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Demand for Akzo Nobel Products Outpaces Supply Despite Price Hike
Date: April 21, 2022
By Valentine Baldassari (Reuters) -Dulux paint maker Akzo Nobel offset first-quarter supply chain issues with a “vigorous” 17% price hike yet demand for its products still outpaced supply, it said on Thursday. “Customers have accepted (the increases),” CEO Thierry Vanlancker told Reuters. “For the bigger industrial customers, they understood exactly what was happening. They weren’t...

Discounter Pepco Vows to ‘protect Prices’ as First-Half Sales Rise
Date: April 21, 2022
By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) -Pepco Group, owner of European discount retailer brands PEPCO, Poundland and Dealz, pledged to “protect prices” for cash-strapped shoppers, as it reported a 17.5% increase in first-half revenue driven by new store openings. The group, which listed on the Warsaw stock market last May with a valuation of 5 billion...

Abb Shrugs Off Uncertainties to Post Big Jump in Orders
Date: April 21, 2022
By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) -ABB shrugged off rising global uncertainties like the war in Ukraine and increasing inflation to post a big jump in orders during the engineering and technology company’s first quarter. The maker of factory robots and industrial drives increased its new order intake by 21% to $9.37 billion, the highest level...

Can Rpa Keep the Lights on in the High Street?
Date: April 20, 2022
By Giap Bui (Ryan), Founder and CEO of akaBot, FPT Software As margins are squeezed, can RPA reduce costs? As consumers blend high street and on-line shopping, can RPA make it seamless? As consumers become more demanding, can RPA improve customer service? If RPA could save the high street, can it be deployed in time...

The ROI of Chat Commerce for Small Credit Unions
Date: April 20, 2022
By Hannes Van Rensburg, Chief Commercial Officer at Clickatell Hannes is an accomplished executive and expert in the payments industry with a keen understanding of the macro drivers as well as the detail intricacies that drive revenue and better the customer experience. Data has shown that credit unions – large and small – have seen...

Leveraging Mobile Tech Key to Beating Retail’s Supply Chain Crisis
Date: April 20, 2022
By Stefan Spendrup, Vice President of Sales Northern and Western Europe, SOTI To understand the impact of the global supply chain crisis on the retail industry, SOTI recently surveyed consumers across eight different countries, as part of its From Clicks to Ships: Navigating the Global Supply Chain Crisis 2022 Report. The findings showed that consumers have been forced...
