by Marie Benesh | Apr 4, 2013 | Business, Consumer, Industry News
Industry tracker comScore reported that US shoppers spent a total of $42.3 billion online during the year-end holiday season — a 14 percent jump from the same period in 2011. “The 2012 online holiday season was once again a very strong season with growth...
by Marie Benesh | Dec 5, 2012 | Business, Industry News
A recent news about Vallejo, the first large California city that declared bankruptcy, provides interesting example of how members of community can take part to solve the problem of the city. The Northern California city’s Participatory Budgeting process...
by Marie Benesh | Nov 22, 2012 | Business, Consumer, Industry News
A recent article that appeared in www.forbes.com summarized a study by the National Center for Policy Analysis which investigated the spending habits of baby boomers who are considered not ready to retire yet. While many blame the lack of retirement-ready boomers on...
by Marie Benesh | Oct 23, 2012 | Business
At some point of their operations, companies accumulate debts must be collected. Regardless of the company size, the collection of debts can be challenging especially if there is no internal collection department handling the task. Many companies don’t have dedicated...
by Marie Benesh | May 23, 2009 | Business, Industry News
New legislation is designed to cut back on unforeseen and unannounced fees and agreement changes. A full report can be found at Consumer Reports but here are the main points: Bills can be paid online or over the phone without incurring a processing fee. Customers...
