Only a minority of organizations are able to provide a very good user experience (UX), so IT and line-of-business leaders are turning to a number of emerging technologies to improve these interactions, according to a recent survey from UserTesting. The accompanying "2017 UX and User Research Industry Survey Report" predicts that artificial intelligence (AI) will likely have the biggest impact in this area over the next five years....
6 ecommerce categories that will take off in 2017
Ecommerce continues to make gains among consumers, with more people buying products online than ever before. Indeed, eMarketer recently predicted that worldwide ecommerce sales would total $1.915 trillion in 2016, with $423.34 billion of that coming from North America. And the company forecast double-digit retail ecommerce growth through 2020.
Here are six ecommerce categories that will fuel that growth:
1. Grocery and fresh foods
In its report, eMarketer cites grocery as one...Report Warns of Small Biz Loan Dangers
If you run a small business, you’re likely seeing a flood of offers for easy-to-get loans–through direct mail, popup adds, even TV ads promising fast money to pay your bills or buy new equipment
You’re not alone. Alternative small business lending has exploded in the last few years as a new industry emerged, referred to as “fintech” (for financial technology).
“It’s been the wild west,” said Karen Gordon Mills, co-author of...
IoT spending to reach $1.3 trillion by 2020 on hardware investment
New research sees Internet of Things (IoT) spending growing by nearly 16% by 2020 driven by hardware investments, primarily by manufacturers.
The Journal reported on the release of the “Worldwide Semiannual Internet of Things Spending Guide” by International Data Corp.(IDC).
The IDC report found that IoT spending will reach $1.29 trillion worldwide by 2020, representing a 15.6% compound annual growth rate between 2015 and 2020.
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