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Leveraging the Power of Cloud to Add Value to Business

Ronald Blahnik, CIO, Hibbett Sport

Leveraging Technology to Better Connect the Human Element

Russ Reynolds, CEO, Batteries Plus Bulbs

Fortifying the Retail Pardigm Amidst Uncertainities

Vlad Yakubson, Head of Retail, yd

Integrating Data for a 360-degree Customer View

Bernard Luthi, President, Monoprice

Remarkable Things Always Come in Threes

Zerlina Jackson, Director of Web Experience, H&R Block

Remarkable Things Always Come in Threes

Our digital media team spearheads the charge of identifying clients and prospects across the web and implementing 1:1 targeted campaigns.

Hybrid Cloud Opens the Door to Retailer's Digital Transformation

Vish Ganapathy, VP, Partner, IBM Industry Academy Member for Consumer Industries

Hybrid Cloud Opens the Door to Retailer's Digital Transformation

Retailers are facing increased pressure from competitors abroad, traditional manufacturer brands going direct, and new business models from digitally native startups.

Gain an Edge or Get Edged Out

Nick East, VP, and Andrew Hoyt CTO & VP Engineering, NCR Retail

How retailers can better leverage edge solutions to maximize in-store data

Show Me a Great Technology Strategy and I'll Show You a Successful Retailer

Rohan Penman, Global Head of Technology, T2 Tea

Show Me a Great Technology Strategy and I'll Show You a Successful Retailer

The traditional approaches to customers may not work in the years to come or become niche in their acceptance.

POS Systems Can Now Become Artificial Intelligence Weapons

Lucas E. Wall, CEO, ROI Checker

POS Systems Can Now Become Artificial Intelligence Weapons

In recent years we have seen significant scientific contributions to the field of human influence, which studies how the people we know and interact with influence the decisions we make.

Creativity Overcomes Scarcity

Geoffrey Fry, Global VP of Supply Chain, Cree Lighting

Creativity Overcomes Scarcity

Collaboration is strength during any time of scarcity, and some of the most powerful constituents with whom you can collaborate are your suppliers. If you have strategically

"Retail Technology : It's Not Always a Silver Bullet But it can help Rewrite a Forecast"

Shelagh Stoneham, SVP of Chico’s FAS, International branding/marketing executive and keynote speaker

Technology is neither the cause of retail’s downfall nor the silver bullet to save it.

From Brick & Mortar to e-Retail-Consumer Push for On-Demand Delivery

Khaled Naim, Co-Founder & CEO, Onfleet

From Brick & Mortar to e-Retail-Consumer Push for On-Demand Delivery

The deluge has begun—brands that have built a reputation as top names in the United States retail industry are experiencing an unprecedented number of store closings this year.

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.

Latest E-commerce Trends Shaping Up

Advait Kulkarni, IT Director, Cetera Financial Group

Latest E-commerce Trends Shaping Up

By 2020, it is estimated that the value of e-commerce sales will have topped $4 Trillion.

Customer Experience-the Driving Force of E-commerce Business

Chris Homer, Co-founder & CTO, thredUP

To stay ahead of their competitors in the longer run, companies should focus majorly on providing excellent customer experience and finding the right balance between a company’s business growth and monetary profit

How an APC Smart-UPS Lithium-Ion UPS Battery Can Significantly Cut Your TCO

Pankaj Sharma, Senior Vice President, Home & Business Networks, Schneider Electric

How an APC Smart-UPS Lithium-Ion UPS Battery Can Significantly Cut Your TCO

VRLA models could typically cost nearly 53 percent more than the Li-ion models over 10 years, making the Li-ion model the better investment over the longer term.

The Phygital Frontier

Lockie Andrews, CIO/CDO, UNTUCKit

The Phygital Frontier

The retail industry has been slow to unite physical and digital (“phygital”) channels. COVID-19 accelerated digital and eCommerce adoption by at least ten years, causing supply chain, delivery, and operational issues at most retailers.

Harnessing the Power of Personalization

Jean-Francois Bessiron, VP Goods International, Groupon

Harnessing the Power of Personalization

Companies seem to be good at collecting data on customers but have not quite tackled how to operationalise that data and use it for the benefit of the customers

Why are Ecommerce Teams and Stores Teams Misaligned to the Desires of their Target Consumer?

Richie Proud, Vice President Merchandise Planning, Allocation, and Product Insights, Groupe Dynamite

Why are Ecommerce Teams and Stores Teams Misaligned to the Desires of their Target Consumer?

E-commerce provides brands with the platform to take a stance, share their story, and create a stimulating brand senses experience - one that will determine whether a new customer walks into the physical location.

Ways to Take Friction Out of Cross-border Transfers

David Thompson, EVP, Global Operations and Technology, CTO & CIO, Western Union

Ways to Take Friction Out of Cross-border Transfers

There are a few core trends that I see resonating across the industry; all have to do with providing ease and convenience for the customer and the capability to move money in minutes.