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Cooking up Data Products, a 10-Step Recipe
Data products have the power to transform companies and and even industries. Google, LinkedIN, and Uber are models of data commercialization. Digital Transformation initiatives are spawning new streams of data that can be harnessed by the organization to create new internal efficiencies or new products and services for customers. This is not magic, there is…
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An Online Data Science Resource
At First Retail we are proud of our foresight at the intersection of business and technology. From the projects we win, to the consultants we hire and our ongoing investments in technology research, we have cultivated a spirit of innovation and disruption in all that we do. As a strategic consultancy, we have always… -
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Digital Nervous Systems for Retailers
Traditional retail models are crumbling, and those that fail or are slow to adapt will fall too. The intelligence behind any Retail Digital Transformation takes on a very specific set of dimensions that set it apart from that of other industries: a Efficient Customer Acquisition machine, a Dynamic and Personalized Merchandise Mix, and the ability…
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Innovating Beyond Omnichannel
Omnichannel retailing seems to be all the rage these days - aligning assortment, centralizing inventory and providing a seamless customer experience. However, there are a number of interesting startups that are innovating beyond the current Omnichannel paradigms (March 2013) I've been in a number of meetings recently where large established retailers discussed their Omnichannel strategies.… -
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Who Will Displace the Mighty AMZN?
Having attended the 2013 Shop.Org presentation by Forrester Analyst Sucharita Malupuru, I visited her blog where I found an interesting post entitled Who Will Displace Amazon? One Of These 3 Will where it was suggested that Walmart.com, Ebay and a vertically integrated manufacturer-retailer may provide the challenge. There was an interesting comment saying that a…
