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Online B2B wholesale marketplace Faire has closed a $400 million Series G funding round, its third in the last year. With this latest round, which pushes the company’s total funding to date above $1 billion , Faire is now valued at $12.4 billion. This round comes just five months after the close of Faire’s Series F and the company’s expansion into 15 markets across the UK and Europe — a region that has grown by more than 10X for the company since its initial launch there in March 2021.
Part of the Hybrid Work Success series: Rethinking a hierarchy of needs in the context of work — how a global pandemic changed the way we work, forever. In a moment of reflection amidst all the pandemic induced change, I find myself asking how we move away from the adrenaline induced reactive motions to more strategic and enlightened thinking. Perhaps the most radical of changes is the profound shift in work.
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We have arrived at the third and final blog post around Secure Code Warrior. In the first two blogs… So, You Can Code… But Can You Write Secure Code? Finding Cisco DevNet Elite Secure Code Warriors. … we introduced you to the Secure Code Warrior tournament held during Cisco DevNet Create 2021. In this final blog post, I wanted to report back about the final battle between the crème-de-la-crème – the DevNet Secure Code Warrior Top 25.
Speaker: Matt Sunshine, CEO at The Center for Sales Strategy
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Retailers saw strong results overall in Q3 2021 as the recovery continued, but supply chain shortages loom as they enter the holiday season. Large retailers like Walmart and Target prepared well in advance and expect momentum to carry them forward, and Lowe’s and The Home Depot are still benefitting from strong interest in home improvement. However, even though Victoria’s Secret posted positive Q3 results, the company warned that a significant portion of its Q4 orders had been delayed.
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Many Millennials prefer to leaf through a printed catalog than being overwhelmed with choices online. “I feel like I’m always on my phone or the computer, so it’s kind of soothing sitting down with a cup of coffee and a tactile catalog and just flipping through it,” said Kristi Krass, a mother of three from Michigan.
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The e-commerce giant said it will no longer accept United Kingdom-issued Visa credit cards for transactions, while the pet retailer reported double-digit growth in owned brands.
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We are extremely honored to receive the CRN 2021 Tech Innovator Award for the Cisco Catalyst 8000 Edge Platform in the Networking – Enterprise category. Consumer Reseller News (CRN) is a leading technology news and information source for solution providers, IT channel partners, and value-added resellers (VARs). Each year, the staff at CRN selects products in the IT industry that offer both strong differentiation and significant partner opportunities.
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