Category: Business

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - EQS Newswire - 5 August 2020 - The African Energy Chamber is delighted to announce the nomination of its Investment Advisory Committee, the last body to serve on its Advisory Board for 2020 and 2021. Its members include:

Nine new senior executives signal Envision Digital’s rapid global expansion in key Asia-Pacific (APAC) and Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) markets

 

SINGAPORE - Media OutReach - 5 August 2020 - Global green tech, Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things (AIoT)
technology leader, Envision Digital
International Pte Ltd ("Envision
Digital"), today announced the appointment of nine new management hires as the
company expands to deliver on its Net Zero Carbon and automation promises.  

 

The appointments follow the recent announcement of
Envision Digital's expansion into the German marketplace, which
marks the 12^th global office for the company. 

 

Envision Digital brings together AIoT to enable
machine to machine, no human touch, real-time optimisation of key assets in the
energy, building, manufacturing and city spaces. This includes solutions for
solar or wind electricity generation, smart battery charging and load balancing,
heating ventilation and air conditioning, field fault detection, predictive maintenance
and asset optimisation, security and safety, as well as alerting.

 

Sylvie Ouziel, International President of Envision
Digital International, says: "I am thrilled to welcome those new executives to
our global team. We share the same vision and ambition towards a decarbonised
and efficient world which reconciles performance and sustainability. Given the extreme
economic and societal challenges the planet is facing, our corporate focus is
to continuously support sustainable business growth while ensuring safe and
efficient operations for public and private organisations. I am confident that our
new colleagues will massively contribute to collectively reach those objectives."

 

Five of the nine new hires serve global remits and three
of them are based in San Francisco, California. They are the Global Chief
Product Integration Officer (CPIO), Chief Information Security Officer (CISO),
and Global Common Products Lead. Based out of Paris, France is the new Head of
Global Digital Grid and Vehicle to Grid (V2G) Centre of Excellence (CoE). Based
out of Singapore is the new Head of the Smart City and Decarbonisation domain.

 

Thomas
Kiessling has been appointed
as Global Chief Product Integration Officer (CPIO). Thomas will coordinate the
architecture of Envision Digital's offerings between the technology platforms
and functional domains to maximise client value whilst fostering reusability
and interoperability. He will also play a leading role in promoting Envision
Digital's solutions to key industry stakeholders, including industry analysts,
software and system integration partners. Thomas has held various C-suite roles
in the past, such as serving as the Chief Product and Innovation Officer of
Deutsch Telekom. His most recent role was co-founder and Chief Technology Officer
(CTO) of predictive IoT platform, AMPLY Power, Inc., specialising in electric
vehicle (EV) smart charging systems.

 

Al Ghous joins as Global Chief Information Security Officer
(CISO), bringing over 18 years of experience in cybersecurity strategy and
operations, information and product security, and risk management. Al joins
from his previous role as Chief Security Officer (CSO) at ServiceMax, a global
asset-centric field service management company. He is also the co-founder of
SVCI, a group of CISOs that operate as an angel investor syndicate.

 

Matthew Brocklehurst joins
as the Global Common Products Lead for Envision Digital, leading new
innovations, products and platform strategy, and enhancing existing offerings
with a focus on renewables and energy storage. Matthew joins from his previous
role as CTO at Power Factors, a performance optimisation platform for the
renewable energy industry.

 

Xavier
Becuwe joins as Head of Global Digital Grid and
V2G CoE. He will lead a team of experts based in Paris and take responsibility
of Envision Digital's solutions in the Smart Grid and V2G Ecosystem. Xavier brings
more than 13 years of experience in smart technologies, with a focus on smart
grid and electro-mobility, developing innovations, building capacity and
delivering solutions to major customers across Europe and Asia.

 

Ynse de Boer joins as the Smart City and Decarbonisation International Domain Lead,
based out of Singapore. He will lead the development and deployment of Smart
City, Smart Spaces and Corporate Decarbonisation programs. In his previous role
at Accenture, Ynse built and led Accenture's Strategy and Sustainability
practices for Asia Pacific based in Singapore first, and more recently for a
region comprised of France, Belgium, Luxemburg and the Netherlands.

 

The global hires will report to Sylvie Ouziel,
International President of Envision Digital.

 

In APAC, Envision
Digital has hired a Delivery Lead based in Singapore, Envision Digital's global
headquarters.

 

Saqib Khan joins the APAC team as Delivery Lead,
directly reporting to Robin Li, head of the Global Solutions and Services
Centre (GSSC) in Singapore. Saqib will ensure delivery excellence of client projects
across the region. Beyond management duties, his role includes defining
solutions and leading the implementation of large programs notably related to
smart plans and assets management, where his personal expertise lies. Saqib has
previously held roles as a Consulting Director at Deloitte and Principal
Director at Accenture.

 

Complementing the Envision Digital leadership team,
three new hires take various roles in Europe across operations and finance.

 

Marc
Chevenement joins as Operations
Director of Envision Digital France. He will be responsible for end-to-end
client and partner projects, developing new partnerships within various
industry verticals, as well as supporting cross-entity battery and wind turbine
projects. Marc brings experience in industrial operations and digital business
transformation, previously holding a variety of roles in automotive, consulting,
and insurance at PSA, Accenture and Allianz.

 

Matthias
Felber joins as Head of Operations for Envision
Digital's Germany retail activities, coordinating and implementing Envision
Digital's EV charging solution. Matthias brings over 20 years of experience
across a range of business verticals, most recently serving as Managing
Director of strategic digital consultancy, Neusta Accelerate.

 

Sabine
Moser joins as the Finance Director of Envision
Digital in Germany. She joins from intelligent automation solution provider,
KUKA, previously serving as the Director of Finance for the EMEA region.

 

Sabine and Matthias will report to the new Managing
Director of Envision Digital Germany, Drazen Nikolic, who was appointed in May
this year, while Marc will report to Sylvie Ouziel, International President of Envision
Digital.

About Envision Digital:

Envision Digital
is a global AIoT technology leader headquartered in Singapore with more than
500 employees across twelve offices in China, France, Germany, Norway, the
Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States.

 

Envision Digital owns EnOS™ -- the world-class AIoT operating system
which currently connects and manages over 63 million smart devices and 120GW of
energy assets globally. Its monitoring, advanced analytics, forecasting and
optimising applications provide insights to help clients better manage their
assets and portfolio performance. Its offering extends to Smart Renewables
(Solar, Wind); Smart Cities; Connected Energy; and Smart Plants; partnering
governments and companies in their digital transformation journey. 

 

As a major player in AIoT operating systems, Envision Digital is growing
an ecosystem of partners to enable energy and digital transformation globally.
Its growing list of over 250 customers and partners spans across ten industries
and includes: Accenture, Amazon Web Services, GovTech Singapore, Keppel, Microsoft,
Nissan, PSA International, PTT, Sonnen, Tableau and Total. 

 

For more
information, visit www.envision-digital.com

NEW YORK, US - Media OutReach - 5 August 2020 - Infor, a global
leader in business cloud software specialized by industry, today announced that
Gartner Inc. has positioned Infor CloudSuite
in the Visionaries quadrant of the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud ERP
for Product-Centric Enterprises. Infor was positioned highest for ability to
execute in the Visionaries quadrant.

 

Download
a complimentary copy of the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for
Cloud ERP for Product-Centric Enterprises, published June 22.

 

"We believe Infor's placement as a Visionary
in this Gartner Magic Quadrant recognizes our ability to provide CloudSuites
that are designed to serve certain specific needs of a variety of industries,
including manufacturing,
healthcare, distribution, public sector,
retail and hospitality,"
said Soma Somasundaram, Infor chief technology officer and president of
products. "Infor's CloudSuites utilize our leading technology platform, Infor
OS to power next-generation user experiences, integrations and workflows, which
are designed to help increase productivity and collaboration."

 

"Infor CloudSuites deliver back-office
operations, key industry analytics and reporting -- along with mobile access and
implementation accelerators -- in an effort to help lower companies' risks and
help keep them current with the latest innovations," he added. "This can
provide enterprises with agility and flexibility to help drive performance and
scalability and assist in reducing time-to-value."

 

In its Magic Quadrant for Cloud ERP for
Product-Centric Enterprises, Gartner notes that, "By 2022, 30% of large
enterprises will have moved to a platform- and product-centric approach with
standardized ERP capabilities at the platform core."

 

In addition, the report stated, "By 2025, the
top four ERP vendors will rebrand themselves as business platform providers."

According to the Magic Quadrant report, "Gartner defines a product-centric
cloud ERP suite as a
set of loosely coupled products comprising:

• Operational
  ERP -- supply chain and manufacturing-related functionality such as demand
  management, order management, material requirements planning (MRP),
  inventory management, supply chain/direct procurement, manufacturing
  control capabilities, and distribution/logistics.
• Financial
  management functionality (those vendors that provide only financial
  management as a suite are rated in a separate Magic Quadrant).
• Purchasing
  focused on indirect goods, services and capital equipment.
• HCM --
  for cost management as well as staffing for operational resources.
• Specialized,
  industry-specific modules or applications including, but not limited to,
  modules such as configure-to-order (CTO) or make-to-order (MTO), and field
  service management (FSM), or broader application solutions like enterprise
  asset management (EAM) and product life cycle management (PLM)."

 

Tweet this:
@Infor CloudSuite positioned in Visionaries
quadrant of the @Gartner_inc June 2020 Magic Quadrant for #Cloud #ERP for
Product-Centric Enterprises http://ow.ly/BRhs30qTnWy

 

Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Cloud ERP for
Product-Centric Enterprises Tim Faith, Duy Nguyen, Denis Torii, Paul Schenck,
Christian Hestermann, 22 June 2020.

 

Gartner does not
endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications,
and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the
highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of
the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as
statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied,
with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or
fitness for a particular purpose.

 

Media contact:

Phyllis
Tan

Infor
Asia Pacific

+65
9799 9133

phyllis.tan@infor.com

 

About Infor

Infor is a global leader in business cloud
software specialized by industry. With 17,300 employees and over 68,000
customers in more than 170 countries, Infor software is designed for progress.
To learn more, please visit www.infor.com.

 

Infor customers include:

• The
  top 20 aerospace companies
• 9 of
  the top 10 high tech companies
• 14 of
  the 25 largest U.S. healthcare delivery networks
• 19 of
  the 20 largest U.S. cities
• 18 of
  the top 20 industrial distributors
• 13 of
  the top 20 global retailers
• 4 of
  the top 5 brewers
• 17 of
  the top 20 global banks
• 9 of
  the 10 largest global hotel brands
• 7 of
  the top 10 global luxury brands

 

This announcement
reflects the direction Infor may take with regard to the specific product(s)
described herein, all of which is subject to change by Infor in its sole
discretion, with or without notice to you. This announcement is not a
commitment to you in any way and you should not rely on this document or any of
its content in making any decision. Infor is not committing to develop or
deliver any specified enhancement, upgrade, product or functionality, even if
such is described in this announcement and even if such description is
accompanied by words such as "anticipate," "believe," "expect," "intend,"
"may," "plan," "project," "predict," "should," "will," and/or similar
expressions. Many factors can affect Infor's product development plans and the
nature, content and timing of future product releases, all of which remain in
the sole discretion of Infor. This announcement, in whole or in part, may not
be incorporated into any contractual agreement with Infor or its subsidiaries
or affiliates. Infor expressly disclaims any liability with respect to this
announcement.

• Vivian Xia joins REBEL FC as Sponsorship
  Director, bringing with her a wealth of experience that includes 16 years at The
  Nielsen Company
• Ophelia Yao
  comes onboard as Sponsorship Manager, having previously worked at AVIAREPS
  Group and IMG

SHANGHAI, CHINA - Media OutReach - 5 August 2020
- REBEL
Fighting Championship (REBEL FC), a dynamic fightainment company, is not letting the COVID-19 pandemic get in
the way of its goal of becoming the first MMA promotion from Southeast Asia to
produce a full-fledged Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) reality show in China and
develop the next generation of China-grown MMA superstars.

REBEL FC already has
an ace in place with famed Chinese director Xie Dikui, as the executive
producer of the planned MMA reality show. Xie is a household name for his work
on one of China's biggest reality shows in the past decade, Where Are We
Going, Dad? (Chinese: 爸爸去哪儿; pinyin: Bàba qù nǎr), on Hunan Television, which debuted in 2013 and is currently being filmed
for the sixth season. He was the director for the series' first (2013), second
(2014), third (2015) and fourth seasons (2016), as well as two movie
adaptations of the series. The series attracted an average of 75 million
viewers per episode every week and an astonishing TV viewership of 190 million
people in the 2015 season finale.

REBEL FC's Top Guns: Vivian Xia

 

REBEL FC's Top Guns: Ophelia Yao

"Just like any
programme on terrestrial TV or streaming platform, the sponsorship team behind a
programme is its bedrock. Hence, REBEL FC is pulling out all the stops to
recruit the best in the business to give its reality show a strong boost."
explains Justin Leong, CEO of REBEL FC.

"Our reality show
ties in with the REBEL FC's core value of empowerment. We will empower our
fighters in and out of the ring as well as during and after their fight
careers. We want to empower our gym and brand partners. Our new sponsorship
colleagues will work towards a holistic partnership with our sponsors where
everyone will benefit -- from everyday men and women who will be inspired by the
tales of the fighters' determination to succeed against all odds in the reality
show to our brand partners who will be able to communicate the empowering
aspects of their products and services to the mainstream viewers," emphasises
Leong. 

Vivian Xia, who
joins REBEL FC as sponsorship director, is the promotion's most significant
appointment to date. She spent most of her career from 1999 to 2018 -- 16 years
-- at The Nielson Company, a global marketing research firm headquartered in New
York City, USA. Nielsen's possibly best known creation is the Nielsen ratings,
an analytical system that measures television, radio and newspaper audiences in
their respective media markets.

The highlight of her
work with Nielsen was building up a sports and entertainment department for the
company from 2016 to 2018 as Associate Director. This new department is
responsible for the business and product developments of the sports industry in
China. Major clients she managed with this new department were Hebei China
Fortune Football Club (image branding to fans), Tencent Sports (evaluation of NBA
sponsor exposure in the media), HUPU (industry prospect evaluation), Foshan
Xiqiao Marathon (event performance evaluation) and JD (sports goods industry
research).

From 2018, Xia went
on to join OCEANS Sports & Entertainment Inc. as its Vice President. OCEANS
is one of the leading sports marketing agencies in China specialising in
integrated sports marketing, event organisation and promotion, sponsorship
development, and building relevant relationships across China's fast-growing
sports industry. At OCEANS, she was responsible for managing new businesses in
the country. A major client she handled was ADK, whom she facilitated to
successfully obtain the title sponsor of the WTA Final in Shenzhen in 2019.

Joining Vivian Xia
is Ophelia Yao, REBEL FC's sponsorship manager, who has experience from IMG, a
global events and talent management company headquartered in New York, USA,
under Endeavor Group Holdings. Endeavor is best known for acquiring UFC in 2016
for 4 billion USD.

At IMG, Yao was Sales
Support & Client Servicing Manager at IMG Golf Asia, focusing on client
relations and servicing for the WGC-HSBC Champions project, building corporate
partnerships with Mercedes Benz, WeChat, Dell and TutorABC.

"It is an honour for
me and Ophelia to be a witness and participant in innovative sports marketing with
REBEL FC's planned reality show. I think it is an exciting platform to
communicate MMA as a professional sports in the language of mass entertainment
that will resonate with the mass audience in China. The attributes of MMA
conveyed through the reality show can encourage positive thinking and
enterprising fighting spirit as well as revitalising national pride in everyone
in China," elaborates Xia.

We hope to inspire
more innovative ideas for event operations and make REBEL an industry benchmark
and leader not only in China but around the world in the time to come," she
adds.

With Xia and Yao
onboard, REBEL FC adds another milestone in its course towards bringining its
ambitious MMA reality show into fruition.

For more information on REBEL FC, please visit www.rebelfightingchampionship.com

About REBEL Fighting Championship

REBEL Fighting Championship is a dynamic fightainment
company, committed to bringing exciting and engaging mixed martial arts and
live event entertainment to our customers around the world. We are focused on
pursuing the highest standards of excellence in our live event production, MMA
talent development and promoting awareness of MMA.

 

Founded in May 2013 and headquartered in
Singapore, the company comprises a group of vibrant and creative professionals
with diverse backgrounds in production, marketing, business development, event
management, public relations, and MMA matchmaking.

TOKYO,
JAPAN - Media OutReach - 5 August 2020 - Baseus, a leading
consumer electronics brand, announced a new promotional campaign called "Super
Brand Day" on its official AliExpress store featuring exclusive coupons and unprecedented
discounts up to 71% off. The event is set to start on August 10th (at 0:00
Pacific Time, USA - at 16:00 Japan Time) and end on August 13th. Users can
receive even more special deals and unique gifts by joining the live broadcast
events and signing in continuously to the Baseus
official AliExpress store.
Baseus also welcomes its users to participate in its Facebook fan event to win
an iPhone gift pack.

Since
its establishment in 2011, Baseus has specialized in manufacturing phone
accessories, laptop docking stations, small household appliances, earphones,
phone chargers, screen hanging lights, and car accessories.

This
company is particularly famous for its GaN (gallium nitride) chargers, which
are physically smaller but more efficient than traditional chargers. A few
examples are the world's smallest 120W
GaN Charger, the world's
first 65W three-port 2C1A GaN Charger, and the 10000-mAh
45W GaN Power Bank.

Other
exceptional products are the A2
Car Vacuum Cleaner and the i-wok
Screen Hanging Light, which is
perfect for those staring at a computer screen all day. The USB-C
Hub for MacBook Pro, in particular,
has even received the Japan Design Excellence Award. It works both as a HUB and
as a heat dispersing device with 9 port expansion, 40 Gbps transmission, and a
TB3 interface.

Despite being headquartered in Shenzhen (China),
Baseus has a growing global presence through its over 600 flagship stores in
more than 180 countries and regions worldwide.

Below is a more
detailed timeline of the Baseus Brand Day event:

1. From July
   20th to August 9th: pre-selling activity, exclusive gifts, and special
   time-limited coupons for continuous sign-in and for sharing the link to
   the Baseus AliExpress store;
2. On August
   10th: Brand Day event broadcast with even more appealing discounts;
3. From August
   10th to August 12th: Brand Day event special discounts;

About Baseus

Baseus is a consumer electronics brand that
mainly manufactures mobile phone accessories, laptop docking stations, small
household appliances, and car accessories.

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA AND TAIPEI, TAIWAN - Media OutReach - 5 August 2020 - Kantar Health, a leading global healthcare data,
analytics and research provider, today announces the expansion of its National
Health and Wellness Survey (NHWS) into South Korea and Taiwan. NHWS is the world's largest patient-reported
outcomes survey and provides a unique patient perspective into health needs and
experiences.

 

Over 40,000 patients and caregivers in South Korea
and Taiwan will join the survey, increasing the global sample size to 250,000
patients across 12 markets, which already include Japan and China. In its 23^rd
year of reporting, NHWS covers 200 medical conditions using validated research
instruments and disease-specific measures.

 

NHWS
also has the flexibility to uncover timely, synergistic insights around global
healthcare events through Pulse recontact surveys. The survey found that the
proportion of patients reporting symptoms of moderate to severe depression in
South Korea almost doubled from 16% to 30% since the start of the Covid-19
pandemic. In comparison, the proportion of
respondents reporting these symptoms in Taiwan, a country which has been widely
praised for its response to the pandemic, did not significantly change during
the same period.

 

Lynnette Cooke, Global CEO, Kantar Health,
commented, "Our goal is to understand
patients' unmet needs and provide guidance in the development of new therapies
to improve health outcomes and resource utilisation. The National Health and
Wellness Survey stands alone globally in providing robust evidence of the
burden of illness that patients experience and the value that different medical
interventions can deliver."

 

"With Patient-reported outcomes (PRO)
increasingly being considered as part of regulatory submissions and
reimbursement decisions in South Korea and Taiwan, we are delighted to add
these important countries to our global knowledge pool," added Questa Lin,
General Manager, Taiwan, Kantar Health.

 

About Kantar Health

Kantar Health, a
division of Kantar, provides data, analytics and research to the life sciences
industry. As real-world evidence and commercialization partners, Kantar Health
enables clients to bring safe and effective treatment to patients around the
world. The team has expertise across a myriad of therapy areas, including
unique thought leadership in oncology and rare diseases. For more information
on how to optimize commercial launch plans, demonstrate real-world
effectiveness and safety, and build ongoing value substantiation to unlock your
full potential, visit www.kantar.com/expertise/health. Kantar helps clients
understand people and inspire growth.

SINGAPORE - Media OutReach - 5 August 2020 - Stefanie Sun, JJ Lin and Dick Lee are just a handful of the local celebrities who have gathered together for National Day celebrations at Madame Tussauds on Sentosa.

The wax attraction full of famous fun has created a special National Day celebration where local icons come together in front of an Instagrammable wall. The figures are overlooking the famous nighttime skyline, where guests can set off fireworks on the movement activated, projection mapped interactive set. In this specially created zone, they can also relive classic National Day songs alongside the artists who sung them

 

Besides the National Day celebration, which will be featured for a limited period only, guests can enjoy the Marvel 4D cinema again, since it will reopen also this weekend! The Marvel 4D Experience is 1 of the 5 experiences Madame Tussauds offer.  For National Day, Sentosa is giving out free NDP Fun Passes, redeem your tickets for the world famous wax attraction now or visit the website of Madame Tussauds for great promotions.

The 55^th National Day celebration will be like no other this year, if you are missing the National Day Parade and all the memorable performances that go with it then come to Madame Tussauds and take the stage yourself next to the nation's most famous stars!

Twitter: @MTsSingapore

Instagram: @mtssingapore

Facebook: www.facebook.com/MadameTussaudsSingapore

About Madame Tussauds

Madame Tussauds is the ultimate celebrity experience and the world's best known and most popular wax attraction. There are currently 23 Madame Tussauds attractions around the world.  Each of the attractions is unique and tailored to the host city and visitor demographic to feature both local as well as international figures. These attractions are continually endorsed by celebrities, sports stars, royalty and global politicians.

Founded in London in 1835, Madame Tussauds' amazing wax figures are so high quality and so lifelike that even the celebrities themselves do a double take when they see them -- and all in stunning interactive themed sets designed to excite, amaze, and surprise, including some with unique animated features! And, with no bars, ropes or barriers around the figures, visitors will have no problem believing that they really are standing beside their heroes and the photographs taken with favourite stars will be a special memory for ever.

 

The result of 200 years of expertise and painstaking research every figure takes Madame Tussauds' gifted sculptors a minimum of three months to make, and costs more than $300K (Singapore dollars). Most contemporary figures are also produced following sittings with the celebrities themselves and are the result of hundreds of separate measurements, hours matching skin tone, eye and hair colour -- with every individual hair inserted separately. Celebrities and film studio wardrobe departments often supply clothing for their figures, or designers will reproduce significant or iconic outfits as exact replicas, only for Madame Tussauds. Inclusion in one of Madame Tussauds attractions around the world is seen as a huge honour and recognition of an individual's contribution, status and achievement.

About Merlin Entertainments plc

Merlin Entertainments plc is a global leader in location-based, family entertainment. As Europe's Number 1 and the world's second-largest visitor attraction operator, Merlin now operates over 130 attractions, 19 hotels and 6 holiday villages in 25 countries and across 4 continents. Merlin's purpose is to deliver memorable experiences to its 67 million guests around the world, through its iconic brands and multiple attraction formats, and the commitment and passion of its c.28,000 employees (peak season).

See www.merlinentertainments.biz for more information and follow on Twitter @MerlinEntsNews.

CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA - Media OutReach - August
4, 2020 - SugarCRM Inc.®, the innovator of time-aware CX, today announced that
it was named a Visionary in the Gartner 2020 Magic Quadrant for Sales Force
Automation for the 8th consecutive year. Sugar was recognized for its ability
to execute and completeness of vision.

In the report^[1],
Gartner noted the top three reasons, which drove the 100 vendor reference
customers who use the SFA solutions reviewed in the Magic Quadrant, to purchase
from their vendor included: product functionality and performance (64%), competitive
costs (62%), and strong customer focus (52%).

 

"We believe SugarCRM is the clear choice for
sales automation based on technology, value and ease of use," said Rich Green,
Chief Product Officer and CTO, SugarCRM. "With one of the highest customer retention
rates of all ranked vendors and high scores for both our customer experience
and service, companies of all sizes are adopting Sugar Sell to drive their
sales initiatives and deliver for their customers". 

 

Sugar Sell is part of Sugar's time-aware CX
solutions that enable marketing, sales and service teams to gain a
clear, unified view of the customer and deliver a better experience across the
customer journey. Now is a period of rapid innovation for Sugar as the company
builds out its time-aware, no-touch CX platform with analytics capabilities and
new products including Sugar Integrate, a robust, integration
solution for 200 business processes and apps.

 

Sugar improved its position on the ability to
execute in the Visionaries quadrant for Sales Force Automation (SFA) compared
to the previous report and is also positioned on the "Completeness of
Vision" axis. The report evaluated 15 vendors.

 

A complimentary copy of the Gartner, Inc. 2020
Magic Quadrant for Sales Force Automation research report is available from the SugarCRM site here.

 

Gartner
Disclaimer

Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product
or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise
technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other
designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's
research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact.
Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this
research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a
particular purpose.

About SugarCRM

SugarCRM's time-aware sales, marketing and service software helps companies deliver effortless and predictable customer experience. For mid-market companies and anyone that wants a CX-driven platform, Sugar gives teams the time-aware customer data they need to create a seamless customer journey and increase customer lifetime value.

More than 4,500 companies in over 120 countries rely on SugarCRM. Based in Silicon Valley, SugarCRM is backed by Accel-KKR. 

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SINGAPORE - Media OutReach - 4 August 2020
- To commemorate Singapore's 55^th
birthday, Amazon aims to recognize home-grown businesses and celebrate their
journeys by launching today dedicated "Shop
Local" storefront on Amazon.sg. The
curated page features four local brands' founding stories and a plethora of
products from local businesses in categories such as home and home improvement,
electronics, kitchen and dining, health and personal care, toys and games,
groceries and more.

 

"As Singaporeans come together to
celebrate the nation's 55^th birthday, we hope to help shoppers
discover and expand the support for local businesses through this new
initiative. We invite customers to learn more about the entrepreneurs behind
these homegrown businesses and check out their great products," says Bernard
Tay, Country Leader, Amazon.sg Seller Services and Head of Amazon Global
Selling Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand. "We are pleased to
welcome more local business onto Amazon.sg and look forward to helping them
expand their customer base and reach a global audience through our online
stores worldwide."

Notable local brands featured on
"Shop Local" include: manufacturer of premium quality bedding with compostable
and bio-degradable fibers -- EASVEN; local manufacturer of  plant-based products for babies with sensitive
skin -- Happyganics; personal care brand for those aspiring to
enjoy clear and beautiful skin -- Porcelain Skin; and non-medicated
solutions provider for menstrual cramps -- Blood.

Getting to know the local retailers on Amazon.sg

 

EASVEN

Singaporean founder Chen Yan
started her career with her family's bedding and household goods business but
soon left to study Design in Arts in the UK before moving to Singapore in 2004.
In 2019, Yan returned to her passion and love for textile, fabric, and the
environment to start EASVEN, a purpose-built brand which
manufactures premium quality bedding using TENCEL™ Lyocell fibers that are
certified compostable and bio-degradable. Amidst COVID-19, Yan started selling
on Amazon to reach a global audience with low shipment costs.

 

"With Amazon, we're not only
selling products, but a service, building our brand reputation, growing our
community, and connecting with our customers. As a young brand dealing with the
pandemic, selling online has been essential. We've been able to continue the
business, adapt quickly, and maintain the high quality and service of our
products," said Yan, founder of EASVEN.

 

Happyganics

Happyganics was founded in 2015 in Singapore by parents Dawn Teh and Leslie Wou after their
baby daughter started suffering from skin allergies. With pure plant-based
ingredients and natural products, ranging from detergent to hand sanitizer,
Happyganics manufactures locally and sells in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia,
Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand.

 

Dawn from Happyganics said: "With
Amazon, we have been able to reach many more customers without increasing our
operations cost. The warehousing and logistical support has allowed us to
streamline operations and offer same-day delivery to meet customer expectations.
Furthermore, joining Amazon through the E-Commerce Booster Package has meant
that we can leverage its global footprint without having to rent retail space --
a huge cost saver to grow rapidly!"

 

Porcelain Skin

Started by mother-daughter duo
Jenny Teng and Pauline Ng, Porcelain is a home-grown brand that
grew swiftly fueled by the mutual love for skincare and passion to correct, not
conceal, skin troubles. Over the last 10 years, since 2009, Porcelain Skin has
received more than 80 beauty awards for both service and products and has plans
to expand across Vietnam, Philippines and Malaysia.

 

Daughter and Managing Director
Pauline Ng said: "While we grow as a company, we are constantly looking for
ways to continue listening to customer feedback and improve our service to
build long-term relationships. We've just joined Amazon in June and are looking
forward to connecting with consumers domestically and internationally to
address their needs quickly."

 

Blood

Frustrated by the lack of good
quality non-medicated solutions for menstrual cramps, Singaporeans Tan Peck
Ying and Caleb Leow developed MenstruHeat -- the flagship product of Blood
-- to help and support women across the world through their period cycles. They
started selling on Amazon in 2015 and have since grown their business on Amazon
across the US, UK, EU, Canada, Japan, Australia with plans to expand in India.

 

"Selling internationally with
Amazon has given us exposure beyond our shores -- this has been really important
for our brand building and awareness. In fact, more than 50% of our online
sales come through Amazon today. Thanks to Fulfilment by Amazon (FBA), since
our initial days, we have not had to worry about distribution and shipment
costs and can focus on managing inventory and growing the business," said Peck
Ying, co-founder of Blood.

 

Discover the wide range of
selection from local retailers on Amazon.sg here.

 

Beyond the "Shop Local" showcase,
Amazon has launched Seller University so local businesses in Singapore can
access complimentary online tools and personalized support to better operate on
Amazon's store. This is in addition to the E-Commerce Booster Package
collaboration with Enterprise Singapore where local retailers who sign up to
sell on Amazon.sg can avail a one-time grant of up to S$9,000 to enhance their E-Commerce
capabilities and reach more customers. 
Interested local retailers can find out more information and sign up by
30 September 2020 here: https://services.amazon.sg/esg-e-commerce-booster-package.html

 

To find out more about selling on Amazon, visit: https://www.amazon.sg/sell.

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