cielo24 Announces Leadership Additions to their Team
cielo24, the industry leader in video captioning and audio transcription innovation, has announced that Haris Beha and Edwin Vega have joined the company’s leadership team.
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RetailNext Forecasts a Solid 4 Percent Holiday Growth for U.S. Retail Sector
Today, RetailNext Inc., the worldwide expert and market leader in IoT smart store retail analytics for optimizing shopper experiences, announced a moderately positive forecast for U.S. retail performance over the upcoming November through December holiday period, projecting a 3.8 to 4.2 percent year-over-year (YoY) jump in sales, driven largely by off-price, mass merchandise and warehouse…
Price Image becomes the new metric for retailers to measure pricing effectiveness
Engage3, which helps retailers and manufacturers manage their pricing strategy through competitive data, data science, and Artificial Intelligence-powered software solutions, today announced Price Image as the new metric for retailers and manufacturers to measure and manage the effectiveness of their pricing.
ZEE5 partners with Quaero to power big data capabilities and mine customer insights
ZEE5 has announced its partnership with Quaero, an enterprise customer data platform provider, to power its big data capabilities and mine customer insights.
Bringg, Mercatus Team on End-to-End Grocery Retail Solution
Delivery orchestration platform Bringg has joined forces with digital commerce solutions provider Mercatus on a full end-to-end solution covering online engagement, staging and customer experience, extending all the way to the shopper’s door.
CIRQ Announces ISO 27001 Certification of Discuss.io
CIRQ (the Certification Institute for Research Quality), an International Standards Organization (ISO) audit and certification body that is a subsidiary of the Insights Association, has awarded certification to Seattle-based Discuss.io for compliance to ISO 27001, one of the most widely recognized and internationally accepted information security standards.
Bringing Amazon-strength Logistics to All
Speaking to Food On Demand from Israel, before jetting back to the U.S. for a whirlwind circuit including New York, Chicago, Dallas and San Francisco, Bringg CEO Guy Bloch is busy leading a company that helps restaurants and other businesses “Uberize” their companies by bringing goods and services directly to customers.
cielo24 and Brightcove Partner to Increase Video Discovery, Engagement and Reach Through Integration
cielo24 deepens their pool of video platform integrations to offer media captioning solutions to Brightcove users – making available the latest technology to address video transcription requirements including high-quality, quick turnaround times, and affordable rates.
Engage3 Appoints Pricing Optimization and Data Analytics Product Leader Jonah Ellin as VP of Product
Engage3, which helps retailers and manufacturers manage their Price Image through accurate competitive data, data science, and Artificial Intelligence-powered software solutions, today announced the appointment of Jonah Ellin as its new VP of Product. He will be responsible for aligning Engage3’s product portfolio to the needs of the market and scaling the product development team…
Engage3 Makes the Inc. 5000 List of Fastest-Growing Private Companies in the U.S.for the Third Time
Engage3, which helps retailers and manufacturers manage their Price Image through accurate competitive data, data science, and Artificial Intelligence-powered software solutions, today announced that they have been included, for the third year in a row, in the prestigious Inc. 5000 List of Fastest-Growing Private Companies in the U.S.
cielo24 Reaches 3.9 Billion People Worldwide Through Foreign Language Transcription and Translation Solutions
Universities, corporations, government agencies and even small businesses now face the challenge of making content accessible to audiences across numerous cultures and languages. Transcribing and translating foreign language media content encourages companies to cross international boundaries. cielo24 now offers expanded foreign language transcription, captions and translations, including multiple language support, 27 available foreign translations and…
RetailNext Hires Maria Ferreira Sacau as Senior Account Director
RetailNext Inc., the worldwide expert and market leader in smart store retail analytics for optimizing shopper experiences at brick-and-mortar retail stores, today announced the addition of industry veteran Maria Ferreira Sacau to its European offices, joining the organization as a Senior Account Director, responsible for leading and managing the company’s aggressive growth in the United Kingdom,…
Bringg expands delivery network with Paack partnership
Bringg has announced a global partnership with delivery solutions provider Paack that will enable customers to receive deliveries at their convenience through Paack’s integrated fleet network.
cielo24 Continues to Lead Captioning and Transcription Market Innovation
cielo24, the industry leader in video captioning and audio transcription innovation, launched Q2 product updates, making captioning and transcribing video easier, more dynamic, and more valuable than ever before.
RetailNext Hires Hirokazu Sampei as Country Manager for Japan and Korea
RetailNext Inc., the worldwide expert and market leader in smart store retail analytics for optimizing shopper experiences at brick-and-mortar retail stores, today announced the addition of IT veteran Hirokazu Sampei to its Japan offices, joining the organization as Country Manager. In his role, Sampei is responsible for leading and managing the company’s aggressive growth in…
The Vitamin Shoppe® Deploys RetailNext Smart Store Analytics to Optimize In-Store Shopping Experiences
Today, RetailNext Inc., the worldwide leader in retail IoT and smart store analytics for optimizing shopper experiences, announced the rollout of its retail analytics solutions across the full line of The Vitamin Shoppe® stores in the United States and Puerto Rico. RetailNext launched a 75-store pilot with The Vitamin Shoppe in December and after demonstrated…
Engage3 Raises $12 Million in Series C Funding Led by The March Fund I LP
Engage3, which helps retailers manage their Price Image through accurate competitive data, data science, and Artificial Intelligence-powered software solutions, today announced that it has closed a $12 million Series C round of financing. This round is led by The March Fund I LP (“The March Fund”), a venture capital fund investing in technology based businesses…
Engage3 Unveils Price Image Management Suite™ and Brand Refresh, Positions Itself as Leader in Price Optimization Applications
Engage3, which recently launched both its new Price Image Management Suite™ and updated its branding, also announced that it has been positioned as a market leader by industry research firm IDC, in its recent “IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Retail Price Optimization Applications 2019 Vendor Assessment” report.
Handy Mart Renews Partnership with CB4 to Equip Store Managers with Artificial Intelligence
After a successful year-long partnership, CB4 and E.J. Pope and Son, Inc. renewed their agreement to improve customer experience, increase same-store growth, and better meet local demand in their 39 Handy Mart convenience store locations.
Bringg Partners With Spain’s Largest Grocery Chain
Delivery logistics platform Bringg has teamed up with Mercadona, Spain’s leading grocery chain with more than 1,600 stores, for deliveries made from its exclusive Colmenas online sales portal.
Engage3 Unveils Price Image Management Suite™ and Brand Refresh
Engage3, which helps retailers and manufacturers manage their Price Image through accurate competitive data, data science, and Artificial Intelligence-powered software solutions, today announced the launch of its new Price Image Management Suite™ .
Logistics Platform Bringg Partners With Latin America’s Largest McDonald’s Franchisee
Chicago, IL-based logistics platform, Bringg, announced today a partnership with Arcos Dorados, the largest McDonald’s franchisee in Latin America. Together, the two companies look to strengthen Mickey D’s delivery footprint across that region, improving things like wait times, food freshness, and overall customer experience.
Pricing Innovator Engage3 Wins TechEdge 2019 “Game Changer” Award
Engage3, which helps retailers manage their price image through accurate competitive data, data science, and Artificial Intelligence-powered software solutions, was named this year’s “Game Changer” by the Sacramento Business Journal at the TechEdge 2019 Conference.
cielo24’s Integration with JW Player Helps Users Achieve Accessibility and Video Discovery with Ease
cielo24, the first online provider of video intelligence, captions, and transcripts, has expanded their rich online video integration solutions to include JW Player’s premier video player software. JW Player is the world’s largest independent online video platform, that makes embedding video content into web pages easy and reliable. With the cielo24 – JW Player automated…
Bringg Teams with Postmates to Expand Delivery Reach
Bringg, a leading delivery orchestration platform, announced a partnership with Postmates, the on-demand delivery platform. The partnership will allow the two platforms to be used simultaneously with seamless integration, providing joint customers with rapid access to a wider and more flexible range of delivery options.
With Amazon Effect In Full Swing, Israeli Startup Bringg Looks To Level The Playing Field
Bringg, the Tel Aviv-based logistics management platform is looking to stake its own claim on the world of lightning-quick, convenient deliveries, retail giants be damned.
cielo24’s Video Wrapper 3.0 Ushers in a New Era of Online Video
cielo24 introduces version 3.0 of their exclusive video wrapper technology, opening customers up to the most robust suite of interactive video features across the globe, all accessible through one single video viewing experience.
‘Welcome to the age of Amazon:’ Michael Weinberg of Bringg
“Welcome to the age of Amazon,” is the phrase Michael Weinberg of Bringg used to describe the main distributor which created an exemplary delivery experience which sellers now have to either replicate or surpass.
LSO partners with Bringg to provide customers with an Uber-like user experience
Lone Star Overnight (LSO), a leading provider of regional parcel delivery services in the southern United States has partnered with delivery logistics platform Bringg. Bringg’s solution provides LSO with real-time visibility across their entire delivery ecosystem and optimal efficiency for their drivers.
How Customer Feedback is Driving CB4’s 2019 Product Strategy
2018 helped CB4 set their sights on the CB4 user experience and how they can alleviate more of their customers’ pains for maximum impact.
cielo24 Enhances their Cloud Storage Support and Bulk Upload Features
cielo24, the first online provider of video captions and transcripts, has enhanced their link support to all major online, cloud-based storage platforms, as well as adding bulk upload functionality to their Self Serve web app (previously only available for Enterprise accounts).
Improving The Last Mile Experience For Grocery Delivery
Bringg is a delivery orchestration platform that provides companies with more efficient ways to manage their complex operations, such as grocery delivery. The company works with brands in more than 50 countries. Guy Bloch, CEO of Bringg, recently shared more about delivery logistics.
CB4 Raises $16 Million Series B to Further Deliver AI Software to Brick & Mortar Retail
CB4, an AI software company for brick and mortar retail teams, announced their completed series B for $16M. The round was led by Octopus Ventures with the participation of Sonae IM and existing investors Sequoia Capital and Pereg Ventures.
Associated Food Stores Partners with CB4 to Bring Artificial Intelligence Into Stores
Associated Food Stores and CB4 announce partnership to improve in-store customer experience with artificial intelligence.
cielo24 Video Captions and Transcripts Now Available through the Open edX Marketplace
Open edX is the learning experience platform that powers edX.org, the leading nonprofit online learning platform founded by Harvard and MIT. As a participating provider in the Open edX marketplace, cielo24 is excited to offer video captioning and transcriptions to the Open edX community – now available with competitive prices through the Open edX Marketplace.
cielo24 Self Serve Web App Offering Foreign Language Transcripts and Captions
cielo24, the first online provider of video captions and transcripts, is now offering foreign language transcriptions and captions in Spanish, French and German through their Self Serve web app. These features are also available through their Enterprise solution, which offers up to 16 foreign languages and language translation services.
Engage3 Grows Dramatically, Secures New Investment from Wells Fargo
Engage3 today announced that it has secured additional financing to continue its growth from Wells Fargo Strategic Capital (NYSE: WFC), a division of Wells Fargo Commercial Capital. The company anticipates doubling revenues in 2019, and Engage3 plans to use the funding to expand its staff and scale up the company’s go-to-market initiatives.
Engage3 Joins Nielsen’s Connected Partner Program to Create the Industry’s Most Comprehensive Pricing Intelligence Platform
Engage3 today announced their inclusion in to Nielsen’s Connected Partner Program. Through this engagement, data assets from both companies will have the opportunity to combine, creating an integrated competitor price monitoring and execution platform.
Discuss.io Announces the Pulse Program
Discuss.io announces another industry first – a packaged solution that operationalizes consumer empathy quickly, easily, and at scale. There is now a solution that enables every marketer to talk global consumers on a regular basis.
Bringg announces $25 million financing round to accelerate growth as demand soars for faster deliveries and exceptional customer experience
Bringg, the leading delivery logistics platform for enterprises, announced today that it has raised a new funding round from strategic partners, bringing its investment total to $53 million. The $25 million C round adds Next47, the Siemens-backed global venture firm, to its existing list of well-known investors, including Salesforce Ventures, Aleph VC, OG Ventures (Eyal…
RetailNext Showcases Market-Leading Smart Store Solutions at NRF’s BIG Show
RetailNext Inc., the worldwide expert and market leader in smart store retail analytics for optimizing shopper experiences, announced key hardware, software and partner ecosystem advancements to better empower retailers in engaging and serving consumers throughout their shopping journeys. RetailNext is showcasing its innovative solutions at booth #3473 at NRF 2019, Retail’s Big Show & EXPO,…
RetailNext Granted Patents for Full Path Analysis of Shopper Journeys and Processes for Improving Tracking Accuracy
RetailNext Inc., the worldwide expert and market leader in smart store retail analytics for optimizing shopper experiences, announced new patent grants for conducting full path analysis of in-store shopper journeys and enhanced processes to improve accuracy of tracking solutions.
Bringg Appoints Michael Weinberg as SVP Business Development
Michael will be responsible for building the infrastructure required to meet the ever-growing demand by global retailers, consumer brands, logistics companies and restaurant chains
AirPR raises $8 million in Series C, launches new product
The PR tech company launched Author Intelligence, a database of journalists.
cielo24 Introduces Self Serve Captioning and Transcription Service
cielo24, the company that revolutionized the captioning and transcription market with the first cloud-based metadata API in 2012, introduces its Self Serve offering to simplify and speed access to captions, transcripts and video metadata.
STAQ Announces Industry’s Most Complete Programmatic Benchmark
STAQ, the platform for publishers, announced the industry’s most complete programmatic benchmark reports. The reports aggregate data from a growing publisher co-op encompassing more than $500 million in annual revenue across 48 sell-side platforms and other demand sources including Google AdX, AppNexus, Amazon, Rubicon and OpenX.
Medtronic buys Israeli nutrition data co Nutrino
The Tel Aviv-based nutrition-related data services, analytics,and technologies company will be integrated into Medtronic’s Diabetes Group.
Medtronic to Acquire Nutrino Health
Medtronic, a global leader in medical technology, and Nutrino Health, a leading provider of nutrition-related data services, analytics, and technologies, today announced the companies have entered into a definitive agreement under which Medtronic will acquire Nutrino.
Interview with Andy Ellenthal, Chief Executive Officer at STAQ
“Everything needs to be cleansed and normalized to allow for accurate comparison as the data flows into STAQ from across many platforms.”
Discuss.io ushers marketing research into the new age
“The tools used in traditional market research are outdated, shockingly outdated,” Discuss.io founder and CEO Zach Simmons said. “The reason why we have such great market fit is because this industry is desperate for innovation. We fulfill a need that virtually every major brand has at some level.”
Discuss.io Ranks No. 1 on the Puget Sound Business Journal’s 2018 Fastest Growing Private Companies in Washington
The Puget Sound Business Journal, revealed that Discuss.io is No. 1 on its 100 fastest growing private companies in Washington State. Discuss.io’s exceptional growth rate over the last 3 years was driven by their ability to leverage new technologies to address the growing need of global companies for faster and more scalable solutions for their…
8 Israeli startups offer original ways to lose weight
Israeli medical companies are tackling the problem of obesity.
Bringg Partners With DoorDash to Help Restaurant Chains Broaden Their Delivery Reach With Customers
Bringg offers integrations with multiple on-demand delivery services, simplifying life for restaurant chains around the world, including Arcos Dorados, McDonald’s largest independent franchisee
Food selfies and data: Nutrino wants to make personalized nutrition easier for users
A mathematician and an engineer bootstrapped a nutrition-tech company about seven years ago. Their goal was to create a platform that documents the diverse ways human bodies extract nutrition from food.
Capitalizing on its Tremendous Market Momentum, Bringg Appoints Guy Bloch as its New Chief Executive Officer
Bringg, the leading delivery logistics platform, announced today that its board of directors has appointed Guy Bloch as Chief Executive Officer and board member effective immediately.
RetailNext Forecasts Strong 4 to 4.5 Percent Holiday Growth for U.S. Retail Sector
RetailNext Inc., the worldwide expert and market leader in IoT smart store retail analytics for optimizing shopper experiences, announced a strongly positive forecast for U.S. retail performance over the upcoming November through December holiday period.
Singapore retailer adopts big data to holistically disrupt retail game
Singapore-based retail chain Toy or Game (TOG) is disrupting the way hobby/collectible stores manage their businesses and engage their shoppers. With Singapore-based technology firm, DDS – Data Driven Solutions, TOG is incorporating emerging technologies to automate and realign the processes involved in acquiring business intelligence and studying shopper buying behaviours. The in-store analytics component of this…
Walmart partners with delivery logistics platform Bringg on last-mile grocery delivery
Walmart announced on Wednesday a new last-mile delivery pilot program, called Spark Delivery, which focuses on fulfilling customers’ online grocery orders.
Engage3 Climbs Up the Inc. 5000 List
Engage3, which helps retailers and brands enhance their pricing performance through data science and analytics, today announced that they have been included, for the second year in a row, in the prestigious Inc. 5000 List of Fastest-Growing Private Companies in the U.S.
Discuss.io Ranks No. 206 on the 2018 Inc. 500 Fastest Growing USA Companies With Three-Year Revenue Growth of 2,212 Percent
Inc. magazine today revealed that Discuss.io is No. 206 on its 37th annual Inc. 5000, the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies.
Anup Doshi Promoted to Engage3 Chief Technology Officer
Engage3, which helps retailers and brands enhance their pricing performance through data science and analytics, today announced the promotion of Dr. Anup Doshi to Chief Technology Officer.
Discover Video and cielo24 Partner for Closed Captioning
Discover Video today announced its new partnership with video data solutions leader, cielo24, for video captioning and metadata services.
New B2B Platform Identifies What Customers Will Most Likely Buy From You Next
ChannelEyes has launched Day2Leads, the new way that businesses drive repeat business. Day2Leads is the first Cloud-based SaaS platform to apply predictive analytics for installed base sales.
CB4 and Dash In Food Stores Partner to Increase Same-Store Growth Through Machine Learning
Today CB4 and Maryland-based c-store chain Dash In Food Stores announced their partnership to improve same-store growth and customer experience by solving in-store operational issues with CB4’s patented machine learning software.
Engage3 Appoints New Chief Financial Officer
Engage3, which helps retailers and brands enhance their pricing performance through data science and analytics, today announced that O’Neil Nalavadi has joined the team as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
Medtronic, Nutrino partner to bring nutrition info to glucose monitoring app
Medical tech company Medtronic is teaming up with Nutrino, an AI powered personalized nutrition platform. Nutrino’s FoodPrint Report technology will now be integrated into Medtronic’s iPro2 myLog app, a platform that connects with a continuous glucose monitor to help give users insights about their glucose levels.
In 30 years, every successful food company will be a ‘personalised food company’: Nutrino CSO
As consumers become increasingly invested in their health, personalised nutrition and gene-tailored diets will become the norm, says the chief science officer of Israeli start-up Nutrino. “The future of food is in personalisation and companies who fail to appreciate this will struggle,” he says.
Retail Thought Leaders to Gather at 8th Annual RetailNext Executive Forum
Today, RetailNext Inc., the worldwide leader in retail IoT and smart store analytics for optimizing shopper experience, announced its eighth annual RetailNext Executive Forum, Revolution, May 30 through June 1 at the Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa in Sonoma, Calif.
Bringg Announces Panera Bread® as Latest Customer of Logistics Platform
Bringg announced today it has started rolling-out its customer-centric delivery platform across the Panera Bread network of bakery-cafes
AI Nutrition Data Startup Nutrino Leads Next Wave of Personalized Health With $10M in Funding
Nutrino, a leading provider of nutrition-related data services and analytics technology, announced today the completion of its Series A round of $8 million, bringing the total raised to $10 million. Pereg Ventures, Nielsen Ventures and Gandyr Group joined existing investors – including the New York Angels group, which led the seed round for the company.
CB4 Announces Latest Grocery Store Partnership with Heinen’s Fine Foods
CB4 and Heinen’s announced their partnership to improve same-store growth and customer experience by solving in-store operational issues through CB4’s patented machine learning software.
2018 Will See Ceaseless Change in Delivery Logistics
Some of the trends impacting delivery logistics in 2018 will be real-time visibility, big data, the sharing economy
CB4 Analytics & High’s Announce Partnership to Increase Same-Store Growth
Today High’s, a Maryland-based c-store chain, and CB4 announced their new partnership to increase same-store growth.
Nexstar and Accuweather Among More than 20 New STAQ Platform Clients
STAQ, the automated reporting and integrations platform as a service for digital media, today announced partnerships with more than twenty new clients. The new client list includes Nexstar, Bustle, Shazam and Accuweather and represents a wide variety of digital media and advertising technology companies.
Guest Forecast: Major Supply Chain Trends for 2018
The evolution in the supply chain, and for last mile fulfillment in particular, doesn’t end with retail
Discuss.io: One of the Fastest Growing Businesses in Cost Effective Brand
We are living in a time where brands have unprecedented access to massive amounts of data; so much, in fact, that it takes AI and machine learning to analyze it all.
French eCommerce Giant Cdiscount Starts Using the Bringg Platform to Provide Superior Customer Experience
Bringg announced today that Cdiscount, the leading e-commerce retailer in France, is rolling out its platform across their delivery operations.
Engage3 Expands Strategic Enablement and Sales Teams with Industry Veterans
Former Walmart and NCR Retail Executives join Engage3 to help retailers compete more profitably.
Engage3 Welcomes New Leadership With Bob Beck and Gary Lowen
Say hello to two new faces in the leadership of Engage3: Bob Beck, the new Senior Director of Strategic Enablement, and Gary Lowen, the Director of Sales.
With Video, Publishers Have A Chance To Avoid The Mistakes Made In Display
Many premium media companies face a monthly scenario that sounds like a dream come true: Their video inventory is completely sold out. But in fact, the sell-out situation leads to a completely new series of delivery issues.
Engage3 Named to Inc. Magazines List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies
This year has been turbulent for retailers, with pricing strategy emerging as one of the issues critical for success.
Leveraging Returns as Part of the Online Shopping Experience
As online retail grows, retailers have to leverage every new touchpoint in the delivery process in order to continuously build customer loyalty.
The hottest startups in Tel Aviv
Deep links with the US market and expertise from Israel’s defence industry make Tel Aviv a startup powerhouse
Engage3 Raises $12 Million in Series B Funding from Retail Technology Focused Venture Groups
This round of financing will fuel R&D, expand the team, and accelerate Engage3’s market share adoption.
Use Your Supply Chain to Earn Customer Loyalty
Loyalty is a big word. One could argue that most business decisions can be linked back to the idea of establishing, building, or improving customer loyalty, since it translates to revenues and repeat purchases, as well as better customer satisfaction, advocacy, and brand love.
Engage3 Hires Lyle Walker as VP of Strategic Enablement to Expand Value for both Existing & New Retail Customers
Retail pricing executive formerly of dunnhumby, Kroger, and Tata Consulting to focus on helping retailers benefit from innovative access to competitive intelligence solutions.
Bringg Announces Panera Bread® as Latest Customer of Logistics Platform
Bringg’s logistics platform enables company to efficiently manage delivery orders and allows customers to track deliveries real-time
Oracle just bought a 20-person company for $50 million
Oracle on Thursday announced that it acquired Israeli company Crosswise.
Do Web Publishers Need Their Own Marketing Cloud?
Software firm Staq helps companies like Meredith Corp. and DailyMail.com better manage digital ad revenue sources
Bringg raises $10 million to help retailers streamline delivery
Bringg, a logistics management startup, announced that it has raised $10 million in a Series B funding round
RETAILNEXT ANNOUNCES COLLABORATION WITH FACEBOOK TO PROVIDE RETAILERS SHOPPER INSIGHTS
Complementary Shopper Insights to Provide Understanding of Today’s New Shopping Journeys
Delivery logistics platform Bringg raises $12M from strategic investors, including Salesforce Ventures
Delivery logistics platform Bringg announced today it has raised another $12 million in Series B funding, bringing the total round to $22 million.