IT Integration

A Retail Experience Center for Walmart has opened, offering Walmart executives an innovative showroom and simulated retail store, in an effort to foster an open exchange of ideas and insights.

Infor and GT Nexus aim to create the first global commerce cloud with end-to-end control and visibility for the production of direct goods.

For Brooks Sports, Inc., the rise in running means opportunities as well as challenges. This omnichannel experience, combined with rising demand and accelerated inventory dynamics for retailers across the globe, drove Brooks to make some shifts of its own.

The consumer goods industry in North America has seen a significant transition to global expansion, including the emerging markets playing field. Here, we have tapped into the extensive knowledge banks of industry leaders to help us focus on the best practices needed for expansion in the most sustainable manner.

Even as leaders such as P&G and Amazon (inRetail) further embed analytics into the very fiber of the enterprise, consumergoods companies in general have yetto consistently connect strategy andorganization design with investments in analytical tools. The result is aninsight-rich, outcome-poor industry that struggles todemonstrate ROI onanalytics investments.

International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts the number of new cloud-based solutions will triple in the next four to five years. To examine the current status of cloud deployment in the context of different vertical industries, IDC is offering the first of four special reports IDC will be publishing to examine current status of 3rd Platform technologies across 20 vertical industries.

AT&T Advanced Services will connect more than 4,500 LVMH locations worldwide in a multi-million dollar agreement.

Shiseido has selected Salesforce Marketing Cloud to support its comprehensive web beauty service community, establishing one-to-one connections with members.