To participate or not to participate in retail loyalty programs?
Loyalty programs, in one form or another, have been around since the advent of the punch card. Originally designed as a way to drive traffic to a storefront, they now help gather the most important commodity of the new century: Data.
Hotel industry experts: Watch these trends
The editors of Hotels magazine keep their eyes on hospitality trends. Here’s a sample of what they’re predicting for the industry:
Lenders ask feds to change mortgage rules
$6 trillion
Four leading mortgage lenders are among a coalition calling on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to change the Ability to Repay/Qualified Mortgage rule, Housing Wire reported.
Tariffs cause retail rush
new loyalty app
Retail imports at the nation’s major container ports reached unusually high numbers just before new tariffs on goods from China took effect Sept. 1. They’re expected to surge again before more tariffs take effect in December, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released week by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.
Respects paid to business titan — and friend
Community leaders pay their respects to Duane B. Hagadone.
Cd'A man honored by ASME
Darold B. Cummings has been named the 2021 recipient of the Spirit of St. Louis Medal from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).