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Leaning into Retail’s Challenges with Digital Transformation

CIO

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. And online ordering accelerated.

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Key takeaways from NRF 2025

Capgemini

From AI-enabled hyper-personalized experiences to the rise of responsive ads via retail media networks to next-gen supply chain automation, the retail industry is transforming on all fronts. Now, retailers are operating in a blended reality, where every space, interaction, and data point has commercial potential.

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Navigating the cloud maze: A 5-phase approach to optimizing cloud strategies

CIO

Strategic metrics and criteria should be established to incorporate sustainability goals into various FinOps capabilities, and engineering and product teams should take responsibility for cloud usage, making appropriate choices in architecture, system design, license use and operational features.

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Autonomous flight startup Merlin Labs nabs $105M and US Air Force partnership

TechCrunch

Roughly a year ago, Boston-based Merlin Labs emerged from stealth with an autonomous flight system designed to be installed in existing aircraft. While Merlin told TechCrunch at the time that it had “hundreds” of test flights under its belt, the company’s system lacked certification from the U.S. .

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Flytrex raises $40M to build its drone-based delivery service across suburbs in the U.S.

TechCrunch

” Added to this is a wider fleet system design that sits in the cloud to manage where and when drones are operating. Google Maps and the others that power the mapping services for the various delivery companies in the market today might have figured out all the front doors, “but we’ll have the back doors.”

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Why Companies Are Moving Their Analytics to Azure Cloud

Datavail

Another of Datavail’s clients, a retail merchandising partner, had been using an on-premises SQL Server OLTP database that had some serious flaws, from an outdated architecture and performance issues to security vulnerabilities and the lack of a centralized repository for reporting. Making changes to system design to eliminate deadlocks.

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A year on from Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian startups show astounding resilience

TechCrunch

——————————————————————————- 3DLOOK A retail tech start-up behind the virtual fitting room YourFit. It has now moved to Poland and set up the office there.