Research

2019 Advanced Retail Analytics Study: Data-Driven Clarity Minimizes Risks and Optimizes Opportunities
Advanced analytic engines embedded in retail applications can optimize every decision and business process. The RIS Advanced Retail Analytics Study uncovers practical strategies and executable tactics that will guide retailers to maximize sales, inventory, customer engagement, and more.
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2019 Shopper MegaTrends: Hot or Not
Emotional connections are the secret to success for retailers who have strategically built deep relationships with their customers. Find out which retailers, strategies and technologies are the keys to making emotional connections.

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2019 Shopper Megatrends Study

RIS surveyed 3,000 consumers to discover the behaviors and preferences that build emotional connections and how retailers can fine tune strategies to meet ever-changing needs.
The Future of AI-Driven Merchandising

The future of artificial intelligence is bright with promise and fuzzy with hype. Cutting through the buzz, one thing is certain – AI will drive a stake through the heart of time-consuming, linear merchandising processes and managing by averages.
Race for Competitive Advantage Reshapes the Grocery Landscape

Fear of falling behind omnichannel shoppers is driving grocers to deploy new technology at a furious pace. This tipping point is analyzed in depth in the recently released "2019 Grocery Tech Trends Study."
Streamlining the Store to Simplify Shopping

The new iteration of KISS should stand for Keep It Simple and Streamlined, a motto for retailers to focus on creating stores with self-service technologies that are more convenient and easier to shop.
Sharpening Omnichannel Inventory Management to a Razor’s Edge

With so much riding on effective inventory management it is surprising that many retailers struggle to master their supply networks, which are key to achieving financial goals and customer satisfaction.
Why Retailers Struggle in a Ferocious Labor Market
29th Annual Retail Technology Study: Retail Accelerates

Reinventing retail is an obligation to the consumer, an essential commitment that is critical in a dynamic, fast-moving and fiercely competitive marketplace.
Managing the Ferocious Labor Market

Retailers not only struggle to manage the workforce in a tight labor market, but with shockingly low labor forecast accuracy.

Research

2019 Advanced Retail Analytics Study: Data-Driven Clarity Minimizes Risks and Optimizes Opportunities

2019 Shopper MegaTrends: Hot or Not

2019 Shopper Megatrends Study

The Future of AI-Driven Merchandising

Race for Competitive Advantage Reshapes the Grocery Landscape

Streamlining the Store to Simplify Shopping

Sharpening Omnichannel Inventory Management to a Razor’s Edge

Why Retailers Struggle in a Ferocious Labor Market

29th Annual Retail Technology Study: Retail Accelerates

Managing the Ferocious Labor Market