Citi has a new group of senior leaders joining its highest ranks. On Wednesday, the bank announced 276 managing directors, elevating the class of leaders to its highest rank below the C-suite. This year's class includes 55 promotions in markets, 45 in banking, 40 in wealth, and 33 in services, the bank's unit that helps clients manage and move money globally.
Very few product or service businesses escape the kind of seasonality that forces active engagement with the market through promotions, offers or specials. Right now, we're all bombarded with deals on everything, including digital services and B2B SaaS. After all, nothing captures the holiday spirit quite like an extra terabyte of cloud storage. It's a surge of activity that's hard to ignore - especially for someone who pays close attention to how these offers are put together.
Grocery price inflation has been recorded at 6.3pc in the 12 weeks to the start of this month. This is up from 5.4pc in the previous 12-week period, according to retail industry consultants Worldpanel, which used to be called Kantar. The spiralling cost of everyday essentials is forcing consumers to cut back on what they buy in the shops and to substitute expensive items like beef for cheaper alternatives like chicken, experts have said.
Digital marketing firm Elasticity, based in St. Louis, Missouri, promoted Collin Schuck to director of social media and public relations. He will oversee the agency's social media and influencer marketing department. William B. Jones joined St. Louis, Missouri, based labor and employment firm McMahon Berger, after nearly 18 years leading the global HR legal initiatives at Enterprise Mobility. Lawrence Group hired Nick Naeger as associate principal/senior project manager, and Colleen O'Brien as senior project accountant.
The Purchases tab gives you an overview in your email inbox of your online shopping, including "all purchase-related emails and package updates," the company said. When you click on it, you'll see order confirmations, shipping and delivery updates, and more. You'll still see the existing feature (which rolled out last year) that shows soon-arriving package information at the top of your inbox, but you can also see updates on packages set to arrive further out.
To celebrate the restaurant moo-ving into town, cows will eat free on opening day. Local owner-operator Rafael Camargo and his team will be looking for patrons dressed like the animals or at least sporting black and white spots to offer each of them one free breakfast or lunch/dinner entrée inside the restaurant.