AI/BOT: Is AI The Key To Retail’s Survival? “Forty-five percent of retailers are planning to use AI in the next few years, according to the latest research from Boston Retail Partners. This AI integration will be done through the use of chatbots or digital assistants and primarily used for customer enhancement services. • Optimizing the…
Month: June 2017
AI Vendor Research: Unbxd
— Vendor: Unbxd Website: http://unbxd.com Headquarters: Mountain View, CA & Bangalore, India Key Product: Machine Learning Site Search & Merchandising Product Recommendations Articles about Unbxd: Unbxd Raises $12.5 Mn Funding to Fuel Innovation in Ecommerce Product Discovery Government vendor tries a cloud-based solution for its search needs How to get mcommerce search right as ecommerce…
CEOs: From Mobile-First to AI-First World
AI Weekly: Google shifts from mobile-first to AI-first world “‘An important shift from a mobile first world to an AI first world,’ declared Google CEO Sundar Pichai, summarizing the Google I/O 2017 keynote yesterday. His description of the changes underway at his company apply to nearly every business today.” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on how…
AI eCommerce News – June 14th
E-Commerce Gets the Einstein Treatment “This is the year that Salesforce is inserting its Einstein AI functionality into all of its products. Salesforce Commerce Cloud Einstein now has its share of technology innovations that enable retailers to provide shoppers with personalized, AI-powered experiences that span Web, mobile, social, in-store and more. There’s a hierarchy of…
Vendor Research: EasyAsk
Vendor: EasyAsk Website: http://www.easyask.com Headquarters: Burlington, MA Key Product: EasyAsk for B2C, B2B, Mobile Key Features: Natural Language Search Voice-enabled Natural Language Mobile Search Integrations: Magento, NetSuite, Infor, IBM, Hybris Articles/Posts about EasyAsk: Trailblazers –Congratulating The North Face on the Creation of the First Voice-Enabled MobileeCommerce App Clients: North Face, Timberland, True Value, Aramark Founders:…