Sunday 24 February 2019

Sears’ bankruptcy underscores the need for tech innovation in retail


The demise of Sears provides a perfect cautionary tale. By all accounts, the former retail giant — which was in a “death spiral for well over a decade” — is paying a steep price for its failure to innovate in new technology. Yet, the means for Sears to do just that was available. Business technology has been advancing at a rapid pace over the past decade. Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI), along with an unprecedented availability of data, have made it possible to extract business insights like never before. Could an early adoption of AI have saved Sears? I…

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https://ift.tt/2U7ZgK4 Daniel Gabay February 24, 2019 at 09:01AM

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