RIS News: Battling Retail Labor Constraints with Prescriptive Analytics
With advanced technology becoming increasingly prevalent in the retail industry, many retailers are concerned about a growing skills gap. Their concern is that new technology is too complex for all but...
View ArticleBusiness 2 Community: 3 Leadership Lessons Learned from Selling Software
I’ve spent the last 25 years selling software — first for others, and then as the head of my own company. In that time I’ve learned many lessons that helped me develop my own skills, and then develop...
View ArticleStacey on IoT: The future of retail is tracking and IoT
Retailers are going all in on the internet of things. Whether it’s with cameras that monitor for shoplifters or sensors that track individuals via their smartphone’s Wi-Fi when they step inside a...
View ArticleForbes: The Rise And Benefits Of No-Inventory Stores
“Try it before you buy it,” the familiar saying goes. Brick-and-mortar retailers have embodied this concept since the inception of physical stores. But the saying is taking on a different meaning for...
View ArticleRefrigerated & Frozen Foods: 2020 predictions for CPG, retail industries
The new decade will follow a similar trajectory toward widespread adoption and integration of advanced technologies across industries. In particular, consumer packaged goods (CPG) players will see...
View ArticleInformation Week: Is Your IT Department Ready for Generation Z?
While much has been written (and said) about Millennials and their impact on the workforce, a younger generation, Generation Z, is set to be the most transformative age group yet. Born in 1995 or...
View ArticleLP Magazine: 2020 Crystal Ball: 3 Predictions for the Retail Industry
The decade of the 2010s saw a remarkable amount of innovation in the loss prevention and asset protection space. Numerous LP teams found themselves asked to do “more with less,” including increasing...
View ArticleForbes: Augmented Intelligence: Empowering Humans, Not Replacing Them
It is nearly impossible to talk about technology today without some mention of artificial intelligence (AI). While everyone is familiar with AI, the concept of augmented intelligence is not as...
View ArticleLP Magazine: The Future Is Now: Retail’s Revolution and Ramifications for LP
People are drawn to visions of the future. What’s next? Who will win? How will it end? It’s why pundits and prognosticators can fill hour after hour of broadcast time—and why comeuppance for inaccuracy...
View ArticleChain Store Age: Shrinking the supply chain skills gap with prescriptive...
It’s no secret that retail supply chain and warehousing face a shortage of talent in the near future. A recent MHI report indicated that 65% of supply chain professionals see hiring skilled workers as...
View ArticleZebra Voted Top Software Vendor by Retailers in 2020 RIS Software LeaderBoard
Zebra Voted Top Software Vendor by Retailers in 2020 RIS Software LeaderBoard Top rankings highlight the value of the integration of Profitect, now known as Zebra Prescriptive Analytics BURLINGTON,...
View ArticlePACT (Prescriptive Analytics Collaborative Training) 2019 User Conference...
PACT (Prescriptive Analytics Collaborative Training) 2019 User Conference Kicks Off at Walt Disney World’s Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando Senior retail executives come together to share success...
View ArticleInsights Success: Profitect: Retail & CPG’s Premier Prescriptive Analytics...
Based in Burlington, less than 15 miles outside of Boston, Profitect is a software firm offering an award-winning prescriptive analytics solution. The solution uniquely processes data to automatically...
View ArticleHBS Dealer: Home Depot increases sales visibility for decreased shrink
The Home Depot is deploying the Zebra Technologies Savanna predictive analytics platform and Profitect sales and exception-based reporting (EBR) module to help lift sales and prevent fraud through the...
View ArticleRIS Exclusive: How The Home Depot Is Employing Prescriptive Analytics
Retail’s competitive environment requires businesses, especially large retail chains like The Home Depot, to vigilantly move into the future of every aspect of the enterprise. Asset protection is no...
View ArticleChain Store Age: Home Depot increases sales visibility for decreased shrink
Home improvement titan seeks to identify fraud in real time. The Home Depot is deploying the Zebra Technologies Savanna prescriptive analytics platform and Profitect sales and exception-based reporting...
View ArticleLoss Prevention Magazine: Home Depot Uses Zebra Technologies’ Prescriptive...
The Home Depot has selected Savanna Prescriptive Analytics to help prevent fraud by identifying opportunities within the retailer’s sales data, online or in-store. The solution includes the Sales and...
View ArticleLoss Prevention Magazine: Analytics Is Not Just a Numbers Game in Investigations
The extent to which retail investigations have been transformed by analytics is a good reflection of just how quickly things move in a technology age. We’re not so many years removed from when we were...
View ArticleZebra Technologies’ Prescriptive Analytics Suite Helps The Home Depot Battle...
Zebra Technologies’ Prescriptive Analytics Suite Helps The Home Depot Battle Shrink LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill. – August 8, 2019 – Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: ZBRA), an innovator at the edge of the...
View ArticleFighting Organized Retail Crime with Prescriptive Analytics
In the past couple months I’ve traveled to many loss prevention events and conferences. Amidst all the great conversations around modern loss prevention and asset protection (LP & AP), every year...
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