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Tom Thumb plans to permanently lay off 97 drivers in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and shift to third-party delivery services as its online grocery business continues to grow. “Our company has made the strategic decision to discontinue using our own home delivery fleet of trucks in several divisions,” including North […]
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Holiday Shopping Shifts to E-Commerce: ETFs to Tap
With retailers having perked up their online deals early in October, the holiday season saw a gala start on an e-commerce bonanza. This is especially true, as the pandemic has pushed the holiday shopping season online this year, as large number of consumers want to avoid gatherings and maintain social […]
Holiday Season Kickoff Reveals Permanent Shifts in Consumer Preferences
As the dust settles on this past holiday shopping weekend, it’s clear that Black Friday is now just another day of the week as industry experts note that consumers have been shopping for holiday deals — online — since October. Primed by Amazon Prime Day, “Black Friday” promotions by Target […]
Qualcomm CFO Overhauls Revenue Metrics as Business Shifts
Qualcomm Inc. finance chief Akash Palkhiwala overhauled some of the chip giant’s revenue disclosures in the latest quarter, a move intended to reveal changes in the company’s business strategy to investors. The San Diego-based company, which develops mobile technologies, for the first time broke out sales generated by its handsets […]
At Genpact Strategy Teams With Finance to Adapt to Market Shifts – CFO Journal.
× Genpact CFO Ed Fitzpatrick and Chief Strategy Officer Katie Stein discuss how they collaborate to help the business adjust to changing customer demand caused by the pandemic, including greater expectations for financial planning and forecasting capabilities. When COVID-19’s multiple business impacts began disrupting Genpact’s business transformation markets, its business […]
Online Dating Shifts in the Pandemic
Most singles searching for love online are looking for qualities such as humor and kindness. Other areas of compatibility singles look for are things like their levels of physical activity or desire to travel (once traveling is a thing again). How Dating Changed in 2020 But there is a new […]
‘Huskers Helping the Homeless’ shifts to an online fundraiser
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – Every year for one weekend in the fall, volunteers from Matt Talbot flood the streets of Lincoln during a home football game to raise funds for their programming for Lincoln’s homeless population. Last year, they raised $50,000 in just one weekend. This year, things look a […]
100 Bowls Of Soup Shifts Focus To Carry On
HERNDON, VA — Like many Herndon small business owners, Katharine Mardirosian had to look at her business in a completely different way due to the coronavirus pandemic. When Patch talked to the owner and founder of 100 Bowls of Soup back in April, she said the Sunset Business Park was […]
Google Shifts Business Apps To Accommodate Stay-At-Home Workforce
Alphabet Inc.’s (GOOGL) Google has announced an overhaul of its Gmail for G Suite business application by integrating its traditional tools to better accommodate the demands of people working from home. The new app does not resemble the traditional Gmail format and has been converted to more of a communication […]
Coronavirus Pandemic Shifts Back-to-School Spending
The coronavirus pandemic isn’t stopping parents from hitting the back-to-school sales, but it may be changing what’s on their shopping lists. Back-to-school spending for children in grades K-12 is expected to hit $28.1 billion — or $529 per student — which is relatively flat from last year, when $27.8 billion […]