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Jeff Bezos to hand over Amazon CEO role to Andy Jassy on July 5, anniversary of company’s creation

GeekWire

Amazon’s record 2020 results of $386 billion in net sales and $23 billion in operating profits, as noted in a presentation by Brian Olsavsky, chief financial officer, were almost an afterthought. In contrast, there are many successful, small, fast growing retailers that are doing incredibly well selling online. Where are they?

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5 Ways Digital Publishers Can Benefit from eBooks

Kitaboo

have opened opportunities for digital publishers to streamline their operations, publish and distribute faster, reach new audiences and develop new revenue streams. The economies of offset printing encourage publishers to print thousands of copies and distribute these copies through retailers. Would you recommend digital publishing?

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At a loss for data project ROI? Evaluate it like a product

CIO Business Intelligence

The program gave the British retailer unprecedented insight into its customers and their buying habits. Establishing the net value of data operations. Of course, accurately valuing data assets is easier said than done. If a data product is sold directly, the calculation is relatively simple. But what if it is a support tool? “The

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I just earned (and sold) my first Starbucks NFT: How it works, how much I made, and what I learned

GeekWire

With my first Starbucks Odyssey “journey” complete, and Holiday Cheer Edition 1 Stamp #4883 secure in my digital wallet, I gazed with pride at the graphical icon of a Starbucks holiday cup nestled among the trees beneath two twinkling stars, with the sweet satisfaction of virtual accomplishment coursing through my veins.

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How millennials became the burnout generation

Vox

According to Petersen, this is the baseline condition for the vast majority of millennials — whether they work in retail or the gig economy — and it’s become so internalized that most of us can scarcely imagine a different way of being in the world. It’s basically operating without a safety net. Sean Illing. Anne Helen Petersen.

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Death of the HQ? Pandemic hits commercial real estate, but long-term trends still open to debate

GeekWire

Of course, Herd has a vested interest in the future of remote work, and his sample looks to be more anecdotal than scientific. Seattle-area outdoor retailer REI made the surprising decision to sell its brand new Bellevue, Wash., I agree with him,” former Zillow Group CEO Spencer Rascoff chimed in. headquarters complex in August.

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12 famous ERP disasters, dustups and disappointments

CIO Business Intelligence

The company was forced to develop new processes to keep information flowing around the business, and hire a third-party consultant to sort out the ERP system at a cost of $3.8 It managed to salvage just €14 million it had spent on separately developed IT modules that it expected would generate economic benefits in the future.

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