Amazon is trying to get in on the “TikTok made me buy it” trend. Courtesy AmazonInspire product. TikTok’s powerful algorithm has proven to be a successful demonstration of purchasing power — from launching successful businesses to reportedly driving shortages of various foods used in recipes that go viral on the app. TikTok also has an…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Consumers are increasingly exhibiting preferences for ethical products, transparency, sustainable practices, personalization, convenience and digitization — and it’s driving big changes across the retail industry as brands take note and adapt. Across the board, consumer expectations are raising the bar for retailers. This leaves leaders with two…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. The holiday season is here, and shopping is in full swing. Despite the current state of the economy, shoppers are finding ways to keep the holiday spirit alive by bargain hunting and shifting expenses to allocate more for gifts. According to a study done by Deloitte, “Household…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. It’s a bold statement, but it’s true: Without mining, there is no path to sustainability. The resources required to support modern life and the production of new technologies will come from responsible mining. Thus, mining will ultimately drive the global movement to meet sustainable development goals focused…
Airbnb on NYE? The company says no (to a party, at least). Courtneyk I Getty ImagesSparklers and partying. Airbnb is leaning on its anti-party technology — including preventing or restricting people from making short bookings in the same town as they live — in 11 countries, the company announced Thursday. “We are committed to reducing…
Usually, stories about unruly air travelers involve one or two passengers behaving like absolute maniacs. But the passengers of Brussels Airlines flight A330 decided to make their insanity a group effort. NurPhoto | Getty Images As reported by Aviation 24, after their flight to Cameroon had to return to Brussels due to a technical problem,…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. If you’ve been on social media at all in the past three years, you’d undoubtedly have realized that more and more entrepreneurs, influencers and business owners are creating and leveraging short-form video content as a part of their marketing. That being said, 14% of businesses are still…
Grilled iguana is a delicacy in some South American countries, but in Lake Worth, Florida, it’s just a major headache. On Wednesday, an iguana crawled into an electric substation in the small city just south of Palm Beach and caused a major power failure. Lake Worth Beach Utility tweeted that “a large-scale outage caused by…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. In any roundup of 2022, Elon Musk’s Optimus robot waving its mechanical arms in the air is likely to be featured prominently. Musk boldly claimed that we could see a “fundamental transformation of civilization” with such advances in robotics. While his vision may take years to unfold,…
Still focused on his seemingly never-ending war on bot and spam accounts, Elon Musk is now vowing to eliminate another 1.5 million accounts from Twitter in an attempt to “free” up space. In a series of Tweets, Musk said that the accounts targeted to be removed will be users who haven’t logged into Twitter in…