Disruptive Technologies

FTD bankruptcy

FTD bankruptcy: Send flowers?

It’s never a happy day when a 109-year-old retailer files for bankruptcy. That’s certainly the case with FTD as it files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and begins ...
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Amazon fulfillment uses robotics

Amazon automation plan will improve efficiency, cut jobs

Amazon robotics help product picker Imagine working ten hours a day picking and packing products in an Amazon warehouse and fulfillment center. It’s labor-intensive, it’s hard physical work, ...
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AI in retail

Chatbots R Us in the retail future

Artificial intelligence (AI), including chatbots, is definitely on the horizon for retail in the future, according to a new Juniper Research report. The company predicts the global number ...
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Online grocery shopping shakeup from Whole Foods

Amazon fired another shot over the bow of the grocery business with the addition of 13 new cities now able to get home delivery service from its Whole ...
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poor inventory management

Markdowns cost US retailers $300 billion in lost sales in 2018

A study by Coresight Research and Celect estimates non-grocery retailers lost more than 12% of annual sales or more than $300 billion due to markdowns in 2018. Just ...
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UK Open Banking

UK Open Banking is a $9.2B industry opportunity for disruptors

A new PwC report says by 2022, “Open Banking” will provide a $9.2 billion (£7.2B) financial industry opportunity for fintech and other financial services disruptors in the UK. ...
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Walmart Dotcom Store raises the online shopping bar for competitors

Walmart keeps finding new ways to challenge Amazon’s dominance of online shopping. The company announced a new in-store app that gives Walmart store associates and in-store customers access ...
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Walmart Toy Lab takes toys marketing seriously

Just in time for holiday and Christmas shopping, Walmart has launched The Walmart Toy Lab where kids can play with the top 20-rated toys on their computer or tablet. ...
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malicious bots a growing problem

Cequence protects from internet’s 31% malicious bot traffic

Cequence Security announced an innovative application security platform that protects against the growing number of malicious bot attacks impacting online businesses. An estimated 31% of internet traffic is ...
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IoT payments a novelty now but will reach $410 billion by 2023

Internet of Things (IoT) payments will total an estimated $24.5 billion in 2018 but Juniper Research predicts the IoT payments market will grow at an impressive average of ...
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