The Global Retail Pitch: How the 2026 FIFA World Cup is Redefining Economic Impact

By PYMNTS | June 27, 2026 The Super Bowl is a one-night luxury product, a fleeting spectacle of corporate hospitality. The Olympics is a monumental infrastructure project, often leaving cities with legacy costs that linger for decades. But the 2026 FIFA World Cup is something entirely different: it is a roaming, multi-national retail platform. With…

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The World Cup Ticketing Crisis: FIFA Faces Multistate Investigation Over Pricing and Transparency

By PYMNTS | June 19, 2026 As the global countdown to the 2026 World Cup intensifies, the excitement surrounding the tournament is increasingly being overshadowed by a growing regulatory storm. FIFA, the international governing body of association football, is currently facing intense scrutiny from the attorneys general of four U.S. states—California, New York, New Jersey,…

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