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IRI Thought Leader Interview
IRI Thought Leader Interview 2020
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E-commerce White Paper
We are pleased to share this 2018 white paper, E-Commerce Trends, authored by Shah Karim and published at Penn State’s College of Engineering. The other authors are academics from the College of Engineering, UPS, Accenture, and US Security Associates. This paper provides a detailed look at how Amazon Go works as Amazon defends its space vs Walmart,…
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A Note From Our Company
By all accounts, holiday 2017 was one of the most successful retail seasons in a decade. Most, if not all, online retailers were up 10-50%, with physical stores up 1-8%, all in all, an excellent performance. Now is the most exciting time ever to be in retail. The physical touch, the personal attributes of contact…
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China Mobile, Singles Day with Golden Eagle: November, 2017
At the invitation of Golden Eagle, I had the pleasure to address the joint meeting with China Mobile on the merging of online and offline retail and described current issues in global retail including US, Europe, and Asia. China Mobile is the world’s largest telecom operator with over 830 million subscribers. I described SafeRock’s unique…
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Asia-Pacific Retail Summit 2017: October 26, 2017
I was honored to deliver the keynote on Future Innovation in Retail at APRCE 2017 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on October 26, with over 2,000 executives and attendees from brands and retailers from China, Japan, Malaysia, and fifteen other countries from Asia-Pacific. The world-class program at APRCE was led by James Loke, CEO Tang’s; Raymond Teo,…
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i-Know 2017: October 11, 2017
It was my privilege to present the Industry 4.0 keynote on Big Data at i-KNOW 2017 in Graz, Austria on October 11, with over 400 scientists, academics, and experts gathered from across Europe and North America. This is a leading annual gathering on cognitive computing and Big Data applications. I commend their excellent CEO, Stefanie Lindstaedt;…
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Annual Leadership Summit 2017 (Video)
October 8-10, 2017 Berlin, Germany Tim-Tam is a European retail consulting group based in Belgium and Sweden. They held their annual leadership summit in Berlin on October 8-10. C-level executives and thought leaders from major retailers and brands were invited to attend the conference, from Europe, North America, and Asia. SafeRock was invited to speak at…
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Yale Consulting Strategy Session, October 7th 2017
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How to Prevent the Grinch from Stealing Next Christmas
Article Written for SAP by Shah Karim 2016 and 2017 have been exciting years for internet retail. Of the 154 million shoppers during Thanksgiving weekend, more than half of shoppers shopped online than in stores. Over the same period, however, US retail has seen thousands of store closures due to bankruptcy or scale-back by companies…
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Profits are Hiding in Plain Sight!
by Shah Karim, CEO, SafeRock with thanks to Walter Mittelschmitt The recent 2016 RECon in Dubai brought together business leaders, visionaries, and company executives from the Gulf region and across the Atlantic. While there was realistic discussion of the region’s economic woes, there was also exploration of new ideas and how to put the region…