The self-serve soft drink machines at McDonald’s are about to be a relic of the past. The fast-food giant announced that by the end of 2032, it plans to phase out all self-serve drink stations from its stores in the U.S. as the chain looks to revamp its serving model and customer experience. Restaurants will…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. In a recent LinkedIn poll of mine, I asked my audience, “How likely are you to engage with a brand that actively supports a social issue?” You may or may not be surprised to learn that over 3,000 votes were “very likely.” With the digital landscape evolving…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. No company can rely on a single person to make decisions. According to a study by McKinsey, managers at a typical Fortune 500 company waste more than 500,000 days a year on ineffective decision-making. The more diverse your team, the better their decisions, so it pays to…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Hi, Barbie! The “Barbie” movie was magic in a bottle (or, more aptly, magic in a box with a cellophane front), but not for the reasons you think. Its box office didn’t break $1 billion just because of its great branding — it was a fantastic product,…
Disclosure: Our goal is to feature products and services that we think you’ll find interesting and useful. If you purchase them, Entrepreneur may get a small share of the revenue from the sale from our commerce partners. There are a lot of reasons why entrepreneurs tend to travel a lot. Business development takes creating and…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Becoming a leader in a unicorn tech startup might seem like #careergoals for many. For me, it was anything but. I struggled in my role and had a hard time finding a place in a culture that seemed to be built exclusively for my male coworkers, where…
It’s wine-o-clock somewhere, and apparently that somewhere is in the streets of Portugal. The small village of São Lourenço de Bairro saw a sea of red on Sunday after two suitable-to-consumption wine storage tanks carrying the vino from the Levira Distillery flipped over and flooded the streets with 600,000 gallons of pure red wine. To…
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As theft and crime continue to wreak havoc in the retail industry, another big-name company has announced it will close a once-cherished location. Last week, Nike announced that it would permanently close its factory store in Portland, Oregon, due to ongoing theft. The Portland factory store first closed in October 2022, with no official statement…
Social security, the federal program that nearly 67 million Americans count on to fund their income in retirement, is running out — fast. Ten thousand Baby Boomers retire every day, and by 2033, the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund will run dry, CNBC reported. Social Security won’t disappear completely, but some retirees will likely…