在全球消费品行业面临深刻变革的当下，付咏（Sylvia Fu）以她独特的东西方跨界视野和“中国速度”的执行力，正在书写一个关于AI如何重塑传统行业的崭新故事。从2022年到2025年作为Edgewell Personal Care大中华区副总裁，她交出了一份令人瞩目的成绩单，连续三年大中国区销售和利润增长全球第一，并在中国本土成功孵化出集团史上最具商业爆发力的新品之一。去年底，Sylvia正式履新...
在全球消费品行业面临深刻变革的当下，付咏（Sylvia Fu）以她独特的东西方跨界视野和“中国速度”的执行力，正在书写一个关于AI如何重塑传统行业的崭新故事。从2022年到2025年作为Edgewell Personal Care大中华区副总裁，她交出了一份令人瞩目的成绩单，连续三年大中国区销售和利润增长全球第一，并在中国本土成功孵化出集团史上最具商业爆发力的新品之一。去年底，Sylvia正式履新Edgewell全球AI转型负责人（Global AI Transformation Leader），直接向全球CEO汇报，标志着Edgewell将AI从“单点工具”升级为“核心战略”。 2026年3月底，她刚刚在拉斯维加斯参加了零售科技峰会Shoptalk Spring后回到纽约，36氪也终于有机会和她一起聊聊，站在新起跑线上，她将如何引领这场自下而上的文化变革？美国零售业和消费者正如何被AI重塑？这对中国企业的全球化之路又意味着什么？以下是本次专访实录。 Edgewell全球AI转型负责人 付咏 Edgewell Global AI Transformation Leader Sylvia Fu 01. 战略定调——拒绝“为了AI而AI”，三大支柱夯实“业务导向” 36氪：Sylvia，作为全球AI转型负责人，能跟我们聊聊你接下来打算怎么做吗？Edgewell目前在AI实践上走到了哪一步？ Sylvia Fu： 在刚刚向全球董事会完成的战略汇报中，我们阐述了一个非常清晰的转型框架。在接下来的AI布局上，我们的核心理念极其明确——“业务操盘手优先（Operator-First）”。 很多企业的AI转型是由纯技术部门驱动的，容易陷入“为了技术而技术”的陷阱。但我过去是做业务一号位出身的，对P&L（损益表）负责，因此我评估AI的唯一标准，就是它能否转化为实打实的商业杠杆：即驱动顶线增长（销售额，卖得更多）、提升组织敏捷度（速度更快）、优化底线效率（利润提升，成本更低），同时兼顾负责任的数据治理与文化建设。 围绕这个理念，我们搭了 “三个版块” 的框架，我简单分享一下： 第一个版块：让AI融入日常工作流。 AI转型本质上是“人”的转型。目标是让全球每个岗位的员工都能将Copilot、ChatGPT等大模型作为常态化的“数字副手”。同时我们正为财务、采购、HR等职能开发专属的“A...
France’s foreign minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, condemns call in which Hungary’s Péter Szijjártó appeared to offer to share documents about Ukrainian EU accession But Hungary’s embattled prime minister Viktor Orbán rejected suggestions of close proximity to Russia, telling a rally that “it was not the Russians, but the US vice-president who visited Hungary” to endorse him this week. In a clip from a ...
France’s foreign minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, condemns call in which Hungary’s Péter Szijjártó appeared to offer to share documents about Ukrainian EU accession But Hungary’s embattled prime minister Viktor Orbán rejected suggestions of close proximity to Russia, telling a rally that “it was not the Russians, but the US vice-president who visited Hungary” to endorse him this week. In a clip from a recent rally, published by his international spokesperson, Zoltán Kovács, Orbán insisted that Hungary remains part of the west, but is “hurt by what we see is happening to western Europe.” Continue reading...
Gianpiero Lambiase set to join McLaren after 2027 season Verstappen has worked with Lambiase since 2016 Max Verstappen’s Formula One future has been plunged into further doubt after it emerged his longtime race engineer is set to leave Red Bull. Gianpiero Lambiase is poised to take up a position with Red Bull’s rivals McLaren. A deal is in place for Lambiase to join the British team when his contr...
Gianpiero Lambiase set to join McLaren after 2027 season Verstappen has worked with Lambiase since 2016 Max Verstappen’s Formula One future has been plunged into further doubt after it emerged his longtime race engineer is set to leave Red Bull. Gianpiero Lambiase is poised to take up a position with Red Bull’s rivals McLaren. A deal is in place for Lambiase to join the British team when his contract with Red Bull expires at the end of next season – although there is a possibility he could make the switch prior to then. Continue reading...
Israel launched its largest assault on Lebanon since the start of its invasion, escalating the campaign against Iran-backed Hezbollah even after the US announced a ceasefire in the wider Middle East conflict. Bloomberg's Dan Williams reports. (Source: Bloomberg)
Israel launched its largest assault on Lebanon since the start of its invasion, escalating the campaign against Iran-backed Hezbollah even after the US announced a ceasefire in the wider Middle East conflict. Bloomberg's Dan Williams reports. (Source: Bloomberg)
Next month’s US-China presidential summit will focus on trade rather than investment, reflecting a reluctance to remove all economic constraints, according to the top US trade official. “I don’t think we’re at the point in our relationship with the Chinese where we want to talk about the investment programmes either way, right?” United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Tuesday at ...
Next month’s US-China presidential summit will focus on trade rather than investment, reflecting a reluctance to remove all economic constraints, according to the top US trade official. “I don’t think we’re at the point in our relationship with the Chinese where we want to talk about the investment programmes either way, right?” United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Tuesday at a Hudson Institute event in Washington. He cautioned against “premature discussions” as the...
OpenAI is pausing its Stargate infrastructure project in the UK, citing the high cost of energy and regulatory environment. “We see huge potential for the UK‘s AI future,” the company said in an emailed statement on Thursday. “AI compute is foundational to that goal — we continue to explore Stargate UK and will move forward when the right conditions such as regulation and the cost of energy enable...
OpenAI is pausing its Stargate infrastructure project in the UK, citing the high cost of energy and regulatory environment. “We see huge potential for the UK‘s AI future,” the company said in an emailed statement on Thursday. “AI compute is foundational to that goal — we continue to explore Stargate UK and will move forward when the right conditions such as regulation and the cost of energy enable long-term infrastructure investment.” OpenAI announced the project in September, part of a wave of investments from American technology giants during Donald Trump’s visit to the UK. The ruling Labour party has made artificial intelligence and data centers a pillar of its economic growth plan, but the country has some of the highest energy costs in Europe. After unveiling its Stargate data center project in the US, OpenAI has said it will expand the effort other countries. In the UK, the private company said it was working with Nvidia Corp. and Nscale, a British data center developer, on the Stargate project, but didn’t disclose how much it was planning to invest in the project. OpenAI said on Thursday that it will continue to work with the UK government on an agreement to provide ChatGPT and other services for public services. Politico reported earlier on the pause of its Stargate plan.
Allowing Iran to charge tolls for transit through the Strait of Hormuz would mark a dangerous and unacceptable precedent, according to the head of the world’s main shipping watchdog. Iran charged vessels for passage through the waterway that handles for about a fifth of the world’s oil and natural gas flows during the conflict. Iranian control over the Strait of Hormuz – which has included tolls –...
Allowing Iran to charge tolls for transit through the Strait of Hormuz would mark a dangerous and unacceptable precedent, according to the head of the world’s main shipping watchdog. Iran charged vessels for passage through the waterway that handles for about a fifth of the world’s oil and natural gas flows during the conflict. Iranian control over the Strait of Hormuz – which has included tolls – was one of Tehran’s conditions for the ceasefire, according to state media. “This is a dangerous precedent,” Arsenio Dominguez, secretary-general of the International Maritime Organization said in a Bloomberg TV interview. “What we cannot have is this different or parallel approach where another country introduces a different mechanism that is not in line with international practice and we don’t even know if it guarantees the safety of the ships.” On Wednesday, President Trump made conflicting claims about the ceasefire deal, including suggesting a joint US-Iran toll system for ships in Hormuz. For now, maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains largely halted. Dominguez said his agency is working to re-establish the mechanisms that allowed ships to cross Hormuz before the war. Prior to the conflict, vessels generally crossed the waterway using what’s known as an international traffic separation scheme. A group of countries, including the UK, are working on plans to establish that there are no mines in Hormuz in order to confirm that it’s safe to transit, Dominguez said. There hasn’t been any confirmation that there are mines in the waterway so far, he added.