Companies including Anheuser Busch (parent company of Budweiser) and Adidas have leaped headlong into the world of NFTs, with seemingly enormous success. Within 19 hours of launching in January, Budweiser’s 11,000-strong NFT collection sold out, netting the company $4.8 million. One analysis of the NFT market, which doesn’t track all sales, still indicates how huge…
With more than four decades of IT experience and multiple executive roles, Greg Taffet has both seen and held a wide range of job titles. So he was surprised when a new one cropped up, and even more surprised when it was used to describe his work. The title? Gig CIO. After his initial reaction,…
Online orders skyrocketed at Walmart, the largest retailer in the US, when the pandemic hit, making more work for in-store employees. At the same time, demand for certain products led to frequent stock outages. While Walmart’s ordering app allowed customers to indicate their preferred substitutes for out-of-stock products, customers usually skipped this step. This forced…