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Business metric (spending, costs..) changes in 2020
The majority of the surveyed companies have increased their spending on digital and technology initiatives in the past year during the COVID-19 pandemic, while other costs generally saw a decrease. Additionally, 44 percent of companies increased their number of full-time equivalent (FTEs) employees in digital/tech roles, whereas 43 percent of respondents reported decrease in overall numbers of FTEs .