In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other technologies with a focus on supply chain management and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, marketing, the Internet of Things, and smart cities. Our goal is to advance the public discussion about how cognitive computing and other advanced technologies affect the world in which we live.
Bradd C. Hayes is the active editor of this blog.
If you live in the United States, you know that today is Black Friday. Black Friday always falls the day after Thanksgiving and traditionally marks the beginning of the holiday shopping season.
“A decade ago,” writes Stephanie Strom (@ssstrom), “C. K. Prahalad, a University of Michigan business professor, in his book ‘The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid,’ detailed the potential [of low-income
In Part 1 of this two-part series, I discussed some new tactics being tried by brick-and-mortar retailers to halt the erosion of their sales to online retailers. At the end of yesterday’s
You only need to look at empty storefronts in some malls to know that brick-and-mortar retailers have been going through hard times. The main contributors to these hard times have been the
Last January I wrote a blog about Showrooming and Product Customization that discussed how Target is tired of being used as a showroom for online marketers like Amazon.com. In a letter sent
Radio and television personality Clark Howard writes, “A new trend called ‘showrooming’ can hurt brick-and-mortar retailers in an age when smartphones and other mobile devices allow anyone to comparison shop prices for
Dan Gilmore, Editor of Supply Chain Digest, asks, “Has there been anything much stranger in the supply chain than the tale of RFID in the consumer packaged goods to retail supply chain?”
Because of the impact Wal-Mart has in the marketplace, reporters and analysts watch its activities closely. Over the past few months, the company has been making headlines for its expansion plans. Wal-Mart’s
In yesterday’s post, I began discussing a list of “11 Crucial Consumer Trends for 2011” offered up by www.trendwatching.com, “one of the world’s leading trend firms, trendwatching.com sends out its free, monthly
A company called trendwatching.com labels itself as “an independent and opinionated trend firm,” that scans “the globe for the most promising consumer trends, insights and related hands-on business ideas.” As you can
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