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Market Beat. Four Thumbs Down and One Thumb Up.

Supply Chain Shaman

Until there are clear answers, business leaders should avoid buying software from companies with deep investments by venture capitalists. Likewise, data scientists are long on the understanding of software approaches but short on understanding the business. Talent Demand. Kinaxis Purchase of Rubikloud.

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Surviving an Economic Downturn in the Retail Sector

Enterra Insights

The good news, however, is they have plenty of options in their product assortments, store footprints, customer behavior and even virtual worlds as they face these economic headwinds, using tools including basket analysis, which shows what customers are buying, and assortment planning, which helps retailers decide what to sell.”

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