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The pandemic has significantly accelerated the shift to e-commerce and there’s no going back. Instead of going in-store, shoppers are going online. Often, they’re discovering new brands that can fulfil their needs when their traditional go-tos are struggling.
While that may have presented good news for your customer acquisition targets last year it also presents a challenge. How can you sustain this growth, throughout 2021 and beyond?
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For those who believe in democracy, this hasn’t been a good week. Supporters of the brave Alexei Navalny are being beaten up and imprisoned in Russia, with little sign that Vladimir Putin will relax his grip on the country. His clone in Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, seems as firmly entrenched as ever after suppressing weeks of demonstrations over an election that included widespread allegations of vote rigging.
The latest batch of Hong Kong democrats are heading for a long stint in jail; the military in Myanmar have decided to ditch the partial democracy they had tolerated for a few years; one of Africa’s former bright hopes, the prime minister of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed, has launched what looks like a civil war against his political opponents; in Uganda, Yoweri Museveni is digging in as ruler for life.
The Covid-19 pandemic has completely transformed the way we live, work and interact with one another. Across the globe, more and more day-to-day activities are taking place online, further accelerating the digitisation of all sectors. In this context, fostering and maintaining trust between multiple parties becomes increasingly valuable.
America s Trust in the Mainstream Media Hits an ALL-TIME LOW
Published: February 1, 2021
But, there is
most Americans do not trust the mainstream media
According to PR firm Edelman’s Annual Trust-Barometer, fewer than half of all Americans trust the mainstream media despite the constant propaganda onslaught.
Anyone in journalism or media could have told you long ago this would be the case. The dinosaur knowns as Mainstream Media is dying. Before Google conspired with Zuckerberg and other digital giants to crush alternative media, those alternative outlets competed with and beat MSM.
MSM and Big Tech attempted to put a stop to that revolution, but the damage was done. Alternative media gave a large portion of the American people a glimpse of real journalism, and, ever since, MSM has been slowly withering.
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Davos 2021: Key leader takeaways and what they mean for fintech and the environment
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Finextra attended a very different, digital Davos this year which centred on ‘The Great Reset’. Covering global insights into the impact that fintech has on wider issues such as responding to Covid-19, restoring economic growth, and advancing a new social contract, for its 50th year the event also focused on wider themes such as bolstering global efforts to addressing climate change and reaching net-zero objectives.