Tag: Ecommerce
The future of retail is personalised AI-driven customer ‘extra-periences’
Anil Gandharve, VP and head of Retail, CPG and Manufacturing at Mindtree, discusses why the future of retail lies in customer-centric artificial intelligence (AI), augmented...
Walmart $16bn Flipkart deal: SoftBank uncertain, Google circling
US retail giant Walmart confirmed this week that it is taking a majority stake in Flipkart, India’s leading ecommerce brand. As announced, the deal...
Retail: Walmart aims for majority stake in India’s Flipkart
US retail giant Walmart is reportedly closing in on purchasing a majority stake in Flipkart, India’s leading ecommerce brand and its most valuable startup.
The predicted...
Cainiao and 4PX open intelligent logistics park for ecommerce
Alibaba's Cainiao and 4PX claim new intelligent logistics park is smartest in China.
There’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but when it comes to bumper...
SAP Hybris eyes shopping experience of the future
Software giant SAP has extended its SAP Hybris Marketing Cloud technologies with a view to greater relevance for the IoT and a possible 'shopping...
Ecommerce giant Alibaba opens ‘China’s smartest warehouse’
Cainiao, the logistics arm of Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba, has announced the official launch of operations at its new smart warehouse in Huiyang, Guongdong...
Consent to data collection and the IoT
In a contributed article for Internet of Business, Kristina Holt, a senior associate at law firm Pinsent Masons law discusses why consent is not as insurmountable a barrier...
Retailers, it’s time to smash your traditional e-commerce platform
IoB Insiders Retail consultant Nick Lansley tells retailers that it's time to smash up traditional e-commerce platforms in favor of loosely coupled micro-services.
The story...
Amazon Prime Air exploring drone delivery by parachute
Global e-commerce company Amazon has been granted a patent that will allow it to deliver packages into consumer's homes via parachute, according to CNN.
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Digitizing the supply chain: Why Pfizer is investing in IoT, drones...
Internet of Business spent five minutes with Mirko Senatore, director of the Network Solutions & Excellence Team EMEA (part of the Global Supply Chain organization)...
Chinese online retailer JD.com to expand drone delivery routes in 2017
JD.com, China's second largest online retailer, is set to expand its drone delivery routes to reach a growing network of rural villages following a...