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Adopting voice commerce in 2024: Benefits and challenges

Open Access Government - Technology News

Revolutionalizing the shopping experience by embracing voice commerce in 2024 for seamless digital interactions Today, customers expect a frictionless shopping experience across online channels. billion from 2021 to 2026, showing a CAGR of 24.34%. billion from 2021 to 2026, showing a CAGR of 24.34%. In 2022, 26.8

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Life sciences M&A shows new signs of life

McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

Having peaked in 2021 and plummeted as the pandemic ended, deal value revived in 2023, with pharma companies pursuing growth and medtech companies chasing profitability. These trends promise to continue in 2024.

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2023 Year in Review: National Land Bank Network

Center for Community Progress

In 2023, the National Land Bank Network helped land banks all across the country help their communities tackle property vacancy, abandonment, and deterioration. Some highlights from the past year include: State of Land Bank Survey and Results Thank you to all land banks that completed the 2023 State of Land Banking Survey.

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Four Years After the Pandemic, Work-From-Home Trends Reshape Residential Choices and Real Estate

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

1] In 2024, between 25 and 30% of the U.S. According to the WFH Research, which oversees the SWAA survey, the average distance from the workplace rose from 10 miles in January 2020 to over 25 miles in 2023. [2] In the fourth quarter of 2023, the office vacancy rate in the Raleigh metro area hit 20% , aligning with the national average.

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Microsoft 365 Government price updates - into effect March 1st 2023

Microsoft Public Sector

On August 2021 we announced an update to our pricing for Microsoft 365 (which applies to all commercial customers: Enterprise, US Government, and Business). Therefore, on March 1, 2023, the updated prices will be effective for the following suites: Office 365 G1 (+10%), Office 365 G3 (+5%), and Microsoft 365 G3 (+2%).   .

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Vermont Chapter Councilor Report – ALA Annual 2023

Librarian.net

Previous reports from me: June 2020 , January 2021 (did not write a report), July 2021 , January 2022 , June 2022 (did not go to ALA ), January 2023 I filled in for outgoing Councilor Marti Fisk who moved, and was elected to a three-year term starting in 2020. So, VLA is looking for a Councilor.

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Ticker: The Academic Business Librarianship Review - Call for Submissions

A Library Writer's Blog

Ticker: The Academic Business Librarianship Review is seeking articles for Volume 9, Issue 1, to be published in the Spring of 2024. 2021) "Free Lunch? Peer-review articles will be due December 01, 2023. Editorials will be due March 01, 2024. Just wanted to send out one more call! doi: [link].2931 2931 Hosoi, M.,

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