{"id":212051,"date":"2020-12-30T19:08:14","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T18:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.growens.io\/?p=212051"},"modified":"2023-12-18T14:34:28","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T13:34:28","slug":"2020-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.growens.io\/en\/2020-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking back at our 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s hard to deny: 2020 was an extraordinary year<\/strong>, in the original sense of the term – far from anything ordinary. It was a decidedly challenging year, when everyone at MailUp Group (and collectively as a company) was forced to face unprecedented circumstances<\/strong> and to adjust their way of life and of work to cope with them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Covid-19 challenge<\/b><\/h2>\n

Even in the midst of a global pandemic, our focus stayed on our business goals and on our people<\/strong>, while striving to make the most of a situation that presented new and unforeseen challenges.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pretending to be superheroes doesn\u2019t help (and would be just shy of dishonest, anyway) – so we will not deny that we had our moments of discomfort<\/strong>, when nothing seemed to go right, obstacles kept piling up, and the reward for a lot of hard work was very far beyond the horizon. We felt disheartened, isolated, and nearly overwhelmed<\/strong> by everything that was mounting up around us.<\/span><\/p>\n

As our People & Culture Manager Eleonora Nardini stated <\/span>in this article<\/span><\/a> –<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI must admit, we were only part ready to face this emergency. We had to start over<\/strong> with our beliefs, both as professionals and as people. The real challenge shifted to being able to cope with uncertainty, solve unforeseeable problems, make swift decisions under pressure, balance reassurance and realistic optimism, communicate constantly and openly while preventing panic, show empathy, keep everyone engaged\u2026 In short, we must be t<\/strong>wice the leaders we were before\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And yet, we never took our eyes off the ball<\/strong>. We put the health and safety of our people first, adjusted what needed to be adjusted, invented new ways of collaborating, and we did everything in our power – at every level in the Group – to keep the business strong<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

And it worked. We were able to end the first nine months of the year with a sales growth of +9.7%<\/strong> versus the previous year. No staff was laid off, nor any investments postponed due to the pandemic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Business overview<\/b><\/h2>\n

As far as Business Units<\/strong> are concerned, all details on performance can be found in the <\/span>Q3 sales data<\/span><\/a> (also commented by our top management in <\/span>this conference call<\/span><\/a>).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Here a quick recap:<\/span><\/p>\n