“The world’s largest retailer is using Jetblack, a money-losing personal-shopping service, to develop artificial intelligence to compete with e-commerce giant Amazon” https://www.wsj.com/articles/walmart-builds-a-secret-weapon-to-battle-amazon-for-retails-future-11553181810
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South by Southwest isn’t just big for tech, film and music. Retailers make a splash at SXSW
Photo by Gary Miller “In between the glamour and geeks, companies like Walmart, Macy’s, Nordstrom and Kohl’s are sending execs to Austin to tout new technologies and how they’re keeping up with the changing retail landscape. In addition, some retailers that started out and still mostly sell online will be at this year’s SXSW, which…
How Walmart is going all in on artificial intelligence
“Sales in the U.S. are at a nine-year high. One thing Jeff’s presentation made abundantly clear is that the company plans to keep those numbers up with artificial intelligence. Last spring, Walmart redesigned its website to be more personalized. Shoppers are served product recommendations based on their previous behaviors, an important distinction. According to Accenture,…
2018 in Review – Ana Păstrăvanu of thepaypers.com
One of the best aspects of transitioning to a new calendar is the year-in-review pieces written by popular technology blogs and publications. This morning I discovered a post written by Ana Păstrăvanu of thepaypers.com. Here are just a few of the key take-always. Check out the post for full details. In Pakistan ecommerce was expected…
5 key areas where Indian retailers can leverage AI – IndianRetailer.com
“Artificial Intelligence is taking over retail and has been used across the entire product and service cycle. Supply chain Flipkart which was acquired by US retail giant Walmart this year is using machine learning (ML) to arrive at a structured address classification system for order deliveries, The ML solution classifies and resolves inconsistencies with a…