Sales

Sales Tech “The X-Factor” for Closing Deals, But Don’t Underestimate Human Contact

Businesses are increasingly investing in sales technology, according to a new report from LinkedIn, to help their staff close deals,…

Microsoft Rolls Out Raft of New AI and Mixed Reality Apps for Enterprise Use

Microsoft has unveiled a raft of new AI and mixed reality applications for its Microsoft Dynamics Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and…

Are Influencers the Customer-Centric Lever Marketing Needs in 2018?

Traditional means of marketing that just broadcast to consumers have become ineffective and even self-sabotaging, according to a recent Accenture…

State of Sales: Data-Driven Lead Prioritisation Still Not the Norm

Despite the abundance of data available to sales teams, only one third use data-driven lead prioritisation as a default methodology,…

Smartphone sales fell for first time ever last year – Gartner

The first ever decline in smartphone sales has been discovered in statistics from the fourth quarter of 2017, with records…

Arsenal scores e-commerce goal after assist from SAP Hybris

Arsenal Football Club has experienced great e-commerce success after refurbishing its retail site by working with SAP Hybris Commerce. The…

Microsoft reportedly axing ‘thousands’ of jobs in plans to boost cloud computing sales

Microsoft is reportedly in plans to lay off thousands of its employees around the world, in plans to restructure its…

Intel disappoints with forecast despite better-than-expected sales

Intel reported an increase of 8.7 percent in revenue in Q3 posting $15.8 billion and an operating income of $4.5 billion.…

G-Cloud sales reach £1.39bn with central government the biggest spender

A recent update to the UK Government’s G-Cloud dashboard has revealed that the platform had reached £1.39bn in total sales…