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Getting off the HR hamster wheel - advice for turbulent times from Bersin's David Mallon

Bersin’s David Mallon discusses HR’s role in riding the turbulence of what could be a bumpy year in 2020.

Plastic pollution - away from the Trump v Thunberg war of words, can tech provide practical solutions?

Plastic pollution remains a huge part of the global environmental crisis. There are some positive tech initiatives that aim to tackle the problem.

WEF 2020 - stakeholder capitalists don't just need to do the right thing, they need to be seen to do it

In an age of social media 'pile ons', accusations of hypocrisy can thrive easily and make fresh demands of advocates of stakeholder capitalism.

WEF 2020 - has stakeholder capitalism really overturned Milton Friedman's doctrine in the digital economy?

Is stakeholder capitalism a thing or just a soundbite to appease corporate conscience?

Is the future of robots in good hands?

The rise of anthropomorphic robot hands – one of the keys to building successful robots – is not just a physical engineering challenge.

How Lands End found its way back to firmer ground via data science and tech focus

Lands End CEO Jerome Griffith inherited an e-commerce company that didn't operate like an e-commerce company. Three years later, things are looking up.

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2020 – Six growth business trends to watch this year

What does your business future look like in 2020? These six trends will bring change and new opportunities, writes Oracle NetSuite’s Nicky Tozer

Breaking up is (too) hard to do for The GAP and Old Navy, so what's the next omni-channel 'big idea' going to be?

Spinning off Old Navy was supposed to be the 'big idea' that would assist The GAP's omni-channel turnaround - except it wasn't. Whatever happens next a new CEO needs to keep up the digital focus.

Photobox focuses on analytics to get full picture on customer experience

A cloud-based data warehouse from Snowflake is part of the UK-based photo-printing company’s drive to become a more insight-driven, tech-focused business.

NRF 2020 - customers are generating a gold mine of operational data, and Oracle wants to do something about it

Retailers are reclaiming the power of storefronts. But that's not going to work if they have a data silo problem. Here's what Oracle had to say about these trends at NRF 2020 - and what they're doing about it.

NRF 2020 - retail must take back control of its digital future, says Microsoft's Nadella as IKEA cuts loose from Amazon

"You cannot be cool by association with a tech vendor." Retailers need to build out and skill up their own digital stacks and not depend on third parties, such as a certain online behemoth...