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Freshflow is helping grocery retailers fight food waste

TechCrunch

For years grocery retailers have been using data driven forecasting to help them predict demand to figure out which products to reorder to keep shelves stocked. ” “And because that is the opinion … until now, for the most part, retailers have just relied upon people to do this part.” That’s nothing new.

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Shipium gives e-commerce retailers Amazon-like supply chain tech

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In particular, Jason Murray, co-founder and CEO, was with Amazon for nearly 20 years, and during his last decade, was automating and using machine learning around solving for the “Prime problem” as he called it — how to make fast shipping affordable. “It Data modeling is the company’s “secret sauce.”

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Google Cloud for Retailers adds AI-based inventory, e-commerce tools

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In a bid to help retailers transform their in-store, inventory-checking processes and enhance their e-commerce sites, Google on Friday said that it is enhancing Google Cloud for Retailers with a new shelf-checking, AI-based capability, and updating its Discovery AI and Recommendation AI services.

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Particular Audience takes in $7.5M to give retailers way to take on Amazon

TechCrunch

Being in control of customer data is one of the ways retailers, like Amazon, Spotify and Netflix, are able to tap into consumer behavior and create customized experiences whenever a user logs in. Particular Audience provides product discovery tools for retailers that are powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning.

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Lily AI lands new capital to help retailers match customers with products

TechCrunch

During the pandemic, retailers were forced to embrace e-commerce. That’s why Purva Gupta launched Lily AI , an AI-powered platform that connects a retailer’s or brand’s shoppers with products they might be looking to buy. ” Prior to co-launching Lily, Gupta served in various roles at Eko India and UNICEF. .

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5 ways AI can help mitigate the global shipping crisis

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machine learning and simulation). If you don’t have the data readily available, then you need to partner with a vendor and use a secure environment to share second-party data to deliver AI-driven actionable insights on the business impact on all parties involved, from startup to retailer to the consumer.

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Singapore-based retail analytics company Trax raises $640M Series E led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and BlackRock

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COVID-19 forced many retailers and brands to adopt new technologies. Retail analytics unicorn Trax expects that this openness to tech innovation will continue even after the pandemic. Retail Watch currently focuses on center shelves, where packaged goods are usually stocked, but will expand into categories like fresh food and produce.

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