Cloud

Cloud Native Value: Why Retailers Should Learn to do More With Less

If retailers think online shopping in 2021 is about the simple exchange of goods for money, they’re doing it wrong. If they…

Microsoft Partners With Chinese Solution Provider to Boost IT Efficiency and Security

Microsoft’s China arm is partnering with Chinese electronic shelf label (ESL) provider Hanshow to empower its global expansion in the retail industry….

Etsy Migrates To Google Cloud To Enhance Machine Learning Capabilities

Etsy has fully migrated the infrastructure behind its e-Commerce operations from two data centers to Google Cloud, leveraging the server’s computing power…

Oracle Launches Consumer Insights Offering Designed To Optimize Customer Acquisition

Oracle Retail has released Consumer Insights, a feature designed to help retailers better understand the characteristics of their best customers and extend…

Microsoft To Showcase Seven New Technologies At NRF 2020

Microsoft is making a splash at the NRF 2020 Big Show with a slate of new products and capabilities in its suite…

Aspectum Provides Geo-Based Data Visualization For Retailers

Aspectum, a cloud-based geodata visualization platform, helps retailers make sense of complex geo-based datasets. The tool is designed to fill the gap…

BRP Launches Cloud Support Service

BRP Consulting has launched BRP Cloud Services, which offers turnkey services for implementation, support and maintenance of cloud-based applications. The service is…

Albertsons Partners With Microsoft To Bolster Cloud And AI Capabilities

Albertsons has partnered with Microsoft to implement cloud and AI solutions that will reduce friction in across the shopping experience within its grocery…

Friction Is Your Retail Enemy

Netflix did not kill Blockbuster. It is true that Blockbuster would have survived longer had Netflix not come along, but then some…

Toad & Co., Oregon Duck Store Leverage ERP To Simplify Reporting, Data Analysis

“Unified commerce” appears to be as much of a buzzword as an actual concept in retail. But two very different brands have…

The Car As Commerce Platform: Retail’s Captive Audience Opportunity

The automobile business, like the retail industry, is undergoing huge disruption. In addition to changes in the cars themselves (electric engines, self-driving…