Walmart rolling out driverless floor scrubbersWalmart is expanding its use of AI technology to free up its store associates from a time-consuming maintenance task. Seven Trends Driving Enterprise IT Transformation in 2019Enabling the business outcome in a ‘real-time’ enterprise environment is the next challenge for global brands and government agencies in 2019 Albertsons unveils ‘first-of-its-kind’ AI-powered medical clinic in its Safeway unit Shoppers at select Safeway stores can get a nagging cough checked out when they stop in to pick up some groceries. A Digital Onboarding Experience for Seasonal Hires After meet holiday hiring quotas, retailers' next challenge is onboarding, training, and most importantly, engaging those thousands of seasonal workers. A 200-year-old retailer makes big innovation leap Brooks Brothers is adopting artificial intelligence to make sure that it stays relevant among its loyal customers. What to expect in 2019 Here are a few ideas on retailers should expect in 2019 and 2020 from Michael Halula, retail-CPG sector general manager, Americas, Teradata. It’s beginning to look like a mobile Christmas More consumers kicked off their holiday shopping through mobile devices and social media. Walmart leads in holiday ad spend but Amazon coming up fast Amazon is doubling down on national TV ads even as Walmart and Target are cutting back. Fast-casual giant indirectly targeted in data breach Dunkin’ Brands is the newest company to be caught up in a cyber attack—however, not one that directly targeted its internal systems. When did the most Black Friday weekend sales really occur? Online transactions rose during Thanksgiving weekend, however that’s not when the strongest growth happened. First Previous 1016 1017 1018 1019 1020 Next Last