Fortune Just Days Before a Planned IPO, Qualtrics Is Acquired By SAP for $8 BillionFortune - Michal Lev-Ram It appears tech darling Qualtrics won’t get to use the stock ticker symbol “XM” after all. The maker of survey software tools had been expected to go …
Fortune Sam's Club CEO: The 63 Stores We Closed Are Fueling E-Commerce GrowthFortune - Phil Wahba Earlier this year, Sam’s Club announced it was closing 63 of its U.S. stores in a move that raised questions about the prospects of the warehouse …
Fortune Weight Watchers Changes Name to 'WW' in Big Bet on WellnessFortune - Phil Wahba Weight Watchers International (wtw) is getting a leaner name. The company is dropping the “Weight Watchers” name that has been part of popular culture …
Fortune J.Crew Finally Launches a Loyalty Program, Looking to End Long Losing StreakFortune - Phil Wahba J.Crew’s shoppers have been defecting in droves for a long time now, so the apparel chain is trying something new to win back some of their loyalty: …
Fortune Here’s Your Complete Guide to Fortune Brainstorm Tech 2018Fortune - Andrew Nusca Fortune’s annual technology conference, Brainstorm Tech, is a forum for fascinating discussions by some of the industry’s top leaders, thinkers, and …
Fortune Tips from Top Marketers on Balancing Data and IntuitionFortune - Beth Kowitt Marketers have more access to data and means of measurement than ever before. So, where does that leave the more amorphous and subjective tools that …
Fortune 70% of Americans Think Technology Increases People's BiasFortune - Kristen Bellstrom Is technology inherently biased? According to a new poll from SurveyMonkey, the majority of Americans think the answer is an unambiguous yes. A poll …
Fortune Tech Has Opportunity in Europe's Silicon Union, Industry Insiders SayFortune - Clay Chandler Silicon Valley and China are widely recognized as the natural habit of the tech unicorn. In Europe, the species is rare, but that may be changing, …
Fortune raceAhead: U.S. Army Surgeon General on Training EmpathyFortune - Ellen McGirt Short up-top today, I’m taking a day or so to process what I learned at Brainstorm TECH to fold into a longer piece. But I will say this: I came away …
Fortune Thomas Friedman: We're in the Middle of 3 Climate Changes, Not Just 1Fortune - Aric Jenkins Contrary to popular belief, New York Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas Friedman believes we’re in the midst of not just one …
Fortune Match Group CEO: Facebook Is No Threat to UsFortune - Ellen McGirt Mindy Ginsberg has had an interesting first year as CEO of Match Group, the $11 billion dating empire which owns Tinder, OkCupid, and Match.com, and …
Fortune Why Smaller Satellites and Cheaper Tech Are Fueling The Space BoomFortune - Jonathan Vanian You can thank smaller satellites and cheaper technologies for helping contribute to the current space market. During a panel on the space industry on …
Fortune DoorDash Has Big Plans for Its Recent SoftBank-Led $535 Million FundingFortune - Phil Wahba DoorDash won’t be getting into the marijuana delivery business anytime soon, but nonetheless the Silicon Valley startup has high aspirations for its …
Fortune How Companies Can Safeguard User Privacy in the Data EraFortune - Alan Murray Many companies use data they collect about you to make the online services and connected devices you use that much more convenient. But that vast …
Fortune Why China Will Soon Challenge Silicon ValleyFortune - Brian O'Keefe Silicon Valley will soon face fierce competition in global markets from China’s rising tech giants—and they won’t be easy to fend off. That was the …
Fortune How Viacom Plans to Grow Again, As an Independent Company or NotFortune - Aric Jenkins The media industry is undergoing a wave of consolidation. AT&T recently acquired Time Warner (though the U.S. Justice Department appealed the deal …
Fortune Digital Transformations: What It Takes to Overhaul Established OrganizationsFortune - Clay Chandler Change is hard, especially if it involves the digital overhaul of a sprawling organization. That was a point on which five digital transformation …
Fortune What's Stopping Human Performance Technology From Reaching Perfection? Humans.Fortune - Kristen Bellstrom No matter how good the technology around human performance and health gets, it will never be able to shake that one annoying factor that’s holding it …
Fortune Here Are Four Big Sell, and One Big Buy Signal For Tech Stocks, According to This Longtime AnalystFortune - Lucinda Shen How do you get in early on the next Google, Amazon, or Netflix? It’s an imprecise art, and RBC Capital Markets senior tech analyst Mark Mahaney would …
Fortune Venture Investors Are Changing Term Sheets to Include Provisions on ICOsFortune - Polina Marinova You can’t discuss investment trends without mentioning the craze of cryptocurrency ripping through the markets. At a Fortune Brainstorm Tech breakout …
Fortune AI Is a Matter of SurvivalFortune - Robert Hackett Anxieties about artificial intelligence range from the threat of sudden joblessness to robot insurrection. But if companies and governments shy away …
Fortune How Data Privacy Blunders and Conspiracy Theories Helped Fuel the 'Techlash'Fortune - Jonathan Vanian Smartphone addiction, data privacy blunders, and a growth-at-all costs mentality has led to public backlash against the tech industry that some refer …
Fortune U.S. Army Looks to Upgrade Fighting Force With New TechnologyFortune - Aaron Pressman The U.S. Army is establishing a new “Futures Command” to reassess its entire fighting force and technologies and make improvements to prepare for …
Fortune Elaine Chao: Why It’s Taking So Long for Trump’s Infrastructure Plan to LandFortune - Lucinda Shen President Donald Trump pledged to spend some $1 trillion on infrastructure while on the 2016 campaign trail. But such a promise has yet to …
Fortune Why Stripe Gave Up on Bitcoin and Blockchain PaymentsFortune - Jeff John Roberts In 2015, digital payments giant Stripe unveiled a tool for merchants around the world to accept Bitcoin. At the time, Stripe’s news came as further …
Fortune SoftBank Investors Explain the Mega-Fund’s Aggressive Investment StrategyFortune - Polina Marinova If money was not a constraint, what would you do differently in the next five to 10 years? That’s the question Softbank’s investment professionals …
Fortune Why Lyft President John Zimmer Thinks Scooters and Bikes Are SpecialFortune - Jonathan Vanian Lyft’s plan to change how people get to the grocery store and commute to work involves scooters and bicycles. Lyft co-founder and president John …
Fortune One Job AI Won't Replace? Chief Ethics OfficerFortune - Robert Hackett We’ve heard the warnings: The robots are coming, and they’re coming for your job. Whose roles will be safe as the usurper, artificial intelligence, …
Fortune Yahoo Co-Founder Jerry Yang Says He's the Luckiest Person AliveFortune - Aaron Pressman The rise of Chinese Internet giants like Alibaba and Tencent happened as the U.S. tech industry largely ignored that market, Yahoo co-founder Jerry …
