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Zebra Technologies Appoints New CEO and Executive Board Chair

Retail TouchPoints

Zebra Technologies has named Chief Product and Solutions Officer Bill Burns as its next CEO and board member, effective March 1, 2023. Burns, a 30-year technology veteran, joined Zebra in 2015 as the company’s SVP of Enterprise Visibility and Mobility, and was promoted to the product and solutions chief role in 2018.

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Are PWAs At An Inflection Point?

Forrester eCommerce

Progressive web apps (PWAs) have been around since the standard was created by Google in 2015. Apple’s notable reluctance to embrace PWA technology has kept […].

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Why Automation May Not Mean Workforce Reductions

Forrester eCommerce

Tech leaders and business executives invest in process automation technologies because they expect that productivity gains will translate into cost savings through reduction in employees. But lessons drawn from Forrester’s 2015 forecast, Death Of A (B2B) Salesman, raise doubts on that theory.

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CEO of MATCHESFASHION, Dr Nick Beighton, confirmed as headline speaker at the Retail Technology Show

365 Retail

The Retail Technology Show has announced that Dr Nick Beighton, CEO of MATCHESFASHION and Chairman of Secret Sales, will join its headline speakers as part of its 2024 conference programme. Register for free to attend the industry’s flagship event which brings the magic of retail to life, here.

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Technology Paves the Way in Defining and Measuring the Impact of Corporate Giving

Retail TouchPoints

CSR technology helps retailers to execute their charitable initiatives with robust, flexible, scalable solutions that allow for the agile deployment of these programs. CSR is more than just a one-time commitment to a cause, and the most effective programs require full company buy-in and reliable, scalable CSR technology to make them work.

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Nordstrom Names Ex-Target and Walmart CFO to Top Financial Post

Retail TouchPoints

Smith brings extensive experience in retail finance posts, including serving as CFO at Walmart from 2010 to 2014 and at Target from 2015 to 2020. This is the second Nordstrom C-suite appointment in recent weeks: the retailer named Jason Morris as its new Chief Technology and Information Officer in April.

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Another One Bites The Dust: Why Verizon’s Divestiture Of AOL And Yahoo! Is No Surprise

Forrester eCommerce

to private equity group Apollo for a hefty $5 billion, backing off its foray into media and advertising technology (adtech) and retrenching to its core competence as a mobile telco. When Verizon acquired AOL in 2015 and then Yahoo! […]. This news should come as no surprise.

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