TechBytes: Cloud computing trendspottingConstantly feeling the pressure to innovate, more retailers are reaching for the cloud to stay on their game. TreeHouse: Going beyond net-zeroTreeHouse's Aaron Moulton and Jenny LaBarge discuss how the nation’s first energy-positive big-box store came together at SPECS 2018. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. First Previous 441 442 443 444 445 Next Last