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2023 Retail and Consumer Goods Analytics Study: The Analytics Advantage
RIS and CGT’s annual Retail and Consumer Good Analytics Study benchmarks the two industries’ analytic maturity and highlights the big bets being made on next-gen technology to ensure organizations keep pace with the business leaders. Find out where your company ranks among the industry’s best.
The Top 100 Retailers in 2023
For the sixth consecutive year, RIS has the top 100 retailers that are continuing to prosper despite the ongoing volatility, analyzing their percentage of market share and how it translates to overall sales and where these companies are investing to maintain their competitive edge.

Artificial Intelligence
3 Ways Retailers Can Use Decision Intelligence to Enhance Customer Experience and Boost Sales
Brands need to identify ways to tap into insight-rich data faster than their competitors to find smarter ways to meet shifting customer preferences and outflank the competition. Here's how.
Robotics
Sam’s Club Finalizes Chain-Wide Rollout of AI-Powered Inventory Scanners
The effort will help the company slash time-consuming, manual tasks that have been potentially inaccurate in measuring product availability, member experience, or ordering. Learn more.
E-Commerce
How Retailers Can Enhance Their E-Commerce
In order to ensure their retail businesses are maximizing omnichannel efforts, industry leaders should run through the following checklist with their web and executive teams.
In-Store Data Tracking
3 Ways Digital Technologies Elevate In-Store Operations and Shopping Experiences in Retail
Breakthrough digital technologies can help retailers overcome hurdles and eradicate inefficiencies by optimizing staffing and in-operations, employee and customer experiences, boosting ROI, and alleviating supply chain discrepancies. Learn more.
E-Commerce
3 Key Considerations for Driving Growth Online
How can brands encourage conversions with their business versus competitors? Gaining visibility into the consumer online journey is critical. Learn more.
Augmented Reality
Lowe’s Embraces the Power of Digital Twins
Lowe’s is optimizing its operations by allowing store associates to interact with its store’s digital data through a digital twin: a completely virtual replica of the physical home improvement store. Learn more.
Customer Analytics
Mars & Yum! Brands Get Closer to Customers With Spatial Analytics
Learn by example from leading companies like Mars and Yum! Brands to optimize forecasting and expansion through deep learning and spatial analytics.
Loyalty Programs
How Fetch Rewards Is Turning Loyalty Upside Down to Bolster Data Strategies
In this edited webinar transcript, Fetch Rewards’ Wes Schroll shares how the company creates unique, rewarding experiences for shoppers, while providing brands and retailers with differentiated market and loyalty insights. Learn more.
Marketing
A Quick Guide to Retail Marketing Automation and How to Make It Work for Your Business
Retail marketing and automation have seen a huge synergy recently. So how exactly can your business jump aboard and make automation work in their favor? Learn here.
Analytics
Navigating the Rising Cost of Acquiring and Retaining Customers? Generate More First-Party Data
Many brands, especially small- and medium-sized businesses, often lack the resources to invest in lasting relationships with their customers. So what are the costs to look out for in today’s market and how can brands overcome these by generating valuable first-party data? Find out.
In Store Experience
5 DTCs That Opened Up Shop
In the last year, several notable direct to consumer retailers made the leap to the physical opening up brick and mortar stores. Keep an eye on these five retailers as they provide engaging consumer experiences that stand out from the digital realm.
Analytics Unite: The Summit for Retail and Consumer Brands
WATCH — Insights From Analytics Unite: Execs From Lowe’s, Moët Hennesy, NielsenIQ Talk Future of Data
Across three jam-packed days, influential leaders from across the consumer goods and retail industries convened to discuss the landscape of analytics and the powerful role it is playing in innovation, talent, and business growth. Here’s what several attendees had to say.

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