“Gartner expects that by 2021, early adopter brands that redesign their websites to support visual and voice search will growtheir digital commerce revenue by 30 percent. Shopping cart abandonment is an industry-wide scourge. It’s estimated that upwards of 70 percent of online shopping carts are abandoned before customers complete their purchases. there’s a correlation between the lack of…
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Andrew Ng launches ‘AI for Everyone,’ a new Coursera program aimed at business professionals
“Ng’s new course is available through Coursera, appropriately, and launches on November 14. And while it’s open to anyone, it’s principally geared toward business professionals who want to “better understand AI” and how it can impact their business — that is to say, executives interested in learning to select AI projects that’ll yield a return. “Artificial intelligence will…
3 AI trends that are changing the Asian tech scene
“Southeast Asia’s adoption of artificial intelligence has been especially evident in the areas of “high tech and telecom, transportation and logistics, financial services, and healthcare,” according to a 2017 report from management consulting firm McKinsey & Company. But the technology’s applications are not just limited to industries – they can be seen in personal activities…
Refresher: 2017 eCommerce Holiday Spending Report
As we wrap 11/11 (aka Singles Day) we have officially begun the start of the holiday shopping season. With that in mind, I thought it would be the perfect time for a 2017 refresher. “As Deloitte predicted, the weeks leading up to Black Friday/late November and late December accounted for up to 80% of retail sales…
Alibaba generates 149 billion yuan in sales in first 12 hours of 11.11
Within the first hour of the 11.11 Global Shopping Festival, total gross merchandise volume had exceeded 67 billion yuan — nearly $10 billion. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.zdnet.com/google-amp/article/alibaba-generates-149-billion-yuan-in-sales-in-first-12-hours-of-11-11/