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  • Session Spotlight: Construction Goes High Tech

    Although the construction industry lags other major verticals in IT spending, technology is still having a dramatic impact on the practice.

    “We are at the intersection of technology and buildings,” said James M. Benham, CEO of construction technology firm JBKnowledge.

  • Six Months After EMV: Still Putting the Pieces Together

    April marked the six-month anniversary of the EMV liability shift. After years of discussion and anticipation, that changeover has technically “happened,” but unfortunately, not much good has happened as a result. Even with all the preparation and hype, the payments industry is still playing catch up. Why? Well, it’s a complex picture that requires a bit of history.

  • New underground retail center rolls out smart media platform

    Fully interactive, cloud-based digital displays help enhance the customer experience and give businesses a boost at TurnStyle, the new retail/dining center at the Columbus Circle subway station in Manhattan.

    The installation marks the first retail application of the On Smart Media platform, from Outfront Media. The platform allows retailers and advertising partners to deliver contextual messages in real-time.

  • Connecting with Millennials

    The generation born between the early 1980s and the year 2000 — labeled millennials — has captured the collective attention of retail marketers. And not just because there are more than 80 million of them, although that’s a factor. This group craves access, not necessarily ownership, and they have a real affinity for technology, which is shaping the retail space.

  • Study: Three technologies that will shape retail – and one that won’t

    While several highly publicized emerging technologies are poised to have a major effect on retail by 2026, another touted bleeding-edge solution may fall short of expectations.

  • Hudson’s Bay will feed need for speed with robots at new DC

    Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) will open a new omnichannel fulfillment center in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, that includes assistance from robots.

    The center, opening in July, will run robotic retail technology that HBC says is approximately three-times faster than the typical technology utilized in e-commerce DCs The retailer plans to open the 450,000-sq.-ft. facility through a phased approach, expanding to 617,500 sq. ft. by January 2017.

  • Tech Bytes: How Robots are Transforming Retail

    The retail industry has reached a point of progress with robotics where it is not enough to look at how robots will drive business transformation, but at how they are already doing so.

    Following are three key retail areas where robots have already begun to make their presence felt:

    Fulfillment and Distribution

  • How Robots are Transforming Retail

    The retail industry has reached a point of progress with robotics where it is not enough to look at how robots will drive business transformation, but at how they are already doing so.
     
    Following are three key retail areas where robots have already begun to make their presence felt:
     
    Fulfillment and Distribution

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