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Predictions 2022: Sustainability, Digital Divide Shape Edge, IoT, And Networking

Forrester Digital Transformation

In 2022, edge and IoT will power sustainability efforts while investment in smart technologies will surge. Learn more in our 2022 predictions.

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BigCommerce vs Shopify: The never-ending battle of evolution

Groove Technology

Along with the continuous technological improvement of humankind, participating in eCommerce is no stranger to any business in the transition to multi-industry digitization on a world scale. The eCommerce market is booming, and individuals, companies and organizations want an online store to connect with customers/end users. Starting an eCommerce business also means facing every new trend that seems to be a basic necessity and high expectations from eCommerce platforms.

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Aloha wegg® Fans: Get Ready for Our Next Wegginar® With Kiani Wong from Kaka?ako Kasuals on 11/3 at 11AM CT

The Global Small Business Blog

©2021 Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global®. All rights reserved. Kiakahi (Kiani) Wong is the President and CEO of Kaka?ako Kasuals, a Native Hawaiian-owned and operated footwear company based in Honolulu, Hawai'i. She specializes in B2B wholesale trade, sourcing, inventory management and product development for her company. During the first year that she ran the business, Kiani grew topline revenue by 40% and online sales by 100%.

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From the great attrition to the great adaptation

McKinsey and Company

To keep top talent in the fold, managers must actively change their leadership styles—focusing less on controls and more on culture and connections.

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The HR Leader’s Workforce Management Guide

In today’s fast-paced business world, effective workforce management (WFM) isn’t just an option—it’s a necessity.

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Predictions 2022: 2022 Will Go Down As The Year Executives Were Forced To Care About EX

Forrester Digital Transformation

The turbulence that your employees survived has placed them in a different state of mind. They expect improved resources to enable their success at work; they may even want different outcomes for their careers. Discover our employee experience predictions for 2022.

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Martech, Customer Personalization, and Talent: 3 Ways Enterprises Will Succeed Post Pandemic

Perficient Digital Transformation

Eric Enge, President of Pilot Holding and founder of Stone Temple Consulting, contributed to this article. Over the past two years, businesses have seen an unprecedented level of disruption. High rates of change were already underway in early 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated these changes as consumer buying behaviors suddenly and dramatically shifted.

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US holiday shopping 2021: Strong demand meets big challenges

McKinsey and Company

As holiday shopping ramps up—and supply-chain issues persist—forward-looking retailers are already doing things differently. Maintaining customer loyalty will be key.

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Predictions 2022: Banks Will Double Down On Innovation

Forrester Digital Transformation

To compete and survive in an increasingly unpredictable, post-pandemic world, banks will invest heavily in technology, talent, and sustainability in the coming year.

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Lessons and Strategies for Working Parents

Perficient Digital Transformation

I’ve heard people say, “I never knew how productive I could be until I had children!” While stressful at times, there is also much joy and satisfaction that comes from a fulfilling home and work life, especially when work-life balance (and career growth ) are prioritized by your employer — two reasons people often cite as to why they love working at Perficient.

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First Move on Climate Action By Businesses

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/studio-fi The World Economic Forum and US Office of the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry launched the First Movers Coalition to take climate action. Let's face it, our planet is in peril. Rising temperatures and harsh weather patterns—once risks that were on the horizon—have arrived. Tragic flooding in Europe and Asia this summer, intense storms rolling across the Americas this fall, and record heatwaves in the Arctic this year all tell the same story: climate change is

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We’re Here to Help! How to Navigate Your Top HR Priorities

Are you helping your people proactively plan for retirement? How are you prioritizing the mental health of your HR team? These are a few of the questions that HR professionals are seeking answers to today. Luckily, Gallagher’s consultants came together with four robust articles (and one infographic) that help address these pain points and provide you with proactive planning tips to help you simplify, personalize and create flexibility in your benefits offerings to help ensure your people thrive

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The CIO agenda for the next 12 months: Six make-or-break priorities

McKinsey and Company

With the post-pandemic economy taking shape, CIOs can evolve IT’s mission to shape the business.

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NFTs Are Having A Bromance With US Males

Forrester Digital Transformation

State Farm is jumping onto the NFT bandwagon with a football-themed treasure hunt running November 4–7. The insurance company is just the latest of a quickly growing list of brands experimenting with nonfungible tokens since they started gaining marketers’ attention back in March with the launch of NBA Top Shot. That same month, NFTs officially […].

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Women in Digital Panel: Your Questions Answered

Perficient Digital Transformation

Recently, we hosted a Women in Digital panel discussion with special guest Morgan Pressel from Team Perficient. Our additional panelists included Meghan Flynn from Ideal Industries, Amy Patel from Toyota, and Loni Stark from Adobe. This panel was brought together for a special breast cancer awareness month edition that helped raise $2,000 for both The Morgan Pressel Foundation and Pink Ribbon Girls , generously provided by Perficient and Adobe.

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Capacity Building For Women Exporters

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/Ridofranz The Nigerian Export Promotion Council, through the Export Expansion Facility Program, has begun a capacity-building workshop to train 100 women-owned businesses on how to export their products. The purpose of the training is to ensure improved packaging, branding standardized certifications and enhancing knowledge of relevant international trade agreements.

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Challenges and Solutions in High-Volume, High-Stakes Hiring

Facing a hiring surge that feels like conducting a complex orchestra? Our guide is your roadmap to harmonious high-volume hiring. In it, you’ll learn: Strategies to maintain quality while hiring at scale The real math behind agency vs. in-house recruiting Secrets to a stellar candidate experience during hiring spikes Resource optimization techniques for stretched TA teams Don't let resource constraints or market pressures derail your hiring goals.

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CEO dialogue: Perspectives on productivity and sustainability

McKinsey and Company

Leading manufacturers are setting tomorrow’s standards for tech-enabled efficiency, growth, and environmental responsibility.

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Predictions 2022: Smart infrastructure investments accelerate in APAC

Forrester Digital Transformation

When Forrester looked at Internet of-things (IoT) investment trends in APAC in early 2020, we found that smart manufacturing was the dominant market for IoT consultancies. Smart infrastructure was second. Enter COVID-19 and fast forward to 2022 we expect smart infrastructure investments to take the lead. In 2022, investments in smart infrastructure will increase by […].

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Commerce Expert Quoted in Fluent Commerce Drop Ship Vendor White Paper

Perficient Digital Transformation

We’re excited to present 5 Questions to Ask when Evaluating a Drop Ship Vendor , a white paper written in collaboration with our partner, Fluent Commerce and Perficient’s Directors of Commerce, Devanshu Sood, and Steve Gatto. Sood provided a key piece of advice to organizations looking to incorporate a DSV into their strategy, “The first step towards considering drop shipping is to ensure your current systems are adequate enough to handle the growth that comes along with it, starting with an ord

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Pandemic Global Small-Business Boom

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/ipopba The global pandemic has disrupted businesses around the world in vastly different ways, but particularly small and medium-sized businesses (SMB), which make up more than 90% of the total worldwide. Many businesses closed their doors temporarily and others for good, while some saw unprecedented growth. What's striking has been the innovation born from this worldwide disruption , as a host of new digitally native businesses were created to meet evolving needs, new market opportuniti

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Best Practices to Streamline Compensation Management: A Foundation for Growth

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.

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Unlocking the value of 5G in the B2C marketplace

McKinsey and Company

Telcos are confident they can monetize 5G core in the B2B arena, but the value proposition for consumers is less clear. A slew of promising innovations could change that.

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To Win Customer Loyalty, Make Customers Feel Valued, Appreciated, And Respected

Forrester Digital Transformation

Each year, we find that emotion has a bigger impact on customer loyalty than effectiveness or ease. This blog post discusses the emotions that have the biggest impact.

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Perficient Listed in Forrester Now Tech: Global Digital Experience Services, Q4 2021

Perficient Digital Transformation

Delivering great digital experiences for your customers has never been more important. And as digital engagement becomes increasingly omnipresent – involving multiple touchpoints across offline and online channels – it’s also never been harder to achieve. Choosing the right partner to combine creativity and implementation to illuminate and differentiate your experiences is key to success.

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Today in Global Small Businesss: VCs Adapt to Meet a Global Startup Market

The Global Small Business Blog

©iStock/peshkov What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners: How VCs are adapting to meet an increasingly global startup market. Are Chinese marketers outperforming their western counterparts? United Airlines explains its international expansion strategy. Quote of the week: "The smallest company in the world can look as large as the largest company on the web." – Steve Jobs Top 5 l ocalization management platforms.

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Why (and How) to Switch to a New HR & Payroll Platform

Speaker: Speakers:

HR and payroll impact every aspect of your business. Choosing the right provider is one of the most important decisions you’ll make. Before you decide, hear first-hand customer accounts in Paycor’s webinar to learn: The three most important things to look for when switching. How to begin your search. What are some of the red flags?

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Central Europe’s great gender opportunity

McKinsey and Company

Growth has slowed in Central and Eastern Europe, where women account for 60 percent of all college graduates and only 45 percent of the labor force. A new McKinsey report shows that closing the gap could reignite economies across the region.

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Predictions 2022: Customer Insights Pros Must Act Decisively, Or They’ll Get Lost In The Fog

Forrester Digital Transformation

A subset of bold, creative, and collaborative customer insights pros will be up to the task at hand in the coming year – their jobs is all the more important as they must now react to and anticipate vacillating consumer behavior.

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11 Web Developer Certifications That Are Worth Looking Into

Designveloper

Web designers are versatile. They need to have a diverse skill set that helps them develop websites for any purpose. However, many web designers specialize in a particular field, such as web development or UX design. Web developers are responsible for the logical aspects of website design. They create the code that makes everything work together seamlessly to produce an aesthetically pleasing design, which is what you see on screen.

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Open Access BPO Participates in Annual NYC Marathon

OpenAccess BPO

Open Access BPO is once again participating in the TCS New York City Marathon, set to take place this Sunday, November 7. The multilingual call center joins the prestigious event as a major sponsor of Ryan’s Run, a nonprofit organization and NYC Marathon Silver Charity Partner. This sponsorship supports charity healthcare system Allied Services and […].

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Transform Employee Wellbeing and Control Costs Through Data-Driven Strategies

In today's dynamic business environment, HR leaders face immense pressure to optimize costs while maintaining a competitive edge to attract, retain and engage their workforce. Gallagher can help you meet that challenge head-on. Our proprietary data and people analytics platform, Gallagher Drive ® , provides the elevated insights you need to make impactful program decisions that are aligned with your organizational goals and set your strategy up for long-term success.

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Author Talks: Paul Polman on business as a force for good

McKinsey and Company

Climate change and inequality are threatening our very existence. For a better future, business must step up.

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“Predictive” Marks A New Era In Customer Experience Management

Forrester Digital Transformation

Forrester has launched a new feature in its FeedbackNow platform that lets brands move into the predictive era of customer experience. Learn more here.

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8 simple steps to the web design process that you might want to know

Designveloper

Websites are everywhere and it can be difficult to know where to start. They’re a powerful marketing tool and a way to show off your company’s products and services, but they can also be a lot of work and time to design. With so many web design tools available, it’s easy to get lost in the process. But with this simple guide, you’ll learn how to make sure your website is as successful as possible.

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10 tips for writing cleaner code in any programming language

Unosquare

In my first years as a front-end developer, I was part of a team of developers where the Tech Leads were very worried about "cleaning" the code. In retrospect, I understand what they were asking of me: that my code needed to be very descriptive so that anyone could understand it. If someone reviewed my code, they should realize quickly and easily how we solved the user stories of the client.

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Foundations of Diversity: Building an Inclusive Company From the Ground Up

Can you guess why top-tier companies place such a high emphasis on diversity? Because a successful business mirrors the world around it. Diverse companies create empowering environments and are 35% more likely to financially outperform their peers. This new guide offers strategic insights to build a vibrant, diverse, and innovative workforce. Learn to assess your current workforce, understand demographics, and identify barriers to inclusivity.