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Why A.I. That’s 95% Accurate Is Not As Impressive As You Think
IBM recently announced its artificial intelligence technology is 95% accurate in predicting workers planning to leave their jobs. The company...
How to Take a Different Strategic Approach to Grocery Promotions
In many respects, grocery promotions are built around themes. They can be holidays (e.g. Labor Day, New Year's, Thanksgiving, and Easter), seasonal...
A Look at Today’s New and Evolving Gen Z Grocery Shopper
It’s hard to summarize the future of the grocery sector in a single sentence, but this one sounds about right: “I'll probably go to the store fewer...
Why Anything Less than True A.I. is the Wrong Approach
If we’re not careful, artificial intelligence is in danger of becoming the tomato of the technology world. Walk into almost any grocery store, for...
A.I. Needs to Focus on Tasks Beyond What Humans Can Easily Do
It’s a question that has preoccupied computer scientists, science fiction writers, and conspiracy theorists for years: is it possible that...
What ‘Retail Apocalypse’ Doomsayers Are Overlooking
It’s not just that the people who talk about a “retail apocalypse” are wrong. They may literally not know what they’re talking about. Ongoing...
SpartanNash Puts Spotlight on Promotion Planning with AI
With a job placement rate of nearly 100% and an alumnus that makes up a Who’s Who of retail and CPG leaders, it’s safe to say the future of the...
Five Ways AI Based on Reinforcement Learning Is Changing Retail
The next time someone tells you that artificial intelligence will completely disrupt how retail stores operate, stop and ask what kind of artificial...
How to Turn What You Heard At Shoptalk 2019 Into Action
Some professional events don’t live up to their names, but Shoptalk, the retail conference that recently wrapped up in Las Vegas, offered the...