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What is the best technology for frictionless food shopping?

Julie Vargas, Director, Global RFID Market Development, Food, Avery Dennison Corporation

Service Management in the Age of Digitization

Douglas Duncan, CIO, Columbia Insurance Group

More than Just a Cash Register: Disruptive Technology for Retailers

Jason Richelson, Founder and CSO, ShopKeep

Reinventing Retail with Technology

Avi Eyal, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Entree Capital

Reinventing Retail with Technology

We are seeing fulfillment become more accepted with delivery to the home, collecting online orders in store and so forth.

Retail's Opportunity is Not in Technology It's in Removing Friction for Customers

Maureen McDonagh, Head of Industry, Retail, Facebook

Retail's Opportunity is Not in Technology It's in Removing Friction for Customers

A study by Ipsos identified that 42 percent of UK online shoppers expect their brands to provide an option to chat with a live agent or representative if they have any questions or

When Multi-layered Makes Sense: A New Approach to Breach Detection

Grant McCormick, CIO, Imperva, Inc

Manual detection is slow, resource-intensive, and human-powered. It is subjective and prone to human error. It bogs down at scale.

How to Build an Agile Supply Chain Ready for What's Next in Retail

Susanna Zhu, Vice President, Head of U.S. Supply Chain Operations, The Hershey Company

How to Build an Agile Supply Chain Ready for What's Next in Retail

Today, the shopper has many choices: home delivery, order online pick up in-store, a visit to the local market, subscription services and more.

The Battle of David & Goliath Within the Retail Landscape

Vlad Yakubson, Head of Retail, yd.

The Battle of David & Goliath Within the Retail Landscape

There are not many days in the calendar year without some new ground-breaking technology entering and disturbing the retail marketplace. It certainly can not be easy for either the big

Driving Consumer Experience through Intuitive Technology

Charlie Cole, Chief Digital Officer, VP, TUMI

Driving Consumer Experience through Intuitive Technology

It’s easy to overcomplicate. Ultimately retail is divided by two lowest common denominators of data–at the product level and at the customer level.

Texting Your Way to Online - Retail Store Connections

Angela Hsu, SVP of Marketing and eCommerce, Lamps Plus

Texting Your Way to Online - Retail Store Connections

With the growing success of text chat on LampsPlus.com, we recently began to look for ways to build better connections between our online customers and our brick and mortar lighting and decor stores.

Harnessing the Power of Big Data: A Crucial Competitive Advantage for Brick-and-Mortar Retail

Alex Bordei, Director of Product and Development, Bigstep

Harnessing the Power of Big Data: A Crucial Competitive Advantage for Brick-and-Mortar Retail

More data speeds up the business decision by analyzing a multitude of key performance indicators and partly solves one of the core issues of offline retailers.

Mobisoft: Streamlining B2B E-Commerce at Fingertips

Matan Holander, VP Business Development

Mobisoft: Streamlining B2B E-Commerce at Fingertips

Business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce has evolved at multiple levels. Evidently, understanding the unique purchasing preferences of the modern day buyers have become increasingly critical to the long-term growth of B2B merchants.

Business-to-Business Payments at a Crossroad

Guy R. Berg, Vice President Payments, Standards and Outreach Group at Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Business-to-Business Payments at a Crossroad

Banks, corporations and their supporting payment processors are at a crossroad for enabling the mass connectivity necessary to support Business to Business (B2B) electronic payments, invoicing and remittance information exchange.

Ecommerce Evolution: How Will Blockchain Fill Existing Gaps in the Ecommerce Industry?

Yvonne Lim, Senior Director, Razer Inc.

It is hard to have a conversation about technology nowadays without talking about blockchain or some sort of distributed ledger technology (DLT).

CX Strategies: A Shot In The Dark?

Waves Mowatt-Kane, Director, Customer Experience, Amtrak

CX Strategies: A Shot In The Dark?

Empathy is the first tenet of Design Thinking. Using empathy is your opportunity to seek a deeper understanding of your customer.

Technology and Innovation Transforming Health Care

Tom Miller, SVP & CIO, Anthem [NYSE: ANTM]

Technology and Innovation Transforming Health Care

Consumer-focused companies not only want to make it more convenient but intuitive, leaving the consumer impressed and satisfied.

Making E-commerce Magical

Earl Newsome, CIO, Praxair, Inc.

Making E-commerce Magical

One trend is electronic notification of milestones during the product delivery cycle giving customers access to accurate location information.

The Transformative Role of Software for Payments: Synergies, Opportunities and the Retail Experience

Amy Zirkle, Ex Vice President, Industry Affairs, Electronic Transactions Association

The Transformative Role of Software for Payments: Synergies, Opportunities and the Retail Experience

There are few industries yet untouched by the tidal wave of technological innovation.

The Future is Now: Exploring the Future Developments in Customer Experience

Troy Barnes, Chief Customer Officer, Pizza Hut

The Future is Now: Exploring the Future Developments in Customer Experience

The recipe for sustainable growth comes down to 2 simple ingredients: attract new customers, and retain the ones you have for life.