Artificial Intelligence

Risky business: Keeping stores safe
Keeping stores safe and secure has always been a top priority, but retailers are taking more proactive steps to mitigate threats on a larger scale.
Lighting rebate trends
An update on the top rebate trends for 2018 from BriteSwitch.

Email marketing on verge of big changes

Listrak's Tawnya Amdor discusses how predictive analytics, customer relationship marketing and AI will bolster email marketing strategies.
TechBytes: Cloud computing trendspotting

Constantly feeling the pressure to innovate, more retailers are reaching for the cloud to stay on their game.
H&M reportedly taps technology to solve inventory problem

H&M is looking beyond markdowns to deplete its excess inventory, and offer more customized assortments.
Amazon setting up shop—inside model homes

Amazon wants to show prospective home owners just how its Alexa device and other solutions can fit into their everyday lives.
Walmart will pay $16 billion for majority stake in Flipkart

In the largest acquisition in its history, Walmart has agreed to acquire India’s leading e-commerce retailer, Flipkart.
Study: Retailers feel the fallout from flawed retargeting ad strategies

Poorly optimized retargeted ad campaigns are missing the mark, and costing retailers sales.
Amazon reportedly moving into body scanning

Results from Amazon’s body scanning study could be aimed to minimize one of online’s biggest problems: returns.
Bloomingdale’s uses machine learning to evaluate employee knowledge

Bloomingdale’s can now pinpoint which of its employee learning programs are generating results — and by how much in real dollars.
Study: Tasks will dictate digital shopping assistant—and device—usage

The type of shopping assistant that consumers use for home and personal purchases will soon be more important than the actual purchase decision.
Alibaba’s revenues surge in Q4

Alibaba continued its strong financial performance in the fourth quarter, driven by the company’s marketplaces and cloud computing division.