The Great Acceptance: Rebuilding Workforce Ideals to Come Back Stronger

In this interactive report, RIS explores how retailers can embrace innovation and technology that strengthens and modernizes the workforce, incentivizes staff loyalty, and bolsters recruiting efforts, ultimately creating a more powerful consumer experience. Learn more.

Retail Executives

RIS CIO of the Year 2022

For more than a decade, RIS has been presenting these prestigious awards to retail CIOs who have demonstrated an innovative use of technology that has moved their retail organization forward. Here, RIS reveals the winner of our 11th annual CIO of the Year awards.

Enterprise Resource Management

Nike Deploying New ERP In July

Nike expects to realize value from its new enterprise resource planning (ERP) system this year — the biggest investment the apparel and footwear company has made in its digital transformation.

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Customer Engagement
Bed Bath & Beyond Investing in Loyalty and Merchandising Efforts
The company recently launched a new rewards program across its flagship brand as well as buybuy BABY and Harmon. Additionally, the company is making several leadership changes. Learn more.
Customer Engagement
Walmart To Buy AR Optical Tech Company Memomi
Walmart is buying up an augmented reality company to enable it to continue to offer virtual optical try-on capabilities and contact-free digital measurements.

Lowe’s, Giant Eagle Executives Come Together to Talk Analytics Workforce Challenges
Last week, Seemantini Godbole of Lowe's; Jo O'Hazo of Giant Eagle; and more, took the stage at Analytics Unite to explore how to recruit talent and cultivate the analytic skills companies require from their tech teams.
5 Green Practices for Retailers That Work
Social responsibility and sustainability are a top-of-mind issue for the retail industry today. As you look to integrate best practices in your retail operations, consider these five areas.
Solve Labor Shortages and Enrich the Customer Experience With Self-Checkout
The tight labor market is a major obstacle for grocers. Learn how to keep shoppers happy, and overcome hurdles to attracting and retaining frontline talent, by building the workforce and store experience of the future.
Tech Transformation Podcast: Dia & Co’s Nadia Boujarwah On Reimagining Retail Returns
The CEO of the digital fashion retailer shares insight into how they’re replicating the best fit technology that’s out there: the retail store dressing room.
Tech Transformation Video: Future of Fit Tech With Dia & Co’s Nadia Boujarwah
The CEO of the digital fashion retailer shares insight into how they’re replicating the best fit technology that’s out there: the retail store dressing room.
Grocery Tech Trends Driving the New Customer Experience
Learn how technology is helping grocery retailers create a seamless and enticing customer experience in-store and out, providing substitutions when digital hiccups occur, all while maintaining the perfect inventory and assortment.
Customer-Centricity and How We’ll Get There in 2022
Here are four areas where we see room for customer-centric ecommerce improvements and innovation in the year ahead.
Yesway, Yum! Brands, Shoe Carnival: A Data-Focused Strategy for Creating Brand-Obsessed Consumers
P&G, Yesway, Yum! Brands, and Shoe Carnival joined the loyalty conversation at this year’s Analytics Unite event in Chicago.

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Innovation Strategies to Accelerate Growth and New Product Development: How AWS Helps Retailers Innovate
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The Future of Customer Service in Retail is Proactive Service
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Omnichannel Demand Forecasting, Allocation, and Replenishment: Footwear Retailer FLO Reduces Lost Sales and Increases Availability
FLO aimed to increase forecast accuracy, maximize availability, and optimize inventory smartly to improve supply chain efficiency. Learn how it's efforts helped the footwear retailer to reduce lost sales by 12% and increase availability 23%.
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Migros – a Top-50 Grocery Retailer Worldwide - Reduces Inventory Days by 11% and Increases Availability by 1.7%
With AI-powered inventory solutions, Migros has achieved an 11% reduction in inventory days, alongside a 1.7% increase in inventory availability, across its entire retail and supply footprint.
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The Great Acceptance: Rebuilding Workforce Ideals to Come Back Stronger

RIS CIO of the Year 2022

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Bed Bath & Beyond Investing in Loyalty and Merchandising Efforts

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Solve Labor Shortages and Enrich the Customer Experience With Self-Checkout

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