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Innovator Profile | May 21, 2024

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Innovator Profile: Pi-xcels Eliminates Paper Receipts While Engaging Brick-and-Mortar Shoppers

As part of our Innovator Profile series in the lead-up to the Shoptalk Europe 2024 Startup Pitch competition, we present Pi-xcels, which uses NFC (near field communication) technology to help retailers reduce waste and increase customer engagement in brick-and-mortar stores.

Innovator Profile | May 21, 2024

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Innovator Profile: Loyalty Games Engages Younger Consumers with Loyalty-Focused Mobile Games

As part of our Innovator Profile series in the lead-up to the Shoptalk Europe 2024 Startup Pitch competition, we present Loyalty Games, which creates mobile games that also function as loyalty campaigns for CPG companies and grocery retailers.

Innovator Profile | May 21, 2024

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Innovator Profile: Guac Uses AI To Predict Grocery Sales and Reduce Food Waste

As part of our Innovator Profile series in the lead-up to the Shoptalk Europe 2024 Startup Pitch competition, we present Guac, which uses AI (artificial intelligence) to precisely predict future grocery store sales, improving companies’ inventory management processes.

Innovator Profile | May 20, 2024

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Innovator Profile: Elyn Helps Apparel Companies Face the Challenge of Online Returns

As part of our Innovator Profile series in the lead-up to the Shoptalk Europe 2024 Startup Pitch Competition, we present Elyn, which addresses a significant challenge faced by fashion brands and retailers: high return rates due to online orders.

Innovator Profile | May 20, 2024

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Innovator Profile: Carbon Maps Address Crucial Environmental Concerns in the Food Industry

As part of our Innovator Profile series in the lead-up to the Shoptalk Europe 2024 Startup Pitch Competition, we present Carbon Maps, which helps address the significant challenge of fragmented supply chains within the agriculture and food industry.

Innovator Profile | May 20, 2024

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Innovator Profile: Anam.ai Improves the Online Shopping Experience with Photo-Realistic Digital Personas

As part of our Innovator Profile series in the lead-up to the Shoptalk Europe 2024 Startup Pitch Competition, we present Anam.ai, which specializes in developing photo-realistic, multi-lingual digital personas to improve online shopping experiences.

Insight Report | May 16, 2024 Premium

Retail Shrink and ORC: Retailers Ramp Up Rollout of Anti-Theft Technologies; Shoplifting Offenses in England and Wales Reach Two-Decade High

Continuing our regular series on retail shrink and organized retail crime (ORC), we focus this month on developments from Australia, New Zealand, the UK and the US. We discuss recent legislative changes, retailer announcements and news about loss-prevention technologies.

Insight Report | May 14, 2024 Premium

RetailTech: Frictionless Check-In—Seamless Shopping Starts with Store Entry Through Biometrics and More

The path to seamless shopping begins at store entry. What technologies can checkout-free stores use to achieve frictionless check-in? We discuss credit-card scanning, biometrics and more.

Infographic | May 3, 2024 Premium

Three Data Points We’re Watching This Week: Tech Focus

This week, we focus on retail technology. From self-checkout shrink rates to ML-based demand forecasting and the global RFID market, discover the key data points we are watching in week 18 of 2024.

Insight Report | May 2, 2024 Premium

RetailTech: Frictionless Checkout—The Eye in the Sky Makes Shopping a Breeze

How is “Just Walk Out” technology progressing? Discover developments and trends in AI (artificial intelligence), RFID (radio-frequency identification), computer vision and more that are enabling frictionless checkout at retail stores.

Event Presentation | April 30, 2024 Premium

The AI Revolution: Unveiling Opportunities for Growth and Innovation—Insights Presented at NACDS Annual Meeting 2024

How is AI (artificial intelligence) revolutionizing the retail industry? Read our full presentation from the NACDS Annual Meeting 2024 to discover AI’s potential and actionable strategies to harness AI effectively.

Analyst Corner | April 28, 2024

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Analyst Corner—Building Future-Proof Pricing Strategies, with Manik Bhatia

In this week’s Analyst Corner, Manik Bhatia, Head of Custom Research, discusses the complexities of retail pricing and the opportunity for AI (artificial intelligence) integration, leveraging proprietary survey findings.

Infographic | April 26, 2024 Premium

Three Data Points We’re Watching This Week: US Retail and Tech Focus

From consumer views on the US economy to retail sales growth projections to consumer use of AI, discover the key data points we are watching in week 17 of 2024.

Deep Dive | April 25, 2024 Premium

Retail-Tech Landscape: Demand Forecasting

The need for demand for advanced demand-forecasting tools has evolved with the digitalization, increasing complexity and heightened competition of the retail landscape today. Catch up on demand-forecasting trends for retail and discover key technology solution providers in this field.

Insight Report | April 24, 2024 Premium

RetailTech: RFID Is the Technology That Keeps on Giving to Retailers (and Associates and Consumers)

RFID (radio-frequency identification) enables inventory accuracy, but what else does it offer? Discover the technology’s numerous benefits—for retailers, associates and consumers—in this report.