Salesforce has released its latest State of Commerce report with insights from 2,700 ecommerce practitioners across 15 countries, including 200 from Singapore, as well as a global analysis of the buying behaviours of over 1.5 billion B2B and B2C customers. Singapore has one of the world’s...
Despite the current geopolitical and economic uncertainties and escalating cost-of-living pressures, a staggering 92% of Singapore CEOs forecast growth for their businesses, reports the KPMG 2023 CEO Outlook. This figure significantly surpasses the 77% of global CEOs who share this positive outlook. Notably, this...
Amidst economic headwinds, Asia's digital economies continue to post impressive gains, with cross-border initiatives and tools offering businesses new avenues to unlock unprecedented growth, according to the latest report by market intelligence firm IDC and commissioned by global payments platform 2C2P and Ant Group. Since 2021, the IDC InfoBrief commissioned by 2C2P...
South-East Asia (SE Asia) is home to various communities with different economic growth rates. According to global technology intelligence firm ABI Research, the Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) market will constitute 7.87 million subscriptions by 2028, growing at a CAGR of 13% between 2023 and 2028. This...
Amway has published its 2023 Amway Global Entrepreneurship Report (AGER), revealing comprehensive data on trends around starting a business.The Amway-sponsored study examined the state of entrepreneurship in a post-pandemic world, collecting data from more than 15,000 respondents in 15 countries including Singapore and presenting five major takeaways....
Microsoft's third annual Work Trend Index report, "Will AI Fix Work?" outlines three locally relevant trends from an external study of 31,000 people in 31 countries, including Singapore, as well as trillions of signals in Microsoft 365 and labour trends on LinkedIn. The advent of...
While there is an anticipation of global trade expanding by slightly over 2% in 2024, the pace of growth in Asia is forecasted to remain subdued and may not be as robust as it was in previous years. The key factor inhibiting growth can...
Altair has released results from an international survey which revealed high rates of adoption and implementation of organizational data and AI strategies globally. The survey also revealed that project successes suffer due to three main types of friction: organizational, technological, and financial.
Capital Markets Malaysia ("CMM"), an affiliate of the Securities Commission Malaysia ("SC"), has launched a Simplified ESG Disclosure Guide ("SEDG"), making Malaysia the first country globally to provide small-to-medium enterprises ("SMEs") within global supply chains with a streamlined and standardised set of guidelines in relation to environment, social and governance...
In the first instalment of our two-part feature, SMEhorizon spoke with Ray Poh, Founder and Managing Director of Artisan Green, on his company’s partnership with Siemens, and how technology has enabled them to meet both productivity and sustainability goals. Isabel Chong, Head of Digital Industries for ASEAN...