Articles by author: Geoff Short

October Jobs Report: Leisure and Hospitality Lead the Way

The October Jobs Report was released by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday. The government reported that U.S. payrolls increased by 128,000, beating the expectation of 75,000 from economists. Leading the way was the leisure and hospitality sector, which alone contributed 61,000 new jobs in October. Of that total, 48,000 jobs are […]

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3 Things You Need to Know This Week in B2B

Consumers have grown accustomed to two-day or even same-day shipping from e-commerce retailers, and now B2B companies are getting more attention in distribution. UPS notched a 3.4 percent increase in B2B shipments in Q3, and a 24 percent year-over-year increase in next day shipments overall. Company Chairman and CEO David Abney said in a […]

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Energy
Will Digitization Move Jobs Back To Shore?

Digitization may be a buzzword in the oil and gas industry, but it has become so for a reason. New digital solutions have transformed what offshore drilling companies are able to do and learn in the process. McDermott Global Vice President of Engineering Vaseem Khan admits that the industry is slow to change, but this […]

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Podcasts
How Data Drives Formula 1 Both On and Off the Track

UPDATE: With Formula 1 United States Grand Prix taking place in Austin, Texas on Sunday, Nov. 3, MarketScale wanted to revisit our conversation with Max Metral, Insight Manager for Formula 1. This podcast was originally posted in March, 2019.  Formula 1 has launched the careers of worldwide superstars like Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher, and Jackie Stewart. In 2018 […]

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National Retail Federation Survey Shows the Business Side of Halloween

Halloween may be one of the most popular holidays for children, but retail professionals are looking forward to it with high anticipation, albeit for different reasons. The National Retail Federation (NRF) has released its annual survey results that examine the economic impact of Halloween in the United States. While the numbers do not bare record […]

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Breaking Down the Big Questions in the Drone Industry at Commercial UAV Expo

Commercial UAV Expo Americas is one of the largest events in the drone industry each year. With the 2019 edition of the conference kicking off this week at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort and Casino, MarketScale wanted to gauge the pulse of the industry through the lens of the event’s attendees. With more than 2,500 […]

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Business Services
B2B Look Ahead: This Week’s Top Events

It’s always a big week in Las Vegas for industry events and this one is no different. Highlighting the schedule is HLTH, perhaps the biggest conference for health innovation annually in the united states. it will be hosted at the MGM Grand from October 27-30 this year, and the speaker list is quite impressive. It […]

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Get a feel for Benchmark Products cleanroom solutions for life sciences manufacturing customers with this mini tour of their facility.
Tour Benchmark Products: Pioneering Cleanroom Solutions for Life Sciences
April 26, 2024

Get a feel for Benchmark Products cleanroom solutions for life sciences manufacturing customers with this mini tour of their facility.

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bioprocessing solutions
Benchmark Products Bioprocessing Solutions Provide Single-Use Solutions for Customers
April 26, 2024

Benchmark provides a new bioprocessing solution to maximize efficiency. This is a single-use system for pharma manufacturers for filling, mixing and single-use assemblies.

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Interphex
Benchmark at Interphex 2024
April 26, 2024

Benchmark Products showcased their line of life science and pharmaceutical manufacturing products during Interphex in New York City April 2024.

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cyber risk management in healthcare
Navigating Cyber Risk Management in Healthcare Means Handling the Small Alerts and Big Alarms
April 26, 2024

In an era where digital dependencies are integral to healthcare operations, cyber risk management in healthcare requires addressing the big events and attending to the small ones. This urgent need to address and mitigate cyber vulnerabilities was a key discussion point during a MarketScale Experts Talk discussion on continued cybersecurity threats in healthcare. The […]

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This Week’s 3 Big Things in B2B: A Big Day for Space Travel and CEOs
October 24, 2019

These are the biggest stories in the B2B world this week! In fact, one is out of this world! Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ company focused on bringing people to the moon, announced three new business partners. Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Draper will all have a hand in the process of making commercial space flight […]

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Claims and Certifications: What do They Mean and Who Cares?
October 24, 2019

Consumer-facing brands are always in a race with competitors to catch people’s attention quickly. Boasting about certifications like ‘USDA Certified’ or ‘non-GMO’ can be enticing to make explicitly clear, but it may come at a cost if not put forward wisely. “Your certifications, which ones you pay for, expense money toward, should be […]

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Catalyzing Climate Action in the Health and Nutrition Industry
October 23, 2019

The agriculture sector plays a critical role in fundamental human life. Some of its methods date back centuries, but its challenges today are as prescient as any industry. A growing global population will require more food than ever before, but unless more sustainable growing and farming practices are adopted, the food industry will […]

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This Week’s 3 Big Things in B2B
October 22, 2019

This week we start in the cinema, or actually the comfort of your own home. The biggest theater operator in the world, AMC, is joining the streaming world. The company will offer its ‘Stubs’ members to rent or purchase movies. AMC reached agreements with major Hollywood studios to build its library of films and […]

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Kaseya Career Opportunity: Breaking into Tech Sales and Account Management for IT Management Software
October 21, 2019

On this MarketScale Software & Technology Jobcast, we sit down with Miami-based Kaseya, a rapidly growing software and monitoring solutions company that’s looking to fill entry-level technology sales and account manager positions. The ideal candidate must be tenacious, positive, relentless, energetic and capable to influence. Kaseya is the leading provider of complete IT infrastructure management […]

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This Week in B2B: October 19-26
October 19, 2019

We ship up to Boston for one of this week’s biggest event AI World. The show runs from the 23rd to the 25th, at the Seaport World Trade Center. This is the conference’s fourth year, and the three-day program has become a key event in the artificial intelligence space. This year’s unique special events include […]

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Why are Specifications so Hard? Lessons From Construct 2019
October 15, 2019

Architecture and design is a detail-oriented business. Specifications around materials is incredibly important but meeting requirements laid out in potentially outdated manuals can cause delays and headaches for everyone involved in a project. Beth Stroshane, Managing Partner at Applied Building Information, LLC, spoke on the subject at Construct 2019 in an educational session titled Why […]

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Smart Cities Connect: What Automation Means for Inventory Management
October 14, 2019

Precision is critical to inventory management and any miscalculation can lead to significant business losses. Fortunately for companies that need to monitor various physical product units, digital solutions have emerged to improve tracking in warehouses. At Smart Cities Connect in National Harbor, Maryland this month, new IoT solutions were present. Raka Gupta, Director of Marketing […]

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Flying Cars and Electricity Problems: What’s Happening in B2B
October 13, 2019

Catch up on the latest news in B2B! Here’s what’s happening right now: Utilities provider PG&E cut power to more than 800,000 customers in California this week to prevent a potential wildfire. The cuts will affect approximately 2.7 million people and have a $2 million impact on the state’s economy. In Germany, Porsche and Boeing […]

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