How can a direct-to-consumer menswear brand offer consumers a more personalized dress shoe? Blackstock & Weber CEO and Founder Christopher Echevarria thinks the answer is to provide a bespoke program that allows customers to choose their own materials for preexisting silhouettes. Here’s how the program works and how it will soon receive a digital makeover.   Read More...

Contextual commerce is a beloved buzzword, but actually knowing and understanding what makes a good context for commerce is not wholly obvious. But Peeks CEO Mark Itwaru thinks that by creating the right payments-enabled, social interaction point via streaming might be the right start for creating that right context. Read More...

The era of the 9–5 office worker may be nearing its end as the gig economy transforms more workers into micro-entrepreneurs. But that’s not the only thing changing. How workplaces function and equip gig workers is also evolving to keep up with the emerging digital era. Lots of opportunity — but also lots of new responsibilities.  Read More...