IDC Retail Insights Team

Simon Ellis

Group Vice President

Leslie Hand

Group Vice President, IDC Retail and Financial Insights

Michael Sek Pheng Yeo

Associate Research Director

Anne Paris

Research Manager, Worldwide Retail Experiential Operations Strategies

Alex Holtz

Research Director, WW Media and Entertainment Digital Strategies

Ananda Chakravarty

Research VP, Retail Merchandising and Marketing Analytics Strategies

Jordan K. Speer

Research Director, Worldwide Retail Product Sourcing, Fulfillment and Sustainability Strategies

Dorothy Creamer

Research Manager, Hospitality and Travel Digital Transformation Strategies

Filippo Battaini

Research Manager, IDC Retail Insights, Europe

Robert Parker

Senior Vice President, Enterprise Applications, Data Intelligence, Services, and Industry Research

Ornella Urso

Research Director, IDC Retail Insights

Margot Juros

Research Director, Retail Technology Strategies

Roberta Bigliani

Group Vice President, Head of Industry Insights, Future of Operations and Industry Ecosystems Executive Lead, IDC Europe

Dr. Chris Marshall

Vice President, Data, Analytics, AI, Sustainability, and Industry Research

New Research


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    This IDC Market Perspective highlights major advances and announcements made at Google Cloud Next 2024, held in Las Vegas, April 9–11, emphasizing Google's strides in AI and GenAI across various industries. With a focus on industry-specific...
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    This IDC Perspective distills five key supply chain takeaways from the NRF 2024 Big Show, reflecting the retail industry's current priorities and innovations. These focus on:ReturnsProduct life-cycle managementTracking and tracingVisibility...
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    This IDC Perspective is a collaborative effort that highlights many of the key announcements, topics, and themes from Adobe's 2024 Summit event. "As expected, the primary topic at Adobe's 2024 Summit was GenAI," said Alan Webber, program vi...
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    This IDC Perspective highlights the key announcements and top trends discussed during the 2024 Oracle Hospitality Summit which was held on April 8–11 at the Loews Resort in Orlando, Florida. The event marked a significant moment for the hos...
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    This IDC Market Glance presents a high-level overview of vendors that enable retail transactions/payments across store, ecommerce, and mobile channels as well as for omni-channel commerce applications, such as BOPIS/click and collect, curbs...
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    This IDC Tech Buyer Presentation analyzes retailers' approach to generative AI (GenAI) investments for customer experience (CX). It outlines current and projected investments in GenAI experimentation and implementation in CX initiatives, th...
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    This IDC Tech Buyer Presentation provides a view into IDC Retail Insights' store "super platform" concept, a modernized technology platform for the omni-channel store that allows retailers to become more agile and able to innovate faster in...
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    This IDC PlanScape explores the diverse functionalities, distinctive characteristics, and profound impact of online payment platforms on retail businesses, elucidating their pivotal role in shaping the modern commerce landscape."The online ...
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    This IDC Market Presentation aims to provide technology suppliers with an overview of the key business trends shaping the Americas Food, Grocery, and Convenience Stores/Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) retail industry in 2024. The key tren...
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    This IDC Perspective discusses the key trends and advancements in retail technology identified at NRF's Big Show 2024. It highlights the increasing approachability of store digitization; the importance of real-time inventory awareness; the ...

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