The future of jobs: Automation technologies, robotics, and artificial intelligence | ZDNet
Automation has already started to reshape every company’s workforce — including yours.
Source: www.zdnet.com
Nice article. Forrester.
Samsung Has Record Operating Profits In Q2 | PYMNTS.com
Samsung Electronics had record operating profits in the second quarter thanks to demand for memory chips.
Source: www.pymnts.com
McDonald’s Earnings Top Wall Street Expectation | PYMNTS.com
Retail news: A digital set of offerings have warmed consumer sentiment toward McDonald’s: Sales were up, revenue beat expectations and stock price is soaring.
Source: www.pymnts.com
10 major retailers that could go bankrupt in 2017
The usual suspects (e.g. Sears) but also some I had not considered before.
Source: www.retaildive.com
The retailers on the list — by no means a comprehensive list of all retailers at risk — have C-grade bond ratings from Moody’s and Fitch, and seven of them (Sears, Claire’s Stores, Nine West, 99 Cent Stores, J. Crew and Charlotte Russe) have been listed on Fitch’s Bonds of Concern.
12 things to know to succeed with Google Posts
Local businesses, are you utilizing Google Posts? Columnist Joy Hawkins shares her observations from several months of testing this new feature.
Source: searchengineland.com
Good read on MyBusiness and Google
NEW REPORT: How Lowe’s Does Omnichannel Self-Improvement
Find news, an interview with Scott Ross of Lowe’s and rankings of more than 85 players in the space, inside the latest Omnicommerce Tracker.
Source: www.pymnts.com
Nice whitepaper on retail omnichannel
Walmart Launches BOPIS Vending Machines | PYMNTS.com
News: Customers shopping on Walmart.com can pick up purchases in-store at automated Pickup Towers. The big box chain is testing a similar kiosk for groceries.
Source: www.pymnts.com
The Pickup Tower is just for customers using the buy-online-pick-up-in-store service, although a similar self-service kiosk is also in the works for customers who use Walmart.com to shop for their groceries. A pilot is being tested in the parking lot of the Walmart Supercenter in Warr Acres, Okla.
When online grocery shoppers arrive at the kiosk, they can key in an access code to trigger the machine to retrieve their order. Employees pack orders into bins ahead of time and store them in the 20-by-80-foot building, which is equipped with freezers and refrigeration to keep food fresh.
Alibaba founder Jack Ma has a brutal theory of how America went wrong over the past 30 years
DAVOS, Switzerland — Alibaba founder Jack Ma thinks America went wrong over the past 30 years by focusing too much on war and Wall Street. Speaking at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday, Ma was asked about globalisation and the reaction to it represented by the election of Donald Trump as US president.
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Great read
Amazon To Open Robotics-Based Warehouse | PYMNTS.com
In an effort to expand its footprint in South Florida, eCommerce giant Amazon has announced its plans to open a robotics-based warehouse near Tampa.
Source: www.pymnts.com
Also opening same type of fulfillment center in Thornton, Colorado (down the street from us).
These 7 Disruptive Technologies Could Be Worth Trillions of Dollars
Scientists, technologists, engineers, and visionaries are building the future. Amazing things are in the pipeline. It’s a big deal. But you already knew all that. Such speculation is common. What’s less common? Scale. How big is big? “Silicon Valley, Silicon Alley, Silicon Dock, all of the Silicons around the world, they are dreaming the dream. …
Source: singularityhub.com
Good list as lists go.