Shopping Around: Cloud and Post-pandemic Retail

Shopping Around: Cloud and Post-pandemic Retail

COVID-19 has permanently altered the way we live, work, and shop. It has changed the retail environment and experience in two ways: as a disruption to business as usual and as an amplifier of long-standing strains that existed prior to the pandemic and show no...
Here Are Six Retail Aspects That Would Most Benefit From the Cloud

Here Are Six Retail Aspects That Would Most Benefit From the Cloud

In 2018, consulting firm McKinsey conducted a survey among CIOs and IT decision makers from multiple retail formats. The study revealed that cloud usage varies by retail subsectors or functions. Pure-play retailers are taking advantage of the cloud’s scalability,...
A Changed, and Charged, Retail Experience

A Changed, and Charged, Retail Experience

COVID-19 has fundamentally changed the way we live, work, study, socialize – and shop. The pandemic has altered the retail landscape and experience in two ways: as a disruption to business as usual and as an amplifier of long-standing forces that predate the...
Cloud Technology Helps Supply Chains Scale

Cloud Technology Helps Supply Chains Scale

MORE than half of more than 1,000 supply chain professionals worldwide surveyed recently by the Materials Handling Institute (MHI) and Deloitte said they are planning to increase or substantially increase their investments in cloud computing and storage to make supply...
How to Build Supply Chain Resilience

How to Build Supply Chain Resilience

Inflation has gone up in many countries, as supply chain bottlenecks disrupted the flow of commodities globally.  Issues such as labor mismatch, port congestion and lack of truckers have hampered trade, resulting in up to 70-percent increase in prices of some...