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Face as the New Data Point: The Good, Bad and the Ugly of Facial Recognition Technologies

Riku Vassinen, Head of Digital Transformation, JWT Singapore

The Big Mistake Department Stores Make with Their Online Services

Brad Bernstein, SVP of North American Sales, Nanorep

Enabling Technology Driven Business Transformation

Paul Scorza, CIO, Ahold USA, Inc.

Point Inside Announces Personalization Tool for In-Store Marketing

Christine Schultz, CIO, Eddie Bauer

Point Inside Announces Personalization Tool for In-Store Marketing

With the Deals Personalization tool in place, retailers will be able to engage the users of their branded apps in real-time.

Marketing Disruption: Role of the CIO

Shirish Lal, COO & CTO, Harte Hanks [NYSE:HHS]

Marketing Disruption: Role of the CIO

The last five years has seen a dramatic change in CMO’s engagement in technology decisions. From Gartner declaring the CMO will make more IT purchasing decisions.

Data Analytics to Achieve Productive Outcomes

Todd Simpson, CIO, FDA

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates foods, drugs, biologics, medical devices, cosmetics, dietary supplements, tobacco products, electronic products and more.

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

Engaging the New Next Gen Shopper with Cognitive Computing

Michelle Peluso, CMO, IBM Corporation And Laurence Haziot, Global Managing Director, Consumer Industries, IBM Corporation [NYSE:IBM]

Engaging the New Next Gen Shopper with Cognitive Computing

Retailers must evolve from emphasizing transactions to focusing on building intimate, unique customer relationships.

Thinking out-of-the-box to launch business beyond borders

Bill Bass, Chief Marketing Officer, FULLBEAUTY Brands And Kara Lawson, Senior Director Ecommerce, FULLBEAUTY Brands

Thinking out-of-the-box to launch business beyond borders

The best way to truly test a new technology is an A/B test: show half a random sample the new technology, hide it from the other half, then compare the performance of the two groups.

Cloud and IoT Technologies in Grocery Retail

Jozo Džakula, CIO, Konzum

Cloud and IoT Technologies in Grocery Retail

Since connectivity became omnipresent, technology companies are seeking a way to connect everything to the Internet.

If your Customers are a Step Ahead, How Can you Catch Up?

Anthony Jones, Head of eCommerce, Mid-Market Sales UKI, Google

If your Customers are a Step Ahead, How Can you Catch Up?

What a fascinating space to be in right now. We’ve spent years waiting for technology to come and disrupt and, well, it looks like we’re more or less here.

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.

Why Gamification for Retail is a Powerful Tool for Connecting with Millennials

Anand Shaw, Cofounder, Inventrik Pte Ltd

Why Gamification for Retail is a Powerful Tool for Connecting with Millennials

In the age of smart-phones, social media and connected devices; keeping millennials engaged has become more difficult than ever before, especially for retailers.

Infusing Analytics into Physical Retail Stores

Brandon Schulz, Director, Retail Vertical, Luxoft [NYSE:LXFT]

With the growing customer demands, players in the retail industry are leveraging advanced eCommerce platforms to enhance shopping experience.

E-commerce and the Data behind it

Klemen Drole, CIO, Lazada Group

E-commerce and the Data behind it

Big data is the new oil, powering the e-commerce ecosystem.

Danger Ahead for C Level in Digital Commerce and Job Role Ambiguity

Alan Royal, Head of Technology Innovation and Business Transformation, Strategy CIO

Danger Ahead for C Level in Digital Commerce and Job Role Ambiguity

IT project failure rates today still are in excess of 40 percent.

The Changing Paradigm of Retail CRM

Ben Eason, SVP, Client Development Conversant, Epsilon

The Changing Paradigm of Retail CRM

Brands with enhanced in-store experiences that create warm, welcoming environments are Thriving.

3 Ways Retailers Can Participate in the Sharing Economy

Nizzi Renaud, CMO, Zazzle

3 Ways Retailers Can Participate in the Sharing Economy

The sharing economy can provide inspiration for any fast-growing retail player.

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.