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Think SoLoMo or SoCoLoMo – Social Commerce, Local & Mobile – For Digital Success

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eCommerce Influence: By 2016, more than half of the dollars spent in US retail will be influenced by the Web. Billion in 2010 to 7.9 Billion in 2015. Influence on Retail: By 2016, $689 Billion will be influenced by mobile retail. Forrester Research: US Cross-channel Retail Forecast 2011 to 2016.

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How to Advance Your Career in HR

HR Digest

The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts a 5% HR career growth rate between 2010 and 2020. As of 2015, Fortune 500 companies are hiring more HR professionals than ever before. Retailers often hire recruiters who oversee salespeople and retail managers. Job Outlook . Work Environment. Top Companies .

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These 6 Sectors of Africa’s Economy Are Poised for Growth

Harvard Business Review

a year between 2010 and 2015, considerably slower than the 5.4% from 2000 to 2010. from 2010 to 2015, compared with 4.1% between 2000 and 2010. trillion in 2015 to $3.5 That points to robust long-term economic fundamentals. Business spending is even greater, and is expected to grow from $2.6

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Unilever’s Big Strategic Bet on the Dollar Shave Club

Harvard Business Review

million Series D in November 2015 — Dollar Shave Club had been valued at $630 million, according to Pitchbook. In 2015, the company’s shifting portfolio was even reflected in its re-classification on the S&P and MSCI indexes from “packaged food” to “personal products.”

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India's Exploding Digital Economy

Harvard Business Review

An Indian investment bank, Avendus, projects 376 million Indian Net users by 2015. Morgan Stanley projects that 3G penetration will reach 22 percent by 2015. A leapfrog effect will mean that three of every four Net users will do so by 2015. It's a reflection of what's happening in the domestic retail space more broadly.

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Whole Foods Is Becoming Amazon’s Brick-and-Mortar Pricing Lab

Harvard Business Review

Now Amazon can supplement that knowledge with direct, proprietary insights about the offline retail world. What Amazon will now study in the brick-and-mortar world – and more importantly, what it learns and how it applies the insights – can transform consumer retail in the United States. Changing price perception.

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Finding the Sweet Spot Between Mass Market and Premium

Harvard Business Review

A decade ago, the Mach 3 razor was Gillette’s premium offering for men, until the Fusion line was launched in 2006 at a 40% price increase, followed by the Fusion ProGlide in 2010 and the Fusion Proshield Flexball in 2016—to name a few of the brand’s major releases. Smaller brands have been picking up the slack.