2020 taught us that predicting the future can be a risky business. But that’s not stopping people from looking into the crystal ball. In fact, the search term “2021 retail trends” on Google yields a measly 416 million results. Given this, you might wonder why we’re doing this. For starters, we’ll limit the scope of this blog to customer experience in retail and e-commerce.

Jewelry is meant for special occasions, and often customers want to see and feel the product before making that special purchase. Major players in the jewelry market like Tiffany’s and Cartier started out with purely physical retail stores, before eventually incorporating online identities. That’s why Blue Nile, one of the first companies in the jewelry space to establish an online-first business, has had to work harder than most in making their business a success.

Local councils in the UK public sector are under increasing pressure to deliver seamless, easy-to-use services, which are accessible to a diverse demographic, as cost effectively as possible. Councils in England will face an overall funding gap of £6.5 billion by 2025, even before COVID-19 is factored in. Coupled with this deficit, local councils are expected to deliver public services that emulate the end-user experience constituents receive from private businesses.

Interested in monitoring employee productivity? Whether you’re a brick-and-mortar office or you transitioned into a remote team due to the pandemic, it’s essential to know how productive your employees are. Monitoring your employees’ productivity helps both the employer and the employee gain accurate insights into how to boost their employee performance metrics. In this article, we’ll cover everything you need to know about monitoring employee productivity.

Looking for a one-on-one Harvest vs Toggl comparison? Harvest and Toggl are primarily time tracking tools. However, Harvest supports workforce management features like timesheets and invoicing, whereas Toggl offers various reports to help you gain team performance insights. This way, both tools can help enhance your team’s productivity levels. But which time tracking software should you choose? In this article, we’ll do a Harvest vs Toggl comparison to help you pick the right tool.

We chatted with Kristian Marquez, Managing Director of Finstrat Management who took us through how he built a business around surfacing and optimizing SaaS metrics. He’s helped scores of clients gain investment, grow their business and better understand their opportunities - all through visualizing important financial metrics.

At Atlassian, we believe that the future will be led by innovation and technology. Particularly now, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, we can see just how integral the tech industry has become, interwoven into every facet of our lives. As technology becomes indispensable, it is inevitable and appropriate that governments take steps to mitigate the risk factors from this deep integration of digital technologies into our day-to-day lives. Get stories like this in your inbox

Executing projects accurately and on time is no easy feat—especially if you’re juggling tons of tasks (and/or an entire team) at once. Luckily, project scheduling software can give you the tools you need to streamline your operations, ultimately saving you tons of time and giving you full flexibility and confidence in your workflows.

Find out how this £1 billion business uses Slack to keep its people engaged and productive, whether they’re working from home or the office

Efficiency and productivity are key factors for project managers. Keeping their projects on track require them to master essential skills like time estimating and planning. Therefore, they need the right tools to measure these factors and be successful in planning and executing each project. Time estimates drive the setting of deadlines for project delivery and planning, and will therefore affect other people’s assessment of your reliability and competence as a project manager.