gary hawkins

30-Year Retail Veteran Reveals how to ‘Thrive in an Exponential World’

Gary Hawkins has been enmeshed in the retail industry for nearly three decades as a practitioner and advisor for companies ranging from…

Retailers Must Adopt a Technology-First Strategy to Survive

We’ve all heard the analogy of the boiling frog: when a frog is put into a pot of boiling water, it will…

The Acceleration of Retail 4.0 Amid COVID-19

The elements of Retail 3.0 — marketing personalization, contextual relevancy and customer data-fueled brand-retailer collaboration — have largely become part of our reality. Up…

Machine Learning And Artificial Intelligence: Creating A Retail Innovation Boom

Artificial intelligence (AI), boosted by machine learning, is feeding off the massive data available across the retail industry to transform everything from…

Shopper Identified Transaction Data Driving Next Gen Retail Ecosystem

The next generation retail industry ecosystem will be driven by relevant marketing to the individual shopper, according to the keynote presentation during…

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