As on-demand services are either getting to scale and getting profitable or getting gone, Handy is working hard to broaden its user base by leveling up from being mostly a cleaning service to becoming everyone's handyman on demand. And now they have Move Loot's list, and aspirations toward adding storage to the list of things they do that customers would prefer not to have to do themselves.   Read More...

The Brexit gave retail investors around the world a spook like they haven't had since the good ol' 2008 financial crisis, but it looks like the worst of the predictions on the sky falling on the retail economy aren't going to come to pass. That doesn't mean that some retailers are in hotter water thanks to the Brexit vote, just as it doesn't affect those merchants who would've already found themselves on the Chapter 11 Watch regardless of if they wanted to Leave or Remain.    Read More...

Walmart has ambitious plans to add $250 billion worth of new American-made goods and products to its stores by 2023. Along with the added goods, this will create about 1 million new American jobs. Is it too good to be true?   Read More...