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Apple Store Creator’s ‘Commerce-at-Home’ Startup Enjoy to Go Public via SPAC

Retail TouchPoints

Johnson likens the impetus behind Enjoy’s “commerce-at-home” model to that which has driven successful companies such as Peloton and Airbnb. With Enjoy, customers make an appointment with a retailer, and a trained expert shows up at their door with the store experience neatly packed up in a suitcase.

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Ron Johnson’s Enjoy Technology Files for Bankruptcy, Set to be Sold

Retail TouchPoints

Back in 2016, Ron Johnson was asked in a fireside chat at Shoptalk about the biggest mistake he had ever made. Six years later, Johnson might answer that question differently — his “commerce-at-home” startup Enjoy Technology filed for bankruptcy on June 29, 2022, after a series of setbacks including staffing shortages and dwindling liquidity.

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People Behind CSR at Cisco: How communications can strengthen the humanitarian response

Cisco Retail

This blog is part of our series that focuses on the people behind Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) at Cisco. With his role at CCR, he can do both. While at Direct Relief, I was an international program manager and frequently worked in the field, responding to dozens of disasters. Call it serendipity.

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People Behind CSR at Cisco: A commitment to business and human rights

Cisco Retail

Welcome to our blog series on the people behind Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) at Cisco. But at the same time, there is an increased risk of technology being used in ways that harm human rights. Cisco is committed to identifying and managing its human rights impacts.

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What Is a Digital Twin?

Nvidia

See animated digital humans at work in the exact same, but digital version of the plant. They can replicate a fulfillment center process to test out human-robot interactions before activating certain robot functions in live environments. At GTC, NVIDIA unveiled Omniverse Replicator to help develop digital twins.

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What the ‘Next Normal’ in Consumer Behavior Means for the Hourly Economy

Retail TouchPoints

What used to be popping into a store three or more times a week quickly converted into buying items in bulk and stocking up for two to three weeks at a time. While delivery delays were experienced at the beginning of self-quarantine, many changes in consumer behavior may prove transitory. And it’s been great for job growth.

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