Dada Group, China's leading local on-demand delivery and retail platform, is pleased to announce that JD Daojia ("JDDJ"), the on-demand retail platform of Dada, has expanded its partnership with authorized phone resellers and accelerated their digitalization process to deliver products within one hour. As of March 2021, 670 authorized phone reseller stores have launched their services on JDDJ, covering hundreds of cities and counties in China, and had the access to JD's online channels through the Omni-channel Fulfillment Program.
Today, EOLOS the Spanish turn-key provider of offshore wind and ocean data to the wind industry, backed by EIT InnoEnergy, announces 30% revenue growth as it lays out ambitious plans to expand its offering in the US and Asia Pacific burgeoning offshore wind markets.
Perfect Ward has signed up its first Australian customer for the company’s digital healthcare quality improvement solution. Ability Options, one of the largest not-for-profit Disability Service Providers in New South Wales, is using Perfect Ward’s mobile app to run continuous safety and quality improvement measures across 66 of its sites. Since trialling the technology in early 2020, Ability Options has transformed its inspection process, offering significant time savings, while creating a detailed framework that puts both managers and staff in control of the quality agenda.
In recent years, girls and women are showing more interest in pursuing STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) careers than ever before. From GCSEs to university courses, we are seeing a gradual shift towards STEM subjects, and it is important to keep this momentum going. Historically, industries such as technology and engineering have been heavily-male dominated and unhealthy gender stereotypes have prevailed. The stigma attached to women pursuing STEM careers has meant that many women have been unable to reach their full potential in the field. Now, however, the stigma is being tackled and elements of STEM are finding their way into every industry. It's becoming ever plainer that there is far more to STEM than outdated stereotypes and gender boundaries.
The Asia Pacific (APAC) region is set to become the fastest growing in terms of GDP growth in the world followed by the Americas, Europe and the Middle East & Africa (MEA) in 2021, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Economic factors in this ranking that are aiding global regional recovery include the rollout of vaccines, revival of global demand, effectiveness of government spending, and oil prices gaining traction. Particular, the APAC region is seeing fewer lockdown restrictions, a rebound in domestic consumption and an uptick in export demand.
Bitsensing, a South Korean radar technology startup, has announced a partnership with world leader in semiconductor solutions Infineon Technologies to revolutionise the in-cabin experience with the launch of the 60GHz MOD620 radar. The MOD620 was designed by bitsensing and enabled by Infineon to provide a powerful safety monitoring solution that drivers can trust.
Headquartered in Adelaide, Magnetic Alliance provide business growth and improvement services to entrepreneurs who wish to overcome the challenges and risks commonly experienced by growing companies. Following the firm’s success in the APAC Excellence Awards 2020, we got in touch with Mark Lim to find out more about one of Australia’s leaders in business growth and development
Investment Manager China Post Global, which promotes a family of innovative Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) providing access to commodities and emerging markets through its brand Market Access, remains positive in its outlook for China. China’s strong growth in employment and pick-up in demand suggest that there might be a reintroduction of deleveraging policy to avoid scope for overheating
The expansive tech field weathered the COVID-19 pandemic better than most. Public health measures changed worldwide workspaces, resulting in more reliance on technology. COVID-19’s impact on tech companies includes a few good and bad effects that may point to what the future holds.
Tide, the UK’s leading business financial platform has today announced its first steps to expand internationally, as it plans to launch in India in the first quarter of 2021. An initial limited test launch of the platform will be followed by gradual roll-out of the service later in the year.
Investors will “pile into Chinese equities” in 2021 as the country’s impressive economic recovery picks up more momentum, but this should not overshadow the critical need for global diversification. This is the warning from the CEO and founder of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory and fintech organisations as China equities climb 1.9% on Monday, putting them on track for the highest close since 2008.
Now, months after the virus started causing problems, businesses are moving ahead with different approaches. Some are eager to reopen their offices - or have done already - while others are planning to stay remote for good. The question is, what kind of impact is the latter going to have on companies and staff moving forward?