Unstructured Data

User Conferences Take a New Form

With physical events off the table, virtual events have become an industry mainstay. Advantech Connect takes the idea of a multi-day event to new heights with a virtual agenda spanning months. Learn more about the novel approach.
Guess? to Invest Big in New Tech Infrastructure and Data Analytics

Apparel retailer Guess? plans to spend up to $65 million this year on investments to its technology infrastructure, store openings and remodels. The tech investment includes using data analytics to improve its inventory management, logistics and distribution, storage site selection and more. Get the details on how to company plans to boost operations in the coming year.

Lucky Brand’s Customer Data Platform Identifies 1.5 Million Anonymous Customers

The apparel retailer’s next-gen customer data and identity platform is unifying the brand’s shopper info and facilitating meaningful personalization in-store and out. Learn the details and how the cutting-edge tech is helping the brand connect with previously unknown shoppers.
Addressing People: Why Location Matters

Behind every individual there is an address – some physical, some temporary, and some digital – but each offers a unique view of that person, their behaviors and their preferences. By starting with an address, businesses can positively impact their relationship with consumers.
Data Science Investments a "Core Driver" of Wayfair's E-Commerce Success

E-commerce retailer Wayfair captures and stores four terabytes of data every day, tracking approximately 40 billion customer actions on its website over the course of a year. Uncover how the company's data science team utilizes this mountain of data to enhance the customer experience.
Real-Time in Retail – Using Data to Transform the Shopping Experience

Retailers with the most effective infrastructure to collect, store and analyse data in real-time won’t just be able to ensure their survival, but will also drive future business growth as technology evolves.
Canadian Tire Talks Analytics and Artificial Intelligence

Canadian Tire beat sales expectations despite bad weather. Hear how far this next-gen retailer has come in its data analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning progress and find out who has been appointed the new CIO.
Using Data as a Competitive Differentiator

New research identifies elements that are critical to retailers’ success in the digital economy, and some of the results are surprising.
Greg Girard of IDC Talks Artificial Intelligence

Greg Girard of IDC explores the commodity of data and explains six things artificial intelligence needs to do at The 2017 Retail And Consumer Goods Analytics Summit (RCAS).
Retail and Consumer Goods Analytics Study 2017: Building an Insight-Driven Organization

Download RIS/CGT's latest analytics research report and benchmark your organization's analytics maturity against the industry leaders.
IOT: Going Beyond the Buzz

Covering about 50 billion connected de¬vices, the total value of the Internet of Things (IoT) related business could touch $15 trillion by 2020. Find out how retailers can best leverage IoT.
Harley-Davidson Bets on Artificial Intelligence

President of Harley-Davidson of New York City, Asaf Jacobi, owns three locations and has the rights for Harley Davidson in the New York City area. Find out how Artificial Intelligence platform “Albert” helps leads and sales skyrocket at NYC’s Harley-Davidson franchise.
Don't Miss This Speaker at RES: Esteban Arcaute, @WalmartLabs

Collecting more data, and making it available across the organization, has never been easier. At the same time, modern machine learning techniques are rapidly being made available to process all that data.
CEO Kevin Stadler Talks About Changes Coming to Retail

<em>RIS News</em> editorial director Joe Skorupa talks to Kevin Stadler, CEO, 4R Systems about changes coming to retail, during NRF's 2017 Big Show in New York.

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