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Uber Eats Adds Big Lots As First National Home Discount Retailer

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Tuesday, November 21, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Uber Technologies (NYSE: UBER) announced a new nationwide partnership with Big Lots (NYSE:BIG), bringing the home discount retailer's massive selection to the Uber Eats app, furthering its mission to help consumers get almost anything they need, delivered on-demand. Just in time for the busiest shopping season of the year more than 1,200 Big Lots retail locations across the US are now available for consumers to shop with Uber Eats.

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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Uber Technologies (NYSE: UBER) announced a new nationwide partnership with Big Lots (NYSE:BIG), bringing the home discount retailer's massive selection to the Uber Eats app, furthering its mission to help consumers get almost anything they need, delivered on-demand.
Just in time for the busiest shopping season of the year thousands of Big Lots locations are now available on Uber Eats.
"This holiday season, Big Lots is making it even easier for deal-seeking shoppers to take advantage of the extreme bargains we're known for, thanks to a new partnership with Uber Eats," said Matt Weger, SVP and Chief Digital & Technology Officer of Big Lots.
Big Lots joins PetSmart, Staples, Party City, Bed Bath & Beyond, Office Depot and other major retailers on the Uber Eats app and dozens of grocery partners across the country.

New digital risks call for insurance innovation

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Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Digitalisation enables insurers to monitor, mitigate and price risks more efficiently, allowing for more tailored insurance solutions that can help close insurance protection gaps.

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Digitalisation enables insurers to monitor, mitigate and price risks more efficiently, allowing for more tailored insurance solutions that can help close insurance protection gaps.
Zurich, 11 October 2023 – Digitalisation is a source of new growth, new risks and new efficiencies for the insurance industry.
For example, digital technology has facilitated sharing-economy business models, which have resulted in fundamental shifts in operational risks and liabilities that require innovative insurance risk transfer solutions.
Firms will need protection against digital risks, for example business interruption and cyber risks, as well as the emerging liability risks related to AI.

ServiceNow Launches Now Assist for ITSM, CSM, HRSD, and Creator to Embed Generative AI Across All Workflows on the Now Platform

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Wednesday, September 20, 2023

“ServiceNow has thousands of customers already using the Now Platform to digitize and streamline processes across the enterprise.

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“ServiceNow has thousands of customers already using the Now Platform to digitize and streamline processes across the enterprise.
The Now Platform operationalizes generative AI to drive growth and help reduce costs for every customer across every business function with enterprise-grade AI designed for high levels of digital trust and privacy.
Now Assist is woven into all processes and workflows to help optimize performance and is compliant with ServiceNow controls for ethical and responsible development and use.
“We are very excited for ServiceNow to introduce generative AI across its workflows as part of its Now Platform Vancouver release.

CBRE’s AI-Powered Facilities Management Solutions Reaches 1 Billion Square Feet of Deployment

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Monday, August 21, 2023

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CBRE announced today that its Smart Facilities Management (FM) Solutions are being utilized to improve operational reliability and drive efficiency at more than 20,000 Global Workplace Solutions client sites, totaling 1 billion sq.

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CBRE announced today that its Smart Facilities Management (FM) Solutions are being utilized to improve operational reliability and drive efficiency at more than 20,000 Global Workplace Solutions client sites, totaling 1 billion sq.
Our Smart FM Solutions reduce both maintenance costs and energy consumption by as much as 20% and reduce technician dispatches by an average of 25%.”
CBRE’s Smart FM Solutions digitize, innovate and transform FM service delivery, while improving experiences for building occupants.
The solutions include:
Virtual Maintenance: combines remote monitoring and diagnostics, alarm triage and advanced analytics to drive next best actions.
Kapil Lahoti , Chief Digital & Technology Officer for CBRE’s Global Workplace Solutions business said, “Today's smart buildings landscape is comprised of multiple components that are hosted on disparate platforms.

Zscaler Expands Digital Experience Monitoring with New AI-Powered Insights and Analysis to Support Employee Productivity

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Tuesday, May 9, 2023

Leveraging AI can accelerate the troubleshooting process dramatically, reducing remediation time from hours, days or even weeks, to a few minutes.

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Leveraging AI can accelerate the troubleshooting process dramatically, reducing remediation time from hours, days or even weeks, to a few minutes.
Zscaler’s new AI-powered monitoring capabilities provide more transparency into the user experience and offer intelligent solutions for user issues and performance inefficiencies.
In addition, Zscaler now provides meeting quality metrics for WebEx to fine-tune the user experience, and ZDX has already implemented support for UCaaS applications like Microsoft Teams and Zoom.
This comprehensive approach to digital experience monitoring allows service teams to maximize digital dexterity, achieve approximately 70% improvement in IT Ops productivity when AI-powered root cause analysis is used and scale their global enterprise with environments secured by Zscaler.

Bioplastics Industry Sees Unexploited Potentials in ESG Pillars - Astra ESG Solutions

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Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Industry players are prioritizing environmental, social and governance impacts of their operations and exhibiting efforts to minimize their negative effects in these facets.

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Industry players are prioritizing environmental, social and governance impacts of their operations and exhibiting efforts to minimize their negative effects in these facets.
Predominantly, in December 2021, the United Nations recommended bioplastics as a sustainable alternative to non-biodegradable conventional polymers.
Discover more regarding the practices and strategies being implemented by industry participants in the Bioplastics Industry ESG Thematic Report, 2023, published by Astra ESG Solutions
Business entities are responding to trends, including technological advancements and lack of resources, with investments in sustainability.
Companies will continue prioritizing environmental pillars, social justice, equity, diversity and inclusion to propel their ESG goals.

Bioplastics Industry Sees Unexploited Potentials in ESG Pillars - Astra ESG Solutions

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Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Industry players are prioritizing environmental, social and governance impacts of their operations and exhibiting efforts to minimize their negative effects in these facets.

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Industry players are prioritizing environmental, social and governance impacts of their operations and exhibiting efforts to minimize their negative effects in these facets.
Predominantly, in December 2021, the United Nations recommended bioplastics as a sustainable alternative to non-biodegradable conventional polymers.
Discover more regarding the practices and strategies being implemented by industry participants in the Bioplastics Industry ESG Thematic Report, 2023, published by Astra ESG Solutions
Business entities are responding to trends, including technological advancements and lack of resources, with investments in sustainability.
Companies will continue prioritizing environmental pillars, social justice, equity, diversity and inclusion to propel their ESG goals.

Bath & Body Works Announces Changes to Leadership Team and Organizational Structure

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Thursday, April 6, 2023

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COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bath & Body Works, Inc. (NYSE: BBWI) today announced changes to its leadership team designed to accelerate growth, enhance the customer experience and expand core capabilities, as well as the planned transition of the company’s Chief Financial Officer. The leadership updates are as follows:

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The leadership updates are as follows:
Thilina Gunasinghe has been named Chief Digital & Technology Officer, effective April 17, 2023.
Mr. Gunasinghe joins Bath & Body Works from McDonald’s Corporation where he most recently served as Global Vice President, Chief Technology Architect & Data Officer and was responsible for leading all customer, digital and restaurant technology architecture and data globally.
In this newly created role, Mr. Gunasinghe will lead Bath & Body Works’ digital and technology strategy, digital operations, data and analytics, and transformation.
Bath & Body Works has initiated a search for Ms. Arlin’s successor with the assistance of a leading executive search firm.

SeatGeek Partners with Paciolan, the Largest Ticketing Company in College Athletics

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Monday, February 6, 2023

SeatGeek’s secondary ticketing services will be directly integrated with Paciolan’s primary ticketing system with an expected start date in July 2023.

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SeatGeek’s secondary ticketing services will be directly integrated with Paciolan’s primary ticketing system with an expected start date in July 2023.
College sports have quickly become the fastest growing and most dynamic sector in live entertainment, ready for innovation,” said Russ D’Souza, co-founder of SeatGeek.
Paciolan renewed over 30 partners and grew its roster with 12 new clients in 2022, adding to its impressive community of 160 college athletics clients and hundreds of live entertainment venues.
Paciolan has the largest presence in college athletics ticketing, working with 80 percent of the Power Five conference schools.

JetBlue signs renewed Passenger Service System and distribution agreement with Sabre to help propel retailing and digital transformation

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Tuesday, February 14, 2023

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SOUTHLAKE, Texas, Feb. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sabre Corporation (NASDAQ: SABR), a leading provider of software and technology that powers the global travel industry, today announced the multi-year renewal of JetBlue's SabreSonic PSS agreement. The agreement also extends the carrier's long-term distribution agreement to continue offering its content on the Sabre GDS.

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The agreement also extends the carrier's long-term distribution agreement to continue offering its content on the Sabre GDS.
Sabre will help JetBlue deliver a more tailored customer experience and capture additional revenue opportunities through its PSS.
Through the Sabre GDS travel marketplace, JetBlue will distribute its flights and services to Sabre's extensive global network of travel buyers.
JetBlue is also investing in Sabre's Digital Connect and Digital Experience products to enhance the booking and post-booking experience for customers.