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Consumers Optimistic About EVs, Per BMW Group Survey
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Consumers are increasingly optimistic about electric vehicles -- and innovation, range and attainability remain keys to accelerating EV adoption. That’s according to a survey commissioned by BMW Group, now in its fourth consecutive year. BMW...
Customer Service Chatbots: Smart Support That Never Sleeps
CMS Wire
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The Gist Chatbots become frontline heroes. Customer service chatbots now handle everything from FAQs to order tracking, enabling instant, 24/7 support at scale. AI boosts efficiency and satisfaction. AI chatbot customer service tools reduce wait...
Retail Stars: Leaders in Lighting
Home Accents Today - North Carolina
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June 13, 2025
Lighting showrooms are well represented on Home Accents Today‘s 2025 Retail Stars list. Here’s what makes them standouts: Each vignette at Alcott & Bentley offers a unique presentation of some key lighting pieces. Alcott and Bentley, Louisville,...
Ideaforge, HAL, and other defence stocks rally up to 8% as war bets heat up after Israel bombs Iran
The Economic Times
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June 13, 2025
Shares of domestic defence stocks like Ideaforge and Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) rallied up to 8% on Friday after Israel launched a series of military strikes on Iran, reigniting fears of a broader conflict and driving investor interest in...
Roots not seeing 'pullback' in consumer spending as retailer reports $7.9M Q1 loss
Orillia News
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TORONTO — Consumers grappling with a global tariff war have yet to drop Roots Corp. from their shopping trips, the apparel retailer's CEO said Friday, as the company reported a $7.9 million loss. "We haven't seen any weakening and no pullback,"...
Urgent ‘fire risk’ recall for popular gadget bought by 1.1MILLION customers that can melt and spark blazes
The Sun
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June 13, 2025
AN URGENT "fire risk" recall has been issued for a popular gadget bought by 1.1 million customers. The product may melt and spark blazes due to a manufacturing defect. 2 An urgent 'fire risk' recall has been issued for a popular gadget bought by...
Neopolitan Pizza and Foods Ltd announces Strategic Partnership with Sheetal Cool Products
Equity Bulls
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Neopolitan Pizza and Foods Limited, a homegrown QSR (Quick Service Restaurant) brand, proudly announces a major leap in its growth journey following its successful listing on the BSE SME Platform on October 9, 2024. The company has demonstrated...
Insights-driven marketing: Reshaping consumer market research
Zawya
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Understanding consumers has come a long way since the standardised consumer market research of the '90s. Gone are the days of simply knowing ‘what the market is doing’. Today, consumer insights is where it’s at, with insights-driven marketing...
China's fashion consumption report unveils trillion-yuan market
China Daily Global
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The China Fashion Consumption Development Report unveiled during the 2025 China Annual Trends Summit on Thursday in Shanghai. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] China's market is expected to reach two to three trillion yuan ($278.7 billion) in...
Lloyds, Nationwide, Santander customers told 'direct payments' could 'leave with nothing'
Daily Express
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June 13, 2025
Customers of high street banks like Lloyds, Natwest, Nationwide, Barclays and Santander have been warned they could lose out if they pay direct. Sky News reported that shoppers who pay retailers directly from their bank have been warned they have...
DCBL to launch app allowing customers to take stress out of debt
BusinessCloud
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June 13, 2025
FinTechFinTech DCBL has launched a customer app which aims to allow people to take the stress out of debt. The app enables users to better manage their finances at any time, as the Cheshire-based firm looks to improve the support it offers to its...
Ninh Thuận showcases hundreds of signature products in HCM City
Vietnam News Agency
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HCM CITY — The 2025 Ninh Thuận Product Promotion and Business Connection Week opened in HCM City on June 13, featuring more than 20 outstanding businesses, cooperatives, and production establishments from the province. Organised by the Ninh Thuận...
Embedding innovation in every layer of a company’s culture
Source Security
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June 13, 2025
A key characteristic of many successful companies is that good ideas come from everyone, not just specific departments or job titles. What one person sees as obvious may be questioned by someone else who is less familiar with the product or...
One company's solution to making consumer tech products more sustainable
What Hi-Fi?
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June 13, 2025
Whether you are a casual music lover or a hardcore audiophile, most of us are guilty of buying a new pair of headphones or wireless earbuds when we know there are old ones gathering dust in a drawer. But there is a way of putting them to use after...
TCL Solar Showcases Next-Gen BC Modules at SNEC, Writing the Future of Solar Innovation with Technological Advancements
AltEnergyMag
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June 13, 2025
During the event, TCL Solar exhibited its next-generation back-contact (BC) module technology, a range of high-efficiency, high-power BC and TOPCon modules, as well as parent company TCL Zhonghuan's 210 monocrystalline silicon ingots and wafer...
UD researchers conducting fish consumption survey of bays
Cape Gazette - Delaware
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A few times a summer, we’ll pack the kids in the car and head down to the Broadkill Store for a quick meal, ice cream or both. On a recent trip, I noticed a flyer on the store’s door that was seeking participants for a fish consumption survey...
Garden Furniture Strengthens Commitment to Sustainability with New Premium Product Range Featuring Recycled and Weatherproof Materials
The Kingston Whig-Standard
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June 13, 2025
Knaresborough, United Kingdom–(Newsfile Corp. – June 13, 2025) – Garden Furniture, a trusted name in British outdoor living for over 25 years, has announced a new, eco-conscious product line focused on sustainable garden furniture – combining...
Travel Trend Study: Wary Consumers Still Booking Trips
MediaPost
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With the summer travel season on the horizon, hotel marketing agency TravelBoom released its new 2025 Booking Trends Study. The study found continued strong demand for summer vacation travel among U.S. consumers. Nearly 75% of U.S. respondents...
$2bn NextDC facility to anchor Fishermans Bend Innovation Precinct
InnovationAus
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June 12, 2025
NEXTDC on Thursday committed $2 billion to a new data centre hub in Melbourne’s Fishermans Bend Innovation Precinct, promising customers the latest AI infrastructure at a new 150MW, 50,000m² facility. Dubbed M4 Melbourne, the facility will feature...
Cisco & JP Morgan to Host Innovation Tech Talk
Buffalo Bulletin - Wyoming
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June 12, 2025
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) will host a Tech Talk to discuss innovation at Cisco. The session will be led by Jeetu Patel, President and Chief Product Officer, and DJ Sampath, SVP, AI Software and Platform....