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Consumer spending recovered only modestly, but data signal decline may not be sustained. Consumer...
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(PDF) Mckinsey - Customer Mindshare : The New Battleground in US Re...
As customer expectations continue to evolve, banks need a new way to measure the effectiveness of...
U.S. Companies Put Record Number of Robots to Work in 2018
U.S. companies installed more robots last year than ever before, as cheaper and more flexible mac...
Consumers Love Food Delivery. Restaurants and Grocers Hate It
Fresh food sellers can’t afford to ignore the consumer demand, even though most orders lose mone...
(PDF) Merck - State of Curiosity Report 2018
In the pursuit of human progress, the single most important trait is curiosity – the desire to l...
Disney Builds Massive Solar Facility to Cut Emissions in Half by 2020
Disney, one of world's largest entertainment companies, doubles down on its environmental plan.-...
Brands Create Brain-Tingling ASMR Campaigns
Modern youth have given rise to the popularity of ASMR—an entertainment trend that features soun...
(PDF) Deloitte - The Adoption of Disruptive Technologies in the Con...
Digital reality applications in the consumer products industry have the potential to create opera...
Music Streaming Accounts for 75% of U.S. Music Revenues
Over the past few years, streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music have revolutionized t...
(PDF) BCG - The Emerging Art of Ecosystem Management
Today’s artists express their vision by stretching far beyond the boundaries of canvas and paint...
Virtual Reality Adds to Tourism Through Touch, Smell and Real Peopl...
Back in 2001, an acquaintance who worked for Lonely Planet told me about a surprise discovery. Th...
(Infographic) How AI and Big Data Will Unlock the Next Wave of Mine...
Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are rapidly provi...
JAB Upends Coffee Trading
The owner of Peet’s and Pret a Manger is pressuring suppliers already ground down by low prices....
Are Beer Sales Declining Carbs Push Drinkers To Wine, Tequila
U.S. drinkers ordering vodka sodas don’t want all the calories and carbs.At a recent frat party...
(PDF) Capgemini - Conversational Commerce : The Future for Brands i...
Consumers are adopting smart speakers an order of magnitude faster than they did the smartphone....
The Hot, Lucrative Market in IT Security Talent
The cybersecurity talent shortage has driven up salaries. A look at who’s making what. Upward pr...
(PDF) Mckinsey - Air-Mobility Solutions : What They’ll Need to Tak...
Innovators are designing air taxis and delivery drones. But these won’t take flight unless stake...
Brewing Disruption : 65+ Startups Could Revitalize The Industry
Self-poured drinks, AI-driven brew, connected kegs — here are the startups coming to disrupt you...
(PDF) PwC : Making 5G Pay
Monetizing the impending revolution in communications infrastructure.The next generation of cellu...
US Digital Ad Spending Will Surpass Traditional in 2019
Amazon’s ad business to grow more than 50%, taking bite out of duopoly.This year will mark a maj...
Apple, Goldman Sachs Team Up on Credit Card Paired With iPhone
Both companies are seeking new revenue sources as their bread-and-butter businesses struggle. Car...
Mckinsey - Cutting Through the 5G Hype : Survey Shows Telcos’ Nuan...
Operators see a marginally positive business case, expect rollout at scale to take until 2022, an...
(Infographic) The Science Behind the $13 Billion Medical Cannabis I...
There’s nothing quite like cannabis in the plant kingdom. Beneath its humble surface, over 750 u...
(PDF) BCG - Resolving the Blockchain Paradox in Transportation and...
The best blockchain networks are often the hardest to create. A fundamental paradox relating to b...
Mckinsey - Bringing Agile to Customer Care
Early adopters are achieving impressive performance gains by empowering frontline workers to exce...
China Buys One Out of Every Two Electric Vehicles Sold Globally
China’s overall car sales might be declining—but electric vehicle sales nearly doubled from the...
(PDF) Mckinsey - The State of Fashion 2019
Shoppers, particularly younger ones, have social and environmental issues on their minds. Here’s...
Samsung Quits Making New Blu-ray Players
The beginning of the end for physical discs ?Slowly but surely, spinning discs are dying out, and...
(PDF) BCG - Get Ready for the Chinese Internet’s Next Chapter
Now that China’s internet giants have performed a digital makeover on fundamental aspects of Chi...
(PDF) BCG - The New Freelancers : Tapping Talent in the Gig Economy
Will job security erode with the advance of a digital “gig economy”? Will freelance workers, be...
Mckinsey - How to Capture What the Customer Wants
Companies often fail across digital channels because they are insufficiently aware of the real ne...
Visualizing the Funding Behind the Most Innovative Fintech Companies
The most innovative fintech companies have two things in common. They’re getting a lot of attent...
