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Creativity Overcomes Scarcity

Geoffrey Fry, Global VP of Supply Chain, Cree Lighting

Advancing Cloud With 3 PS - Predictability, Programmability, and Possibility

Sanjay Sivam, Director, Inside Sales and Services Sales, Poly Asia Pacific

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

Rohan Penman, Global Head of Technology, T2 Tea

Free Wi-Fi Versus Paid: Which is Better for Your Business?

Patricia R. Hume, Chief Commercial Officer, iPass

Asymmetrical Risk to the Integrated Retail World

David Marcotte, Senior Vice President, Kantar Consulting

Asymmetrical Risk to the Integrated Retail World

Asymmetrical warfare is waging undeclared war by means of proxies, independent agents, and professionals so that there is no clear line of responsibility or plausible deniability.

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

The Ever-Changing Retail Environment

Vlad Yakubson, Head of Retail, Retail Apparel Group

The key to all the analytics, AI and future technology is the “how” to apply them in a personal way to relate best to the consumer.

Getting Gender Balance In Leadership

Melissa Greenwell, EVP & COO, The Finish Line, Inc

Getting Gender Balance In Leadership

According to a National Science Foundation 2016 report, in 2013 women were fifty percent of the college-educated workforce.

Serving Soldiers and Airmen - Online and Around the World

Phil Stevens, CAO & CIO, Army & Air Force Exchange Service

Serving Soldiers and Airmen - Online and Around the World

Retail is the most competitive sector in business today with rapid innovation in the customer journey and the “last mile” of fulfillment.

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

Maximize the Power of Data in Retail

Steve Rempel, CIO, Rite Aid [NYSE:RAD]

Maximize the Power of Data in Retail

Many will tell you that today’s consumer is more powerful than ever, thanks to the personal mobile computers we have in our pockets, our homes, and even our cars.

Authentic brand storytelling with technology as the differentiator to drive brand demand

Angela Gearhart, Sr. Director Retail and Brand Experience, Sleep Number

Authentic brand storytelling with technology as the differentiator to drive brand demand

Today’s consumer is living a digital, connected life and appreciates brands that integrate technology while maintaining a personal touch.

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.

It's Watching What You Eat: Machine Vision and the Future of Consumer Products Manufacturing

Mark Osborn, VP, Strategy and Business Planning, SAP

It's Watching What You Eat: Machine Vision and the Future of Consumer Products Manufacturing

In discrete manufacturing, a machine vision-enabled process can provide a visual inspection of materials, parts, and labels from a given bill-of-materials (BOM) prior to assembly.

Revving the Tech-ometer

Keith Crerar, Executive VP, TradeRev

Technology is significantly changing the way dealers approach vehicle acquisition, inventory, remarketing and sales.

Real Talk from Shoptalk: Brick and Mortar Remains a Key Component of Effective Omnichannel

Kyu Cho, VP, Nisum

Real Talk from Shoptalk: Brick and Mortar Remains a Key Component of Effective Omnichannel

According to recent numbers from the U.S. Department of Commerce, e-commerce sales accounted for 10.6 percent of total retail sales by the end of 2015.

Engaging the New Next Gen Shopper with Cognitive Computing

Michelle Peluso, CMO, IBM Corporation And Laurence Haziot, Global Managing Director, Consumer Industries, IBM Corporation [NYSE:IBM]

Engaging the New Next Gen Shopper with Cognitive Computing

Retailers must evolve from emphasizing transactions to focusing on building intimate, unique customer relationships.

Transforming Retail with Social, Mobile and Analytics

Michael Mothner, CEO, Wpromote

Transforming Retail with Social, Mobile and Analytics

A holistic 360 degree view of the customer requires insight into the marketing data.

Harnessing the Power of Personalization

Jean-Francois Bessiron, VP Goods International, Groupon [NASDAQ: GRPN]

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

Enterprise Architecture Means Thinking Business First, then Technology

Steven Van Wyk, CIO/COO, The PNC Financial Services Group

Enterprise Architecture Means Thinking Business First, then Technology

The model is based on a service-oriented architecture that defines the standard business capabilities that make up a bank- such as payments, loan offerings.