In a year where business has had to transform the way it meets the needs of society and the environment, family owned businesses risk falling behind, according to a new global survey of 2,801 family business owners. Read more
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09Feb/21
Technology Futurist David Shrier Joins Imperial College Business School
Innovator to develop and deliver classes within the new Centre for Digital Transformation
LONDON, Feb. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Imperial College Business School has expanded its faculty with the appointment of technology futurist David Shrier to the position of Professor of Practice (Artificial Intelligence and Innovation). Continue reading
05Aug/20
Customer Experience Outsourcers Launch Intelligent and Self-service Options to Improve Business Outcomes in Europe
Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis, European Customer Experience Outsourcing Services Market, 2020, reveals that outsourcers are increasingly relying on advanced technologies to meet client requirements in the customer experience (CX) outsourcing services industry. The European market is mature and characterized by demands for specific languages, cultural affinity, and nearshoring. COVID-19 has adversely affected the industry in 2020 and Frost & Sullivan expects total market revenue to reach €16.23 billion, a 7.5% decline. Read more
20Jul/20
Salvatore Ferragamo Embarks on Centric PLM™ Journey
Salvatore Ferragamo, the prestigious Italian fashion and luxury goods brand, has gone live with Centric Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). Centric Software® provides the most innovative enterprise solutions to fashion, retail, footwear, outdoor, luxury and consumer goods companies to achieve strategic and operational digital transformation goals. Read more
21Jun/20
COVID-19 to add £5.3bn to UK ecommerce in 2020
The surge in online shopping caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to add £5.3bn to UK ecommerce sales this year to make a total of £78.9bn. This is according to analysts at Edge Retail Insight, the global trend forecasting arm of retail insights firm Edge by Ascential, who have updated all pre-existing forecasts to account for the significant long-term impact of COVID-19 on consumer shopping behaviours and preferences. Read more
04May/20
Salesforce Announces Work.com to Help Businesses and Communities Safely Reopen
Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), the global leader in CRM, today announced Work.com – new technology solutions and resources to help business and community leaders around the world reopen safely, re-skill employees and respond efficiently on the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic.Read more
15Feb/20
WooCommerce Offers New Services for CBD Merchants
WooCommerce, the popular open-source eCommerce platform developed and supported by Automattic, is publicly offering CBD merchants the choice to connect their stores to services such as Jetpack, WooCommerce Shipping, and WooCommerce Tax.
WooCommerce has been powering CBD stores since the U.S. Federal Government passed the Farm Bill in December 2018.
“WooCommerce is proud to offer CBD merchants secure, efficient services that enable business owners to focus on improving consumers’ lives,” says Paul Maiorana, General Manager of WooCommerce.
By choosing Square as their payment solution, CBD merchants can now extend their WooCommerce store’s capabilities with services such as: Read More
18Nov/19
More Than 250M Women Worldwide Are Entrepreneurs, According to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Women’s Report from Babson College and Smith College
Approximately 252 million women around the world are entrepreneurs and another 153 million women are operating established businesses, according to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2018/2019 Report on Women’s Entrepreneurship, released today by Babson College and Smith College and sponsored by the Korea Entrepreneurship Foundation. This 2018/2019 report provides analysis from 59 economies, aggregating data from two GEM data collection cycles, 10 economies reporting in 2017 and 49 reporting in 2018. Read More
29Jan/18
Fitness trackers reportedly revealing U.S. soldiers’ information
Information about location and staffing of U.S. military bases around the world has been revealed by a fitness tracking company. Continue reading
28Jan/18
Jay-Z is honored with The Recording Academy’s President Merit Award
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (JANUARY 27, 2018) (REUTERS) – Rapper Jay-Z received The Recording Academy’s President Merit Award at Clive Davis’ annual pre-Grammy party on Saturday (January 27) in New York. Continue reading