Category Archives: Retail
11 February 2013: InformationWeek
MasterCard Just Took a Stake in a Hot Big Data Startup Excerpt: Last week, the company’s subsidiary, MasterCard Advisors, took an undisclosed stake in a big data analytics company called Mu Sigma. The two will offer joint products together using … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Consumer, Notable News, Retail
Tagged big data analytics, bigdata, Louie Yan, MasterCard, MasterCard Advisors, Mu Sigma, Sam Kumarsamy, Shankar Gopidas, Tap the 90
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27 December 2012: Express Computer
The BI Shopping Basket Excerpt: A key aspect of organised retail is that it has been heavily dependent on sophisticated infrastructure right from its inception. IT products and services have played a key role in supporting modern retail ecosystem in … Continue reading
7 September 2012: PYMNTS
Swipely Helps Merchants Manage and Grow $1,000,000 in Sales Every Week Excerpt: Swipely, the simple way for local merchants to accept payments, track customers and grow revenue, today announced the company is managing over $1 million per week in sales on behalf of … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Consumer, Retail, Science
Tagged big data analytics, bigdata, Louie Yan, retail, Sam Kumarsamy, Shankar Gopidas, Swipely, Tap the 90
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13 August 2012: Financial Post
Big Data Creeps Out Online Customers Excerpt: Simply put, big data involves collecting and organising vast quantities of seemingly disparate information. By using smart algorithms and high-speed technology, the numbers start to sing as valuable patterns emerge. Deloitte analytics national lead … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Case Study, Commentary, Consumer, Finance, Retail
Tagged big data analytics, bigdata, Data analysis, data mining, Databases, Deloitte, Louie Yan, Sam Kumarsamy, Shankar Gopidas, Tap the 90, Target
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9 August 2012: Search Engine Watch
How to Make Good Use of Big Data Excerpt: Recently, Econsultancy and Lynchpin published a research survey that suggested only 10 percent of marketers thought a most or all of their web analytics data was useful. A combined 59 percent … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Business, Commentary, Consumer, Marketing, Retail
Tagged big data analytics, Econsultancy, Log Analysis, Louie Yan, Lynchpin, Marketing, Sam Kumarsamy, Shankar Gopidas, Tap the 90, Thom Carver, Web analytics
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6 August 2012: TechNewsWorld
Can the Cloud Shield Google Wallet From Pickpockets? Excerpt: Some folks’ answer to wallet security is chaining it to their belts. Google‘s is to chain it to the cloud. The Search Giant added some security features to its Google Wallet … Continue reading
11 June 2012: Computing
Banks Harnessing Big Data to Analyse Customers’ Shopping Habits Excerpt: Banks are teaming-up with retailers to target customers by analysing the customer data they collect more closely, according to Andrew Jennings, chief analytics officer at fraudulent data specialist FICO. The … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Business, Finance, Research, Retail
Tagged Andrew Jennings, bigdata, business, Cloud computing, FICO, Louie Yan, Metro Bank, Predictive Analytics, retail, Sam Kumarsamy, Shankar Gopidas, Tap the 90, Wal-Mart
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7 June 2012: eCommerce Bytes
Inkiru Unveils Industry’s First Real-time Predictive Intelligence Platform for Retail Excerpt: Inkiru, a leading provider of predictive intelligence solutions for big data, today unveiled the Inkiru Predictive Intelligence Platform™, a powerful rules-based analytics platform that enables Merchants, Marketplaces and Merchant … Continue reading
18 September 2012: Harvard Business Review
Will Big Data Kill All But the Biggest Retailers? Excerpt: In this war for customers, the ammunition is data — and lots of it. It began with transaction data and shopper data, which remain central. Now, however, they are being augmented … Continue reading →