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Instacart Business Will Be a Curated Online Marketplace For Small Businesses
Popular delivery company Instacart is reportedly planning to launch a version of its site tailored to small businesses, increasing competition amongst 3rd-party online marketplaces.
Mobile Signal Jamming: Reclaiming Zones of Privacy in Our “Always On” World
Since the U.S.’ adoption of signal jamming prohibitions, society has changed so dramatically. Congress and the FCC should revisit its signal jamming rules to allow for a limited right to block mobile signals at least within specific private areas at specific times.
Small Businesses Face Post-COVID Headwinds and Partly Solve for Those Challenges Using Digital Tools
New research from Meta and Goldman Sachs shows that small businesses continue to face headwinds post-COVID and that digital tools continue to act as a “digital safety net” for them.
The New State of Data Privacy: Q&A With Blake Hall, Founder & CEO of ID.me
We discuss with Blake Hall, Founder & CEO at Id.me, the company's contributions to the Privacy Tech landscape and perspectives on prospective U.S. federal privacy legislation.
Sticker Shock: While Food Delivery Companies Fight Fee Caps, Indie Restaurants Fight Delivery Companies – Will Anyone Win?
DCI Retail Fellow Hitha Herzog discusses whether or not a government-imposed food delivery fee cap in New York City will meet the intended goal of helping independent restaurants.
From User Exploitation to Data Coops: The Never-Ending Battle for Control of Users and the Online, and Offline, Experience
Digital technology is finally able to give control of the Internet to the users and workers. However, history suggests user/worker-controlled networks will lose to the centralized server-spoke model of the Silicon-Valley data brokers.
How a Digitally-Native Small Business Retailer Engages & Sells: Q&A with Michael Wieder, Co-Founder, President and CMO of Lalo
We discuss with Michael Wieder, Co-Founder & President of Lalo, how a digitally-native SMB sells, uses innovative tech, and the potential impact of tech legislation on such a business.
Backseat Driver: Data Privacy, Your Car, and You
Without federal legislation around the ownership and privacy of data collected by sophisticated personal vehicles, the legal rules of the road about such data are unclear.
Go time: On the Doorstep of a Recession, Rural SMBs Find Success Using Multiple Selling Methods
On the doorstep of recession, U.S. rural small business sellers find success, resilience, and agility by using multiple sales methods, both online and offline.