How to ruin Black Friday in three easy stepsBlack Friday can be a bleak day indeed if retailers make a few key mistakes. Simon offers free personal shoppers – with help from AISimon Property Group is equipping teams of “helper elves” at select properties with an artificial intelligence (AI)-based gift finder tool. Exclusive: Wing examines drone delivery, Walmart partnership Wing is bullish on the potential of drone delivery for retailers in general and for its test partnership with Walmart in particular. Amazon rolls out security robot for small businesses Amazon’s newest robot provides smart security for small-to-mid-sized business (SMB) customers. Crate & Barrel opens virtual flagship Crate & Barrel’s new flagship store is open in the Flatiron district of New York City – as well as in the metaverse. Albertsons expands inventory freshness initiative to meat and seafood Albertsons Companies Inc. is building on a successful implementation of a predictive ordering and inventory management platform. Amazon deploys robot for heavy lifting in fulfillment center The newest addition to Amazon’s rapidly expanding roster of supply chain robots can lift up to 2,500 pounds. Exclusive Q&A: Rob Garf, VP and GM of retail, Salesforce Factors including artificial intelligence (AI), returns, and customer loyalty will serve as competitive differentiators in the 2023 holiday season. NRF releases guidelines for artificial intelligence in retail The National Retail Federation (NRF) is establishing four high-level principles to help ensure appropriate and effective retailer use of artificial intelligence (AI). Exclusive: Party City reduces supply chain costs by 'millions' Party City Holdings Inc. is deploying cloud-based technology to obtain real-time enterprise supply chain visibility. First Previous 130 131 132 133 134 Next Last