Month: July 2019

Fast Company recently reported that contractors at multiple delivery platforms have partnered with labor advocacy group Working Washington to demand a $15/hour minimum wage across the entire gig economy. What’s up for Debate? Not every platform company relies on contractors. Some, like Lyft and TaskRabbit, have formal contractors. Others, like Atlassian and Shopify, look after communities of external…

In February, eMarketer forecasted that, for the first time, U.S. digital ad spending would outpace those appearing on more traditional formats — like TV and print — in 2019. Now, the market research outlet is reporting that the digital ad spend takeover is becoming more of a global phenomenon — forecasting that in at least 10 developed countries, 50%…

It’s 2019, and you’re starting a business. Before you even think about rolling out your website and making your first hire, you’re thinking about the set of tools you’ll use to power your business. Tools that can handle everything from managing your contact database to conducting online transactions to monitoring your future support team’s NPS….

It was January 2013 and Target Corporation had just announced its initial, robust expansion into Canada. The future for the retail giant was promising. To the surprise of many, only two years later the company revealed that it would close each of its 133 Canadian stores before the end of April 2015. Failure to thrive in this new…

The lithium-ion batteries’ market is evolving constantly. Electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers and particularly carmakers are continuously changing their preferences depending on cathodes’ attributes in terms of energy density, safety, cost, life and stability. Total consumption of lithium carbonate equivalent in the world is on track to reach 1Mt by 2025 from levels of around 300,000t in 2018….

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