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Retail’s AI Evolution: From Chatbots to Personal Shopping Concierges

Retail TouchPoints

Dealing with customer service for a faulty product or return? One area that may drastically improve consumers satisfaction with customer service: AI-powered bots that can act as a shoppers own personal concierge service. Most still rely on Natural Language Processing (NLP), keeping them locked in a cycle of linear interactions.

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How to Protect Your Supply Chain From Cyberattack

Retail TouchPoints

Before the NotPetya attack rampaged through Europe in 2017, affecting companies including FedEx and shipping giant Maersk, few people would have thought a vulnerability in a piece of accounting software could create such devastation. Critical vulnerabilities can be found in unexpected places. Adopt a zero trust approach.

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How Retailers can Combat the Rising Threat of Theft

Retail TouchPoints

As the tactics behind these crimes become increasingly sophisticated, and customer expectations for in-store experiences are higher than ever, retailers are finding it more difficult to protect their assets while maintaining great service. While they solve one issue, they create a few more when it comes to theft. Set safe web browsing rules.

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How Streamlining Digital Checkout Boosted Polywood Conversions Nearly 50%

Retail TouchPoints

In 2017, Polywood had a great product sustainability story (its outdoor furniture is made from 100% recycled plastic and comes with a 20-year guarantee) and a solid launching pad for direct-to-consumer sales (a 27 -year history of selling through big box, home improvement and specialty patio stores). It was an involved, intense process.

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B2B Marketplace Faire Accelerates the Digitization of an Underserved Market: Wholesale

Retail TouchPoints

Since its launch in 2017, the platform has raised more than $1.29 Bringing Silicon Valley-Style Innovation to Wholesale In 2011, Rhodes was working for payments solution Square in Silicon Valley while running a side hustle as a wholesale distributor for New Zealand-based Blunt Umbrellas. “It billion and was valued at $12.59

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Welcome to the new customer experience

Inside Retail

As digital-first shopping is here to stay, retailers must invest in connected experiences — and success hinges on frictionless operations. However, collaboration between retail marketers and their commerce and service counterparts is less common, with only about half saying their goals are aligned. And consumers can feel it.

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Using technology to better support conflict-affected families in Nigeria

Cisco Retail

In 2017, Cisco and Mercy Corps came together to launch Technology for Impact – a 5-year partnership centered around the shared goal of delivering humanitarian aid and development assistance faster, better and to more people around the world through digital solutions. Meshach Malagwi, Mercy Corps Cash and Electronic Voucher Officer.