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Toll workers have secured job security protections and an industry-first 15% superannuation offer in an in-principle agreement which will be put to

Nearly half of truckies know a driver killed on the job and one in two have had wages stolen according to a shocking new survey. It comes as several

As Volkswagen and Toyota face production cuts due to a global computer chip shortage, the University of Sunderland’s Associate Professor in Cultural Management, Dr Derek Watson, discusses the impact he thinks Covid-19 and Brexit is having on supply chains.

Front Desk Supply Overcomes Industry Shipping Delays to Offer PPE Supplies to America’s Hotels Practicing Continued Vigilance as So-Called Vacci-cations Surge Share Article San Diego-based hospitality leader is serving a post-pandemic return to travel, and protecting guests is still a top priority for hospitality executives despite industry disruptions “Some refer to the customer expectation of free, fast shipping as the Amazon Effect. Free shipping is not really free, but it has long been ...

Delivering The Orchestrated Customer Experience: Why – And How – We Need To Rethink The Contact Center By Greg Weber, Eventus Customer expectations have changed dramatically in recent years, both in the B2B and the B2C worlds. “The Amazon Effect,” as it’s often called, created a paradigm in which every retailer can deliver goods ordered within 24 hours, businesses are always open, and customer service responds promptly, even at 2:00 AM. While many retail businesses were quick to catch...

Health is universal and global, yet we experience it individually, personally and locally. It is this essence that drives the innovation that helps us emerge stronger from disruption and contagion. Innovation does more than simply power a multi-billion dollar industry, it powers us forward as a species, and gives us hope for a better tomorrow. For the decade ahead, it’s crucial that innovation is fuelled by what we call ‘Inclusive Intelligence’, a set of behaviours that dentsu has identif...

Close icon Two crossed lines that form an X. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification. Woman online shopping. Tashdique Mehtaj Ahmed/Getty Tashdique Mehtaj Ahmed/Getty Images 48% of retailers are planning a digital transformation in 2021 as a result of the pandemic, BDO said. Their focus will be e-commerce, including social and mobile shopping. 44% of consumers say they will continue online shopping post-pand...

As members of the millennial generation move into their 30s and the average life insurance customer is becoming more and more tech-savvy, insurance companies are forced to invest heavily in digital transformation and offer personalized services on the market. The challenge is how to avoid the common pitfalls on this journey of modernization. From carriers’ culture and change management to product innovation initiatives, here are some trends on the life insurance landscape. The ‘Amazon Effec...

Electronics and phones and things like that, until december 15th. people dont get hit right before the christmas shopping season. it will cost more than $2,000 per family, which is four-times the benefit they got from the tax cut. >> were talking all sorts of goods. clothes. things that people are buying right now. best buy, macys, home depot, american eagle, abercrombie. these are going to be a problem for us. >> and the retail federation has argued with the president, this is going to hurt ret...

Compared to its peers or smaller retailers, you think about the smaller guys that get squeezed in the amazon effect. >> and its not just the fact that internet sales are not taxed in the same way that traditional retail sales are. amazon has only shown a profit one quarter in the last 20 years or so. so as long as they continue to reinvest the proceeds back into their business, they are not paying taxes, but they are squeezing everybody from health care now to whole foods to grocery -- >> delive...