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

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

E-commerce for Beginners

Ryan King, CIO, Power Solutions International

Transforming Our Customer Experience through an Omni-channel Lens

Gary Aliff, Senior Director, Salesforce Practice and Delivery Lead, Gap Inc. [NYSE:GPS]

Transforming Our Customer Experience through an Omni-channel Lens

Data driven, product focused, customer obsessed. This is what we at Gap Inc. aspire, in providing customer service in our contact centers.

How AI and Data will Help CMOs Put Customers at the Forefront

Jess O’Reilly, Regional Vice President, Marketing Cloud, Asia, Salesforce

How AI and Data will Help CMOs Put Customers at the Forefront

To successfully deliver the experience customers want, brands must start by addressing concerns and fears of consumers in exchange for customer trust and their willingness to provide

Transforming Merchandise Industry with New Market Possibilities

Antonio Sciuto, EVP & Chief Marketing Officer North America, Nestlé

Business today is a heaving landscape across which we have never traveled.

Driving Innovation and Leveraging Stores as a Competitive Advantage

Edward Park, SVP, Head of Retail, Digital, Allocations, Wholesale Operations (North America), GUESS? Inc.

Driving Innovation and Leveraging Stores as a Competitive Advantage

The challenge facing retail today is transforming stores to connect that invaluable hub of experience.

Why Artificial Intelligence Will Empower the CIO

Gregory B Morrison, SVP & CIO, Cox Enterprises

Why Artificial Intelligence Will Empower the CIO

To better anticipate where AI makes sense throughout organizations, let’s explore its potential.

Avoid Being the Next Casualty in the Retail Apocalypse

Sahal Laher, CDO & CIO, Destination XL Group

Avoid Being the Next Casualty in the Retail Apocalypse

There is extreme competition in the retail industry today and thousands of stores are closing in what is being described as the retail apocalypse.

Money Ball Retailing

Peter Charness, SVP America's and Global CMO, TXT e-solutions [MI-TXT]

Money Ball Retailing

Great Assortments have to please at least 2 distinct groups. In first place, of course, are the customers who want exactly what they want, when and where they want it.

Was Darwin Wrong About Retail?

Richard Heyman, SVP & CIO, Gordmans Stores in Omaha, NE

Was Darwin Wrong About Retail?

Most of us like things to evolve predictably and at a pace that gives us time to absorb change without experiencing undue stress or upsetting the status quo.

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.

What is the best technology for frictionless food shopping?

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

What is the best technology for frictionless food shopping?

While some analysts predict the dominance of one solution over the others, the smarter bet is on ecosystems in which various technologies play to their particular strengths. Should you deploy RFID or a vision-based system? When it comes to touchless.

E-commerce Innovation in the Cloud

Ferhat Hatay, Senior Manager of Strategy and Innovation, Fujitsu And Victoria Livschitz, Founder & CTO, Grid Dynamics

Moving e-commerce operations to the cloud offers a host of business benefits for retailers.

Transformative Retail Banking

Sangy Vatsa, EVP & CIO, Comerica Bank [NYSE: CMA]

Transformative Retail Banking

Our Bank is known for raising customer expectations by offering customer-rich products and services. Fast maturing and adoption of digital technologies in everyday use is further elevating those expectations for our customers and our colleagues.

The Changing Face of Retail Industry

Graeme McVie, VP & GM, Business Development, Precima

The Changing Face of Retail Industry

Omni-channel and ecommerce/ mcommerce will continue to be hot topics.

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.

Time to Reach for the Clouds

Mike Ruchensky, VP and CIO, Swift Transportation [NYSE-SWFT]

Time to Reach for the Clouds

Today’s fleet managers—and their drivers—face heightened responsibilities in an increasingly competitive transportation industry.

AI and it's Place in E-Commerce

Anna Cole, Director of E-Commerce Operations, User Experience and Merchandising, Carhartt

AI and it's Place in E-Commerce

It was hard to believe that a machine could out-think a genius like Kasparov.