Industry Outlook

Future Readiness of SMEs: Mobilizing the SME Sector to Drive Widespread Sustainability and Prosperity

November 30, 2021

Future Readiness of SMEs:Mobilizing the SME
The COVID-19 pandemic, climate change,
technological disruption, socioeconomic
stratification and related social unrest as well as
changing expectations about business have all
proven in different ways that we are at a crossroad.
The role of business in this context is now widely
understood. However, most of the attention
and headlines focus on initiatives from large
multinationals and industry leaders, while small
and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are only
sporadically recognized and often neglected as
major drivers of economic activity, as well as social
and environmental progress around the world.

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Spotlight

StyleSeat

StyleSeat is the largest and fastest growing marketplace in the $78 billion beauty and wellness industry. We have experienced massive organic growth, with more than $1B dollars of appointments booked in 2015, (up from ~$400M in 2014, ~$100M in 2013), with 350K service providers and 7M consumers. Since launching in 2011, StyleSeat has powered 9.7M consumers to book 53M appointments worth $2.3B

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