Quite a lot has been going on:
Home Shoppers Can Now Access Home Energy Ratings Through House X Marketplace | Texas News |
AUSTIN, Texas, March 31, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- House X™, a consumer-focused residential real estate online marketplace and network of affiliated brokerages, today announced its collaboration with Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET), a nonprofit organization focused on improving the energy efficiency of homes, to provide energy rating scores to House X home shoppers and buyers.
RESNET's industry-leading standards, also known as the HERS Index (Home Energy Rating Standards) are recognized by the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, among others.
How COVID made high-frequency data an economic go-to - Marketplace
Last year, COVID-19 changed the economy so fast that economists needed a different kind of data to help them understand it.
Monthly indicators based on government survey data that take weeks to collect and process proved too slow for analyzing the abrupt changes caused by the pandemic, so economists from academia to Wall Street to the Federal Reserve began tracking more timely data that measures economic activity in close to real time.
"What we think of as sort of nonstandard, high-frequency data, that's become a very important thing," said Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell at a press conference in July.
H&M affirms commitment to China amid consumer boycott - Marketplace
H&M is trying to recover from an uproar in China. The clothing retailer last year said it would no longer source cotton from Xinjiang, a province where the U.S. and other governments allege China is holding at least 1 million Uyghurs in forced labor camps, which China denies. Other brands like Nike and Adidas have distanced themselves from suppliers in the region.
In response, Chinese consumers boycotted H&M . The retailer was removed from a major e-commerce platform and its locations were removed from online maps . H&M reported a quarterly loss today and released a statement saying it was dedicated to regaining the trust of Chinese consumers.
In case you are keeping track:
Embedded procurement will make every company its own marketplace – TechCrunch
In 2019, my colleague Matt Harris coined the term " embedded fintech " to describe how virtually all software-driven companies will soon embed financial services into their applications, from sending and receiving payments to enabling lending, insurance and banking services, an idea that quickly spread within the fintech community.
Vertical apps such as Toast for restaurants, Squire for barbershops and Shopmonkey for car repair shops will deliver financial services to businesses in the future rather than traditional, stodgy financial institutions.
Amsterdam-based unsold fashion marketplace Otrium raises $120 million in series C funding, eyes
Amsterdam-based Otrium has raised $120 million in a fresh round of funding co-led by BOND and Index Ventures , and saw follow-on investment from Eight Roads Ventures .
"The surge of online shopping triggered by the pandemic could grown online sales to up to 25% in the next few years,” said Liz Bacelar , retail tech analyst and host of podcast Innovators . "Most outlet stores are not connected to e-commerce and Otrium could be a catalyst for growth in this space."
The Biden administration's expansive view of "infrastructure" - Marketplace
Why this small business said goodbye to the office for good - Marketplace
Like many workplaces, Response Marketing in New Haven, Connecticut, went fully remote due to the coronavirus pandemic. One year later, the marketing and advertising agency has given up its office space for good.
"Just this week, we moved the last of our stuff out of the office," said Carolyn Walker, Response’s CEO and managing partner. "And I'm not planning to go back into a physical space."
Carolyn Walker: You know, it hasn’t been an easy year for anyone, but you know some, some have fared better than others. Some of our clients took a really hard hit at the beginning and are starting to climb out and other clients actually surged.
