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Infographic guide to Predictive Analytics in Retail

C24 has just published an infographic / visual version of our Predictive Analytics in Retail whitepaper here that just includes the main key points from our overall whitepaper (which can be accessed here). C24 is pleased to announce their latest whitepaper on Predictive Analytics in Retail.   What’s in the whitepaper? We look at how analytics is changing the traditional shopping experience – and…

Smart Stores of the Future: Predictive Analytics

How is the Internet of Things poised to revolutionize analytics in high street retail?   Connecting with the customer Internet of Things (IoT) devices are paving the way for “smart stores”, where interaction with consumers’ mobile devices can provide a responsive and immersive retail experience; one that tailors the store directly to a customer’s needs. Providing a customer experience that feels…

Analytics-enabled Supply Chains: Predictive Analytics

How can analytics be used to optimize your retail supply chain to peak efficiency?   Beneath the surface Retail is a lot like a swan or an iceberg: what we can see on the surface is just a fraction of the amount that’s going on out of sight. You might have the best in-store experience in the world, one that customers travel from all over the world to visit. You could have queues out the door of…

Only Stock What Your Customers Want: Predictive Analytics

How can analytics help retailers become more efficient and reduce waste in store?   Finding peak efficiency Rare indeed is the retailer with empty shelves. In an ideal world, a shop would stock the exact amount of produce to meet the demand of every customer that walks through their doors, so that by the end of the day there’s nothing left in store and there are no customers coming in to find…

Customer Experience in High Street Retail: Predictive Analytics

Customer is key Customers have a lot of options when it comes to retail. Not only are there numerous competitors on your average high street, but also online. How can high street retailers hope to compete with online stores, offering products available to be delivered the same day with huge choice? Retailers need to look at customer experience. Excellent in-store experiences have been cited as…

C24 Publishes New Predictive Analytics Whitepaper

C24 is pleased to announce their latest whitepaper on Predictive Analytics in Retail. What’s in the whitepaper? We look at how analytics is changing the traditional shopping experience – and how in-store operations are being integrated with online e-commerce practices. Why should I read it? If you want to stay up to date with how analytics, and more specifically predictive analytics is…

What does David Cameron have to do with Big Data?

The recent Panama Papers news stories wouldn’t have been possible without big data.  The time that it would have taken humans to sort, process and analyse a reported 11.5 million files, some of which were paper based, would have meant we would still be here next year waiting for juicy data about David Cameron’s family tax affairs. Or maybe we would never have heard about these revelations,…

78% of British businesses rely on spreadsheets for key financial decisions

A report from F1F9 in conjunction with YouGov has revealed that UK businesses are facing ‘looming financial disasters’ through the misuse of spreadsheets within their organisations. Due to the fact that spreadsheets are prone to human error, and in complex spreadsheets with thousands of formulas, errors can be very difficult to identify, the report highlights that billions of pounds are being put…