Tag: retail

Hydration is paramount to our health, but sustainable hydration is paramount to our environment. The EPA estimates over 69% of plastic container and packaging waste in the United States is landfilled, leaving the recycling rate of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) soft drink and water bottles staggeringly low. To combat this environmental challenge, many beverage businesses are […]

Achieving tasty, healthy, and sustainable hydration can’t be done without a technical overhaul—especially when solving the touchless challenge. Britvic, a UK-based soft drinks company, is the largest supplier of branded still soft drinks and the second largest supplier of branded carbonated soft drinks in the UK, as well as an industry leader in Brazil, Ireland, […]

The big picture Remember the bad old days when website images had to be low res so that they wouldn’t take forever to load? Or they pixelated endlessly? While those days are thankfully behind us, today’s challenges include shrinking attention spans that demand visual stimulus, and soaring user expectations. To meet these challenges, ecommerce websites […]

Scalable live commerce solution supports Natura and other major Brazilian companies  Established at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, live interactive streaming platform StreamShop now helps some of the largest companies in Brazil to connect with consumers through high-quality, low-latency live commerce streams. The company’s customizable offering helps brands to easily integrate shoppable live video […]

The relevance race is real. It has everyone, from mid-size startups to large corporations, competing for a first-place prize in innovation. But for Mars Wrigley, the journey is often worth a lot more than the destination. This year, we invited Deepak Jose, global senior director of One Demand Data & Analytics at Mars Wrigley, to […]

Today’s shoppers have seemingly endless retail options online—to the point where many have ditched the in-store experience altogether. Competition is fierce. Once a customer finds their way to a website, it’s never been more important to keep them there. One of the quickest ways to lose them is a website that’s weighed down by poor-quality […]

For the past 110 years, an in-person retail experience has reigned as the queen of sales strategy at L’Oréal. Customers shopping for any of the company’s sub-brands—including Lancôme, La Roche-Posay, and Kérastase—most likely went to their closest beauty counter, salon, or pharmacy and made their purchase. Those looking for luxury hair-care products from Kérastase expected […]

What would shopping look like if you could walk into a store, grab what you want, and just go? Consumers want convenient experiences. According to the 2021 Shopper Vision Study from Zebra Technologies, 60 percent of respondents state that long wait times to check out are a major concern while shopping in a store. The […]

Retail leaders worldwide, like Best Buy, Petco, Neiman Marcus, Sainsbury’s, Instacart, and Zalando, are accelerating innovation and digital transformation by leveraging cloud retail solutions, software, and tools to harness insights from data at scale. From unparalleled personalized recommendations to AI-driven supply chain planning and inventory optimization, AWS helps brands drive faster market differentiation and growth. […]

High-end customers want a personalized experience when they shop. Why? Because of all the benefits digital technology delivered when the COVID-19 pandemic began. Staying safe was paramount but buying from the comforts of home, finding a wider array of options than in stores, and experiencing fast shipping contributed to online shopping mania. With customers stuck […]