The US Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that the number of freelancers, temps, independent contractors and solopreneurs will grow from 30 percent of the workforce today to 40 percent of the total workforce over the next five years.

This year is the year of the voice. If you are a retailer, you need to find out ways that you can market effectively on voice, said panelists at ICSC RECon 2018.

Sure, there are some retail closures, but the ratio is 90 to 10, according to speakers on the capital markets panel at RealShare Southern California, who showed a lot of faith in the future of retail.