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How to incubate a winning innovation program

CIO

Retail, entertainment, music, and banking have largely moved online. Tesla, Uber, and many other stories of business innovation have this in common: Their business models have technology at their cores. Tesla, Uber, and many other stories of business innovation have this in common: Their business models have technology at their cores.

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Retail innovation playbook: Fast, economical transformation on Microsoft Cloud

CIO

All this while retailers are still dealing with pandemic-related disruptions to supply chains and consumer shopping habits. To win back consumers and protect profit margins, retailers need to optimize operations across the enterprise. Delays in getting data is one of the biggest challenges retailers currently face.”

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Leaning into Retail’s Challenges with Digital Transformation

CIO

Digital transformation initiatives have picked up in the retail sector in recent years as store chains compete for brand awareness and sales in a rapidly evolving market. By 2026, retailers’ global investments in digital transformation tools are expected to reach $388 billion , growing by 18% a year.

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Oracle makes its pitch for the enterprise cloud. Should CIOs listen?

CIO

In a cloud market dominated by three vendors, once cloud-denier Oracle is making a push for enterprise share gains, announcing expanded offerings and customer wins across the globe, including Japan , Mexico , and the Middle East. However, in the last two years, OCI has begun to attract more new customers of its own.”

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Building digital fluency in the C-suite and beyond

CIO

Hussman, which manufactures and services commercial refrigeration equipment for food retailers globally, is a 117-year-old company. More frequently, IT leaders are seeing the value of educating their peers and stakeholders as a win-win for increasing buy-in and budget for digital initiatives. Rizwan, CIO of Z2C Ltd.,

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How FLO Cut Customer Refund Time from Weeks to Seconds

CIO

That 50-square-meter workshop in Gaziantep has grown into an international retail business, FLO. Today, FLO is the largest footwear retailer in Turkey. All those wins have given FLO a leg or foot up in the market, being even more successful and a customer favorite, as well as being named a Winner at the 2022 SAP Innovation Awards.

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Examining Mr Price Group’s search to modernize

CIO

For modern CIOs, it’s essential to have a healthy balance between innovation and mainstream tech, says Kim Sim, Mr Price Group CIO. Even though this is keeping me busy, I can’t afford to not deliver when it comes to innovation and delivering on what the business’ wants and needs are.”

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