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Retail innovation playbook: Fast, economical transformation on Microsoft Cloud

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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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How to incubate a winning innovation program

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Retail, entertainment, music, and banking have largely moved online. In 1995, Microsoft launched Internet Explorer and, by bundling it with its winning Windows 95 product, swiftly eclipsed Navigator as the leading browser. It’s a familiar story: Netflix beat Blockbuster; Amazon beat Borders.

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Leaning into Retail’s Challenges with Digital Transformation

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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. And online ordering accelerated.

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5 Tips to Help Create a Winning Grocery Loyalty Program

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Like any other retailer, grocery stores want to build trust with their customers and keep them coming back. But the average bill and already slender margins in grocery can make it challenging to create a loyalty program that provides sufficiently compelling rewards.

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Discount Tire tunes IT to reinvent customer experience

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For US tire retail chain Discount Tire inspiration for reinventing its retail automotive experience would come from familiar territory: the less than 20 seconds it takes a NASCAR pit crew to complete a pit stop. Winning culture In many organizations, the same IT group handles both operations and innovation responsibilities.

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How Pick n Pay’s migration to the cloud is paying off

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Pick n Pay’s bold plan to modernize infrastructure and drive efficiency is beginning to pay dividends as its migration to AWS was successfully completed last year, signaling the digital ambitions of this retail giant. That’s been a massive added win for us.” year-to-date, with on-demand year-to-date growth in excess of 100%.

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The New Way Companies are Harnessing Data at the Edge for Value Added in Real-Time

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Imagine a factory or a chain of retailers reducing energy and cutting equipment downtime. And they’re achieving significant wins. [2] Already deployed in commercial kitchens and retail chains, on factory floors and at amusement parks, the solution has shown the following benefits. These scenarios are not imaginary.

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