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Leaning into Retail’s Challenges with Digital Transformation

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Digital transformation initiatives have picked up in the retail sector in recent years as store chains compete for brand awareness and sales in a rapidly evolving market. By 2026, retailers’ global investments in digital transformation tools are expected to reach $388 billion , growing by 18% a year.

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Tencent’s AI and cloud to accelerate the Middle East’s Tech-led transformation

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Leading technology vendors are either launching their own large language models (LLMs) or leveraging existing LLMs to ensure their customers can transform, innovate, and disrupt their respective industries and not churn to the competition. In the Middle East, AI- and cloud-led business transformation is a top priority for enterprises.

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Modernizing bp’s application landscape with AI

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Now, however, generative AI (genAI) and other forms of digital innovation are helping drive efficiencies closer to the end customer. The reality for a company of bps size and history is that there are different levels of technology maturity in different areas of the business.

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BrandAlley leverages the power of AI to unlock the boundless potential of fan-fueled growth

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They help their nine million members acquire the high-end labels they love at up to 90% off the recommended retail price. Even in business, faithful fans fuel growth BrandAlley doesn’t have the celebrity advertising power to help spread the word about its website – but the company has something better: its fans. No star power?

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Expedient: The well-known hybrid cloud leader has a recommendation for CIOs

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as a curator of advanced technologies and an incubator of exceptionally skilled solutions professionals who drive business transformation. We are brought in when there is often a change in their business, a deficiency they want to overcome, or an efficiency they want to achieve.

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How Canadian Tire CIO & CTO balances lessons learned and leading with purpose

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No small feat considering he’s responsible for a bursting portfolio that covers a family of companies including Canadian Tire retail, Sport Check, Mark’s, Party City, Pro Hockey Life, and several others. “I I moved from telco to tech, high tech to retail, but didn’t think I’d make that jump, nor thought retail would be invigorating,” he says.

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What is a chief data officer? A leader who creates business value from data

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To date, many of those appointments have been concentrated in the insurance, banking, media and entertainment, retail, and IT/technology verticals. Capital One appointed the first CDO in 2002. Only a few organizations followed suit in the decade that followed. Chief data officer resume. Landing a CDO job requires a strong resume.

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