Buy the Book, exclusively from ACEDE 2020 is a year of disruption and change. The inertia and ‘good times’ that allowed companies to postpone innovation has given way to new ways of thinking that force companies to change the ways they do business. Around the world, customers were slowly getting used to ecommerce and online shopping, however Read more…
Ramadan is the holiest month in the Muslim religion. It is a time for prayer, community support, for spiritual and physical cleansing. It is also, traditionally, the peak of consumer spending as families prepare for family gatherings, visiting of relatives and friends. Whilst these things are going to be limited greatly by CoVid19, it is certain that Read more…
I’ve been following a thread on Linkedin about the effects of COVID-19 on retail in the GCC. One of the questions posed was: Should retailers accelerate their venture into e-commerce to compensate (and isn’t the e-commerce sphere already crowded)? Retail is not the only sector that is having to revisit strategies in light of the ‘Black Swan’ Read more…
Have you considered a Progressive Web App? Before we get onto what a progressive web app is and the potential advantages over the apps you are more familiar with, let’s step back a bit and consider the world of mobile customer experience. Despite the Apple fans revisionist view of history, the app existed before the smart phone. Read more…
Successful serial entrepreneur Christina Ioannidis is turning her hand to connecting diversity, skills and networking via the use of an innovative suite of social networking tools. Christina is an organisational and individual development consultant, with a background in telecoms, IT and FMCG who turned entrepreneur. She runs both Aquitude, a consultancy which works with corporate clients to Read more…
Deep-rooted attitudes about what is expected of women are hindering change Suzanne Moore examines the rhetoric that feminism has gone too far and that there are “problems” in employing women (Quotas and women-only shortlists aren’t popular, but let’s face it, they work, 30 April). She rightly points out that feminism seems to be wrongly “blamed for everything Read more…