Labour xchange is matching ad hoc employees with employers in the U.K. In addition, retailers are ranking mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) adoption high on their priority lists this year. At the same time, Costco Wholesale Corporation beat analysts’ estimates for earnings, but fell short on top-line revenues for the second quarter. And Dollar Shave Club’s next act is holistic male wellness. All this, Today In Data.
Data:
$109.5B: The projected value of the global POS terminal market by 2023.
66 percent: The share of smaller businesses in the U.K. that won’t use recruitment agencies or other types of platform offerings.
$35.4 billion: The top-line revenues for Costco Wholesale Corporation in the second quarter.
11.2 percent: The global POS terminal market’s projected CAGR from 2018 to 2023.
$1 billion: The amount Unilever paid to acquire Dollar Shave Club in 2016.