Here’s What’s Next for Retail - Ray Blanco

Here’s What’s Next for Retail

• Last week the retail conference Shoptalk, a veritable “who’s who” list of retail execs and industry experts, was held in Copenhagen, Sweden. The hands-down dominating consensus coming out of the conference was that artificial intelligence will play an integral role in traditional retail’s future success. “The clear takeaway is adapt or die….”, remarked one Shoptalk attendee.
• EBay’s chief product officer put it like this…“It’s bigger than the web and the mobile revolution combined. By 2020 if we’re not engaged with this technology and making it a meaningful part of our businesses – we are braindead.”