Category: Retail

The challenge and value of online discovery The power of cloud elasticity helps online retailers expose large volumes of digital content catalogs for shoppers to browse and purchase products. However, it’s a challenge for many retailers to manage their vast online catalogs. And at the same time, with so much content, customers can become overwhelmed […]

With their demands constantly changing, shoppers want the best and they want it now. For companies to keep up, digital product development must be a pressing response. That’s where Cencosud comes in. As a part of our “Engaging Shoppers & Consumers” track at this year’s Industry Innovators virtual event, we had the pleasure of welcoming […]

Grocery retailers typically operate high-volume, low-margin business models. All the retailer’s resources need to be deployed in a way to maximize productivity and minimize cost. This isn’t a simple ask because the majority of applications in the industry have grown organically over a long period of time. In the UK, the top five grocers—with the […]

As a part of our “Engaging Shoppers & Consumers” track at this year’s Industry Innovators virtual event, we had the pleasure of welcoming Hallmark’s Chief Technology Officer Chai Pallapothula to discuss how the company is engaging shoppers and consumers with the help of digital transformation. In this post, we cover highlights from Pallapothula’s “How Hallmark […]

Ecommerce is on track to make up nearly 25 percent of global total retail sales by 2025, with US ecommerce sales alone expected to top $1 trillion for the first time. However, new opportunities have brought new competition and motivated merchants to differentiate their shopping experiences to better inspire purchases. Taking a cue from Asia, […]

During our recent 2022 Industry Innovators: Retail & CPG virtual event, AWS’ Justin Honaman met up with Seth Goldman, executive chairman of Beyond Meat and co-founder of PLNT Burger and Eat the Change®, to discuss Goldman’s background in the food and beverage industry as well as the keys to innovation he discovered along the way. […]

Retail has greatly transformed over the last few years, as more commerce happens online and influencers play a growing role in driving product affinity. In Asia, live stream commerce is revealing massive revenue opportunities, with retailers generating billions of dollars in minutes. Accordingly, McKinsey estimates that live stream commerce sales could account for as much […]

A lot of the changes triggered by the pandemic are here to stay, and businesses must think on their feet to meet changing demands successfully. Ecommerce has exploded, growing two to five times faster than pre-pandemic levels, according to this McKinsey report. Like all eruptions, this one too, unveiled a host of behind-the-scenes drama in […]

Learn more about the sessions and speakers featured in Track 4: Sustainability at this year’s Industry Innovators Conference for Retail & CPG 2022. You’ve heard of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and environmental, social, and governance (ESG). These nonfinancial factors are taking the world by storm, but is your organization actively applying them? Sustainability is no […]

Learn more about the sessions and speakers featured in Track 3: Data & Analytics to Drive Transformation at this year’s Industry Innovators Conference for Retail & CPG 2022. Want to drive costs out while accelerating decision-making? Digitally transforming your organization is a smart place to start. It’s time retail and consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies […]