Tag Archives: Covid-19

Only 28% of consumers surveyed in UK, believe the companies they interact with across retail, healthcare and financial services, now deliver an improved digital experience compared to before the pandemic. The findings from a new study from VMware of more than 2,000 consumers, reveal that while there has been a …

Engaging with the audience or knowing your customer is a top priority for any sales environment and both in-store and online shopping experiences are no exception. Just as advertising is designed to subliminally appeal to the target market, shoppers should feel that they are being guided through the shopping experience …

New research into the impact of COVID-19 on physical security purchasing decisions has revealed a sharp increase in the necessity/urgency for businesses to adopt hosted video surveillance (VSaaS) and access control (ACaaS) solutions. While 70% of 1000 senior decision makers in IT, security, FM and HR roles agree this to …

Vodafone has announced an investment of €20 million by the Vodafone Foundation to expand Foundation digital skills and education programmes by funding local initiatives in Albania, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Turkey, and the UK. This investment is expected to reach 16 million …

Pete Watson, CEO at Atlas Cloud discuses how how businesses can act to guard against a second wave of Covid-19 cyber-security attacks. This year has brought the biggest-ever shift in working patterns, with hundreds of millions of people switching to homeworking due to Covid-19. In 2019, only 5% of British …

Fifty-eight per cent of UK business decision makers have admitted that security remains the biggest barrier to public cloud adoption in their organisations, according to new research from Centrify. The research, conducted by independent polling agency Censuswide via a survey of 200 business decision makers in large- and medium-sized enterprises in …

Last year, hackers were as active as never before, taking advantage of users’ vulnerabilities and the economic disruption amid the global COVID-19 pandemic. The number of cyberattacks is growing steadily every year, and 2020 was again the year that saw a great peak in cybercrime. According to the Risk Based Security …

Mark Hook, Global PR Director, Brightpearl considers the long-term impact of Covid-19 on the retail industry.  The pandemic has placed a huge strain on British retailers.  There’s no doubt it is creating dramatic changes in how and where we shop, and its likely we’ll new trends over the next year …

Just 6% of British shoppers are planning to buy business suits in 2021, according to a new Brightpearl survey on how Covid will impact on spending. The survey points to a crisis in the luxury sector with a major switch away from ‘frivolous’ spending. Just 8% of shoppers had made …

GEKKO’s managing director, Daniel Todaro reflects on how the Gekko team is coping with its new working from home environment amidst the pandemic and ways to boost productivity for all. Just like many businesses, the Gekko team is continuing to work from home to ensure the safety of all. It …