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Explainer-Obstacles to Overcome Before Ukraine Grain Deal Eases Global Food Crisis
Date: August 1, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – The first ship carrying Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea since Russia invaded Ukraine more than five months ago left Odesa on Monday under a safe passage agreement that has raised hopes hundreds of other vessels will follow. But there are many hurdles to overcome before millions of tonnes of Ukrainian grain...

Helping Small Businesses Get Ready for Today’s Economic Challenges
Date: August 1, 2022
By Emma Crawford-Falekaono, Head of EMEA at Ignition Recently, the rate of inflation in the UK’s Consumer Price Index reached a new 40 year high of 9.4% amidst the cost-of-living crisis, with the Office for National Statistics saying the most significant contributors came from increased motor fuels and food prices. In turn, the costs of...

Why Is Digital Transformation Considered Too Hard and Too Big to Deliver?
Date: August 1, 2022
By Dean Carroll, general manager at Xpedition, looks at the issues. The amount of time customer service teams spend face to face with their banking customers may have been eroded significantly over the last two years, but there are signs that things are bouncing back. Certainly, customers are starting to become more active – bank account...

The Worrying Cost of Sales and Marketing Misalignment (and How Tech Can Help)
Date: August 1, 2022
By James Frampton, Senior Vice President and General Manager EMEA, at SugarCRM The post-pandemic business world is merciless. Having had to rethink operational strategy and seek support from digital products and services to stay afloat during the past two years, companies are facing another scenario – the cost of the misalignment between sales and marketing...

Analysis-Amazon Has a Prime Edge Over Walmart: Richer Customers
Date: July 29, 2022
By Siddharth Cavale NEW YORK (Reuters) – Amazon Inc’s strong quarterly performance on Thursday offered another sign of a split in shopping patterns between more- and less-affluent Americans dealing with the highest inflation in four decades. On Monday, rival Walmart Inc, which caters to a more cost-conscious customer, slashed its second-quarter profit forecast, blaming a...

Unified Observability: The Tool Banks Need to Accelerate Customer Experience and Growth
Date: July 29, 2022
By John Atkinson, Director of Solutions Engineering, at Riverbed Technology The ongoing rise in the cost of living has seen the average smartphone user download multiple financial apps recently — with this number rising by 75% to 5.9 billion people across the globe in 2021. In fact, we’re seeing more traditional banks adapting their services...
