As an eCommerce business, you might not have any larger business expense than your shipping rates — except, of course, for your inventory. This massive overhead category can eat up to 25 percent of the sales revenue a typical company receives…
Once upon a time, coupons were seen only for stay-at-home moms or fixed-income seniors trying to stretch dollars, or for folks with tons of time on their hands for competitive shopping recon. Today, almost all online shoppers have used a…
A fifth (20 percent) of female managers admit they would rather be managed by a male colleague and unsurprisingly given that opinion, the same proportion worry their gender hinders people’s confidence in them. The data, commissioned by AVADO also revealed…
Agreeing on the definition of creativity is no easy task, as it can mean a whole range of different things to different people. To some, creativity means painting a beautiful picture or creating a unique sculpture, while for others it…
Thomas Edison is credited with the phrase “Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration” and I believe there is no field where this applies more than architecture and design. So often people assume that interior design is such a…
The world is going through a workplace revolution that will bring a seismic shift in the way humans work alongside machines and algorithms, according to new research by the World Economic Forum. By 2025 more than half of all current…
Cryptocurrency is one of the biggest mysteries of our times. Is it a real thing? Is it a fraud? No one can tell for sure. People are split into two camps. Some are convinced in a future with decentralized control…
As we head into the last quarter of 2018, smart business owners shift their thinking and planning to the upcoming winter holidays. Time to start mocking up your calendar and planning for your holiday sales, promotional activities and duties! 10…
Customer Service Week is a nationally recognized celebration of the importance of customer service and the people who devote their career to working with customers. It’s celebrated through the first full week in October — this year, the first through the…
You may have heard that Chrome started branding websites that don’t use SSL with the red badge of “not secure” starting in July 2018. Other platforms such as Apple’s Safari are following suit. This has led to a land rush of…
Getting Started with Variable Fonts: Tips and Resources – Learn more about the “next big thing” in type. Complete Guide to CSS Scroll Snap – Create slideshows and carousels without JS. 9 Tips For Designing Faster and More Efficiently So…
Editor’s note: This JavaScript post was originally published on September 14, 2015 and updated on September 16, 2018. The WordPress editor both autoformats your text and restricts the types of tags that are inserted into your content. While some users…
If the word “packaging” automatically makes you think of a plain, brown shipping box, you are seriously missing out on the opportunity to boost your customer experience. In a world where you get extra brownie points if every aspect in…
Sometimes, for whatever reason, Windows will become convinced a given file is in use by a program and prevent it from being deleted, moved or renamed. This locking up of files is incredibly frustrating, especially when you know the file…
Many people worry about how outsourcing software developers may affect the quality. This all depends on the provider you choose to partner with. Outsourcing to the wrong company may cost you time, money, glitches, security issues, and delays among other…
When it was first introduced, responsive design was one of the most exciting web layout concepts since CSS replaced tables. The underlying technology uses media queries to determine the viewing device type, width, height, orientation, resolution, aspect ratio, and color…
Dr. Veronica Stahl is an international expert and leader in the dental industry. She has delivered care and led teams of medical organizations that deliver optimum care for patients. Her expertise in the fields of implantology, endodontics, and restorative dentistry are…
An estimated 600,000 vacancies in digital technology are costing the country £63 billion a year, according to information provided by techUK in a report on skills shortages published by the Edge Foundation.The second of the education charity’s bulletins on the…
Employers need to recognise the workplace as integral to delivering a business’ commercial strategy, and treat employees as ‘workplace consumers’ – creating ‘frictionless’ experiences and environments that help them perform to their best ability. This is according to a report:…
Capital One has published the results of its latest survey of US full-time professionals for their thoughts on workplace design and the working environment as it relates to their productivity, innovation and collaboration with colleagues. According to the resulting 2018…
The world of construction is competitive, but there is always something that needs to be built, designed, or renovated. As the boss, it’s your responsibility to create and develop construction proposals that will convince potential clients to use your services.…
Long corporate lunches were once the cornerstone of the corporate expense account, but new figures show just 13 percent of today’s workforce claim expenses for lunch at a restaurant, compared to 36 percent of those in the 1970s and 37…
Google is known to be a wonderland for tech professionals everywhere. It is a sought after and coveted workplace, which is designed to cater to the individual. Comparably has recently named Google as the “tech company with the best corporate…
A new report from the Office for National Statistics suggests that the number of sickness days taken by UK workers has almost halved over the past two decades to reach a record low. It dropped from an average of 7.2…
As any honest smartphone user would attest, the things we own sometimes end up owning us. Equally, the things we create can end up owning us. The most famous item designed by Charles Eames is a moulded plywood, leather upholstered…
With the sheer number of devices and screen sizes out there, responsive design has become standard protocol. It’s vital that we design for and test our websites to ensure that users can navigate and easily access content – regardless of…
Your manufacturing website is an underperforming asset if it is not generating a significant number of high-quality sales leads. Lead generation, however, takes more than eye-catching site design and excellent products. Let’s take a look at techniques you can apply…
Many people are unaware of all the money making opportunities available to someone with a decent amount of musical talent. The general view, based on old-school thinking, is that you have to get a recording contract or join a band…
Selling across international borders can provide helpful revenue to merchants. But the complexity of laws, transit times, and delivery cost can be daunting. Dr. Eugene Laney is an authority on … The post DHL Executive on International Selling, Logistics appeared…
In part 7 of this tutorial series on building DApps with Ethereum, we showed how to build the app’s front end, setting up and deploying the UI for this story we’ve been working on. It’s time to do some deploying…
This article was originally published on the Okta developer blog. Thank you for supporting the partners who make SitePoint possible. There are a lot of JavaScript frameworks out there today. It seems like I hear about a new one every…
At the risk of stating the obvious, with the Met Office suggesting temperatures could reach their peak on Friday (27 July) in some areas of the UK, Britain’s largest employer organisation is encouraging companies to consider ‘a range of measures…
The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has today launched its first professional statement to ‘reduce risk, increase transparency and further trust’ in procurement in facilities management. The RICS Procurement of facility management, RICS professional statement, UK 1st edition, was…
Employers, industry groups and community groups in the UK will be able to give EU citizens practical advice on how to apply for settled status in the wake of the Brexit vote with the help of a new toolkit published…