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…
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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…
Walmart Labs Acqui-Hires Int.Ai To Strengthen Its India Engineering Team
Walmart Labs, the local product development division of US retail giant Walmart has acqui-hired Delaware-based data analytics and machine learning startup Int.Ai, its second acqui-hire in India in three months, as it looks to strengthen its engineering team. In September, Walmart Labs brought the entire team of engineers from Bengaluru-based Appsfly onboard, which built a…
And they’re off! Black Friday, the Super Bowl of shopping, kicks off holiday season
CSONDY, GETTY IMAGES On Thanksgiving Day, the traffic flowing through mobile devices represented 68 percent of all online traffic, according to Salesforce. And 54 percent of all digital orders that day were made through smart phones, the most of any day this year and roughly 30 percent more than in 2017. Social media is also playing…
Walmart Tests Same-Day Grocery Delivery In China
“Walmart is piloting same-day grocery delivery in China via a new service called Walmart To Go. According to a report in TechCrunch, customers in China can access the service via a mini-program within WeChat, which is the messaging app owned by China’s Tencent. Walmart partnered with WeChat earlier in 2018 to tap that market of consumers.”…