Getting closer to your customers — Retail & CG Highlights: June Edition
Engaging consumers during the shopping experience is essential for today’s retailers and consumer goods manufacturers.
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3 trends retailers need to focus on to survive disruption
Digital disruption is taking over the retail industry, and it’s time to sink or swim. With the largest mall available in their pockets, customers have become more informed when it comes to when and where to shop.
Empowering retail innovation
The two-day event featured some notable industry speakers and an exhibit hall where nearly 2000 attendees visited with wide range of suppliers that focus on the Retail vertical. This year Microsoft returned to the event with a renewed focus on how we enable “The Customer Journey”.
Top reasons to meet with Microsoft at HITEC 2015!
Today’s advancements in sensors, mobility, devices, connectivity, and data insights have created a powerful combination that can unlock business value, drive innovation, and transform guest experiences.
Cloud-powered user experiences
It could not be more critical for retailers to bridge the gap between digital and their bricks-and-mortar stores than it is today, says Xomni CEO Chad Brown. “When you think about what the store does for the online channel, and vice versa, it should be about creating a sense of continuity,” he explains. “Bring those channels together and you truly maximize your return on investment, and satisfy the customer.”
The 3 stages of IOT: The path to personalized shopping
In the retail industry’s quest for innovative ways to connect with customers, personalized marketing through mobile devices offers an opportunity to reinvent the shopper experience by increasing promotion redemption rates and nurturing a deeper level of customer engagement. And retailers are recognizing the need to get personal.
Moving Beyond Reporting: The opportunities of data-powered, insights-driven innovation for consumer goods manufacturers
In today’s fiercely competitive consumer goods (CG) marketplace, CG companies want to get closer to their customers and innovate. At the center of this quest is data.
Microsoft Business Analytics Accelerator for Telecommunications
The Microsoft Business Analytics Accelerator for Telecommunications is a TM Forum Frameworx conformant pre-packaged business analytics solution for the telecommunications industry.
How personalized marketing and the Internet of Things will transform retail
Engaging consumers during the shopping experience is essential for today’s retailers. But it’s easier said than done.
Fueling Retail Innovation, Microsoft Convergence, Azure IoT Suite and Windows 10 Availability!
We predicted in January that 2015 would bring incredible change and innovation in the retail industry—especially around how retailers interact with their customers including modern POS devices.
Keeping threats at bay
How Microsoft changed its approach to security to protect an increasingly mobile workforce. Today’s modern workplace is changing and Microsoft is no exception. Our employees collaborate around the world from almost any location; our people have a robust lives and fully embrace the work-from-anywhere philosophy. Accordingly, the Microsoft IT organization has had to make a
Cybersecurity & Privacy: Managing enterprise risk
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The future of retail for small business
Microsoft participated in the National Retail Federation Big Show in New York, where we showed what the future of retail will look like and highlighted how customers like GameStop and Hardee’s are creating better shopping experiences through the use of technology.