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Are retail CIOs ready for the ecommerce holiday explosion?

CIO

With Covid-19 still keeping shoppers out of stores, data-driven technology is going to be more critical than ever this year to make sure customers enjoy a seamless path to purchase. But, are retail IT organizations ready for a stay-at-home holiday season?

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The 8 Best Competitive Intelligence Books to Read Now

Cipher

This article is a part of our competitor intelligence resource center. Visit the complete competitor intelligence resource center for more content like this. Without an ongoing growth investment, it is easy to fall into a cycle of using the same tools and approaching Competitive Intelligence (CI) in the same way. But the industry changes fast and the individual markets we work in change even faster.

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An Important Guide To Unsupervised Machine Learning

Smart Data Collective

We’re living in an era of digital switch-over with only one constant – evolve. And that digital transformation is being introduced by high-tech solutions. Hence, it comes as no surprise that mundane business tasks are being completely taken over by tech advancements. Machines, artificial intelligence (AI), and unsupervised learning are reshaping the way businesses vie for a place under the sun.

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Team Leads & Sales Professional Development at ZoomInfo

Zoominfo

We talked a bit about how Zoominfo focuses on growing from within. We hire promising SDRs with all different backgrounds and have them selling at the top of their game in under a year. Today, we want to dive a bit deeper into what happens next. What does the career path look like for these promising SDRs? . For lots of sales professionals that seem to suit a management path, a Team Lead position is usually the next step.

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Are Your Impact Comms Resonating With Stakeholders?

Whether your organization is at the start of its sustainability and impact journey or years into it, many brands share a common concern: the uncertainty of whether they are sending stakeholders mixed messages. Creating content that speaks to your audience's “love language” can be a tricky dance. But, worry not! 3BL has put together tips to ensure that your content not only finds its rhythm but also resonates with your target audiences.

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Who is set to win the 2020 grocery price wars?

Intelligence Node

With the onset of the pandemic and the subsequent 360-degree shift in consumer buying behavior and priorities, there have been some immediately tangible effects on the food and grocery market which has been highest in importance, testing all their existing retail management systems and abilities to keep up with demand. Factors such as quality, price, […].

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How AI Is Helping Revolutionize Elder Care

Smart Data Collective

People are living longer than ever, but the current options for caring for elderly people with chronic illnesses or those who have trouble with everyday tasks are limited. Many families either send their relatives to assisted care facilities or nursing homes, hire outside help, or take on the daily care themselves. These options are often extremely expensive and compromise the quality of life for both the caregiver and the senior.

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Getting To Know GIDI Part 1: Origin Story

Zoominfo

Diversity and inclusion(D&I). We’ve all heard some iteration of the phrase before. And we’ve all wondered what that actually means. In theory, it’s something everyone supports, but what does it mean for a company to actually be diverse and inclusive? If you ask any HR professional or corporate executive, they’re quick to say they have no problem embracing D&I initiatives.

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Protecting your Retail Brand Against the Growing Counterfeit Threat

Intelligence Node

Counterfeit products, representing nearly 3.5% of world trade today, are flooding the market and COVID-19 has exacerbated this problem for brands, manufacturers, and consumers. Counterfeit products accelerate price erosion and damage brand image, making it difficult to secure good margins and risking further deterioration of consumer trust. With the alarming growth of this counterfeit threat, […].

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Competitive Intelligence Experts Discuss Effectiveness of AI Tools During ArchIntel’s AI in CI Virtual Event

ArchIntel

ArchIntel™ -. ArchIntel recently hosted an expert panel during the AI in Competitive Intelligence Virtual Event on October 22nd, 2020. Featuring notable leaders within the competitive intelligence sector, the panel addresses how businesses can remain competitive in the marketplace. Additionally, the panel discussed emerging technologies that have the potential to change the way competitive intelligence is conducted.

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7 Strategies to Gather (and Actually Use) Competitive Intel from Employees

Leaders in competitive intel know that the employees who interact with customers and prospects every day hold valuable competitive insights that could help win sales. But they don’t have a good plan or system to gather, organize, and share these insights with the stakeholders who need them. In this eBook, we outline 7 strategies to make it easier to build and scale an employee sharing program that will drive competitive advantage.

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5 Ways that Machine Learning Has Transformed Smart Cards

Smart Data Collective

Here at Smart Data Collective, we have talked about major changes that machine learning has created in the financial industry. While some changes have gotten a lot of publicity, others have been more subtle. The evolution of smart cards is one of the newest ways that machine learning and AI are impacting the future of finance. The market for smart cards will be worth $21.57 billion within the next three years.

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Getting Personal Part 3: Personalized Recruiting

Zoominfo

It seems weird that the recruiting and hiring processes can often feel so impersonal, especially when it involves highly personal, highly human decision making. Yet in the sea of job descriptions and generic recruiter emails, it all starts to feel a little ingenuine. So how do we make recruitment personal again? What Is Personalized Recruiting? Personalized recruiting refers to the process of creating more detailed, tailored hiring and recruiting processes into your overall hiring strategy.

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Is it possible to turn reluctant end-users into technology superstars?

Vable

There are many reasons why library managers should be avid readers of legal IT surveys. They are useful in giving an overview of the market, a focus on current thinking and attitudes, offer an insight into trends, and provide advanced warning on potential future developments.

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Deltek’s August Jackson Moderates ArchIntel’s AI in Competitive Intelligence Virtual Event to Discuss Value of AI Technology, Tools

ArchIntel

ArchIntel™ -. August Jackson , senior director of Market and Competitive Intelligence with Deltek , acted as the event moderator for ArchIntel’s Artificial Intelligence in Competitive Intelligence Forum on Thursday, Oct. 22nd. . Visit ArchIntel Events to watch the full event for yourself to learn how notable leaders are working to maintain a competitive advantage through integrating emerging technologies into their organizations and offerings.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Data Analytics Help Safeguard Businesses From Online Scams

Smart Data Collective

Advances in big data are a double-edged sword in the fight against online scams and data breaches. The reason for this is that both cybersecurity professionals and cybercriminals are using data technology to their full advantage. Data Analytics is the First Line of Defense Against Online Criminals. CISO Mag reports that cybersecurity experts have found a number of benefits of using AI and other big data technology to prevent data breaches and scams.

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Cross-selling and Upselling in 2020

Zoominfo

Interesting tidbit: The probability of selling to a new prospect is 5–20%. The probability of selling to an existing customer is 60–70%. In 2020, with businesses in turmoil, many have shifted to focus on growing accounts by upselling more services and cross-selling new product lines. Repeat and loyal customers are more critical to a company’s success than in financially stressful periods.

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Supporting Small Business Saturday with 2020-Conscious Marketing

Moz

Posted by MiriamEllis. Image credit: Elvert Barnes. “Conscious spending with the community can contribute to neighborhood sustainability.” — Christine Araquel, The Park’s Finest. I encountered this quote from a restauranteur on the American Express Small Business Saturday website , and just these few words called a vivid image to my mind: local business owners and customers gazing together toward the horizon, hoping to pierce the clouds of COVID-19 and see them clearing away, revealing communiti

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Opportunity is Knocking! Should You Answer?

Elegant BI

As business people, we are often presented with what might seem like a great opportunity. Maybe we have a chance to open another location, or to buy out a competitor or to add a product or service to our existing portfolio or to acquire more customers, resources, material or equipment. At the outset, that opportunity can sparkle in the sun like a jewel.

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Maximize Productivity and Simplify IT Management with Conversational AI

ChatGPT has dominated boardroom conversations for months now. From drafting a stock trading program, to creating a SQL query to model data, there are practically no limits to the applications of the AI language model assistant. At ManageEngine, we have been working on our own AI-assistant, Zia. Zia is a fully-trained analytics assistant that can perform a range of functions such as creating and adding reports to dashboards, providing conversational support to data analysis, insight discovery, bu

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Top 5 Things You Should Know About the AI-Driven Cyber-Attacks

Smart Data Collective

Big data technology may have brought many benefits to us. However, it has also created many challenges, such as malware threats. We previously talked about the dangers that AI has created with Modern Mac viruses. But there is another virus that you need to be aware of – the Zeus virus. This was brought on by dangerous advances in AI technology. Due to the current availability of advanced Internet technologies, you can purchase products or pay for services instantly and hassle-free.

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Employee Resource Groups: Putting Diversity & Inclusion into Action

Zoominfo

Many leaders are quick to embrace policies that promote diversity and inclusion in the workplace — but policies are only phase one. The next, crucial step is to actively build a work culture where people of all backgrounds feel included, supported, and safe. Think Globally: How ZoomInfo Supports D&I We take diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace seriously.

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Contify, a Leading Competitive Intelligence Platform to Sponsor SCIP IntelliCon 2020

Contify

Contify will be the silver sponsor of the competitive intelligence event , IntelliCon 2020. Contify, the AI-enabled market and competitive intelligence solution s provider, has announced that they are a silver sponsor at the SCIP IntelliCon 2020. SCIP is the largest non-profit community of Strategic & Competitive Intelligence leaders. IntelliCon 2020, the annual SCIP conference will be conducted virtually this year from November 16 – 20,2020.

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Multitasking is a Myth

SCIP

MULTITASKING IS A MYTH. Only 2% of people can effectively multitask. That's not a typo. So stop trying to multitask your way through virtual events or webinars. Join us tomorrow (Nov 3 at 11am Eastern) for practical tips and tricks for getting top-notch value out of virtual events for your own professional development. REGISTER NOW. A USEFUL GUIDE TO DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES.

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What Regulations Will Impact Sustainability Comms in 2024?

Navigating the waters of sustainability reporting disclosures and regulations can be intimidating, to say the least. With various measures set in motion in 2023 to keep companies accountable, there is a lot in store for brands’ impact communication in the upcoming year. 3BL is kicking off this January with our Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Capricorn Edition by highlighting the impact of: The U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Climate disclosure rules The European Commission

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The Role of Analytics and BI in the Entertainment Industry

Smart Data Collective

Have you ever caught yourself thinking that no one understands you better than Netflix or YouTube? They just seem to get what you want and are always ready to deliver. The explanation for this impressive personalization lies in advanced data analytics mechanisms. The privacy concerns around big data are not empty words – BI does help business owners monetize your desires.

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Cross-selling and Upselling in 2020

Zoominfo

Interesting tidbit: The probability of selling to a new prospect is 5–20%. The probability of selling to an existing customer is 60–70%. In 2020, with businesses in turmoil, many have shifted to focus on growing accounts by upselling more services and cross-selling new product lines. Repeat and loyal customers are more critical to a company’s success than in financially stressful periods.

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How Can I Move From BI Tools to Augmented Analytics?

Elegant BI

From Business Intelligence to Augmented Analytics: Tips for a Crucial Transformation. As business intelligence solutions and BI Tools evolve into Augmented Analytics, business users can achieve valuable insight and take appropriate action to optimize resources and enable continuous improvement. As Gartner has predicted, the market is responding to business needs by transforming business intelligence tools into sophisticated Advanced Analytics that are easy-to-use.

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Ep. 315 – Adam Froman, Founder & CEO of Delvinia, on how Amplify Summit is Helping Market Researchers Adapt to the New World

Happy Market

My guest today is Adam Froman, Founder & CEO of Delvinia. Founded in 1998, Delvinia is a Canadian based Group of Companies that provide technology-enabled consumer insight and data collection solutions including Methodify, AskingCanadians, AskingAmericans, and CRIS. Adam a Canadian-based entrepreneur, operator, and investor. According to Adam, we are in the midst of a digital transformation in Market Research that Delvinia has been involved in for over 20 years.

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A Practical Guide to Business Intelligence Governance

Speaker: Marius Moscovici, CEO Metric Insights & Mike Smitheman, VP Metric Insights

While the proper governance of data is clearly critical to the success of any business intelligence organization, focusing on data governance alone is a huge mistake. Organizations continually fail to generate ROI on their governance initiatives because they are too narrow in scope. To be effective, Business Intelligence (BI) governance must cover both data and visualizations.