Event Presentation | February 24, 2015 Premium The Disruptors – The New Connected WorldMachine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI) • Machine learning finding its way through startups into applications like marketing, security, and operations • Deep learning includes computer vision, speech recognition, natural language processing, and bioinformatics • Companies today are using neural networks to identify objects for use in driverless cars Read More
Event Presentation | February 13, 2015 Premium Consumer Indicators ChartbookFor 2014 total housing starts reached 1.05 million, significantly below the 1.5 million average of the past 50 years • Multi-family down 1% but sector strong on rising rental demand • The National Association of Realtors forecast is for single-family housing starts to rise by 25% to 30% t in 2015 as construction loans become more accessible. Multi-family housing starts will rise by additional 15% given the very low apartment vacancy rates. That translates into a good recovery year for homebuilders in 2015 Read More
Event Presentation | January 12, 2015 Premium The Future of Digital RetailTHE FUTURE OF DIGITAL RETAIL- Accelerator and much more Read More
Event Presentation | January 8, 2015 Premium US Holiday 2014 RecapConsumer & Retailer Behavior • Driven by early and heavy promotional activity, some piggybacking on Back-To-School sales and continuing post-Christmas • Extended store hours and Click & Collect were popular promotional strategies employed by retailers in the final days leading up to Christmas • Consumer shopping behavior has evolved to reflect the savvy shopping habits of a value-driven mindset • The winners are retailers who respond to the consumers’ bottom line, offering continued discounts, price comparison and coupons Read More
Event Presentation | December 11, 2014 Premium Brands and Retailers in the Golden Age of Cheap Gas & Cool Stuff• Growth of Uber – Valuation from $18 billion in June to $40 billion in December – doubled in just six months! – Uber also wants to be your delivery guy – UberFresh, Uber Corner Store. Read More
Event Presentation | December 4, 2014 Premium New and Emerging Technologies Retailers Will Use to Market Their Brands and Products• Lower-income families spend more of their household budgets on energy and are more likely to spend any savings • Biggest category beneficiaries: Entertainment, restaurants, furniture and other home-related items and discount retailers Read More
Event Presentation | November 2, 2014 Premium New and Emerging Technologies Retailers Will Use to Market Their Brands and ProductsRetailers – Walmart: Biggest day of online orders on Cyber Monday; 500 new promotions a day through Friday – Target: 100,000 items on sale all week – Amazon: Cyber Monday spreading out to Cyber Week • Cyber Monday – e-commerce sales +15.6% YoY (Channel Advisor) – Online sales +8.5% YoY (IBM) – Average order value $124.21, down 3.5% YoY – Mobile sales +27.6% YoY (IBM) – Mobile sales = 22 % of total Cyber Monday online sales, +27.6 % YoY Read More
Event Presentation | October 23, 2014 Premium University of Florida Retailer Seminar•Retailers want a “single customer interaction platform” but have almost no idea how to get there • Creating a single brand identity across channels is the most important goals for retailers • Retailers should designate a single owner of the customer experience journey Read More
Event Presentation | September 28, 2014 Premium Presentation at ICSC Research ConferenceWorldwide smartphone sales is expected to grow 11.5% CAGR from 2014 – 2018 • M-commerce exploding: one-third of Holiday 2013 on mobile, up from 20% in 2012; but social commerce did NOT as it was flat in 2013 at 2% Read More
