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October 20, 2019
Cities are the engines of the modern economy. Over half of the world now lives in urban areas, and urbanization continues to shape the trajectory of global growth in unprecedented ways. From Visual Capitalist and Oxford Economics top here are 10 future cities by measures of economic size, population, and GDP growth rate.
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October 27, 2019
Will it truly be the most wonderful time of the year? Bain unwraps this year’s forecast amid mixed macroeconomic indicators.
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November 03, 2019
Every holiday season, there’s one must-have toy. Customers have been known to wait in line for hours, pay massive amounts of money and even physically fight in toy-store aisles during Black Friday sales just to get their hands on the year’s hottest toy
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November 09, 2019
Overall, the average annual cost to organizations has been ballooning for all types of cyberattacks. For example, a single malware attack in 2018 costed more than $2.6 million, while ransomware costs rose the most between 2017–2018, from $533,000 to $646,000 (a 21% increase). - From Raconteur.net
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November 17, 2019
This week’s infographic is from Visual Capitalist and Black Rock. By 2100, over 50% of the world will be living in either India, China, or Africa. Spending power will continue to migrate to older populations. Global consumer spending from those over 60 years is predicted to nearly double, from US$8 trillion in 2010 to a whopping US$15 trillion in 2020.
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November 23, 2019
While the list proves that success builds over time, these classics need to constantly reinvent themselves as their audiences become reliant on new technologies and demand more immersive experiences. - From Visual Capitalist
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December 01, 2019
From AI to gaming, tech startups across the world are attracting huge interest from investors, receiving millions (if not billions) of funding. but while digital media is by far the largest sector when it comes to the number of startups, early-stage funding is slowing and flowing into other industries such as manufacturing and robotics. - From Raconteur
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December 08, 2019
Contrary to popular belief, the hardest part about running a business may not be finding customers, it’s getting one started. If you live in Luxembourg or Argentina, however, it’s a different story─with the process sometimes taking over a year. - From Visual Capitalist
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December 14, 2019
From Visual Capitalist, this infographic covers biometric security from a number of angles, from current use cases to the ways people are outsmarting existing security measures. According to a recent study, facial recognition accuracy jumped 20x between 2013 and 2018. - From Visual Capitalist
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December 22, 2019
Real-time inventory visibility has become a necessity for retailers that want to guarantee in-stock positions for online orders, especially those that must be fulfilled on increasingly tight schedules.- From Impinj and RIS News
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December 29, 2019
One of most impressive gains came from second-ranked China, which is rapidly closing the gap separating them from the United States. China’s brand value surged over 40% to $19.4 trillion — more than the cumulative brand value of the next five countries.
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January 05, 2020
Over the next decade, 5G is set to change the way underserved communities access high-speed data and allow a faster flow of information between devices. It's another innovation that will disrupt retail. - From Goldman Sachs
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January 11, 2020
Of the hundreds of forward-looking pieces of content published in the lead-up to 2020, how many of the expert predictions lined up? Was there a consensus on any particular trend, or were predictions all over the map? - From Visual Capitalist
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January 19, 2020
From a UK / Europe Point of View. We throw a staggering volume of clothes to landfill every year, and the effect that the rise of single-use fashion is having on our environment is shocking. As the average number of wears for each garment continues to fall, more must be done to tackle the problem. - From Raconteur
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January 26, 2020
In a recent survey, actuaries ranked climate change as their top risk for 2019, ahead of damages from cyberattacks, financial instability, and terrorism—drawing strong parallels with the results of this year’s Global Risk Report. - From Visual Capitalist
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January 26, 2020
As many as 90% of consumers say they trust online recommendations for products; and up to 25% of social media shoppers say they use social channels to finalize purchases. - From Retail Touch Point
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February 09, 2020
Think of it as the entire history of modern retail in a single view. In this chart Kantar Retail IQ summarized the shopper dynamics, retailer strategies and supplier responses that were the foundation of global retail’s evolution during each of the seven decades of modern retail. -Kantar
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February 15, 2020
If each country increased its social mobility score by just 10 index points, it could result in an extra 4.41% of cumulative GDP growth for the global economy by 2030—equal to $5.1 trillion. - From Visual Capitalist
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February 22, 2020
The fifth generation of mobile networks is here, and is expected to have a bigger impact on the global economy than any previous iterations, contributing more than $13 trillion to output worldwide by 2035. According to forecasts, China is set to see the most economic gains from the roll-out. -From Raconteur
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February 29, 2020
Since 1950, the amount of people living in cities has risen almost six-fold, from 751 million to over 4 billion in 2018—more than half of the planet’s population. Over the next three decades, cities are projected to add yet another 2.5 billion more people.
This continuing migration to urban areas puts greater pressure on public services as well as urban planning. As a result, cities are implementing solutions driven by technology and data to reduce the added strain created by this growth. -from VisualCapitalist
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March 08, 2020
More than 50% of the global online population have shopped online more than once. How big is global ecommerce? What are we buying online? What percentage of purchases are socially influenced? -from Visual.ly
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March 15, 2020
The more civilized humans became – with larger cities, more exotic trade routes, and increased contact with different populations of people, animals, and ecosystems – the more likely pandemics would occur. -from VisualCapitalist.com
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March 22, 2020
84% businesses AI will enable reach or sustain competitive advantage. 80% of retailers will use IoT to customize store visits by 2021. 32% of retailers expect to add AR/VR for enhanced product experience in 3 years. -from readwrite.com
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March 29, 2020
On the bright side, some analysts are forecasting a recovery as early as the third quarter of 2020. A variety of factors, such as government stimulus, consumer confidence, and the number of COVID-19 cases, will play into this timeline. -from visualcapitalist.com
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April 05, 2020
How Coronaviruses work - The History of Pandemics - Coronavirus Simulator: Limiting the Exponential Threat - Real Time COVID-19 Map - Which Countries are Flattening the Curve - Tracking the Coronavirus: The Latest Figures - COVID-19 Stats and Research -from visualcapitalist
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Tony D'Onofrio
