Skills and capability

HR and marketing leaders reflect on creating a culture of learning

Talk of a “Great Resignation” has dominated conversations about recruitment, retention, and workplace culture since midway through 2021, as the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic prompts a widespread reassessment of priorities and working conditions. The Marketing Week Career and Salary Survey 2022, which surveyed more than 4,400 UK marketing professionals to form a snapshot of marketers’ experiences, […]

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How can marketers meet the skill requirements of the post-Covid era? Insights from GSK, Channel 4, UPS and WW

Econsultancy’s Future of Marketing survey, which canvassed close to 1,000 client, vendor and agency-side marketers on their predictions about the future of the industry, revealed that an overwhelming majority of marketers feel optimistic about their future. All told, 82% of marketers say they are optimistic about the future of marketing – a third (33%) are […]

Rory O’Connor, Founder and CEO of Scurri, on how retailers are adapting during Covid-19

Rory O’Connor is the founder and CEO of Scurri, a provider of software that connects and optimises the ecommerce ordering, shipping, and delivery process. Econsultancy caught up with him to find out his view on the long-term trends affecting retail, how retailers have been adapting to the pandemic, and what advice he would give to young junior professionals just entering the industry.