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Conrad Digan Independent Consultant

Plato’s words “Our need will be the real creator” neatly describe the acceleration of the retail evolution that has taken place in the past 12 months. As the fear of catching COVID-19 was reinforced by rules imposing restrictions, the retail/customer model was jolted forward. Retailers who were struggling pre-pandemic folded, those that were trading reasonably either pivoted promptly or dropped into the at-risk category. ...

Michal Galinski Senior Project Manager

Retail companies depend on systems that facilitate daily allocation, ordering, dispatch, and delivery of products, and provide crucial reporting to the business. The performance of these systems, their ability to process data on time, and to provide the right service to the users is crucial for the company to run smoothly. ...

Paweł Krawczyk Chapter Leader & Senior Software Developer

In this time of uncertainty, retailers are working hard to adapt to the changing economy as quickly as possible. Companies have been struggling to keep pace with technology, as they don’t have the time and resources to build the required applications internally...

Melania Sulak Content Marketing Manager

With today’s nearly boundless list of consumer touchpoints, it’s no surprise that shoppers learn about products via many different platforms, such as Google, social media, or websites. Modern shopping is about so much more than the brick-and-mortar experience...

Paweł Krawczyk Chapter Leader & Senior Software Developer

Industry-specific acronyms can often have multiple meanings, and sometimes Wikipedia isn’t enough to decipher them. Shorthand only works, if everyone is on the same page. Otherwise, you’re just creating more chaos and unnecessary back-and-forth discussions. And in retail, there’s no time to waste...

Paweł Krawczyk Chapter Leader & Senior Software Developer

Experimenting with new ideas is crucial to ongoing success and maintaining market share in the retail world. Artificial Intelligence is reinventing the retail sector’s landscape. According to Gartner, by 2021, 77% of retailers will survey plans to have AI in place. From using augmented reality to personalise offers to applying computer vision and endless aisles to reduce lost sales, businesses can harness AI in retail to enrich customer experience and operate more efficiently...