Data Center

The Top 10 Department Stores

Department stores have come full circle as prime shopping destinations. Through digital initiatives, investments in technology and store remodels, departments stores that play their cards right will remain for the long haul.

eBags Increases Sales and Conversion With New Partner Iterate.ai

Sales and Conversion is up 15 percent by adding new technologies.

Best Retail Insider Quotes from CCRES 2013

It was the "best set of sessions ever" was the buzz I heard from retailers at the just completed Cross-Channel Executive Summit. I couldn't agree more. But for those who weren't there it might sound like hype, so I better walk the talk and back it up with hard evidence. The best way to do that is to let the presenters speak for themselves. Here are the most memorable quotes from the killer conference.

Quick Wins for Your Analytics Engine

What happens when one of your best customers reaches gold status in your loyalty program? Does your analytics engine recognize the milestone, automatically push a coupon to her preferred channel, and automatically enter her into your Facebook gold community? It could and should. Here’s what you need to know to rev up your customer analytics engine for all-channel commerce.

No More Day Old Bread

Haggen replaced slow reporting with a data warehouse and BI

Spirits of Pennsylvania

The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board is using Oracle products to better manage inventory and purchase orders for its new and existing store formats.

5 Steps to Stress-Free Customer Analytics

Have you seen the newest capabilities in customer analytics? Learn how to develop actionable points of view instead of just analyzing data points.

Magento Commerce Acquires RJMetrics

The cloud-based analytics solution will integrate with the Magento platform as Magento Analytics to help merchants better understand their customers and sell smarter.

Creating an Effective Data Security Plan

Retailers are spending billions of dollars on PCI compliance and EMV migration, but these measures alone cannot meet retail's security needs. Find out what else must be done.

2016 CIO of the Year Winners Revealed

At the opening night of RES 2016 the winners of the sixth annual RIS News CIO of the Year Awards were announced. See which forward-thinking retail CIOs made up this year's class of winners.

Wawa’s Weapon in Florida Expansion

Pennsylvania-based Wawa Inc., which is aggressively moving into Florida,enlists the help of a secret weapon: Esri software.

Aldo Gets Real-Time Analytics Anywhere with Mobile Solution

David Dadoun, Senior Manager, BI and Data Governance at ALDO Group, talks about the new mobile visual business intelligence (BI) and reporting tool that has digitally transformed reporting and analytics for the sales and operations teams and has become the go-to source to view ALDO’s primary retail metrics.

CVS Switches to Digital Receipts

Members of the drugstore's loyalty program will now be able to choose to receive their receipts via email, along with personalized savings offers.

How to Leverage Big Data to Inform Product Content

Retailers and brands need to consider the following approaches to truly gain the most out of big data’s enormous potential to operationalize the synergy of big data insights with product content development.