In an industry that never stops evolving, the National Retail Federation (NRF) is the guiding light for retail businesses navigating through challenges and opportunities. Known as the leading voice for retail, NRF's annual event, The Big Show, has become a cornerstone for the community. It's a platform where the latest technologies debut and retail leaders converge to gain inspiration and forge meaningful connections.

As Google Cloud gears up to make its mark at The Big Show, Chris Hood, an author and strategist, engages in an enlightening conversation with Jordan Speer, Research Director for IDC Retail Insights. The discussion revolves around what attendees can anticipate at the event and the key areas that will shape the retail landscape in 2023 and the future.

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In the ever-evolving retail landscape, innovation is not just a buzzword; it's a necessity. Target, a retail giant, has been a trailblazer in adopting new technologies to streamline operations and enhance customer experiences. One such area where Target has been leading the charge is in the adoption of cloud Financial Operations, commonly known as FinOps, through its Efficiency Engineering team. Today, we have the privilege of speaking with Kim Wier, Director of Engineering at Target, who has been instrumental in driving this discipline within her team.

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To deliver for its customers, Botify continues to reinvent how companies perform SEO. From those early days of the manual indexing of websites to the eras of keyword stuffing and anchor links, Botify is changing the landscape of optimization. In this...

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CNA has a 120-year history of providing property and casualty insurance for U.S. customers. It turned to Google Cloud to modernize its analytics, consolidate data management, and deliver better decision-making tools for agents and executives. In this...

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Baseball is a game that can be enjoyed in a variety of ways. Some fans, like season ticket holders, primarily engage by attending live games at the stadium. For others, the game is ubiquitous on their television, smartphone screens, or tablets...

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Organizations are driving the complete transformation of their business by inventing new ways to accomplish their objectives using the cloud, from making core processes more efficient to improving how they reach and better serve their customers to...

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Ulta Beauty is now the largest beauty retailer in the United States, carrying more than 25,000 products from 500 established and emerging beauty brands, including Ulta Beauty's own private label. Despite many traditional retailers being faced with...

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Zebra Technologies is one of the largest suppliers of barcode printing and scanning devices globally. In 1991, Zebra introduced 2D barcode scanners followed by Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tracking tags, rugged mobile computers, tablets, and...

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Faced with changing customer behaviors and demands, tightening margins, and increasing threat from digital competitors, financial services institutions (FSIs) will need to meet customers where they are, open up their services, and establish new ways...

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Enterprises across the globe are struggling to innovate because their data and applications are siloed, disconnected, and not easily accessible. Today, Google Cloud is announcing the general availability of Apigee Integration, a solution that helps...

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