Content about business intelligence

May 7, 2013
Industry Leaders

Real estate solution-providers equip retailers to make strategic decisions

Any economic recovery begs a number of questions for a retailer: When can I grow again? Where should I go? What does my customer want and need now? How big can my stores — and my business — be? Even though we are on the other side of the deepest recession in decades, it is still critical that retailers correctly answer these questions. We're long past the days when a chain could rely on gut instinct about a store location.

April 15, 2013
Harnessing Data Through Integrated Business Services Structure

By Paul Jeruchimowitz, Accenture

April 3, 2013
Wake Up, Retailers! Make Money From Your Big Data

By Greg Munves, 1010data

April 1, 2013
Container Store selects Talend Data to automate processes

Talend said Monday that The Container Store is deploying Talend Enterprise Data Integration to simplify, standardize and move data across multiple platforms.

April 1, 2013
Survey: Target, Best Buy, Walmart excel in mobile experience

Three high-profile big-box retailers received high marks for their mobile experiences, according to a survey by Prosper Insights & Analytics.

January 22, 2013
Walgreens enters into partnership with SCIO Health Analytics

SCIO Health Analytics, a health analytics services company, has entered into a relationship with Walgreens to help employers gain maximum return on investment through worksite health centers and wellness programs, identifying opportunities to improve workforce health while also reducing costs.

January 20, 2013
Retailer tech deployments in the spotlight at NRF

From solutions having to do with enterprise business intelligence to mobility, there were a host of retail technology deployments announced at the National Retail Federation’s 102nd Annual Convention & Expo. Here is a quick recap of some key applications:

January 15, 2013
Weis Markets selects Profitect’s cloud-based solution

Profitect announced that Weis Markets has selected its cloud-based Profit Amplification solution, a pattern-seeking predictive analytics tool, for deployment throughout the chain.

January 14, 2013
Hibbett Sports selects QuantiSense to improve local assortments

Retail analytics firm QuantiSense announced that Hibbett Sports has selected the QuantiSense Decision Orchestration Platform for its enterprise business intelligence solution.

January 14, 2013
Hibbett Sports selects QuantiSense to improve local assortments

Retail analytics firm QuantiSense announced that Hibbett Sports has selected the QuantiSense Decision Orchestration Platform for its enterprise business intelligence solution.

January 11, 2013
Tilly’s taps MicroStrategy for mobile commerce app

MicroStrategy Inc. announced that West-coast based specialty retailer Tilly's has launched a state-of-the-art mobile commerce app powered by MicroStrategy's Alert Mobile Commerce Platform.

December 10, 2012
IDC: Top 10 Retail Tech Trends for 2013

The omnichannel retail experience figures prominently in IDC Retail Insights’ Top 10 Predictions for the Retail Industry 2013.

November 27, 2012
Avoiding IT Overspend

The strategic role that IT plays in retail is evident as retailers across the board continue to up their technology investments. And with retail innovation being driven largely by tech-related advances in customer analytics, mobile and social commerce, and cross-channel strategies, IT spending is expected to remain a top priority.

But with increased investment comes the risk of overspending, warned NPI, a spend-management consulting firm that works with large retailers to maximize IT and telecom spending.

November 27, 2012
Study: Grocery retailers missing out by not keeping up with social media

The grocery industry, for the most part, lags in using online shopper insights for shopper and competitive advantage, according to a study developed in partnership with BeaconUnited, a national grocery broker, and ArchPoint Consulting, and powered by business intelligence firm Black Pearl Intelligence.

November 27, 2012
Study: Grocery retailers missing out by not keeping up with social media

The grocery industry, for the most part, lags in using online shopper insights for shopper and competitive advantage, according to a study developed in partnership with BeaconUnited, a national grocery broker, and ArchPoint Consulting, and powered by business intelligence firm Black Pearl Intelligence.

November 8, 2012
The Birth of a Trend: Using Social Analytics to Predict Trends

By Dr. Trevor Davis, IBM Global Business Services

October 25, 2012
Focus on: Next-Generation Business Intelligence

Eager to make more effective business decisions, many retailers are reevaluating their business intelligence strategies. With a renewed focus on breaking down enterprise-wide silos, retailers are making a move to the next generation of BI, which includes giving line and store managers access to predictive analytics tools and multifunctional views of data.

October 25, 2012
Focus on: Next-Generation Business Intelligence

Eager to make more effective business decisions, many retailers are reevaluating their business intelligence strategies. With a renewed focus on breaking down enterprise-wide silos, retailers are making a move to the next generation of BI, which includes giving line and store managers access to predictive analytics tools and multifunctional views of data.

October 25, 2012
Transparent Enterprise BI

Making better business decisions requires retailers to break down silos between company divisions, and deliver scalable predictive tools that allow managers enterprise-wide to sift through mission-critical information.

Chain Store Age talked with Andrea Morgan-Vandome, VP retail strategy and solution marketing, Oracle Retail, about the importance of business intelligence (BI).

What is the biggest change today related to retail analytics and BI? 

October 25, 2012
Transparent Enterprise BI

Making better business decisions requires retailers to break down silos between company divisions, and deliver scalable predictive tools that allow managers enterprise-wide to sift through mission-critical information.

Chain Store Age talked with Andrea Morgan-Vandome, VP retail strategy and solution marketing, Oracle Retail, about the importance of business intelligence (BI).

What is the biggest change today related to retail analytics and BI? 

October 22, 2012
Japanese department store chain selects Teradata retail analytics

Analytic data solution-provider Teradata said that Takashimaya Co. has completed deployment of a Teradata data warehousing environment to serve as the primary data analytics system for centrally housing and managing its product and customer information.

October 19, 2012
Sears taps Teradata for database analytics expansion

Teradata, the analytic data solutions company, announced that Sears Holdings has upgrades its existing Teradata analytic environment with the Teradata Active Enterprise Data Warehouse Platform 6690, which leverages both SSD and HDD storage.

September 26, 2012
Beyond Sweaters and Ballet Shoes

By Sean Jackson, Actian

July 30, 2012
First Insight in agreement with The Limited to provide predictive analytic solution

First Insight, which provides predictive analytics generated from online consumer engagements, announced an agreement with The Limited.

June 21, 2012
Macys.com uses private cloud to personalize digital shopping strategies

Macys.com has made a name for itself by analyzing consumer data to gain insight into its loyal shopper base. The retailer, which features more than 60,000 products online and leverages multiple digital channels to share product information cross-channel, has armed itself with a set of internal cloud-based, high-performance analytics tools designed to improve customer segmentation, market-basket analysis and real-time personalization cross-channel, based on a broader scope of product attributes.

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