If you need proof that cloud deployment stories can touch off religious disputes, my recent report about @Walmartlabs deploying 100K cores of OpenStack to run the retail giant’s e-commerce operations is Exhibit A. This is,… Read more »
Twilio isn’t just offering MMS up as consumer-facing communications service. CEO Jeff Lawson believes it will become a key way of sending data between devices and the cloud on the internet… Read more »
The tablet is a hybrid device occupying the space between laptop and smartphone, but within that narrow gap it has the potential to outperform its competition — especially in the enterprise. Read more »
Visual storytelling means having a clear strategy for connecting visuals back to your brand strategy and for measuring engagement, reach, visibility, and referrals. Read more »
Since customer blowback from Nordstrom’s tracking of foot traffic via wi-fi signals from customers’ smartphones in its brick-and-mortar stores was reported this summer, there has been a predictable and merited discussion… Read more »
Startup Stitch Fix uses data about clothing and consumer preferences to recommend items to customers as well as design clothing for its own label. Read more »
Retailers are increasingly tracking their customers’ movements in the store via their cell phones. But those businesses would get less resistance from shoppers if they offered something in exchange for that… Read more »
Further growth of online sales is inevitable. This continued shift from brick-and-mortar retail shops to the online world affects everyone from the manufacturer to the distributor. Those looking to stay competitive… Read more »
What’s the newest way to prove to your in-store customers that a product is popular online? Nordstrom is tagging products with the Pinterest logo as a kind of social proof for… Read more »
Amazon.com (s AMZN) is making a move into high fashion business, the New York Times reports. And in order to get profits from this high margin business, the company is willing… Read more »