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Reading Predictive Tea Leaves With Smart, Big Data

PYMNTS

However, as Cam Brown, CEO of PredictHQ , told Karen Webster, the key is to find “smart” data buried within the Big Data. The conversation came against a backdrop where the coronavirus has caused retailers and tech giants to scramble, readjusting supply chains, closing locations and idling staff.

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Early Days: AI Shows Promise And Limitations For Retailers

PYMNTS

Start creating more customer data to feed the algorithm and then you too can join the artificial intelligence (AI) retail revolution. Retailers can engage with an “AI lite” strategy that produces lookalike customer data and a level of predictive analytics. But the present and future of AI in retail is much richer.

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Can Fintech Pave a Way for Financial Inclusion?

Bank Innovation

Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard addressed barriers to financial inclusion at a conference hosted by the Boston Fed and the Aspen Institute in Boston on Oct.

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In The Age Of Big Data, Why Are We Still Flying Blind?

PYMNTS

Put on a Retail Happy Face. Yup, physical retail is doing just fine — despite all the talk of doom and gloom. Yet, according to Fung Global Retail & Technology, 6,985 stores closed in 2017 , up 229 percent from 2016, and well above the number of stores which closed in the year that started physical retail’s death spiral: 2008.

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Clavis Insight Allies With IRI For More Comprehensive eCommerce Insights

PYMNTS

Clavis Insight, a world leader in digital shelf analysis, insights and analytics, recently formed an alliance with leading Big Data and predictive analytics provider IRI. We cover more than 20 languages on retail sites, and we’re tracking millions and millions of listings around the world every day.

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Meet The Location Data Company That, Literally, Put The Blue Dot On The Map

PYMNTS

Big Data is big business. That’s become pretty much gospel for brands, retailers and marketers alike. And one of the most valuable forms of data right now is behavioral data because it tells a retailer or brand where a customer or potential customer goes, does and spends their time and money on.

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From AT&T To Xerox: 65 Corporate Innovation Labs

CB Insights

Retail/Consumer Goods. From their humble, skunkworks-style origins in Palo Alto to their current offices in Sunnyvale, Cupertino, Seattle, and Boston, they’ve scaled up to attack new projects but keep the same focus on experimentation and innovation that helped them build the first Kindle. Retail/Consumer Goods. Technology.