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If you stepped away for 90 days, would your franchise brand survive? By Larry Hodes, CEO Grow Franchising & FASA Board Member Here is a question worth sitting with honestly. If you left your franchise business for 90 days, no calls, no approvals, no quiet interventions, what would actually happen? The revenue question is the […]
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By Joep Schoof, Chief Operating Officer at Valor Hospitality Partners – Africa Look at the African hospitality space today, and you’ll see an incredibly vibrant picture. After all, the sector is scaling faster here than in almost any other region globally. According to the latest data from the W Hospitality Group Hotel Chain Development Pipeline report, there are more than 675 new hotels […]
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Artificial intelligence is no longer simply boosting productivity and saving time at work, it is fundamentally reshaping the nature of work, leadership, and employee experience, according to new survey data from Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Nearly three-quarters (72%) of respondents now say AI has already considerably changed skills expectations in their roles, and nearly half […]
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As trade routes shift and intra-African commerce grows, businesses are confronting new currency risks across borders. Global trade is entering a new era of uncertainty. From shifting tariff regimes and geopolitical fragmentation to supply chain diversification and changing trade alliances, businesses around the world are increasingly being forced to rethink where and how they trade. […]
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Value, loyalty and city-level data top of mind as travel buyers head into global RFP season Business travel is holding its own, even as global conditions shift. New data from FCM Consulting’s inaugural hotel-focused research report shows that while the routine internal meetings that once generated high volumes of corporate trips have given way to more […]
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By Zuko Mdwaba, Area Vice President, Salesforce South Africa The latest Edelman Trust Barometer indicates that consumers look to businesses to lead in times of uncertainty, with 52% of respondents saying they don’t think businesses are doing enough to address climate problems. Research shows that exhibiting value-focused leadership is good for profit. Companies that align […]
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By David Shapiro, chief global equity strategist at Sasfin Wealth As South Africa heads into winter, the northern hemisphere heads into summer – but regardless of where you live, everything is different all over again, with experts seeming to agree that we’re closer to the end of the pandemic than we are to the beginning. Global […]
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