Unleashed CEO: covid put us in the shop window

Unleashed CEO: covid put us in the shop window
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Unleashed Software, a cloud inventory management software company, has been acquired by UK-based The Access Group.Unleashed chief executive Gareth Berry said the Kiwi company’s sale wasn’t on the cards until the pandemic drove demand for the company’s products.“It wasn’t even on our radar. We were a million miles away from even thinking about being acquired,” Berry told BusinessDesk.“But what happened through that period between April and June is an extraordinary amount of interest in our particular sec...

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