Product TypeInsight Report March 26, 2020 premium Coresight Matrix: AI Software for Optimization Technology can do more for less, and advances in artificial intelligence are delivering powerful new tools for retailers. With machine learning, AI can recognize patterns and create algorithms that adapt and improve over time.Read More
Product TypeInsight Report March 25, 2020 premium Retail-Tech Landscape: In-Store Digitalization In this report, we continue our Retail-Tech Landscape report series, which spotlights innovative technology companies that are disrupting the retail industry. This landscape focuses on technology companies that are enabling the transformation of physical stores through artificial intelligence, machine learning and computer vision.Read More
Product TypeDeep Dive March 19, 2020 premium RetailTech: Sensormatic Solutions—Johnson Controls’ Retail Tech Foundry Johnson Controls has for decades dominated the retail security sector, helping stores manage shrink with innovative digital solutions. Now, the company is leveraging its dominant market position to launch new digitally enabled service offerings.Read More
Product TypeInsight Report March 17, 2020 premium Consumer Tech Briefing: Technology To Reduce Returns, Enhance Product Listings and Boost Brand Engagement Each month, our Consumer Tech Briefing series discusses recent developments in the world of technology. This month, we focus on digital tools that have been launched recently to provide consumers with a richer, more informed shopping experience both online and in brick-and-mortar stores.Read More
Product TypeDeep Dive March 17, 2020 premium Innovator Intelligence: Can Personalization and Data Privacy Co-Exist? We examine how Anagog is disrupting the personalization market in retail through its smartphone-based AI technology, which enables businesses to make personalized offers based on their customers’ real-world behavior in real time. We also discuss data privacy concerns and growing consumer expectations.Read More
Product TypeInsight Report March 12, 2020 premium Robotics and Retail: Our Robot Helpers Find New Jobs in Warehouses, Stores and Coffee Shops With advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning, retail robots can do more than ever before. And, thanks to steadily improving cost-benefit ratios, robots are on the rise in warehouses, fulfillment centers and shop floors. Read More
Product TypeEvent Coverage March 6, 2020 premium Highlights from the AAFA Executive Summit 2020: Environmental Stewardship and Digital Transformation Executives from apparel, footwear and fashion accessory brands and retailers such as Target came together for two days of discussion, seeking to tackle the issues facing their businesses. We present key insights from the AAFA Executive Summit, which emphasized environmental stewardship and sustainability, as well as the advantages for retailers of undergoing a digital transformation. Read More
Product TypeEvent Coverage March 5, 2020 premium Highlights from Target’s 2020 Financial Community Meeting At Target’s investment community meeting, the company outlined the progress it has made in deploying digital solutions to solve common store problems, to grow its online business and get more value from the Shipt acquisition. The company also outlined plans for the store of the future.Read More
Product TypeDeep Dive February 25, 2020 premium Coresight Matrix: AI Software for Communication Our Coresight Matrix evaluates technology leaders and emerging players in the fast-growing AI software for communication segment.Read More
Product TypeEvent Coverage February 24, 2020 premium Highlights from the Hype Innovation Showcase: Sustainability and Technology Key to the Future of Physical Retail Key themes from the Hype Innovation Showcase, The Future of the Store: Sustainability & Supply Chain, included sustainability and technology. We discuss insights from the event and provide an overview of participating startup companies.Read More
Product TypeDeep Dive February 20, 2020 premium RetailTech: How Salesforce Has Become a Juggernaut in Retail Technology Two decades ago, several Oracle employees left to found their own retail technology startup. Now, Salesforce dominates the cloud-based space, offering a variety of cutting-edge solutions to help retailers integrate online and offline.Read More
Product TypeFlash Report February 19, 2020 premium Coronavirus Briefing: Outbreak Disrupts Global Supply Chain, Particularly in Fashion Factories in China have been operating at partial capacity due to the coronavirus outbreak, impacting on supply chains globally. With the duration of the outbreak still uncertain, we consider the potential short-and long-term effects of labor shortages and transportation restrictions on the apparel and smartphone market segments in particular.Read More
Product TypeInsight Report February 4, 2020 premium AI in Retail: Computer Vision for In-Store Inventory Management In our AI in Retail series, we discuss how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the way retailers operate and interact with customers. This report discusses how computer vision can be integrated into inventory management systems to bring benefits to retailers. Selected use cases illustrate that retailers are collaborating with technology providers to roll out computer vision applications.Read More
Product TypeInsight Report February 3, 2020 premium Retail in 2030: Lean, Spectacular, Transparent and Frictionless The last decade was a time of tremendous upheavel in retail. We lay out our vision of what retail will look like in 2030. Look for continued but slowly abating store closures, new smaller formats and far more experiential offerings.Read More
Product TypeInsight Report January 31, 2020 premium Payment Technology: What We Saw at the NRF 2020 Big Show Retail technology is moving in leaps and bounds, promising a variety of new features and abilities such as cashless stores. This report looks at select new technologies, and some of the challenges they may face. Read More
