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As the economy recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, inflation has surged in recent months affecting both retailers and consumers gearing up for the holidays. In November, Digital.com surveyed 1,000 retail owners and executives to discover how inflation is impacting profitability, pricing, and discount offers this shopping season. Our findings revealed that more than half of retail businesses are using inflation to drive up prices higher than what’s necessary to offset increased costs.

The threat of cyberattacks continues to increase and evolve, forcing everyone from federal governments to individual consumers to consider how to best protect themselves. According to a new survey from Digital.com, one group that may need to take cybersecurity more seriously is small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).

Kate is looking for the perfect gown for a ball she’s attending in a few weeks. Like 40% of digital shoppers, she does a quick Google search to help her find a royal blue gown. At the top of the search results, Kate sees many product listings for royal blue gowns. She’s not loyal to a specific fashion brand. All she wants is a quick way to search for a new gown across multiple retailers. Enter Google Shopping.

As February comes to a close, brands big and small have concluded the discounts, sales, and promotions they launched to commemorate Black History Month 2022. While these promotions are ostensibly meant to celebrate Black history, do Black people believe that the promotions are held in good faith, with the intention of supporting the Black community?

The meme-based cryptocurrency Dogecoin spiked late last year when Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced that customers would be able to use it to buy certain Tesla products. Tesla is certainly not the first major company to accept payments in crypto, with companies like Microsoft, AT&T, and Twitch allowing customers to either pay directly in crypto or go through third-party apps. It’s all well and good for corporations to accept cryptocurrency, but what about smaller businesses?

As the economy recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, inflation has surged in recent months affecting both retailers and consumers gearing up for the holidays. In November, Digital.com surveyed 1,000 retail owners and executives to discover how inflation is impacting profitability, pricing, and discount offers this shopping season. Our findings revealed that more than half of retail businesses are using inflation to drive up prices higher than what’s necessary to offset increased costs.

Key Findings 43% of consumers always search a brick-and-mortar business online before visiting for the first time; 48% sometimes do 23% of consumers who research businesses online are somewhat or very unlikely to visit a business that doesn’t have an online presence 3 in 4 shoppers who search businesses online are hunting for price information When searching for a brick-and-mortar business online, 68% of shoppers want to see a dedicated company website In the Digital Age, information is power.

Key Findings 60% of companies with employees who work remotely are using monitoring software to track employee activity and productivity Among employees whose activity is being monitored, 53% are spending 3 or more hours per day on non-work activities 88% of employers terminated workers after implementing monitoring software 81% of companies that implemented monitoring software saw an increase in worker productivity As remote work becomes the new norm, one of the major challenges facing...

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Delta Airlines has been making waves the last few months with their announcements of both an insurance surcharge for unvaccinated employees and their policy of requiring all new hires to be vaccinated. In addition to Delta, plenty of other big-name brands are requiring proof of vaccination from their employees, including Twitter, Lyft, and The Washington Post.