Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) held its Summer 2022 National Meeting (Summer Meeting) August 9–13, 2022. This post summarizes the highlights from this meeting in addition to interim meetings held in lieu of taking place during the Summer Meeting. 26R — Bonds (SSAP No. 26R) and SSAP No.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 25, 2024

Organizations that provide an excellent customer experience (CX) can improve sales revenues by 2 to 7 percent and profitability by 1 to 2 percent, according to McKinsey. Focusing on good CX can increase customer satisfaction and drive more meaningful customer interactions, ultimately increasing sales and customer retention.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 14, 2023

It’s estimated that more than 20% of retail sales will come from eCommerce in 2023 (rising to nearly 25% in 2026), illustrating the magnitude of digital transactions. It’s not only consumers and retailers taking notice of this trend, of course. Privacy and data protection are not the only things consumers expect from a retailer.

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 28, 2020

Two sources that work closely with financial institutions nationwide tell KrebsOnSecurity the new batch of cards that went on sale Monday evening — dubbed “BIGBADABOOM-III” by Joker’s Stash — map squarely back to cardholder purchases at Wawa. Gemini monitors multiple carding sites like Joker’s Stash.

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IT Governance

JUNE 25, 2018

Rather, it is a business issue: organisations in every sector collect, access and use personal data for many purposes – hiring, marketing, sales, customer service and so on. There are many opportunities within retail, leisure and hospitality for tailored offers and promotions to improve business. So, what are the key facts?

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CGI

JANUARY 28, 2020

Building an online marketplace provides retailers with an opportunity to strengthen their DNA and offer customers a seamless and complementary product and service offering with limited risk. The entire partner value chain must also be measured (quality of offers, on-time delivery, efficient after-sales service, etc.)

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 31, 2023

Our approach is going to create worksites where employers don’t have to bargain between meeting safety standards and meeting their productivity goals. Voxel software is transforming operations in warehousing, manufacturing, retail, transportation, construction, and oil & gas. A demo is available upon request.

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Adam Levin

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Pre-Covid online shopping was already expected to continue its increase in 2020, but with more customers avoiding the typical Black Friday crowds, this holiday season is set to break online sales records. A recent survey , commissioned by Cyberscout and conducted online by The Harris Poll among over 2,000 U.S.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

As the holiday season approaches, many retail, hospitality, logistics, and food manufacturing organizations hire seasonal workers to meet increasing demand. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a 7% job rise in the retail industry. How to Secure Access for your Seasonal Workers. Mon, 11/21/2022 - 05:36.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Here’s how companies are using different strategies to address supply chain management and meet their business goals. By doing so, they can improve profitability, meet customer demand and ensure their business is resilient in the face of disruptions.

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Reltio

APRIL 1, 2020

The issue is particularly prevalent in industries like retail and financial services, which can contend with massive spikes in usage based on seasonality and marketing initiatives. Once usage meets a certain level, does the architecture need to be redesigned? Can the system scale seamlessly, or does the code need to be rewritten?

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JANUARY 26, 2021

The Verizon DBIR 2020 report indicates that financially motivated attacks against retailers have moved away from Point of Sale (POS) devices and controllers, towards web applications. Figure 1: Web application breaches in the Retail industry. Fraud and scams move to the web. Source: Verizon DBIR 2020.

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Krebs on Security

JULY 29, 2022

These services can be used in a legitimate manner for several business purposes — such as price comparisons or sales intelligence — but they are massively abused for hiding cybercrime activity because they can make it difficult to trace malicious traffic to its original source.

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Reltio

MAY 15, 2020

Industry leaders have allocated significant resources to meeting upticks in demand, but they aren’t short-sighted in their approach. For example, two-thirds of consumers that have switched to new brands or retailers intend to stick with them. Meeting the 'new normal' consumer demands. Turning to value and discounted retailers.

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CGI

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Moving from the supply chain to the “demand chain” to meet customer needs. Manufacturers and retailers face a major challenge to put the customer at the heart of their supply chain. E-commerce and m-commerce, for example, generate a continuous surge of flows and volume across multiple sales channels. ravi.kumarv@cgi.com.

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Data Protection Report

JUNE 21, 2023

The new law has exclusions for Gramm-Leach-Bliley-covered financial institutions, HIPAA-covered covered entities and business associates, non-profits, institutes of higher education, and electric utilities, power generation companies, and retail electric providers. A similar requirement applies with respect to the sale of biometric data.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 15, 2023

Customer authentication For the past 15 years, e-commerce has increased as a percentage of all retail sales. W3C works on ensuring that all foundational Web technologies meet the needs of civil society, in areas such as accessibility, internationalization, security, and privacy.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JUNE 30, 2023

Pair that with a semiconductor shortage amidst global car sales that are forecasted to top 69 million , and you can understand that disruptions in the automotive supply chain would be detrimental to the industry.​ ​ Yet dealers and retailers are struggling to find parts easily and meet promise dates to their end consumers.

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Info Source

APRIL 18, 2019

Recognized for its Award-Winning Commercial and Retail Scanner Portfolio, Epson Declared Best-Selling Scanner Solution Provider in U.S. Designed to meet the needs of today’s business and home users, Epson provides a versatile line of document and photo scanning solutions for home users, small business owners, busy workgroups, and more.

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Rocket Software

MARCH 11, 2022

According to research by Aberdeen, the industries with the strongest need for terminal emulation are business services (accounting, HR and consulting, for example), manufacturing, retail, education, healthcare, finance and insurance. When employee experiences are improved, customer experiences benefit as a result.

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Data Matters

AUGUST 9, 2022

Revisions to the first draft are expected through likely multiple notice and comment rounds, in addition to deliberations by the CalPPA Board in noticed public meetings. Board members explained at the CalPPA’s May 27th meeting that they are holding on drafting regulations about these complex matters due to resource constraints.

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CILIP

JULY 16, 2019

Jo Shaw, Sales Director, Book Discovery & Commerce Solutions at Nielsen Book said; ?We As a leading provider of services to the book industry, Nielsen Book aids the discovery and purchase, distribution and measurement of book borrowing to help libraries meet the needs of their users. About Libraries Week. About Nielsen Book.

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IBM Big Data Hub

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Generative AI is powering a new world of creative, customized communications, allowing marketing teams to deliver greater personalization at scale and meet today’s high customer expectations. For example, a retail clothing company might use generative AI to customize email or online experiences tailored for different customer personas.

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IBM Big Data Hub

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Public cloud computing is a must if your organization wants to scale quickly and meet the day-to-day, ever-changing demands of the business. Turbonomic analyzes application performance with its AI-based insights and monitors demand to ensure that cloud resources are right sized to meet demand. Figure 1: VM rightsizing with Turbonomic.

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IBM Big Data Hub

MARCH 29, 2024

Customer retention has become more difficult in recent years Working against this goal is the fact that the customer journey is more complicated today; it’s harder to meet customer expectations and keep current customers. It is achieved through a mix of customer service , marketing, customer success and product development.

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Reltio

MARCH 12, 2020

Virtual conferencing companies like Zoom, food delivery such as DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Green Chef, retailers like Walmart.com, Amazon, and Netflix are better positioned than many of their traditional competitors. . The pressure to move to digital has never been higher.

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Info Source

MARCH 29, 2019

Xerox Services for Digital Retailer : help retailers drive brand engagement and loyalty through an enhanced experience at every stage of the consumer experience. . For more information on Xerox Services visit www.xerox.com/services or contact a Xerox sales representative. Availability.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 16, 2024

This will likely involve collaboration between the product design team, project management, sales, and other departments as the business creates a detailed roadmap for how the new product will be built and deployed. Will the proposed product or feature meet an unmet need?

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Reltio

MAY 21, 2019

So I decided to take the opportunity and meet her. She was delighted that we could meet in person and suggested an early morning breakfast meet. Especially for CPG, retail, or hospitality business. No wonder our ad spend does not give the expected sales lift, and we falter on brand loyalty.”

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Bill Schmarzo - Dell EMC

MARCH 29, 2018

I remember telling my mom that I was Vice President of Sales & Marketing of a company that was selling free software. Let’s say that you are in the retail business and looking to leverage big data analytics to “ optimize in-store merchandising effectiveness. After a very long pause, she replied, “Is your resume up to date?”.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Enterprises can use NLU to offer personalized experiences for their users at scale and meet customer needs without human intervention. Marketing and sales: Conversational AI has become an invaluable tool for data collection. Natural language generation (NLG) complements this by enabling AI to generate human-like responses.

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erwin

JUNE 11, 2020

The retail industry has also employed data intelligence in developing tools to better forecast and plan according to supply and demand trends and consumer Key Performance Indicators (KPI). Real-time data analytics can be used by businesses to better meet customer needs as it arises and improve customer satisfaction.

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IBM Big Data Hub

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

For example, retailers can predict which stores are most likely to sell out of a particular kind of product. The benefits of data analytics Business decision-makers can perform data analytics to gain actionable insights regarding sales, marketing, product development and other business factors.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 23, 2021

This transformation from ownership to usership started in software but can be applied to almost every industry, from entertainment and retail to agriculture, energy, construction, trade, and transport. Industries across the board struggle to meet the expectation of usership.

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Data Matters

JANUARY 16, 2019

Continued Focus on Retail Investors. The Exam Priorities continue OCIE’s trend in recent years to prioritize the protection of retail investors, particularly seniors and those saving for retirement. To this end, “OCIE is increasingly leveraging technology and data analytics as well as human capital to fulfill its mission.”.

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Info Source

JANUARY 28, 2021

5, 2021 – Epson, the best-selling retail scanner brand in North America, 1 is continuing its commitment to meeting the needs of small businesses and consumers with the expansion of its document scanner portfolio. Retail Tracking Service, U.S. & LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. – global.epson.com/. Epson America, Inc.,

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Those across the manufacturing and utilities industries had the highest preparedness rates at 91%, while retail had the lowest across both countries at 78%. Retail, Catering & Leisure. Sales, Media & Marketing. The majority (84%) of businesses reported being ‘completely’ ready, with a further 11% being somewhat prepared.

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