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4 Ways Retailer Business Intelligence Wins You Market Share

Far from being slowed down by COVID, the retail industry has grown rapidly over the last few years. Both brick-and-mortar and online commerce platforms have seen significant growth as companies continue to develop new products, new advertising channels, and new business tools.

Inventory Intelligence: An AI-Driven Category

After spending 2021 anxiously awaiting millions of tons of merchandise and materials trapped on cargo ships in deadlocked queues around the globe, retailers face an entirely new problem in 2022– swelling inventories in an economy where purchasing is trending downwards.

It’s Time to Build Profitability: Profit Optimization During Recession

Across industries, nearly everyone agrees that if it hasn’t arrived yet, the recession is coming soon. The real question is, how long will this recession or set of recession-like conditions last? Does our current economic ride end in a hard or soft landing?

Back in the Black, Move Swiftly: Using AI to Drive Profits in a Recession

Last month, ecommerce software maker Shopify made headlines when it announced layoffs of nearly 1,000 employees — 10 percent of their workforce. After two years of explosive ecommerce demand, preceded by two decades of steady growth, it appears as though the ecommerce sector is finally starting to slow down.

Walmart can afford lower profits to combat excess inventory, but can your ecommerce business?

While reporting its quarterly earnings last month, Walmart made headlines by announcing that it was lowering its profit guidance for the upcoming year.

Direct-to-consumer brands have seen share prices plummet. What can they do to restore value?

In 2021, many direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands — including Allbirds, Warby Parker, and FIGS — went public. In fact, IPOs among these types of companies were up more than 100% from the previous year.

How Ecommerce Retailers Can Make the Most out of Tough Economies — and Fantastic Ones, too

When the COVID-19 pandemic forced people around the world to stay home and shelter in place, shopping habits changed overnight. Suddenly, ecommerce retailers found themselves on cloud nine: U.S. consumers spent $1.7 trillion online in 2020 and 2021, a whopping 55 percent increase from the previous two years.

How Pureplay Ecommerce Companies Can Fight Back Against the Increasing Cost of Returns

Though ecommerce companies have no doubt enjoyed the pandemic-fueled surge of the last two years, growth of the sector has created a new challenge: returns.

Price and Profitability

Over the last two decades, a steadily increasing number of consumers have taken their shopping online. The value of ecommerce transactions grows each year: according to recent figures the global retail ecommerce market is expected to bring in more than $5.5 trillion in 2022.

Inflation: How Ecommerce Retailers Can Mitigate its Effects

Higher prices are here to stay. As a result, consumers are having to spend more on things like food, gas, and other staples — and many ecommerce companies are suffering as a result.

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Price and Profitability

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Decision Intelligence 101

In this white paper by Rama Rao, learn why Business Intelligence is no longer what retailers need, and how decision intelligence is defining the future of work.

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Value in Volatility: AI-driven Inventory Management in a VUCA World

In this white paper, learn how businesses can find value in volatility when they embrace AI-driving inventory management solutions.

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The State of Enterprise AI

This white paper by Kumar Srivastava intends to offer a glimpse into patterns and anti-patterns that enterprises experience in their digital transformation journeys and offers blueprints for enterprises to establish AI adoption programs and strategies.