Tag: retail

The drive to build interactive experiences for its customers runs in the DNA of Home Shopping Europe GmbH (HSE). From HSE’s origins as the first German teleshopping channel, the live commerce company is reimagining customer engagement. Television, online, and mobile shopping solutions on HSE—which offers clothing, jewelry, cosmetics, home goods, and other items—generate more than […]

Discover three ways businesses can deliver faster, more convenient contactless experiences to consumers. Organizations are embracing contactless technology to simplify the consumer experience and accelerate transactions. Many contactless options require consumers to tap a contactless-capable card or hover a smartphone over a reader. With both options, consumers need their payment or identification method in hand. But […]

The energy, excitement, and atmosphere of a live event is unlike any other. Discover ways to use frictionless technology in arenas and stadiums to elevate the fan experience. Imagine you’re at a show or sports game surrounded by friends and family. You all want to cheer for your favorite team or artist. Others tag along […]

re:Invent is back in Las Vegas and whether you’re joining us in person or virtually, we are so excited to see you. This year’s event will be full of sessions to help you innovate and accelerate your digital transformation. Learn all about the latest AWS technologies, best practices from our retail and CPG experts and […]

Las Vegas hosted NACS 2022 in the first week of October 2022. The size and scale of this conference was phenomenal, with a wide variety of sections catering to all aspects of running a convenience store, be it consumer packaged goods (CPGs) innovation, physical retail fixtures, the latest in commercial kitchen supplies, or customer-facing and […]

Lessons from top retailers who manage Black Friday and other peak events on Amazon Web Services (AWS) Traditionally, retailers experience only one or two peak shopping events per year—a common example is Black Friday. But in an increasingly unpredictable economy, organizations need agile platforms that can respond to demand increases whenever and wherever they arise. For […]

The COVID-19 pandemic created unprecedented disruption to businesses and global markets. Although most of the world appears to be past the uncertainty and turbulence of the pandemic, companies, especially in the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry, continue to deal with major challenges, like supply chain disruptions and labor shortages. At the same time, consumer buying […]

Shopping is a highly personal experience—one that elicits different feelings among different people. For some, shopping can be an enjoyable, easy, or even therapeutic experience. Other times, shopping can put a great deal of pressure on people. In fact, sometimes shopping can increase the friction people face in their everyday lives. But with Just Walk […]

Stanley Black & Decker has been helping builders—those who shape our world—since 1843. In the mid-1800s, Frederick Stanley started a small shop in New Britain, Connecticut, to manufacture bolts, hinges, and other hardware of high quality from wrought iron. Early in the next century (1910), Duncan Black and Alonzo Decker started a shop in Baltimore, […]

If any company can bring delight to millions of retailers and consumers all over the world, that company would be Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev), the world’s largest brewer. Working hand-in-hand since 2016 with VTEX, a leading enterprise digital commerce platform that runs on Amazon Web Services (AWS), AB InBev has launched state-of-the-art ecommerce technologies for […]