McKensey

OCTOBER 1, 2024

More sophisticated retailing could deliver substantial value to the airline industry—if technology, processes, and mindsets can be changed.

Retail

Insperity

JUNE 15, 2021

first responders, health care professionals), this situation created even more financial and logistical stress. Female-dominated sectors of the workplace – such as travel, leisure and hospitality, retail, entertainment and childcare – were crushed by the pandemic. Women’s jobs were disproportionately impacted.

Salary

Work Life

JUNE 13, 2024

Here is a snapshot of job cuts announced so far this year: Technology Amazon’s job cuts include less than 5% of employees at Buy with Prime unit, 5% at audiobook and podcast division Audible, several hundred in streaming and studio operations, 35% at streaming unit Twitch, a few hundred at healthcare units One Medical and Amazon Pharmacy.

Sales

Work Life

JULY 3, 2024

The ethos has piqued interest across industries, including tech, healthcare, finance, retail, and even government, as hybrid and remote work are the norm in our economy. The company was more productive, made more money, and retained talent more consistently. The four-day work week is not conditional,” says Swift. It’s a mindset.”

Healthcare

Work Life

MAY 21, 2024

Plus, the airport sits 17 miles (27 kilometers) outside of downtown Pittsburgh, making child care logistics challenging for employees. Those employers represent the technology, medical, banking, academic, and public service industries, among others. As the clothing retailer grew, so did its child care footprint.

Logistics

Workplace Insight

MAY 16, 2024

The southern portion of the site became a logistics estate named Global Logistics and was acquired by Icon Industrial in 2017. This included a large campus for THG, a troubled retail and branding company, that ultimately never materialised. However, the northern section, encompassing MIX Manchester, encountered difficulties.

Planning

Workplace Insight

JULY 30, 2024

A new report from Cognizant and Oxford Economics New Work, New World: Quantifying Global Gen AI Momentum suggests that firms are planning major investments into generative AI technologies to drive increases in productivity, but are still being cautious about their impact. million in generative AI this financial year.

Planning

Workplace Insight

JANUARY 22, 2024

It provides an occupier perspective on leased real estate portfolios and decarbonisation strategies, highlighting the barriers hindering the most effective, sustainable approaches to addressing this shared responsibility, and outlines recommendations to align the interests of both parties and accelerate progress in decarbonising portfolios.

Real Estate

Workplace Insight

JULY 13, 2023

The Government’s plan to transform the UK into a science and technology superpower will fail to boost living standards unless it’s linked to a broader industrial strategy aimed at raising productivity across all sectors of the economy.

Logistics

Workplace Insight

MARCH 7, 2024

Yesterday’s Spring Budget included a number of announcements that affect the various people, place and technology professions in the UK. However there needs to be a complimentary focus on improving people management and workforce skills if new technology is to be adopted effectively to improve the delivery of public services.”

Government

McKensey

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Complexity, COVID-19, and competition have upended supply chain organizations. They can reignite revenue growth and deepen resilience by deploying AI-powered digital twins.

Supplies

Tanveer Naseer

MARCH 10, 2015

Innovators think of a company not in terms of what it is or what it does, but in terms of what it knows —its skills and unique capabilities—and what it owns —such as infrastructure, proprietary technologies, standards, patents, brands, customer data, and so on. Whenever Virgin has money I always renew my search for new opportunities.”

Retail

Vantage Circle

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

It includes retail employees, hospitality crews, health care providers, machine operators, and many others who directly affect customer care and product performance. It includes key food supply chain workers, such as food manufacturers and logistics workers. Key Points: Frontline employees are physically separated from technology.

Healthcare

Work Life

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Today, most of those once indispensable tools have been rendered obsolete and replaced by modern technology that has redefined the way we work. This integration of technology into all facets of business operations is widely known as Digital Transformation (DX), and its happening across nearly every industry today.

Technology

McKensey

JUNE 30, 2025

The potential is enormous, but progress will depend on several converging technology advances, regulatory factors, and organizational readiness. Already, robots such as Agility Robotics’ Digit are operating safely in logistics centers (see sidebar, “A wealth of robotic functions”). What are the challenges?

Manufacturing

Work Life

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Many indicators, such as small business retail sales appearing up 2.1% In fact, over half of the jobs cut in August were in the tech sector, at nearly 40,000 , as companies hone in on revenue and start to incorporate new technologies. Household debt is also rising, with mortgage debts at the top of the list at a $77 billion increase.

Influencing

McKensey

JUNE 13, 2025

Think of it as the “gen AI paradox.” About the authors This report is a collaborative effort by Alexander Sukharevsky , Dave Kerr , Klemens Hjartar , Lari Hämäläinen , Stéphane Bout , and Vito Di Leo , with Guillaume Dagorret, representing views from QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey and McKinsey Technology. trillion to $4.4

Government

Workplace Insight

APRIL 4, 2025

Similarly, employees in healthcare (47 percent), transport and logistics (50 percent), and retail (51 percent) also reported low levels of psychological health. In contrast, the technology sector (62 percent), real estate and development (57 percent), and professional services (57 percent) fared better.

Real Estate

McKensey

JULY 29, 2025

The area’s five largest marketplaces have grown by 11 percent a year since 2019—even faster than the rapid rise in overall retail e-commerce spending catalyzed by the COVID-19 pandemic. A donut chart shows retail e-commerce by country in 2024 as a percent of transaction value for Switzerland, Germany, Austria, the UK, and the US.

Real Estate

Success

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Ultimately, she became the president of UPS Global Freight Forwarding, honing her global supply chain and logistics expertise. billion pounds of returns ended up in landfills, according to Optoro , a technology company that helps retailers and brands manage returned and excess inventory. In 2022, 9.5

Retail

McKensey

JUNE 17, 2025

We reviewed these for overlap with sources such as the United States’ Commerce Control List and list of Advanced Technology Products, the European Union’s strategic dependency review and Critical Raw Materials Act, and China’s 14th Five-Year Plan, supplemented by expert consultation.

Manufacturing