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Gartner estimates that the fragmented but quickly consolidating customer experience and relationship management software market generates $50BN in revenue per year and is growing at a 15% compound annual growth rate. If we add the additional investment in IT, human capital, and creative development, brands invest well over $100BN per year to deliver relevant and valuable experiences to their customers.
Personalization: Two Surprising Highlights from this Year's What's Hot Retail Tech Report
on May 19, 2020
| By Anthony Wintheiser
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Personalization
Staying up to date on the latest retail tech and thinking through the possibilities and implications for our clients' businesses is one of the more exciting things we get to do. That's why we look forward to reading what's hot, what's not, and what's hype in Forrester's annual "What's Hot And What's Not In Retail Tech For 2020".
How restaurants can re-connect with their customers since they have disappeared
on April 7, 2020
| By Anthony Wintheiser
Friday, the 13th, is generally considered an unlucky day in the western world. In 2020, it was that and a whole lot more for the restaurant industry. Restaurant sales in the US were already soft in the beginning of March before local, state, and federal authorities moved to close restaurants and other entertainment venues to flatten the spread of the coronavirus. Since then, restaurant sales have been in a freefall in what is likely the biggest demand shock to ever hit the industry.
Q3/Q4 earnings results are in for most of the leading publicly traded restaurant brands in the US. While some brands, such as Starbucks, Dunkin, and Chipotle reported strong sales and earnings growth, others such as McDonald’s, Darden, and Yum (the parent brand of Taco Bell, KFC, Pizza Hut, and WingStreet) missed the mark. What has separated the winners from the losers?
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