Category: Technology
Technology market research reports by IDC
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Empowering Checkout Experiences: A Review of Point-of-Sale Innovations in Asia/Pacific Retail Landscape
Empowering Checkout Experiences: A Review of Point-of-Sale Innovations in Asia/Pacific Retail Landscape This IDC study discusses how the Asia/Pacific retail landscape is rapidly evolving with innovative POS systems transforming checkout experiences. Retailers are integrating mobile POS, AI-driven so ... Read More
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IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Retail 2025 Predictions
IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Retail 2025 Predictions This IDC study presents the top 10 predictions for the retail market for 2025. Leslie Hand, Group Vice President, IDC Retail Insights and IDC Financial Insights, emphasized, "Retailers are not investing in small step changes to their portfolios — th ... Read More
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IDC PeerScape: Retail Practices for Implementing Loyalty Applications
IDC PeerScape: Retail Practices for Implementing Loyalty Applications Loyalty is a key differentiator for customer retention. It turns the value of convenience into a test for customer satisfaction and enables for consent-based trusted relationships with customers, said Ornella Urso, research direct ... Read More
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Beyond Grocery Retail: Amazon's Just Walk Out Technology Expands to New Segments
Beyond Grocery Retail: Amazon's Just Walk Out Technology Expands to New Segments This IDC Market Note explores the expansion and application of Just Walk Out technology beyond grocery stores to high-footfall venues like stadiums and semi-captive environments such as hospitals, highlighting its effic ... Read More
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Retail Reinvention in the Age of AI Everywhere: From Omni-Channel to Future-Forward, Autonomous, and Resilient
Retail Reinvention in the Age of AI Everywhere: From Omni-Channel to Future-Forward, Autonomous, and Resilient This IDC Perspective documents the journey retailers have made from omni-channel beginning in 2009 through digital transformation, AI, and mobile everywhere to the current pivot to AI/gen ... Read More
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Industry Alliances and Tech Innovations: Highlights From Shoptalk Europe 2024
Industry Alliances and Tech Innovations: Highlights From Shoptalk Europe 2024 This IDC Perspective provides IDC Retail Insights' key takeaways from Shoptalk Europe 2024, held in Barcelona, which gathered over 10,000 retail professionals to explore the future of retail. The event emphasized the criti ... Read More
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Roku Exchange Unlocks Access to Roku's Audience and Premium Media
Roku Exchange Unlocks Access to Roku's Audience and Premium Media This IDC Market Note discusses Roku Exchange, a new advertising technology solution designed for TV streaming. This document also discusses the range of benefits that it offers media companies and brands and advertising agencies. As p ... Read More
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Top Retail Generative AI Use Cases
Top Retail Generative AI Use Cases This IDC Perspective discusses the top retail generative AI (GenAI) use cases. Over 63.8% of retailers are investing in generative AI, focusing on use cases like natural language understanding and content generation despite facing challenges such as IT complexity a ... Read More
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IDC PlanScape: Analysis of Computer Vision Implementation in Automated and Self-Checkout Stores
IDC PlanScape: Analysis of Computer Vision Implementation in Automated and Self-Checkout Stores This IDC PlanScape report highlights the transformative impact of computer vision technology on the retail sector in Asia/Pacific, particularly in enhancing automated and self-checkout stores. It undersco ... Read More
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The Shoptalk Bridge for Retail Technology 2024
The Shoptalk Bridge for Retail Technology 2024 This IDC Market Note discusses the Shoptalk 2024 event held in Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, and the key takeaways from the event. The primary Shoptalk event each year drives tens of thousands of retailers, vendors, and adjacent professionals to a specific l ... Read More
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NRF 2024 Big Show: Top 5 Retail Supply Chain Takeaways
NRF 2024 Big Show: Top 5 Retail Supply Chain Takeaways This IDC Perspective distills five key supply chain takeaways from the NRF 2024 Big Show, reflecting the retail industry's current priorities and innovations. These focus on:ReturnsProduct life-cycle managementTracking and tracingVisibility acro ... Read More
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IDC Perspective: NRF's Big Show 2024 Confirms Continued Investments in Stores to Inspire and Fulfill Consumer Needs
IDC Perspective: NRF's Big Show 2024 Confirms Continued Investments in Stores to Inspire and Fulfill Consumer Needs This IDC Perspective discusses the key trends and advancements in retail technology identified at NRF's Big Show 2024. It highlights the increasing approachability of store digitizatio ... Read More
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Retail Digital Infrastructure, Security, and Loss Prevention: Hot Topics and Tech Trends from NRF 2024
Retail Digital Infrastructure, Security, and Loss Prevention: Hot Topics and Tech Trends from NRF 2024 This IDC Perspective highlights the key takeaways from the National Retail Federation (NRF) Big Show 2024 focused on the strategic importance of modernized digital infrastructure technologies in ov ... Read More
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Planning Smartness: AI in Retail Scenario Planning
Planning Smartness: AI in Retail Scenario Planning This IDC Perspective discusses the importance and benefits of "what-if" scenario planning in retail with the integration of artificial intelligence (AI)."The value of scenario planning challenges existing models and the status quo. In retail, AI all ... Read More
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IDC PeerScape: Practices to Optimize Inventory Across Omni-Channel Retail
IDC PeerScape: Practices to Optimize Inventory Across Omni-Channel Retail This IDC PeerScape is one of a two-part series that aims to home in on specific practices retailers can enable through improved processes and technology to improve customer experience, profitability, and sustainability outcom ... Read More
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Digital Payments in Retail: Streamlining the Omni-Channel Customer Journey
Digital Payments in Retail: Streamlining the Omni-Channel Customer Journey This IDC Perspective explores the transformative impact of digital payment methods on the retail landscape, delving into the widespread adoption of existing and emerging technologies, their implications for consumer behavior, ... Read More
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Retail Is a Tech Lighthouse: Views from NRF 2024
Retail Is a Tech Lighthouse: Views from NRF 2024 This IDC Perspective discusses the National Retail Federation's (NRF's) Big Show and Expo 2024, emphasizing the significant role of technology in digitizing and automating retail business to keep pace with consumers' omni-channel shopping needs. The N ... Read More
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The Future of Connectedness in Retail: Aligning IoT and Connectivity Investment to Top Business Outcomes
The Future of Connectedness in Retail: Aligning IoT and Connectivity Investment to Top Business Outcomes This IDC Perspective takes a look at how the connectivity and implementation of IoT solutions is accelerating business outcomes for the retail industry and accelerating investment in faster, more ... Read More
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Key Technologies Supporting Changes in Stores to Support Evolving Customer Expectations in Asia/Pacific
Key Technologies Supporting Changes in Stores to Support Evolving Customer Expectations in Asia/Pacific This IDC Perspective aims to identify the essential technologies that enable stores to keep up with evolving customer expectations. It showcases examples, advantages, and challenges related to the ... Read More
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A Super Platform for the Modern, Omni-Channel Store
A Super Platform for the Modern, Omni-Channel Store This IDC Perspective defines a framework for a modern technology "super platform" for the store that allows retailers to become more agile and able to innovate faster in their never-ending quest to improve business performance by better serving cus ... Read More
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How EMEA Retailers Are Moving Toward Unified Commerce for a Contextualized Customer Experience: A Selection of Retail Stories from ORIF 2023
How EMEA Retailers Are Moving Toward Unified Commerce for a Contextualized Customer Experience: A Selection of Retail Stories from ORIF 2023 This IDC Perspective features IDC Retail Insights' selection of retail and brands stories shared at the Oracle Retail Industry Forum (ORIF) event held in Vienn ... Read More
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IDC PeerScape: Livestream Shopping in Retail — Practices for Contextualizing Consumer Experience
IDC PeerScape: Livestream Shopping in Retail — Practices for Contextualizing Consumer Experience This IDC PeerScape explores how the rise of livestream shopping in the retail sector can profoundly impact consumer experience."Livestream shopping does not just sell products; it clearly represents a va ... Read More
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The Vital Shift Toward Security and Regulatory Compliance among Retailers in Asia/Pacific
The Vital Shift Toward Security and Regulatory Compliance among Retailers in Asia/Pacific This IDC Perspective explores the retail landscape in Asia/Pacific, stressing the importance of personalized solutions to cater to varied retail needs. In today's fast-changing digital world, protecting custome ... Read More
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Bloomreach Clarity: Taking Conversational Marketing and Commerce to the Next Level
Bloomreach Clarity: Taking Conversational Marketing and Commerce to the Next Level This IDC Market Note discusses Bloomreach Clarity, an app for brands to build generative AI (GenAI) agents. Bloomreach recently announced a new conversational commerce capability called Clarity. Clarity is a solution ... Read More
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Dassault Systèmes' Industry Analyst Event 2023 — A Perspective Across Some Industries
Dassault Systèmes' Industry Analyst Event 2023 — A Perspective Across Some Industries This IDC Market Perspective summarizes key announcements during 3DS Industry Analyst Days 2023, held on May 31 and June 1, 2023, at the Dassault Systèmes headquarters in Paris. At the event, Dassault Systèmes execu ... Read More