later giant Klarna issued a third-quarter earnings report that shows remarkable growth. The results also support concerns over whether BNPL
Charles Laughlin
November 29, 2021
New Report: A Closer Look at Europe’s Home and Professional Services
A new report from Mono Solutions and Localogy takes a deep dive into two key small businesses verticals. Because after all, there is really no
Charles Laughlin
November 29, 2021
Will 2022 Be the Year of the Super App?
It’s not terribly difficult to paint a scenario where a super app could make your life easier. But I’m still going to borrow one from
Charles Laughlin
November 23, 2021
Xero Report Cites ‘Resistance to Change’ as Key Tech Adoption Barrier
The global cloud accounting software firm Xero set out this summer to find out what exactly is preventing small businesses from adopting the digital technology
Charles Laughlin
November 22, 2021
Video Vault: Pivoting with Agility
When Covid hit, the technology needs of small businesses owners changed almost overnight. Suddenly they needed contactless everything. This was true from ordering products, to
Charles Laughlin
November 19, 2021
PayZen Wants to Bring ‘CNPL’ to Health Care
As we’ve written extensively here, buy now, pay later is no longer just for consumer goods like clothing and electronics. BNPL, which involves acquiring something
Charles Laughlin
November 19, 2021
Workiz Raises $40M to Continue Digitizing America’s Service Pros
Workiz was founded in 2015 by a group of locksmiths determined to bring their local trade peers out of the pen and paper dark ages
Charles Laughlin
November 17, 2021
Zilch CEO Sees “Huge Amount of Room” for BNPL Competition
Last week we wrote about a UK-based buy now pay later platform called Zilch that raised $110 million (after raising the same amount in July) to
Charles Laughlin
November 16, 2021
Toast Investing in Automating the Restaurant Back Office
Restaurant point of sale technology player Toast posted its first post-IPO earnings this week. For the third quarter, the company showed revenue growth of 105%
Charles Laughlin
November 12, 2021
BNPL Just Keeps Rolling, Going Vertical, and Raising Eyebrows
Buy now, pay later continues to be an unstoppable force. This is despite a rising chorus of concerns about just how consumer-friendly BNPL really is.
Charles Laughlin
November 10, 2021
Video Vault: The Future of Payments
Fintech is revolutionizing the small business space. From “contactless everything” to small business lending to new purchase financing methodologies, fintech is making life better for
Charles Laughlin
November 8, 2021
Evocalize CEO: Facebook Outage Was a ‘Wake Up Call’ for SMBs to Diversify
We recently caught up with Evocalize CEO Matthew Marx for a wide-ranging chat about the state of local martech. Evolcalize is a collaborative marketing platform,
Charles Laughlin
November 4, 2021