Young consumers around the world adore the serendipitous nature of online shopping today. They can discover exciting new brands, great prices and wide choices when they’re browsing beyond familiar, domestic websites for fashion, health and beauty, and homewares.
The Challenger disaster. A part of the shuttle known as the O-ring was faulty. NASA employees knew about the fault before the disaster, but they either ignored the problem or were disregarded when they tried to alert higher-ups about the issue. Single loop learning had failed NASA and it ended in disaster.
There can be little doubt that the last few years have been among the liveliest in online retail on record. While the sector has seen years of relentless incremental growth, several factors converged in 2020 to instigate a boom in eCommerce, and a quickening of its growth in share of all sales.
As the economy springs back into action following two turbulent years, businesses are considering how to recover after the pandemic and maximise their commercial success. The role that events can play in this post-pandemic recovery should not be overlooked.
When the founder of an e-commerce company is looking to sell their business in the mid to long run, there are a few things they need to do first to make sure that they get the valuation they want and ensure a smooth process.
CYL-HUB comes to León with two days of innovation and technological and social entrepreneurship on 5th and 6th of May
Every now and again, a complex area of law is thrust into the limelight by the circumstances of a particularly high-profile case.
There’s no doubt about it: today’s economy and sociopolitical outlook are impacting the ability of start-ups to fundraise. Early data during the pandemic showed a 50% drop in funding compared to the same weeks in 2019, and while there was significant uptick in venture capital in 2020, early stage companies still suffered.
Global crises like the current Corona and Ukraine crisis throw us into an ocean of uncertainty. And it isn’t over yet. We are probably facing a whole decade of drastic change, uncertainty, and upheaval.
COVID-19 has fundamentally changed the way restaurants operate, accelerating adoption of online ordering and delivery technology like never before as dining rooms closed and customers spent more time at home.
Tramshed Tech’s Startup Academy sees Porter, Avid and Surple become the latest ones to watch in Wales after being awarded a support package from Google for Startups on Demo Day.
A group of VCs and investors including Startup Wise Guys and Pointer Capital recently invested into the seed round of Copernic Space, a blockchain-based platform to enable the purchase of space assets and investment into space ventures by the mass market. The increased interest in the new budding sector applying blockchain technology to open wider commercial access to space and related investments marks the beginning of a new market.
The Coalition for a Digital Economy (Coadec), an independent policy organisation advocating for startups and scaleups across the UK, have recently taken a regional focus and turned their attention to Wales.
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly two billion frontline workers across the world have played a vital role in supporting our communities and economies, all while battling various health risks, supply chain problems, and labour shortages.
As brands aim to connect with consumers, they have to stand out among the crowd. With the average consumer seeing up to 10,000 ads a day, brands constantly fight for consumers’ attention with print and digital ads among a slew of other content on social media apps as they scroll — not to mention trying to stand out with unique product design and brand appeal.
LitiGate, the AI-powered litigation lifecycle management platform, has announced the results of a new, ‘peer-reviewed’ study that compared the abilities of humans and artificial intelligence to manage, explore and analyse a legal dispute.
What do you do if your business is rapidly growing, and work is unrelenting? It’s easy, right? You focus more, you burn the candle at both ends, you work harder and longer.
Increased digitalisation and the changes to the labour market brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic mean that working from anywhere has not only become possible but also acceptable to an increasing number of people. This is therefore changing the way we work, as well as how we buy, sell and share goods and services.
Logistics is a fast-growing sector of activity, and mobility is essential to our way of life. At the same time, the supply chain sector is the most significant contributor to environmental pollution. It is the first sector in the emission of greenhouse gases and the first consumer of petroleum products.
If the goal is to make your startup a success story, the last thing you want to do is underutilise social media. Platforms like Instagram, Pinterest, Youtube, Twitter, Facebook, and Tiktok present sizable opportunities to grow brand awareness, better customer service, and increase sales.
