The Kroger Co. has announced an expanded relationship with Google Cloud to support a customer experience transformation using the technology company’s Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience solution. Under the expansion, Kroger will roll out Gemini Enterprise for CX nationwide to help make grocery planning easier through an integrated Meal assistant and Shopping assistant, providing faster…
SQL remains the backbone of enterprise data access. Despite the rise of dashboards, semantic layers, and AI-driven analytics, most critical business data is still queried, validated, and operationalized through SQL databases. The challenge is not SQL itself, it is who can use it effectively and how fast insights can be generated. As data volumes grow…
Ρεκόρ διαδικτυακών πωλήσεων ύψους 1,29 τρισ. δολαρίων για το λιανεμπόριο κατά τη διάρκεια της εορταστικής περιόδου 2025, σύμφωνα με τα στοιχεία της Salesforce. Η τεχνητή νοημοσύνη και οι AI Agents επηρέασαν το 20% του συνόλου των λιανικών πωλήσεων αποφέροντας έσοδα ύψους 262 δισ. δολάρια Ισχυρή αύξηση πωλήσεων σε ΗΠΑ και διεθνείς αγορές, παρά την άνοδο…
For years, the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) was limited by a single interface, the chat box. Between 2023 and 2025, the period commonly referred to as the Chatbot Era introduced conversational AI into enterprises, enabling systems to answer questions, summarize documents, draft emails, and provide guidance. Furthermore, these assistants represented significant progress, yet they…
Elsner Technologies Helps Traditional Jewelers Go Digital With Custom Ecommerce Platforms Fremont, California, United States, January 12, 2026 — Elsner Technologies has introduced a new range of e-commerce solutions for jewellery businesses. These solutions help traditional jewelers move their operations online. The goal is simple. Give jewelers the tools they need to reach more customers….
FOTOARTE: MERCA2.0 What are the consumer trends for 2026? The consumer is no longer the same as just two years ago. More demanding, more hybrid, more influenced by artificial intelligence (AI), and deeply affected by economic uncertainty, their habits are reshaping marketing, product innovation, and retail decisions. These are the 10 key trends from Statista’s…
From lo-fi storytelling to social listening as a growth engine and joy-driven sustainability, the rules of social are being rewritten for 2026. Drawing on billions of social interactions and insights, here are the three trends you can’t ignore. Social media is about to be shaped less by platforms and more by people and community If…
If it feels like everyone in Dubai is using ChatGPT to write their emails or plan their weekends, it’s because they probably are. A new report released in January 2026 by the Microsoft AI Economy Institute confirms the UAE has maintained its position as the global leader in AI adoption. In the second half of…
ASTANA — Artificial Intelligence (AI) is predicted to raise productivity for approximately 70% of Kazakhstan’s workforce, transforming up to 53% of job functions, said Minister of Science and Higher Education Sayasat Nurbek at a government meeting on Jan. 6. Experts say that AI’s main impact will be the redistribution of tasks rather than mass job…
AI coding tools are rapidly changing how we produce software, and the industry is embracing it—perhaps at the expense of entry-level coding jobs.
