Donald Soares
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Four Data Challenges for Retailers This Holiday Season
Lack of an ability or solution (MarkLogic) to integrating different sources of siloed data in real-time will make it impossible for retailers to execute on Omnichannel, personalization, real-time promotions, or dealing with locational and weather issues.
Four Challenges for Chief Data Officers
MarkLogic provides the platform to integrate data silos which is one of the most major challenges any CDO faces when realizing his/her Data Strategy.
Competing With Amazon: Redesigning Retail Stores of the Future
Physical stores offer a competitive advantage over E-tailers like Amazon, but they must create an omnichannel experience that integrates consumer, product, supply, and transactional data real time to truly meet customer needs.
Four Ways Amazon Is Beating Retailers
Amazon’s flexible technology stack allows it to offer consumers a broader product assortment, greater convenience, highly competitive pricing. All of which make Amazon a formidable competitor for traditional multi-channel retailers. Here’s a closer look.
So What’s Hindering E-commerce / Retail Initiatives?
Few industries have access to more data regarding consumers, products, and channels than the retail and consumer industries. Data-derived insights should be at the heart of what drives this business. Yet beyond the hype, most attempts at using big data to build a competitive advantage have been dismal failures.
Top 5 Predictions for Retail & Consumer Industries in 2016
Happy New Year! The retail and consumer industries face a significant transformational opportunity in 2016. Here are my top five predictions for the industries this year.
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