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A leaked Amazon memo may help explain why the tech giant is pushing out so many recruiters

Vox

In its corporate wing, Amazon previously implemented an initiative called “hands off the wheel” that took inventory ordering and other responsibilities out of the hands of retail division employees and handed them over to technology. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy also said that layoffs in the company’s core retail division would occur into 2023.

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Tech Moves: RealSelf appoints interim CEO; Hootsuite hires new CFO; Tune CEO lands at Roku

GeekWire

The startup provides retailers the back-end infrastructure to sell products online. based BioLife Solutions announced Illumina Chief Strategy and Corporate Development Officer Joydeep Goswami will join its board in October. Software development consultancy GenUI promoted Shane Delamore to chief technology officer.

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

CIO Business Intelligence

Rahul Khona has been appointed head of information technology at Nexus Malls, the operator of 16 malls with almost 10 million square feet of retail space across India. Khona has more 17 years of experience across retail, telecommunications, and banking. Based in Mumbai, he will have responsibility for IT strategy and innovation.

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Meet the techies vying for a vacant spot on the Seattle City Council

GeekWire

Shobhit Agarwal Agarwal studied computer science and was a program manager at Microsoft before pursuing an acting career. He now works in retail and ran for city council last year. ” Rachel Andeen Andeen is a software engineer who worked at Microsoft, Amazon, and most recently Dyndrite. .”

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List of the world’s top female futurists (Update #5)

Trends in the Living Networks

Joanna Feeley is the Founder and Managing Director of Trend Bible , a trend forecasting agency based in the UK. Feeley advises some of the world’s best retailers , brands, architects and design agencies, helping them to use future trend insights to inform their strategic, design and marketing decisions. Twitter: @JoyceGioia.

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