Industry Insights

Retailers Need To Humble Big Data

For retailers, the “Big Data” world can be an intimidating place. Gartner Research has indicated that information volume is growing worldwide at…

Personalization Is Not A Key Motivator For Shoppers, Oracle Survey Reveals

While consumers may say they want a more personalized shopping interaction, they rank personalization behind service and experience, according to findings from…

Holiday Recap: Retail Experts Debate The Impact Of An Early Holiday Start And Unexpected Turbulence

At the start of the 2012 holiday season, retail experts anticipated an overall positive outcome. The National Retail Federation (NRF), for example,…

Bob’s Stores Makes Shopper Data Security A Top Priority

Keeping customer information safe is imperative to establishing customer trust and loyalty. Every day, retailers are tasked to keep all forms of…

Google Shopping Executive Shares Holiday Best Practices

Using a search engine to retrieve lists of suggested web sites and content is one of consumers’ first steps in the browsing…

Smartphones And Social Media Encourage Boost In Back-To-School Purchases

Retailers have geared up for the back-to-school season (BTS) by rolling out interactive marketing strategies, mobile applications, and new products to increase foot…

Oracle Buys Endeca Technologies

Today, Tuesday, October 18, 2011, Oracle announced the purchase of Endeca Technologies, Inc., a Cambridge, Mass.-based provider of unstructured data management, web…

TouchPoints TV: Mario Vollbracht, HP

Mario Vollbracht, Worldwide Segment Executive, HP Retail & Consumer Goods, Enterprise Business, HP Mario discusses specific topics around personalization, mobility, global issues…

TouchPoints TV: Tom Peterson, HP

Tom Peterson, Retail Industry Leader, Enterprise Business, HP Tom shares HP’s imperatives for retailers today: 1) There are still 2 or 3…

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