UPDATE: Xero says global roll-out of core product still best option

UPDATE: Xero says global roll-out of core product still best option
Jenny Ruth
(Updates to show poll results in 12 par) By Jenny Ruth Aug. 15 (BusinessDesk) - Xero’s biggest immediate opportunities are to keep driving growth of its core accounting software in existing markets and to enter other geographies, says chief executive Steve Vamos. “The opportunity here is significant. The current level of adoption of small business cloud accounting globally is estimated to be less than 20 percent of the total potential market in the English-speaking countries in which we operate,” Vamos told the annual shareholders’ mee...

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