This story is part of CNBC Make It’s Six-Figure Side Hustle series, where people with lucrative side hustles break down the routines and habits they’ve used to make money on top of their full-time jobs. Got a story to tell? Let us know! Email us at [email protected]. Emily Odio-Sutton remembers the exact moment she made her side hustle’s … Read more
Alex Karp, chief executive officer of Palantir Technologies Inc., walks to the morning session at the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, US, on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Palantir shares popped 13% on Monday and are trading at their highest since early … Read more
The Shopify logo is pictured outside the The Well building on Spadina Ave. in Toronto. Lance Mcmillan | Toronto Star | Getty Images Shares of Shopify popped as much as 22% in early trading on Wednesday after the Canadian e-commerce company topped expectations for the second quarter, citing strong demand despite “a mixed consumer spend … Read more
Andy Jassy, chief executive officer of Amazon.Com Inc., speaks during the GeekWire Summit in Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon is pointing to an unusually busy news cycle as one of the drivers behind its weak revenue forecast. On a call with reporters following the … Read more
In just 17 days after launch, Temu surpassed Instagram, WhatsApp, Snapchat and Shein on the Apple App Store in the U.S., according to Apptopia data shared with CNBC. Stefani Reynolds | Afp | Getty Images Temu and Shein have exploded in the U.S. by going on an online marketing blitz and offering consumers inexpensive goods … Read more
Josh Silverman, CEO of Etsy. Adam Jeffery | CNBC When Etsy launched almost two decades ago, the site attracted artisans and craft makers, who finally had a place online where they could sell their niche products and reach a large audience. But in recent years, Etsy has found itself overrun with mass-produced, generic items from … Read more
Travelers wait to check in at the Southwest Airlines counter at Oakland International Airport in Oakland, California, Dec. 27, 2022. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images After Elliott Management revealed a $1.9 billion stake in Southwest Airlines in June, an initial rally in the stock quickly fizzled. Rather than sparking typical cheer on … Read more
Most mornings, Jacob Heitmann wakes up, eats breakfast and heads to his family’s computer in the basement to see if his 3D-printing business received any orders. If so, he pulls up the design someone ordered — his favorite is a rainbow plastic skull — and puts his 3D printer to work. Most prints take at … Read more
An M&M’s advertisement seen on a gas pump. Courtesy: GSTV The next frontier for the ad market isn’t on TV — it’s in stores and on your phone. Television had long been the key target for advertisers, until tech companies like Alphabet and Meta-owned platforms like Facebook began to gobble up market share. While ad … Read more
E-commerce artisan marketplace Etsy is at a crossroads as it tries to balance declining gross merchandise sales, a tumbling stock price and high inflation with the needs of its 7 million sellers. “After the big increase in both buyers and spending per buyer during Covid, it looks like they’ve hit a wall,” said Jason Helfstein, … Read more
