KLW Commentary

Why 30 Months of GenAI Innovation Should Make Us Optimistic, Not Impatient
Why 30 Months of GenAI Innovation Should Make Us Optimistic, Not Impatient
May 27, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

Relationship experts say that the honeymoon period lasts about two years. After that, the newlywed sheen wears off, and what’s left is navigating the real...

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When Chatbots Replace Search Bars, Who Wins at Checkout?
When Chatbots Replace Search Bars, Who Wins at Checkout?
May 05, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

Perplexity started it in November of 2024 with Buy with Pro. Then Open AI with ChatGPT followed in April 2025. These two large language models...

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What Pinball Tells Us About Spending in the Post-Tariff World
What Pinball Tells Us About Spending in the Post-Tariff World
April 07, 2025  |  Consumer Finance

It takes a lot to get most people to agree on anything. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...

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Why the EV Dream May Be Crashing in America
Why the EV Dream May Be Crashing in America
March 17, 2025  |  Innovation

I have bad news for all of you on the waiting list for the all-electric Maserati MC20 Folgore. It’s been sunset before even seeing daylight....

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Who Is the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumer in America?
Who Is the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumer in America?
March 11, 2025  |  Consumer Finance

A six-figure income, a house in a nice neighborhood, two cars in the garage and kids in private schools — yet still feeling panicked when...

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Higher Prices and Fewer Choices: What American Consumers and Small Businesses Think About Tariffs
Higher Prices and Fewer Choices: What American Consumers and Small Businesses Think About Tariffs
February 19, 2025  |  Consumer Insights

The American consumer has been given a crash course in global trade over the last three weeks. On February 1, 2025, President Trump’s announcement of...

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Five Years Post-COVID, We’re Really Not Shopping (or Doing Much Else) Like It’s 2019
Five Years Post-COVID, We’re Really Not Shopping (or Doing Much Else) Like It’s 2019
January 22, 2025  |  eCommerce

Turns out, we can learn a lot of things about people by studying rats. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...

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The Big GenAI Time and Money Shift
The Big GenAI Time and Money Shift
January 13, 2025  |  artificial intelligence

The average consumer spends about 3 seconds when opening an app on their smartphone. Most open 10 different apps a day. Over the course of...

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The Five Not-So-Obvious Things That Will Change the Digital Economy in 2025
The Five Not-So-Obvious Things That Will Change the Digital Economy in 2025
January 06, 2025  |  Digital Payments

It’s only been for the last 443 years that the start of the new year was celebrated on January 1st.  For millennia before that, it...

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