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Ocado Enters South Korea With Lotte Shopping Deal

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Made.com Becomes Casualty of Britain’s Consumer Squeeze

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Toyota Cuts Output Target Amid Chip Crunch as Profit Tumbles 25%

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UK Manufacturing Shrinks at Fastest Rate Since mid-2020 – PMI

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What Founders and CEOs Can Learn From a Niche Marketplace

Date: October 31, 2022

By Bill Voss, Founder and CEO of Everest.com According to industry analysis from Digital Commerce 360, the top 100 global online marketplaces in the world had $3.23 trillion in sales in 2021, and saw gross merchandise sales increase 18 percent compared to the prior year. Giant marketplaces like Amazon, Taobao, eBay and other large players...

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Five Ways Businesses Can Ensure Long-Term Energy Security, Crisis or No Crisis.

Date: October 31, 2022

By Chris Bowden, Managing Director of Squeaky On 8th September 2022, Liz Truss announced the government’s support scheme for businesses. In her statement, she stated that gas and electricity costs for UK businesses, charities and public sector bodies will be capped for six months. The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) then announced that the scheme (known...

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Fx Solutions Will Be a Key Leverage for Businesses Against a Volatile Pound

Date: October 31, 2022

By Koen Vanpraet, CEO EMEA at Moneycorp, a world-leading payments and FX fintech helping businesses to navigate the complex global payments market. With ONS GDP data estimating the UK economy shrank by 0.3% in August compared to July, a recession seems likely. However, the threat of recession and weakening GDP doesn’t necessarily sound the death...

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Sharing Vulnerability Data Is Fundamental for Customers’ Mental Health; Here’s Why

Date: October 31, 2022

By Tim Farmer, Co-founder and Clinical Director at Comentis The need to ensure vulnerable customers obtain good outcomes – the thread that runs through the Consumer Duty – is crystalising. However, for financial advisers to make truly informed decisions on the important topic of customer vulnerability, all parties involved in the distribution chain will need...

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Exclusive-Output of Apple iPhones at Major China Plant Could Fall 30% Amid Covid Curbs -Source

Date: October 31, 2022

By Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) – Production of Apple Inc’s iPhones could slump by as much as 30% at one of the world’s biggest factories next month due to tightening COVID-19 curbs in China, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said on Monday. Manufacturer Foxconn, formally Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd, is...

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Global Jobs Growth Will ‘deteriorate Significantly’ This Quarter – Ilo

Date: October 31, 2022

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – Global employment growth will “deteriorate significantly” this quarter, hit by the economic turmoil caused by the Ukraine war and by the impact of tighter monetary policy on consumption, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Monday, There are already signs that a recovery in global hours worked that was...