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The Very Group adopts a data catalog to better organize and leverage its online retail capabilities

CIO Business Intelligence

It launched its first online-only brand, Very, in 2009 and finally abandoned its printed catalogs to go all-in online in 2015. He found a rich collection of data assets, including information on over 2.2 Understanding what data you’ve got locked in all these different stores is a big part of the jigsaw puzzle.”.

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Adapting to Change: Finding Opportunity in Crucible Moments

Alation

As the authors of a Harvard Business Review article, “Roaring Out of Recession” note, three years after the Great Recession of 2007–2009, the most recent period of global economic instability, 9% of companies didn’t simply recover — they flourished, outperforming competitors by at least 10% in sales and profit growth.