Retailers: Take steps to jump on the mobile bandwagon now

Laura Brumley
Laura Brumley|January 29, 2013

Amazon, Apple, eBay, Facebook and Google – known as the Tech Titans to some – continue to set the agenda with their continuous stream of mobile business initiatives. In fact, consumers embrace and, in some cases, expect many of the same mobility resources they’ve experienced through the Titans from the [...]

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What’s hot in retail for 2013?

Anne-Lindsay Beall
Anne-Lindsay Beall|January 8, 2013

According to a recent article from Forbes, the three hottest trends in retail for 2013 are: Mobile — 93 percent of mobile developers anticipate that it is “likely to very likely” that most retail companies will have enabled mobile commerce in 2013, and 2/3 of developers believe that consumers will [...]

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Holiday heroes size right with size optimization

Diana McHenry
Diana McHenry|November 16, 2012

We all know the holiday shopping season is paramount to a retailer’s annual results.  As we enter the 2012 holiday shopping season, customers’ expectations of retailers have never been higher. One thing that can plague retailers, especially during the hectic holiday season, is out-of-stocks. Whether you are a fashion retailer [...]

A strategic data plan pays off

Steve Polilli
Steve Polilli|October 2, 2012

Recent SAS-sponsored research by the Economist Intelligence Unit surveyed large enterprises on a number of questions about “big data” and its value. The most prominent finding was that companies with a strategic data plan were much more likely to be financially successful than those who treat data as a tactical [...]

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Evil Strikes eCommerce

Dr. Insight
Dr. Insight|July 23, 2012

Thanks to Illumino, the citizens of Datapolis are still able to get their medicine and Frackture is being kept at bay; however we both have our hands full and a new crisis is on the horizon. Our data scientists and engineers have informed me that a new evil force is [...]

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Will big data flatten the world?

Alison Bolen
Alison Bolen|April 11, 2012

Retail is one of the most time-sensitive industries. Find out how mega-chain Family Dollar Stores Inc., which operates more than 7,400 stores in 45 states, relies on high-performance analytics to shrink data processing windows from days to less than an hour and speed decision making. Scott Zucker, Vice President of [...]

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Optimizing assortments with big data

Alison Bolen
Alison Bolen|March 16, 2012

Macy’s Inc. is one of the nation’s largest and most well-known retailers, with a loyal base of customers who shop at its stores and online. The company’s e-commerce division, Macys.com, is relying on big data and high-performance analytics software from SAS to better understand its customers and help increase overall [...]

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Q&A: How big data will revolutionize retail

Alison Bolen
Alison Bolen|March 8, 2012

How can big data coupled with high-performance analytics (HPA) help retail companies tailor their offerings in a way that is beneficial to both the company’s bottom line – and the consumer? Eric Williams, recently retired Chief Information Officer at Catalina Marketing, explains in this interview. Alison Bolen: How do you define [...]

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Six benefits that big data can bring to retailers

Alison Bolen
Alison Bolen|March 2, 2012

In the last week, I have interviewed four retail executives about their predictions for big data and high-performance analytics in the retail industry. I hope to publish their thoughts here in the next few weeks, but in the meantime, here are six concrete benefits that big data can bring to retailers, if [...]

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Good advice from Northern Tool

Anne-Lindsay Beall
Anne-Lindsay Beall|January 18, 2012

At the NRF BIG Show, I had the opportunity to sit down with Chuck Albrecht, President and COO, Northern Tool and Equipment Company to ask him the best advice he’s ever been given (more on that later), his thoughts on the craziest innovations he saw at the show, and Northern [...]

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