The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t been easy for retailers, including Levi, which has suffered losses. But the denim giant is hopeful about a strong, digital-led recovery.
This week - fresh data fuels the remote work productivity debate. Plus: Google's API win, supply chain woes, and agile's deficiencies. Another year of WEF's highs and lows. Your whiffs include the exit of one of the web's worst destinations, Yahoo Answers.
Getting agreement on a global Digital Services Tax model is going to be a big ask, but outbreaks of unilateral policymaking ultimately help no-one. What chance the OECD can deliver a possible solution this year?
ASOS has seen business soar in lockdown, but can it thrive as hospitality re-opens and its core demographic puts on their glad-rags?
A side-effect of the COVID crisis has been a hefty increase in the speed of digital transformation efforts in organizations across all business sectors. Three end users told their stories at Cisco Live 2021.
Kroger had 'a good war' when it came to the COVID crisis, benefiting from the online shift in grocery shopping. But as the Vaccine Economy takes shape, the challenge now is to turn accelerated revenue growth into long term digital profit.
An absolutely fabulous 2020 for e-commerce at the retailer, setting up expectations for omni-growth in the post-pandemic phase.
Yum! Brands owns some of the world's most famous fast food businesses; it also owns "one of everything" from a tech perspective, with analytics high on the menu.
The jewellery firm’s long-standing focus on digitization provided the foundation for some creative solutions to challenging COVID business conditions.
Kingfisher has had a 'good war' in the shift to online, but can its victories be maintained in the Vaccine Economy?
This week - pulling COVID-19 digital lessons from the education sector - but will they stick? Plus: the enterprise buyer one-throat-to-choke debate heats up again. Uber must give UK drivers "worker" status, and tech companies' "diversity theater" gets called out. In the whiffs section, I backtrack on NFTs.
Williams Sonoma has put the time, the effort and the money into omni-channel transformation over the years; it paid off in the COVID crisis and sets the retailer up well for the post-pandemic world.
Gap Inc wants 50% of revenues to come from online within 2 years. It's still got a lot of transformation work to cover off...
Saks Fifth Avenue is being counter-intuitive to omni-channel retail trends as it prepares to break off its e-commerce operation into a standalone online pureplay.
This week - Retailers get another omni-channel gut check in the Vaccine Economy, and Microsoft Exchange suffers a concerning breach. Google's AI firings raise ethical AI scrutiny, and diginomica kicks off our International Women's Day coverage. As always, your whiffs.
Deliveroo's planning a floatation on the London Stock Exchange, just months after airing a threat of bankruptcy. Another sign of the 'good war' that digital delivery platform providers have enjoyed during COVID perhaps, but what lies ahead in the Vaccine Economy?
