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Desafia San Francisco programme by ICEX and Red.es receives the WTO International Prize for Gender Equality in Trade

By |2024-09-11T00:12:46+02:00September 10th, 2024|General|

Desafia San Francisco programme, promoted jointly by ICEX and Red.es, with support from the Economic and Commercial Office of Spain in Los Angeles, and managed by Mind the Bridge, has been awarded the International Prize for Gender Equality in Trade from the World Trade Organization (WTO) - Women Entrepreneurs Category.

Embracing Seamless Commerce: Navigating the Third Wave of Digital Disruption

By |2025-05-20T11:38:17+02:00July 8th, 2024|General|

Traditional retail has evolved from Multi-Channel (online and brick-and-mortar) to Omnichannel (enabled by data analytics and AI), and is now entering a third wave of digital disruption. Consumers seamlessly navigate across physical stores, online platforms, apps, and social media, demanding a unified and consistent shopping experience. This was a key focus of our recent UK Retail Innovation Council board meeting in London, co-organized with our partner UK Launchpad.

IPEC and SES Introducing the Public Sector Special Award 2024

By |2024-07-31T18:37:20+02:00June 3rd, 2024|General|

The Innovation Procurement Empowerment Centre (IPEC), a project of the Connected Places Catapult focusing on introducing innovative solutions through procurement in the public sector, is advancing open innovation and fresh thinking. To boost this initiative, IPEC has teamed up with the “Startup Ecosystem Stars (SES)” to present a special prize at the 2024 Awards scheduled for December 6th in Paris, co-organised by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the global open innovation platform Mind the Bridge, in collaboration with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the European Commission, and with support from Microsoft.

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