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The State of Retail IT and Digital Transformation

Pure Storage

Without question, 2020 has been the biggest disrupter of the retail industry in modern times. The pandemic has forced years of planned retail digital transformation to take place in months, not years. While many retailers have attempted to make changes, only the most future-facing IT teams have succeeded. Staffing is costly.

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The State of AI for Businesses: Top Strategies and Risk Concerns

NexusTek

The race is now on to strategically integrate generative AI and other AI tools in ways that allow businesses to keep up with and ideally outpace their competition. Top AI and Automation Strategies for 2024 Customer Service​ AI has already been a boon to customer service, with 63% of retail organizations now using some form of AI 3.

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SIA GovSummit Tackles Top Issues in Perimeter Security and Combating New and Enhanced Threats

Security Industry Association

security companies are bringing forward in response to the provisions of Protect Duty , which include some level of threat assessments for over 600,000 retail shops, restaurants, venues and public areas and some required amount of approved threat response, be it hardened perimeter security, staff training or better signage and crowd controls.

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Alliance Partnerships Rise High

Pure Storage

That’s why I was so thrilled to be with our alliance partners in Los Angeles recently to discuss our strategic plans and collaborate on new solutions to protect data and reduce the risk of loss to nefarious actors. . Over the past couple of years, it’s been a challenge to celebrate partnership successes safely. We’re Expanding Every Day.

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Is E-commerce Right for Smaller Businesses? 10 Stats That Tell the Story

NexusTek

retail sales commanded by e-commerce has TRIPLED. retail sales in 2013, but now they account for about 15% 2. Omnichannel retail brands increase revenue 28% via ecommerce presence. This places these businesses at a disadvantage if their competitors offer online sales options (which they probably do). link] Haller, K.,

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Six Top Practitioner-Focused Sessions at ISC West

Security Industry Association

An expert panel will discuss the evolution of loss prevention and the future of the “smart retail store,” the benefits of our system’s data and what it can do for other departments such as marketing, HR, IT, and operations. This session will explore trends in video surveillance.

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Are You on the Edge? Edge Computing, That Is…

NexusTek

Strategic IT Planning and Edge Computing. For purposes of strategic IT planning for your business, it is important to understand that edge computing is not expected to replace cloud computing. increase in retail conversion rates 3. Keep in mind that even milliseconds matter in the customer experience.