Welcome to 2019: 5 Retail Trends You Need to Know Now
It’s a new year and retail is moving faster—finally we’re seeing retailers looking in the right direction—up. A unified commerce environment, an on-demand marketplace, social media, growing competition and new technologies mean an evolution in the way we shop. Everything is changing – from pricing…
5 Quotes to Make You Think More About Price Optimization
As the market changes and competition grows, one area is becoming more of a focus for retailers than ever before, and that’s price optimization. How do we think about price optimization and what makes it so important? Read on for five quotes from three pricing…
5 Things We Learned from Black Friday
Another Black Friday (and Cyber Monday) have come and gone. The holiday that once marked the beginning of holiday shopping and big crowds and lines in-store is changing the way we think about shopping and gifting at the holidays. It’s possibly even changing the way…
5 Answers Every Retailer Needs from Our Q&A with Microsoft’s Global Retail Strategy Director
This week we sat down with ShiSh Shridhar, Microsoft’s Global Retail Strategy Director. We learned more about JDA’s partnership with Microsoft and how AI is quickly going from big picture to best practice. Here are the five insights he shared about how artificial intelligence (AI)…
These 3 Retailers Are Competing with Amazon and Now You Can Too
This winter CVS is piloting a new program in Boston with free delivery and a membership fee, sounds familiar, right? Almost Prime-like? That’s because it is. For $48 a year or an easy $5 a month, CarePass includes free delivery on all CVS purchases, convenient…
The new in-store experience has arrived, and yes, it’s digital.
Retail is never going to be the same. Evolving consumer expectations, a fast-moving marketplace and new technologies are bringing a new in-store customer experience. Ready for a look at the future? It’s completely unrecognizable and undeniably digital. Even while more shopping centers are closing, signs…
How Sears Changed America and 3 Things Retailers Must Learn from the News Last Week
Since Sears filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last week, the internet is exploding with dozens of posts about how the retailer has changed America, the way we live and how we shop. Among them, tweets from Louis Hyman, an associate professor of history at Cornell…
AI-Powered Price Optimization Could Boost the UK Retail Market
The latest figures from the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that the World Cup and this summer’s heatwave have kept shoppers away from the high street. Sales grew by 0.7 per cent in July following a 0.5 per cent fall in June…
How Cloud Investments are Fueling Manufacturers’ Digital Supply Chain Transformations
Digital innovation across every node of the supply chain is occurring – and fast. Smart factories, smart warehouses and smart transportation are becoming a reality as manufacturers invest in technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), Internet of Things (IoT), robotics and more….
Aiming for the Future: How JDA, Microsoft and Blue Yonder Will Achieve the Autonomous Supply Chain
When U.S. President John F. Kennedy announced the goal of sending a person to the moon in a speech at Rice University on September 12, 1962, he acknowledged that it wouldn’t be easy. But that was a key part of the challenge. “We choose to…