Economic pressures and persistent inflation have unseated the war for talent as the top near-term risk facing business leaders around the world, according to a new survey from Protiviti and NC State University's ERM Initiative.
The survey measures the most pressing business risks over the next year as well as the next...
According to data released in EternityX’s Labour Day 2025 Travel Trends & Insights Report, China’s outbound travel market is experiencing a robust resurgence.
Over the Labour Day holiday period, border crossings, international flights, and overseas spending all climbed at double-digit rates, reinforcing forecasts that 2025 will mark a pivotal year in...
Google Singapore has announced several new initiatives to support more small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in their digital transformation. These include its Google Career Certificates (GCC) scholarship programme for SMEs, supported by Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG) and SGTech. For a start, both organisations will help to award 15,000 GCC scholarships...
With Southeast Asia's booming digital economy projected to surpass the US$300 billion mark by 2026, digital payments continue to present tremendous growth opportunities for businesses, according to a new IDC report commissioned by global payments platform 2C2P and global membership association for payments and fraud prevention professionals Merchant Risk Council (MRC).
On the flip side, emerging threats and...
While many countries are gradually regaining a sense of normalcy, it is clear that the nearly three years of living with the pandemic have created significant shifts have occurred in the business landscape. We’ve collected a range of predictions in technology and business trends for companies to navigate the...
CPA Australia's Asia Pacific (APAC) Small Business Survey 2023-24 shows Hong Kong small businesses have growing confidence in their business and the economy, while facing increased cybersecurity risks.The survey results show that 69 per cent of small businesses in Hong Kong anticipate growing in 2024. The survey further reveals...
Forrester forecasts that total global online retail sales will grow from $4.4 trillion in 2023 to $6.8 trillion by 2028 at an 8.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR).
According to the report Global Retail E-Commerce Forecast, 2024 To 2028, which provides a five-year forecast for total, online, and offline retail sales for 40 countries globally, despite...
The Singapore economy has entered a new phase of growth. Despite ongoing COVID-19 limitations and supply chain disruptions, Singapore's GDP expanded by 7.6 per cent in 2021, a strong rebound from the 4.1 percent contraction in 2020.
A similar trend of growth and recovery is seen with local SMEs with...
An Infosys report, the Infosys Cloud Radar 2023 highlights how cloud, used for growth and transformation, is three times more important to companies, than cloud used to cut costs.
The research comprehensively highlights the shift of cloud utilization from beyond storage and cutting costs to utilizing cloud to gain access to...
It is both stability and change in the Allianz Risk Barometer 2023. Cyber Incidents and Business Interruption rank as the biggest company concerns for the second year in succession (both with 34% of all responses).
The Allianz Risk Barometer is an annual business risk ranking compiled by Allianz Group's corporate insurer Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS),...
