Open Data troves held by tech giants will be forced open, to benefit consumers & level the playing field for rivals. Further crackdowns likely: ban on sharing data across their businesses, unwinding of mergers, new rules/fines for use of personal data. The pain will fall mainly on their reign over internet search, digital advertising, e-commerce &…
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White elephant When it arose, Canary Wharf was called a white elephant. But in 2012, it overtook the City of London as an employer of bankers & 120,000 people now work there. New challenge: how to remain king of the jungle & adapt its fortress-like towers to the open, flexible workspace now in vogue? Guessed…
Omni-channel Clicks to bricks! Omni-channel retail works as we prefer a memorable buying experience to just spending money on a product/ service. A physical presence drives the buyer back to the e-commerce portal – the fabled ‘halo effect’. Innovative e-tailers jump from digital to physical, & reinvent themselves with a bricks-&-mortar shop Guessed the Word? …
Office Wooden desks to cubicles to open-plan, ‘work anywhere’ now means ‘office’ is any location with internet. With no office, workers may have to use ‘cargo pants’ to store items. But new research shows open-plan doesn’t boost productivity, communication nor morale What’s the Word? Series 2 (9/10) [photo: Pinterest]