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For online enterprises everywhere, business is booming. With bricks and mortar stores and high streets around the UK in somewhat of a hiatus as they transform into more appealing prospects for shoppers, consumers are spending more online and are increasingly comfortable with doing so. With this comfort comes a greater level of understanding and expertise among consumers. Generation Z and Millennial consumers, in particular, know what they want and they know how to use technology to help them fin...
How apps are helping businesses keep up with evolving consumer demand
For online enterprises everywhere, business is booming. With bricks and mortar stores and high stree...
Acqui-hiring: M&A strategy to boost talent pool and enterprise value
In tech, who you have working for you is everything. If you don’t have the best talent, you&rs...
Carve-outs and bolt-ons surge as COVID prompts firms to refocus
Corporate and private equity dealmaking has been heavily disrupted since the onset of COVID-19 last ...
Staycation summer makes domestic travel a hot sector
As the UK moves closer to the end of lockdown (preliminarily set for June 21st), many people’s...
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