Category: AWS Partner Network

The consumer goods industry is undergoing significant change—driven by rapid shifts in customer preferences, supply chain disruptions, and emerging technologies and regulations. Technology is set to transform consumer goods industry efficiency over the next several decades. Applying McKinsey Global Institute research on technology applications and likely maturity curves, we expect that within the next decade, […]

In today’s health and beauty industry, success is more than skin deep. Brands have to stand for something bigger to win over the hearts and minds of consumers. Generation Z (Gen Z), a demographic with growing importance and influence, is moving away from fast beauty brands known for mass production. Instead, this generation seeks out […]

“We really need to kick the carbon habit and stop making our energy from burning things. Climate change is also really important. You can wreck one rainforest then move, drain one area of resources and move onto another, but climate change is global.” —Sir David Attenborough Greenhouse gases that are already present in the atmosphere […]

Today’s retailers have multiple options for multicarrier shipping software, which is used for doing carrier-rate shopping (CRS). But although this software can automate some parts of the rate-shopping process, every retailer must ask whether it’s getting the best shipping decisions from their CRS solution—and whether reaching those decisions can be done better. If cart abandonment […]

After the pandemic’s hyper-growth in ecommerce sales, online retailers and direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands are now having to compete in a higher inflation environment and uncertain economy. One area gaining increasing attention is shipping and delivery—either how to reduce cost or offer a better delivery experience (often both). In the latest installment of our Retail Partner […]

How to reinvent the in-store experience, improve operational efficiency, and accelerate innovation with Smart Store solutions on AWS. Although ecommerce sales soared during the COVID-19 pandemic, physical stores aren’t going away anytime soon—in fact, physical stores matter even more today. That’s because stores remain a popular destination for shoppers to discover, research, see, touch, and […]

Consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies are facing unique challenges in today’s hypercompetitive marketplace. Whether those challenges are slow market growth, increased competition, shifting consumer behaviors, commodities shortages, or inflationary pressures, they must push ahead to stay afloat. Together, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and AWS Partners enable CPG companies such as Heineken, Dole Foods, and Philips […]

AWS for Retail is proud to have sponsored MACH Two, a retail conference that took place June 12-14 in Amsterdam. MACH Two is an executive thought leadership forum for brands and retailers with a strategy to understand the benefits of composability or looking to learn more about the next big technological shift. MACH is an architectural […]

The How We Built This blog series features conversations with C-suite executives that are building innovative restaurant technologies on AWS Every restaurant operator knows the stress of unforeseen equipment outages and food safety concerns. These issues often result in reactive responses, which can be expensive and diminish the time spent enhancing guest experiences. However, restaurant […]

There is customer data across more sources today than ever—from email, websites, and mobile apps, to physical stores, social media platforms, and more. Such data, which a company directly collects from its customers, is referred to as first-party data or signal (1P signal). Creating actionable insights, and next-best actions for specific users or segments, from […]