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  • Five for Five – 5 Retail Trends 2011-2016

    Five Drivers of Change Observing recent strategies in retail and developments in technology and trade leads me to believe that the following issues are in play – together these will form the vortex of those changes: Balance of power between retailers and consumers The mix of retailing channels – stores, online, mobile and social Globalization…

  • 2011 Semantic Technology conference

    We’re excited to be participating in the 2011 Semantic Technology conference in San Francisco! You can catch Anne Hunt and Simon Hadley discussing Real-Time Semantic ETL today, June 7 at 2:40PM PDT, and Anne Hunt, Simon Handley, and To Kim presenting Innovation-in-a-Box during the poster session on Wednesday, June 8 from 10:45AM to 3:45PM PDT.…

  • First Retail Announces Innovation in a Box

    First Retail Announces Innovation in a Box First Retail to offer SemanticETL™ and data application services, transforming the way big enterprise works with big data. SAN FRANCISCO – (June 7, 2011) — Semantic Technology Conference 2011 – First Retail, provider of big data analytics solutions for the enterprise, announces a new service to enable companies…

  • Press Releases

    05/18/2012 – The Six C’s of Social Technologies Palo Alto – (May 18, 2012) — Spanish language El Pais newspaper Las seis ‘ces’ de las tecnologías sociales on May 18th, 2012. English version, Original version in Spanish 05/07/2012 – First Retail named one of five “Cool Vendors in Analytics and Business Intelligence” Palo Alto –…

  • VRM, Fourth Party and the Empowered Consumer

    Over time we have moved from the Bazaar to the Store to the Superstore and each step has dimished the Consumer’s voice and given the Vendor more power and control in the purchasing process. Today we buy from the Vendor’s catalog at the price the vendor specifies, but taking my cues from the ClueTrain Manifesto…

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