This last year has increased consumers’ reliance on ecommerce, which has also lit a fire in a lot of people to start their own online retail business.
Maybe that’s you, or perhaps you simply have a desire to be able to work remotely from anywhere in the world. You’ll take your idea and grow your...
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Canadian businesses have tackled so many challenges and uncertainties over the last 18 months that they deserve some good news about the future — and it doesn’t get much better than the data in a new study from market research firm IDC.
In The Salesforce Economic Impact, IDC forecasts that...
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Originally launched eight years ago and taking place on September 30, Orange Shirt Day represents our National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. It is a time to confront the difficult realities of the trauma caused by our legacy of colonization, and honour the children, survivors, families and...
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At first, all Michelle Grant wanted was a new bed. Once she started taking a deeper look online, however, she behaved like most consumers during the pandemic, and wound up replacing most of her bedroom furniture.
“We’re all spending so much time at home,” Salesforce’s Senior Manager of Strategy...
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Flip through the original business plan for the average Canadian small and medium-sized business and you’ll likely see details about when the founders expected to turn a profit, the size of the addressable market they hoped to capture and how many people they eventually expected to hire.
What...
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Marketers have to tell all kinds of stories about a brand, from the products and services it provides, the culture among its team and the higher purpose it serves. The one common thread that can run through all of those stories is a brand’s approach to environmental, social and governance issues,...
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When Michael Janney was working as a CIO at a manufacturing company, he once asked his colleagues in sales what seemed like an innocuous question: when it came time to meet with a key account, how did they prepare?
“The answer was— and this is typical in the manufacturing sector — ‘Well, I call...
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Most conferences are an occasion for business professionals to meet, learn and make deals. Dreamforce has grown into so much more. It has become an immersive experience where world luminaries come to share their innovative thinking and visions for a better future. And it’s where Trailblazers from...
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With insights from more than 8,200 marketers, the 7th Edition of the State of Marketing reveals the biggest priorities and challenges that will shape the future of marketing in 2021 and beyond.
Success in building a brand used to be about mastering what are commonly known as the four P’s of...
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