By Peter Lumsden, Ergonomic Solutions.
The advertising slogan ‘Every Little Helps’ is used by one of the UK’s leading supermarket chains and seems to have greater relevance than ever as we collectively fight the battle against the Covid-19 global pandemic.
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Every Little Helps: Raising Contactless Payment limits can help fight the Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic
Apr 07, 2020
Wholesalers work together to give communities better access to food supplies during COVID19
Apr 07, 2020
iWeb has partnered with Foodservice Online and over 140 local food suppliers across the UK to create an initiative designed to help communities across the nation get better access to food supplies amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
New Ivalua study shows technology challenges are hindering procurement teams from achieving business objectives
Apr 07, 2020
Ivalua, provider of global spend management cloud solutions, has announced the latest findings of a worldwide study of supply chain, procurement and finance business leaders on Effective Procurement Performance Measurement. The study revealed the challenges procurement teams face when it comes to achieving business objectives and the wide and growing gap in performance between advanced and less mature teams.
Saudi Arabia turns to e-commerce during Covid-19 outbreak
Apr 07, 2020
Restrictions on movement and trade as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic have led to a significant shift in consumer behavior in Saudi Arabia, with locals increasingly turning to digital channels.
95% of modern workers experience audio pain points which impact concentration and efficiency
Apr 07, 2020
The rise of the open plan office; good for collaboration, but not without its distractions and costs. According to new research by global market research firm IPSOS and high-end audio brand EPOS, 95% of audio end-users and decision makers experience pain points relating to sound that affect their concentration or efficiency at work.
eCommerce orders up 23% year-on-year as self-isolation drives shoppers online
Apr 07, 2020
Independent online retailers in the UK are taking, on average, 23% more orders this March than in 2019, according to new data from James and James Fulfilment. Essentials such as health supplements and store cupboard ingredients have seen triple-digit growth in orders between the last week of February and third week of March.
A third of e-commerce traffic was from bad bots in Feburary, with a surge in bot traffic on sites selling masks and sanitiser
Apr 07, 2020
Radware has issued findings from bot research it has conducted this year that show in February 27.7% of traffic on media sites was made up of bad bots and involved automated activity, including scraping. The findings includes detailed graphs of the bot activity and shows a distinct correlations between bad bots and CV-19.
