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How Traditional Retailers are Evolving For the Digital Era

Gareth Bridges, Director, Digital Business, Equinix Asia-Pacific

A New Solution to the E-commerce Industry's Conversion Woes

Brett Thoreson, CEO & Co-Founder, CartStack

Increasing Customer Engagement through Data and Technology

Courtney Graybill, Vice President, Customer Experience & Product Management, David's Bridal

Designing for the Invisible Interface

Mohan Krishnaraj, Global Head of User Experience at HARMAN, a Samsung company

Your Biggest Omnichnannel Challenge Might Not be Your Technology

Kyu Cho, VP-Consulting Services, Nisum

Your Biggest Omnichnannel Challenge Might Not be Your Technology

Retailers know that omnichannel is the way of the future. Having a digital presence is table stakes at this point, with mobile and social commerce not far behind.

What is the best technology for frictionless food shopping?

Julie Vargas, Director, Global RFID Market Development, Food, Avery Dennison Corporation

What is the best technology for frictionless food shopping?

While some analysts predict the dominance of one solution over the others, the smarter bet is on ecosystems in which various technologies play to their particular strengths. Should you

Transforming Our Customer Experience through an Omni-channel Lens

Gary Aliff, Senior Director, Salesforce Practice and Delivery Lead, Gap Inc. [NYSE:GPS]

Data driven, product focused, customer obsessed. This is what we at Gap Inc. aspire, in providing customer service in our contact centers.

Apparel Development and Technology: Making the Digital Connection

David Grant, Vice President, PLM, Design and Supply Chain Systems, Fast Retailing [TYO: 9983]

Apparel Development and Technology: Making the Digital Connection

It’s no secret that the apparel manufacturing industry has a history of slow adoption rate of new technology.

IoT as an Enabler to Operations and Commercial Strategies

Matt Meier, VP & CIO, Whirlpool Corporation

IoT as an Enabler to Operations and Commercial Strategies

The dawn of Cloud Computing, Big Data, Machine Learning, Mobile, IoT and myriad other over-used buzzwords have forever changed the opportunity.

The Boundaries have Vanished

Michael Adams, VP of IT, MarineMax

The Boundaries have Vanished

A new world order has slowly evolved, leaving many corporate technology teams unprepared to adapt to the critical new responsibilities they manage.

Turning Consumer Generated Content into Valuable Brand Asset

Luis Sanz, Founder, Olapic

Turning Consumer Generated Content into Valuable Brand Asset

There is no question that data is a critical part of retail success. Each part of the customer journey needs to be tracked and measured.

Texting Your Way to Online - Retail Store Connections

Angela Hsu, SVP of Marketing and eCommerce, Lamps Plus

Texting Your Way to Online - Retail Store Connections

With the growing success of text chat on LampsPlus.com, we recently began to look for ways to build better connections between our online customers and our brick and mortar lighting and decor stores.

Mobisoft: Streamlining B2B E-Commerce at Fingertips

Matan Holander, VP Business Development

Mobisoft: Streamlining B2B E-Commerce at Fingertips

Business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce has evolved at multiple levels. Evidently, understanding the unique purchasing preferences of the modern day buyers have become increasingly critical to the long-term growth of B2B merchants.

The Connected Employee: What Every Business Leader Needs to Know

Andrew Morawski, President & Country Chairman, Vodafone Americas

The Connected Employee: What Every Business Leader Needs to Know

All over the world, today’s enterprises are operating in an increasingly complex business landscape.

Digital Technology Transformation

April Butterfield, Senior Director of Technology, Jabil And Gary Cantrell, CIO & SVP Information Technology, Jabil

Thanks to technology and the evolving digital economy, consumers have better access to goods and services than ever before.

Breaking Down the Retail Complications

Robert Mills, EVP, Chief Technology, Digital Commerce and Strategy Officer, Tractor Supply Company

Breaking Down the Retail Complications

The use of AI has the potential to unleash greater productivity and cost savings through automation of back office functions.

Customer Experience on Digital Platforms

Hui Wu-Curtis, Sr. Director, Customer Care Strategy-Global, Choice Hotels International

Customer Experience on Digital Platforms

The role of contact centers are often diminished due to the volume of interaction it handles in comparison to websites.

Considerations for Casinos and Gaming Operations

Matthew Klyman, Chief Information Officer, Marshall Retail Group

Considerations for Casinos and Gaming Operations

We don't want retail to be a cold and sterile environment and we love the fact that we have a four wall environment that we get to talk to our customers.

The Digital Journey

Dan Adam, CIO, Extreme Networks [NasdaqGS-EXTR] And Todd Nicholson, VP-Vertical Market Business Units, Extreme Networks [NasdaqGS-EXTR]

The Digital Journey

With increased competitive pressures on traditional brick and mortar retailers due to the rapidly growing online ecommerce channels.

Harnessing the Power of Big Data: A Crucial Competitive Advantage for Brick-and-Mortar Retail

Alex Bordei, Director of Product and Development, Bigstep

Harnessing the Power of Big Data: A Crucial Competitive Advantage for Brick-and-Mortar Retail

More data speeds up the business decision by analyzing a multitude of key performance indicators and partly solves one of the core issues of offline retailers.