Manchester's WAWWA Triples Turnover After £120,000 Digital Factory Upgrade
Companies

Manchester's WAWWA Triples Turnover After £120,000 Digital Factory Upgrade

The UK clothing maker says a Made Smarter-backed move from manual patterns to CAD/CAM and automated cutting cut grading ...

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Why Procurement Is Lagging on Agentic AI—and How Leaders Can Catch Up
Technology

Why Procurement Is Lagging on Agentic AI—and How Leaders Can Catch Up

New HBR analysis shows procurement trails every major function in agentic AI adoption, despite the clearest ROI case. Th...

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Retail Tech in July: Robots, AI Assistants, 3D Imaging Reshape Stores
Retail

Retail Tech in July: Robots, AI Assistants, 3D Imaging Reshape Stores

From inventory robots at HomeBase to voice AI drive-thrus at Taco Bell and a paid loyalty tier at Dick’s, July 2026 brou...

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PENNY Marketing Chief: AI Recommendations Are the New Search Rankings
Retail

PENNY Marketing Chief: AI Recommendations Are the New Search Rankings

Lucian Pavel, head of marketing at PENNY, says brand visibility in AI assistant answers is becoming as critical as top p...

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Why Cloud Computing Remains a Core Investment Theme as Digital Demands Intensify
Technology

Why Cloud Computing Remains a Core Investment Theme as Digital Demands Intensify

As enterprises race to innovate faster and trim IT costs, cloud infrastructure has become the backbone of modern busines...

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Researchers Propose 'One Body, Four Wings' Digital Model to Overhaul Entrepreneurship Education in China's Local Universities
Education

Researchers Propose 'One Body, Four Wings' Digital Model to Overhaul Entrepreneurship Education in China's Local Universities

A new research paper outlines a digitally native framework designed to fix fragmented curricula, passive teaching, and w...

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AI Spending Jumps 110% but Data Silos Stall Enterprise Progress, Says ServiceNow Report
Technology

AI Spending Jumps 110% but Data Silos Stall Enterprise Progress, Says ServiceNow Report

A new survey of 4,500 executives reveals investment in AI more than doubled, yet fragmented data and weak governance pre...

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Why Domain Experts Are Quietly Dropping Out of AI Innovation—And How to Keep Them
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Why Domain Experts Are Quietly Dropping Out of AI Innovation—And How to Keep Them

A two-year field study reveals that the success of organization-wide gen AI solutions depends less on the technology and...

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AI Has Arrived at Portugal's Firms, But True Transformation Remains Elusive
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AI Has Arrived at Portugal's Firms, But True Transformation Remains Elusive

Only 11.5% of Portuguese companies use AI, far below the EU average, and most treat it as another digital tool rather th...

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Portugal’s Big Five Banks Shed 283 Jobs in First Half of 2026 as Branch Networks Slim
Companies

Portugal’s Big Five Banks Shed 283 Jobs in First Half of 2026 as Branch Networks Slim

The five largest Portuguese banks collectively employed 25,085 people at end-June, down 283 from a year ago, as cost-cut...

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Paraguay’s Ad Industry Reboot: Why Relevance Has Defeated Interruption
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Paraguay’s Ad Industry Reboot: Why Relevance Has Defeated Interruption

After two decades of digital fragmentation, brands in Paraguay must now compete against everything — even memes. Ojo de ...

Declan Byrne 👁 37 💬 0
Crocs Launches 10-Year AI Transformation Program with Infosys
Retail

Crocs Launches 10-Year AI Transformation Program with Infosys

Crocs Inc. signs a decade-long strategic partnership with Infosys to overhaul its IT and business operations with AI, ai...

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diadikasia Names Aristodimos Thomopoulos as CEO in Internal Succession
Companies

diadikasia Names Aristodimos Thomopoulos as CEO in Internal Succession

Long-time diadikasia executive Aristodimos Thomopoulos takes over as CEO, capping a 25-year rise through the Greek consu...

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Shiseido Japan's 130 AI Ambassadors Took Gemini Adoption Past 80% — Now Comes the Hard Part
Companies

Shiseido Japan's 130 AI Ambassadors Took Gemini Adoption Past 80% — Now Comes the Hard Part

Shiseido Japan used 130 employee 'AI ambassadors' to embed generative AI across 40 departments. Adoption is high, but ad...

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Vocational Colleges Urged to Train 'Rural Tourism Livestream Officers' for China's Ethnic Villages
Education

Vocational Colleges Urged to Train 'Rural Tourism Livestream Officers' for China's Ethnic Villages

A Chinese state-media commentary argues that vocational tourism programs should train 'rural tourism livestream officers...

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AI and IT Teams Don't Have to Fight: What Three Companies Got Right
Technology

AI and IT Teams Don't Have to Fight: What Three Companies Got Right

Baringa Group, Southern Bank and PacificTel each resolved the AI-IT divide by changing structures, not just attitudes. T...

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Annuity Growth Now Hinges on Life-Insurance Back-Office Modernization
Insurance

Annuity Growth Now Hinges on Life-Insurance Back-Office Modernization

Record $464.1B annuity sales and an aging population raise the stakes for insurers to connect fragmented sales, service ...

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How to bring document AI into your company — and what most firms get wrong
Technology

How to bring document AI into your company — and what most firms get wrong

Adopting document AI is less about picking a platform and more about understanding how information flows and managing in...

Eitan Shapiro 👁 37 💬 0
Africa Prudential Pivots to Digital as Nigeria’s Capital Market Activity Doubles
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Africa Prudential Pivots to Digital as Nigeria’s Capital Market Activity Doubles

The registrar-turned-tech player posted 27% gross earnings growth and is pushing digital AGM, KYC and mobile apps to cap...

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Lloyds Unveils £13bn AI-Powered Strategy as Insurance Arm Profits Surge 70%
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Lloyds Unveils £13bn AI-Powered Strategy as Insurance Arm Profits Surge 70%

Lloyds Banking Group launched its Accelerate 2030 strategy with a £13bn tech investment, as Scottish Widows’ profit jump...

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FirstTeam Real Estate Taps Purlin AI, Warns Against Tools That 'Create More Work'
Real Estate

FirstTeam Real Estate Taps Purlin AI, Warns Against Tools That 'Create More Work'

FirstTeam Real Estate's $6.12 billion partnership with Purlin underscores how brokerages must integrate AI strategically...

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Cabo Verde and Huawei Reinforce Digital Transformation Cooperation with New Country Representative
Technology

Cabo Verde and Huawei Reinforce Digital Transformation Cooperation with New Country Representative

The Cabo Verde government and Huawei have deepened their strategic partnership on ICT, digital infrastructure and public...

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Colleges Roll Out Mobile IDs and Co-Learning Hubs in Push to Modernize Student Support
Education

Colleges Roll Out Mobile IDs and Co-Learning Hubs in Push to Modernize Student Support

Multiple U.S. institutions are deploying digital student ID wallets, co-learning centers with childcare, and a Gates-bac...

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Arab African International Bank Partners with Zain Tech to Accelerate Corporate Digitalization in Egypt
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Arab African International Bank Partners with Zain Tech to Accelerate Corporate Digitalization in Egypt

A memorandum of understanding between AAIB and the Zain Group’s digital arm aims to equip Egyptian businesses with AI, I...

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TMG Holding Signs 5-Year Deal with SAP for AI-Powered Cloud ERP Overhaul
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TMG Holding Signs 5-Year Deal with SAP for AI-Powered Cloud ERP Overhaul

Egyptian real estate giant Talaat Moustafa Group builds on a two-decade SAP partnership with a new agreement adopting RI...

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Nasser Social Bank and Egypt Post Partner to Streamline Pension Payouts and Expand Banking Access
Personal Finance

Nasser Social Bank and Egypt Post Partner to Streamline Pension Payouts and Expand Banking Access

The deal lets pensioners collect payments and apply for services through Egypt’s sprawling post office network, while of...

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Brazil's Falconi Consultancy Eyes Agribusiness and Digital Growth Amid Shifting Markets
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Brazil's Falconi Consultancy Eyes Agribusiness and Digital Growth Amid Shifting Markets

Falconi, Brazil’s largest homegrown management consultancy, is deepening its footprint in more than 50 sectors, from agr...

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AI’s Quiet Push into Bangladesh’s Garment Factories: Can Smarter Machines Rewrite the RMG Playbook?
Technology

AI’s Quiet Push into Bangladesh’s Garment Factories: Can Smarter Machines Rewrite the RMG Playbook?

As global fashion brands demand speed, data and sustainability, Bangladesh’s RMG sector faces a pivotal shift from labou...

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Saudi Real Estate Registry Opens Title Registration for 1,491 Properties in Riyadh, Mecca and Tabuk
Real Estate

Saudi Real Estate Registry Opens Title Registration for 1,491 Properties in Riyadh, Mecca and Tabuk

Saudi Arabia’s real estate registry has opened online registration for 1,491 land parcels in Riyadh, Mecca and Tabuk, re...

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