There has been a lot of coverage of machine learning (ML) for biological research, for radiology, and for other uses where the direct users are academics, researchers, and medical professionals. However, there is an opportunity for some biological information to be useful in the retail industry. One area is in skincare.
The National Retail Federation forecasted historic holidays sales this 2021 season, as retailers grappled with high volumes of in-store and digital traffic, along with a need for full visibility into the user experience. They turned to monitoring their Point-of-Sale (POS) systems for key analytics that revealed unique, real-time details about what customers were experiencing.
The holiday season is here, and global retailers are prepared for the biggest retail event of the year. The decrease in new COVID-19 cases, coupled with a rise in vaccination rates, provides a glimmer of hope for shoppers looking to spend for friends and family. Holiday spending is expected to break previous records this year, growing up to 10.5 percent over 2020.
It’s nearly here. The annual mad rush at the wee hours of the morning. The stampede into retail stores to claim really deep discounts on the latest toys, electronics, and gadgets makes headline news every year. It begins the day after Thanksgiving and is usually two of the biggest shopping days of the year. Yes, we’re talking about Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
The events of 2020 accelerated ecommerce sales. According to Adobe Analytics (analyzing website transactions from 80 of the top 100 U.S. online retailers), shoppers shelled out $10.8 billion online during Cyber Monday 2020 — a single day of shopping — for a 15.1% year-over-year increase. 2020 was just the precursor to 2021, which may actually warrant use of the word “epic”, making online shopping more appealing than ever before.
In my last blog on preparing for Black Friday, I teased how easy it is to gain insight into the state of your eCommerce retail applications and all its components with an enterprise observability platform. As promised, I’ve set up OpenCart with Instana’s AutoTrace instrumentation on a small demo environment, which we will walk through from infrastructure to end user monitoring.
For retailers, uptime is money and issues can cost thousands of dollars per minute. With infrastructure comprising complex services such as payment gateways, inventory, and mobile applications, maturing digital operations is vital for ensuring services are always on and customers get the best experience.
Internet Of Things has always played a significant role in the retail industry, stocking and warehousing. And its value is projected to rise from USD 14.5 billion in 2020 to USD 35.5 billion by 2025, at a CAGR of 19.6% The term Internet of Things was coined by Kevin Ashton when he was faced with a challenge in logistics and supply chain management while he co-founded the MIT Auto-CAD centre.
