Internet of Things (IoT)

Who will sell consumer product five years from now? And where? The decline of shopping malls, the rise of online shopping and changing consumer habits require consumer goods manufacturers to rethink their approach to moving goods.

New research finds that more than half of business leaders place digital strategy and data analytics high on their agenda. Yet, 32 percent of respondents currently see themselves as having weak or no capabilities in these areas. Meanwhile, the supply chain was rated by consumer goods and retail executives as the No. 1 challenge for their companies and is also the most likely to receive increased investment this year.

This pitch-pilot-partner process dramatically accelerates its speed to market enabling Unilever to pioneer new technologies much more effectively and efficiently.

Mobile platforms combined to account for 60 percent of total digital media time spent, up from 50 percent a year ago. And perhaps more impressively, mobile apps accounted for more than half of all digital media time spent in May (51 percent), reinforcing the notion that as consumers turn to mobile, so must consumer goods companies.

BT will orchestrate a wide range of IT services across 70 De Beers Group sites, including exploration and mining locations across the world.

The new offering provides clients with end-to-end business intelligence that drives sales by delivering real-time, actionable intelligence to field operations for improved in-store retail execution and on-shelf availability.

This 10th anual list from Gartner, Inc. features several longtime leaders with new lessons to share and a number of more recent entrants from the high-tech, consumer product and industrial sectors.

One of Reflektions first customers, the La Jolla Groups Metal Mulisha, sees the benefits of the Reflektion mobile optimization, in increased revenues and page views.