Innovation & Tech

Best Mirakl Alternatives in 2026: What to Buy When Mirakl Is Overkill

Every marketplace shortlist I have seen in the last five years opens with Mirakl. Fair enough, it earned the spot.What happens next is the interesting part.Somewhere around week six, a merchandising lead does the arithmetic on the quote, looks at ...

2nd September 2026 · 4 min read

The Enterprise Guide to Inventory Management Software for Shopify

If you ran your purchase orders through Stocky, this week is not a fun one.Shopify pulled the app from its store in February and switched it off for good on August 31, 2026. Supplier records could not be exported, so a lot of merchants spent Augus...

2nd September 2026 · 4 min read

Best Marketplace Solutions in 2026: Enterprise Machinery or Extra Catalog?

Ask ten retail teams what a marketplace is and you get two answers hiding inside one word.The first team wants an open floor. Hundreds of independent sellers, commission tiers, payout schedules, a seller portal with its own support queue.The secon...

2nd September 2026 · 4 min read

European Firms Adopted AI Faster Than Ever in 2025. Almost None Optimised to Be Found by It

European companies have spent two years learning to use artificial intelligence. They have spent almost no time learning to be found by it.The adoption numbers are no longer marginal. Eurostat reported that 20.0% of EU enterprises with ten or more...

1st September 2026 · 5 min read

The B2B SEO Checklist Every Growing Business Needs Before 2027

If you own a growing company, you must be aware that the way in which your customers access your online presence has undergone significant changes. European decision-makers do not want to click through endless pages of search results when looking ...

18th August 2026 · 4 min read

What Every Business Leader Should Know Before Hiring a Keynote Speaker

Business events often represent months of planning and significant investment. The keynote speaker is vital in shaping whether attendees find the meeting relevant, engaging and memorable. Choosing that speaker requires more than reviewing a list o...

17th August 2026 · 5 min read

How European SMEs Are De-Risking Industrial Equipment Purchases in 2026

For a growing manufacturing business, the machine on the shop floor is rarely just a line item on a balance sheet. It is a production commitment. When a laser cutter or CNC router goes down for two weeks because a spare part has to clear customs f...

14th August 2026 · 5 min read

How AI Answer Engines Decide Which Sources to Cite

Most teams still treat AI visibility as a ranking problem with a new coat of paint. Publish strong content, earn links, climb the results page, and assume the citations follow. The data says otherwise, and the gap between those two mental models i...

14th August 2026 · 7 min read

Europe’s AI Transparency Rules Need a Customer Consequence Test

Europe’s new AI transparency rules arrive at a useful moment. Businesses are moving from experiments to customer-facing systems, while regulators are asking a basic question: do people know when artificial intelligence is shaping the interaction o...

11th August 2026 · 4 min read

‘Data Is the New Oil’ Claim Is Misleading, Says AI Governance Expert

In this exclusive interview with the AI Speakers Agency, Bulelani examines the politicisation of AI, the growing importance of digital sovereignty and how leaders can approach cyber security within a wider cultural, political and geographical cont...

5th August 2026 · 3 min read

6 Signs Your Warehouse Needs to Automate Truck Loading

As supply chains become more demanding, warehouses are under increasing pressure to move more goods with fewer resources. Yet many facilities continue to rely on manual truck loading processes that slow operations, increase costs, and create unnec...

3rd August 2026 · 3 min read

How European SMEs Are Streamlining Software and AI Spending in 2026

For Europe's small and medium-sized businesses, software has become the third-largest controllable cost after people and premises. Add the wave of AI tools that arrived over the past three years - writing assistants, coding agents, image gene...

30th July 2026 · 3 min read