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2019 Grocery Tech Trends Study

Leading grocers step on the gas to deploy technologies that competitors will find hard to match if they fall behind. Findings in the 4th Annual Grocery Tech Trends Study uncover tectonic shifts in digital strategy and analyze 66 individual technologies that grocers can benchmark against.

Forecast Accuracy: Why It Matters and How to Improve It

Brick by brick every major business decision is built on the foundation of demand forecasts. However, forecast accuracy is something that is rarely talked about, except within supply chain organizations.

The Dynamic DC and the Demand-Driven Supply Chain

The technology exists today to efficiently — and expediently when necessary — flow both retail store and e-commerce orders orders through the same facility.

Forecasting and Retail Analytics Going into 2019

Retalon partnered with Retail IT Insights to send a survey to over 5,000 retail professionals in order to understand their perspective on the importance of unified predictive analytics in retail.

The Difference Between Customer Experience and Customer Feedback

Managing the customer experience is vastly different from soliciting customer feedback.

Why Retailers Need to Prepare for an AI-First World, Today – and How They Can Do It

While artificial intelligence is a hot topic, and all industries will face the AI-first revolution, urgency is particularly high for retailers.

Making the Store of the Future a Reality

How IT leaders can prepare for and support the store of the future

Bring the Online Experience to the Store

By using data insights to expand staff knowledge and deepen the customer relationship, retailers are turning new technologies into rising revenue, creating unique and personalized experiences for customers across all channels.

Transformation in the Retail, Logistics and Transportation Industries

To remain competitive, players in these industries are investing heavily in technology to streamline their operations.

Beyond Point of Sale: Revolutionizing How Retailers Serve Customers

Download this RIS Explorer series to learn the five things a next-gen store device platform must do to satisfy the new expectations of today’s tech-savvy customer.

Keep Your Retail Business Agile and Competitive in the Era of Unified Commerce

The store of tomorrow is a full-service, connected hub; integrating web, social networks, and the supply chain. To stay competitive, retailers need to be equipped with intelligent and scalable technology to offer their customers a seamless shopping experience.

7 Ways to Transform Your Retail Organization with Mobile

Mobile technology is the link that delivers real-time, user-friendly and unified information across every retail organization. With the right mobile solutions in place, retailers can provide the personalized experience today's shoppers desire while improving organizational efficiencies.

Avoid These 5 Pitfalls to Ensure Mobile POS Rollout Success

There are several common reasons mobile projects fail to live up to their potential. This RIS Explorer Series report presents five hard-won insights into what to avoid.

Checklist for Gaining Real-Time Supply Chain Visibility

Internet of Things technologies brings real-time visibility to the supply chain. With a sensor-based digital supply chain, businesses can transform how they manage products and shipments across channels. To do so, companies need the right strategy.