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The road to e-commerce excellence
Business, Intrepid Group Asia, Published on 11/01/2022
» Thailand is on course to have the second-largest internet economy in Southeast Asia, with an expected value of US$53 billion by 2025, according to the "e-Conomy SEA 2021" report by Google, Temasek and Bain & Co.
Covid-19's Omicron Variant Starts to Take Toll on Businesses
Business, Benjamin Mullin & Emily Glazer & Meghan Bobrowsky, Published on 21/12/2021
» Covid-19's accelerating spread has hampered operations and slowed sales at some companies in a matter of days, but many say they hope precautions adopted during previous surges will help them motor through this one.
Companies Respond to New Covid Variant With Concern, Confusion
Business, Chip Cutter & Jaewon Kang, Published on 30/11/2021
» U.S. companies responded to the new Covid-19 variant with a mix of both concern and confusion. Some executives scheduled calls with internal teams to assess the threat or peppered health advisers with questions, while many cautioned that they would hold off in making changes to operations until more is known.
Remote Work May Last for Two Years, Worrying Some Bosses
Business, Chip Cutter, Published on 24/08/2021
» With the latest wave of return-to-office delays from Covid-19, some companies are considering a new possibility: Offices may be closed for nearly two years.
For CEOs, the New Business of Business Is ... Politics
Business, Chip Cutter & Suzanne Vranica & Alison Sider, Published on 12/04/2021
» Big consumer brands like Coca-Cola Co. and Delta Air Lines Inc. for years have positioned themselves as forces for promoting what they see as social good -- an approach they displayed last summer after the death of George Floyd.
LVMH Tells Tiffany Staff to Return to Office Two Days a Week
Business, Suzanne Kapner, Published on 08/02/2021
» After taking control of Tiffany & Co., LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE is telling the U.S. jeweler's employees to come back to the office.
Future of department stores redefined
Business, Published on 19/01/2021
» While department stores have been a familiar destination for Thai people for decades, lower growth and a decline in popularity has been evident in recent years, particularly in 2020 when the pandemic battered the retail sector, according to the property consultancy CBRE.
What CEOs Expect From Biden Presidency: More Predictability
Business, Chip Cutter, Published on 10/11/2020
» Chief executives say they expect that the biggest change with Joe Biden's administration won't be sweeping new policies but a more predictable relationship with the White House.
Covid-19 Pay Cuts Are Coming to an End at Some Companies
Business, Patrick Thomas & Chip Cutter, Published on 24/08/2020
» Some companies are beginning to restore cuts they made to managers' salaries and bonuses in the early, bewildering days of the pandemic shutdowns, a sign that some industries--and their white-collar workers--are benefiting from glimmers of a recovery while millions of others continue to endure job and income losses.
The price of liberty
Business, Vijay Verghese, Published on 28/05/2020
» The late management guru Peter Drucker, who presciently advocated back-office outsourcing and corporate decentralisation at a time when such smart cost-saving techniques were anathema to do-it-all mega-corporations, had a few other tricks up his sleeve.