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KPMG’s Cath Jowett: Asian retailers must decisively shift to capability-driven workforce strategy
KPMG’s Cath Jowett: Asian retailers must decisively shift to capability-driven workforce strategy
She mentioned that retailers should prioritise digital and customer experience capabilities as automation and omnichannel retail grow.
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