AI & Machine Learning

Purina Pilots Interactive Endcaps in Pet Aisles of 200 Supermarkets

Seeking to provide the same depth of product information that’s available online in a brick-and-mortar environment, Purina has partnered with Perch to…

LVMH Partners with Google Cloud to Implement AI/ML Optimizations Across its Brands

LVMH has teamed up with Google Cloud to implement new cloud-based AI solutions designed to power innovations and optimizations across the luxury…

How AI can Help Retailers Make Ecommerce Profitable During 2021 Back-to-School Shopping and Beyond

With the speed of vaccine rollouts indicating that Zoom classes won’t be front and center for the new school year, the back-to-school…

How Returns Drag Down Sustainability Efforts (and what Retailers can do About it)

It’s becoming increasingly clear that returns have costs that go well beyond the financial. Each year in the U.S., 5 billion pounds…

Dickies Tests AI-Enabled Fitting Recommendations in its China Tmall Store

Workwear brand Dickies has partnered with 3DLOOK to offer its customers in China a personalized fitting experience on the Tmall Global marketplace….

Cars, Wine, Trees — COVID-19 Proved Once and For All that You Can Sell Just About Anything Online

The COVID-induced ecommerce boom of 2020 saw online sales climb across almost all categories last year, including some unexpected ones. Propelled by…

EDITED Completes Purchase of Retail Analytics Firm

Retail market intelligence provider EDITED has acquired DynamicAction, which specializes in internal retail analytics. The newly combined company, which will operate under…

Sally Beauty Preps for Post-Pandemic Beauty Boom with New AI-Powered Pricing Solution

Sally Beauty has teamed up with intelligent pricing platform Revionics, a division of Aptos, to optimize its pricing strategies with the aim…

How (and Why) Amazon is Sharing its Tech with Retailers Around the World

Amazon is well known for being one of the largest retailers in the world. What’s less well-known is that thousands of other…

Inventory Optimization Solution Provider Trax Secures $640M in Fresh Funding

Trax, a cloud-based solution that helps CPG brands and retailers optimize their inventory strategies through data and analytics, has secured $640 million…

MandM Direct Drives 2.4% Revenue Increase with Personalized Real-Time Recommendations

Online discount apparel retailer MandM Direct, which had previously relied on standard rules-based recommendations to guide website visitors through the shopper journey,…

Chevron, Handy Mart Operators Deploy AI-Powered Predictive Analytics to Streamline Operations

Regional convenience and fuel retailers H&S Energy of California, E.J. Pope & Son of North Carolina and Welcome Break in the UK…

40% of Consumers Seeking More Healthy Food Options at Grocery Stores

Managing the Complex Requirements of Your Quote-to-Cash Tech Stack

Ten-Day Business Transformation: Panera Bread’s Covid Restart

Redefining Brick-and-Mortar: Adapting Store Experiences for Post-COVID Realities