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Metaverse: what it means for tradeshows

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Gartner research estimates that 25% of people will spend at least an hour every day in the metaverse by 2026 – whether for work, shopping, education, socialising or entertainment. He added: “By 2026, 30% of the organisations in the world will have products and services ready for metaverse.”.

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3 ways to prepare your organization for the labor union comeback

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s largest federation of labor unions, AFL-CIO, is leading a coalition that’s demanding Fifa address concerns about human and labor rights at the 2026 World Cup in the U.S., Workers in New York voted to form the first union at Amazon in the U.S. , and multiple Starbucks stores in the U.S. have voted to join Workers United. Canada, and Mexico.