by Josh Rathour | Feb 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
When the Chinese government first eased the tight restrictions in place since the initial outbreak of coronavirus, back in April last year, the first thing thousands of people did was go shopping. And after weeks pent- up at home many of those people had one type of...
by Josh Rathour | Feb 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
When people look back over the turmoil of the past 12 months, the progression of Digital ID technology isn’t likely to leap to mind as a major historical detail. Not, at least, in the minds of the people who have lived through the stresses and the strains, for whom...
by Josh Rathour | Nov 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
The horrific killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis shook the world. He died within sight of a crowd of horrified bystanders, who pleaded with the police officer kneeling on his neck to relent. He did not. Within hours of the killing, the latest in a long line of...
by Josh Rathour | Nov 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
Out of thousands of people surveyed for a 2018 Barclaycard study into customer habits, 41% admitted they’d abandoned a basket at the checkout stage in the past year shopping online. Shopping in stores, only 24% had walked away from a sale. Overall, Barclaycard...
by Josh Rathour | Nov 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
The news that the Australian economy had slipped into recession for the first time in almost 30 years was as telling for the response it drew from the Federal Government, as it was in itself. What was clear from the measures introduced in October’s federal budget was...
by Josh Rathour | Oct 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
A report released by the CBI in October laid out a stark figure: by 2030 nine out of 10 British workers will need new skills to survive in the jobs market. It came with an equally clear warning, from CBI director general Carolyn Fairbairn, that “a failure to act will...