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Perficient Included in Gartner’s 2020 Marketing Technology Vendor Guide

Perficient

According to Gartner’s CMO Spend Survey 2020-2021 , marketing technology currently accounts for 26% of budgets – a larger percentage than media, in-house labor, and agencies. Despite budget cuts due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 68% of CMOs expect their martech spend to increase in the coming year.

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Apprehension Lingers Around COVID Vaccine

PYMNTS

In Houston, according to NPR reports , some medical staff are expressing wariness about actually showing up for their shots. And that sense of reticence, notably, extends beyond healthcare workers in Houston. According to PYMNTS’ data on U.S. And those intentions, no matter who’s data one uses are not evenly distributed.

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What To Make Of The Gradual Return Of The In-Office Workforce

PYMNTS

Fee falls into the 58 percent of consumers, according to PYMNTS/PayPal survey data, who report a basic unwillingness to go back to his pre-pandemic routines, including office work, until there is a COVID-19. But the situation, the data indicated, is highly regional. said tech executive Connor Fee in a San Francisco media report.

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Why Brick-And-Mortar Merchants Are Tapping Into Unattended Retail

PYMNTS

New digital innovations, however, provide the promise of offering valuable customer data to merchants. percent — of surveyed Canadian consumers would not mind autonomous vehicle deliveries. and SoftBank -backed robotics firm Nuro recently announced the rollout of their autonomous grocery delivery service in Houston. In the U.S.,

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Leena AI Raises $30M To Accelerate Development Of Conversational AI Chatbots For HR

CB Insights

Delaware-based Leena AI helps several companies automate conversations with employees in order to answer general questions and provide access to personal data and documents. It also provides automated employee engagement tools that can be used to conduct surveys related to things like worker sentiment. Want the full post?

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CVS Health Unveils Atlanta HealthHUBs; Target’s Digital Sales Rise Despite Slow Growth

PYMNTS

CVS Health started to test out HealthHUB locations last year in Houston to “overwhelming customer satisfaction” per the announcement. Walgreens and VillageMD said last year that they were collaborating to offer primary care services for adult patients in the Houston, Texas area. The value of receipts at merchants increased 0.3

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SMBs And Customers Wrestle With The COVID (But Not Covert) Surcharge

PYMNTS

But add up enough anecdotal data points, and it seems there is at least some consideration of what the “new normal” looks like for firms reopening their doors — and it’s a bit more expensive for them … and their consumers. To be sure, this doesn’t seem to be a trend yet. In one example reported by abc13.com,

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