Tag: More Retail

As retailers around the world are experiencing unprecedented disruption, industry leaders are demonstrating resilience, tenacity, and a capacity for innovation. We’ve embarked on a series of conversations with executives from Amazon Web Services (AWS) strategic partners, to showcase their leadership and innovation in challenging times. In the latest installment of our Retail Partner Executive Conversations […]

The grocery industry is not what it used to be. Reshaped by economics, technology, and a new generation of shoppers with different expectations and behaviors, food retailers have been challenged to deliver on their brand promises while creating competitive differentiation. The lingering effects of COVID, rising inflation, and a continuing tight labor market have all […]

Over the years, retail has seen seismic shifts due to the emergence of new technologies. Examples include the barcode, ecommerce, and mobile phones, all of which had a profound impact on the way shoppers buy from retailers, resetting consumer expectations. (The same could be said for non-technical inventions like the supermarket format and malls, but […]

Several years ago, Aptos embarked on a journey to redefine and disrupt the retail software landscape. Recognizing that consumers’ shopping behaviors and expectations have irrevocably changed, Aptos believes that retail technology stacks should, too. After years of intense innovation, Aptos launched Aptos ONE, a cloud-native, microservices-based unified commerce platform. This new platform, which takes advantage […]

The emergence of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Smart Store solutions has opened up a new world of possibilities for retailers. In order to take full advantage of these solutions, retailers need to optimize their network infrastructure. As retailers increasingly digitize their operations and move more services to the cloud, security and network infrastructure become major […]

Facing an increasingly competitive and rapidly shifting marketplace, businesses are under pressure to find new opportunities faster than ever. The volatility has hit consumer goods companies and retailers especially hard, challenging them to optimize their supply chain, reduce waste, and drive faster, smarter decision-making. For many, the answer lies in harnessing the vast quantities of […]

The past three years have been some of the most tumultuous in the history of retail, and there’s no end in sight. The onset of COVID-19 completely reshaped the rules of commerce, ushering in a new era of ecommerce that emphasizes profitability over growth at all costs. Yet, a recent survey by Publicis Sapient revealed […]

Consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies, which sell a vast number of products through Amazon.com, need scalable, cost-effective, and accessible data visibility into Amazon Seller and Vendor Central. This enables the management of orders, keeping product catalogs up-to-date, accessing inventory insights, and tracking sales, shipments, and payments. Over the past several years, CPG companies have outsourced […]

The retail landscape in China has undergone significant changes due to the rise of ecommerce and the increasing popularity of social media platforms. According to Harvard Business Review, online sales in China “have grown about 25% in each of the past seven years and reached about $1.9 trillion in 2020.” As a result, traditional brick-and-mortar […]

We’ve talked about the exciting immersive commerce and in-store optimization ideas coming out of NRF 2023, but what about the stuff behind the “retail curtain”? At this year’s big show, Doug Tiffan, head of worldwide solution strategy Apparel & Fashion, led an informative discussion talking about how and why AWS services and applications like: Amazon […]