Retail and Hospitality

Retailers worldwide are in a race to transform their business to meet consumer expectations. It is a competition with digitally native brands and channels, where manufacturers can meet the customer directly. We all know that the end goal is to connect the entire retail experience and not rely on one…

Within each regional market, consumers want to feel good about buying from their preferred brands. The best way to instill that confidence and trust is for retailers to share information about how their products are made. Especially in this data-rich era, when notable information is likely to circul…

The universal focus area for retailers to provide innovative solutions within their regional markets is two-fold. First, there is the desire for innovation in order to meet the rising consumer demands around the shopping experience, for digitally savvy, on-the-go consumers. The second? To improve a…

Not every region across the globe is following the same formula for adopting specific digital solutions for their retail organizations. Consumers are dictating what the retail environments should look like, and different regions are therefore tailoring their efforts to what makes the most sense for…

What is the best way to simplify a retailer’s IT architecture? It comes down to two words: Programmable. Store. The objective is to leverage an expanding partner ecosystem alongside compelling services to deliver custom, digital experiences that are tailored to the retailer’s needs. When developers…

Retailers are moving their data to a multi-cloud environment. This migration in practice quickly turns into a question of how to tangibly do so, while supporting ongoing edge compute for in their stores. Not to mention, does this impact the continual journey to simplify IT architecture. Episode 3 (1…

What are the best practices retailers can take to simplify their IT architecture? This set of retail videos aims to show how retailers are doing this – actually. Episode 2 (9 mins) of this ongoing IT discussion (see Episode 1 here) takes the form of a trivia gameshow, and discusses where retail IT t…

Simplifying the IT architecture is super important for retailers — for scalability and technology efficiency to name a few reasons. The challenge that presents itself is the core foundation and the network that all the digital touchpoints rely on. Many times, it’s just not there. The good news…

“Impact happens when we partner together.” Not only was this NRF’s theme for the year but also Cisco’s motto in bringing a meaningful booth experience for our NRF attendees. We worked across multiple organizations within Cisco and brought in various partners to bring our solutions to life. Last year…