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Examining Mr Price Group’s search to modernize

CIO

So she needs to keep tabs on the spectacular rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and its use cases, while also monitoring developments across topics that have been around for years, like big data, RFID and cybersecurity. It’s the basic, non-sexy ‘just has to happen’ kind of stuff,” she says.

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Martie launches with $3M to divert shelf-stable food items from landfills

TechCrunch

Companies are attacking food waste in different ways, from developing a better food supply chain to “skins” for produce to food sharing. Louise Fritjofsson and Kari Morris started the company in January to “rescue” pantry staples and offer them, initially in California, for between 40% and 70% off retail prices. Martie website.

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Chiper aims to ease inventory burdens for Latin American corner stores

TechCrunch

Most of these relationships are largely managed manually and on paper, but Chiper developed an e-commerce ecosystem for corner stores that is shifting that relationship into the digital realm. Chiper , founded in 2018 by CEO Jose Bonilla, is already the primary supplier and operating system for over 40,000 corner stores.

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Off the Shelf vs Custom Software: Making the Right Choice for Your Business

Trigent

Here’s all that you need to make an informed choice on off the shelf vs custom software. While doing so, they have two choices – to buy a ready-made off-the-shelf solution created for the mass market or get a custom software designed and developed to serve their specific needs and requirements.

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Hivery bags new money to automatically optimize product placement on store shelves

TechCrunch

chances are you’re selecting products off shelves that have made it there using Hivery’s core product,” he told TechCrunch. chances are you’re selecting products off shelves that have made it there using Hivery’s core product,” he told TechCrunch. We call it ‘hyper-local retailing.'”

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How Retailers Use Artificial Intelligence to Innovate Customer Experience and Enhance Operations

Altexsoft

In 2017, global eCommerce sales accounted for 10.2 Revenue from eCommerce sales is expected to grow to 4.88 eCommerce share of total retail sales worldwide from 2015 to 2021. Being online almost 24/7, consumers prefer saving time and shop online when possible. percent of all retail sales (2.3 trillion US dollars).

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Unified commerce elevates customer experience for Hippo Stores

CIO

One of the biggest challenges confronting retailers today is ensuring convergence between customers’ traditional in-store shopping experience and their digital journey, thereby delivering a seamless customer experience (CX). For brick-and-mortar stores, legacy technologies often make migrating online difficult.