Retail Tech Spotlights

E-Fulfillment Race In Tight Labor Market Means Efficiency Trumps All
Retailers are experiencing tremendous pressure on their fulfillment operations at a time when their workforce pool has been unprecedently squeezed. Learn how they can ensure they can meet these new e-commerce demands while navigating today’s labor challenges.
Solving Distribution Challenges During Unprecedented Demand
The phenomenal spike in e-commerce during the COVID-19 pandemic brought on unplanned peaks and a rush to automation. Learn how to peak-proof the supply chain and be ready for anything.

Supply Chain and Merchandising
Smart Integration of Automation: Using a WES to Incorporate New Technologies in Fulfillment Centers
The supply chain is still dramatically changing and tight labor markets and increasing fulfillment speed requirements are pushing warehouse operators to explore new automation technologies. However, retailers can’t just handpick automation solutions and drop them into the distribution center.
Customer Engagement
Privacy, AI, and Data: Impacting the Changing Landscape of Customer Experience
While AI and machine learning (ML) offer retailers great leaps toward offering exceptional customer experiences, customer data lies at the heart of these operations, and protecting that data will be key as retailers implement automation and personalization strategies.
Customer Engagement
Retail Personalization: Digital Meets Physical
Consumers are craving shopping experiences that meet their immediate needs at any particular moment along the shopping journey. The need to unify data across the enterprise from different sources and to capture in-store data, has never been stronger.
Supply Chain and Merchandising
Order Management and Flexible Fulfillment: Meeting Customer and Associate Demands
Retailers today are faced with a plethora of evolving technologies to solve order management and fulfillment challenges, but never fear, RIS uncovers what you need to know now about the latest technologies.
Store Systems
POS Software & Hardware Transform the Retail Experience
To help retailers be well-versed when planning their next POS move, RIS’ has combined its annual look at POS software and hardware to provide a comprehensive guide exploring this critical retail technology.
Supply Chain and Merchandising
Supply Chain Management: Keeping up With Demand
Today’s shoppers require instant gratification, desiring to place orders from anywhere and have purchases be guaranteed to arrive as soon as same day. Learn how to respond to today’s supply chain management demand.
Retail Tech Spotlights
POS Software Centralizes Retail Operations
Download this Technology Solutions Guide to learn how point of sale (POS) software has evolved and what differentiating features retailers must be well-versed on when planning their next POS enhancement or implementation.
Research and Reports
Order Management and Fulfillment: Achieving Flexibility, Scalability and Visibility
Fulfillment and order management systems are rapidly evolving. Download this Technology Solutions Guide to learn how to stay up to date with today’s technology demands and review a guide of solution providers.
Analytics
Advanced Analytics Tools Give Savvy Retailers an Edge
Download this Tech Solutions Guide to learn how to keep your advanced analytics tools current, no matter the size of your retail operation.
Store Systems
Engage Employees and Improve the Customer Experience with Mobile Workforce Tools
Today’s mobile workforce tools vary in their capabilities, but they all provide retailers solutions to make the most of their staff. Download this Technology Solutions Guide to explore the benefits mobile workforce solutions provide savvy retailers.
Retail Tech Spotlights
Loyalty & CRM: Personalizing the Shopper Experience
Download this Technology Solutions Guide to discover how to best utilize loyalty programs and customer relationship management (CRM) to overcome challenges and gain loyalty from fickle shoppers.
Research and Reports
POS Checkout Hardware: Unifying the Experience
Download this Tech Solutions Guide for a comprehensive provider guide and to learn from industry leaders what should be top of mind as retailers consider updates to their POS checkout hardware.

RIS News' Retail Tech Spotlights provide an inside look into retail technology solution providers and important retail industry topics. Within each Retail Tech Spotlight, RIS combines its own expertise with insights from solution providers and highlights useful case studies.