Holidays Loom, After Tech Earnings Highlight Supply Shortages
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looking ahead to 2021’s most important sales days later this month, after tech earnings reports illuminated supply chain challenges.
We learned recently from Adobe’s 2021 digital commerce predictions that the usual major shopping days — Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Cyber Monday — are losing their dominance as online shopping goes further mainstream. We also learned that even the best-prepared businesses with the best data from vertically integrated operations, names like Amazon and Apple, see supply shortages stifling sales.
In this environment, purveyors of enterprise software tools to analyze data and enhance decisiveness should continue to see strong demand, uncomplicated by supply constraints — because they’re delivering bits, not atoms.
Coming up today on CNBC’s TechCheck, 11 a.m. ET / 8 a.m. PT …
Jesse Powell, Kraken CEO
While you were sleeping …
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In the broader world …
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On the horizon …
I’m taking a little time off for the rest of the week. So it’ll be quiet here for the next few days.
