{"id":834411,"date":"2023-06-01T10:32:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T09:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/?p=834411"},"modified":"2023-06-06T11:08:56","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T10:08:56","slug":"fa1-microsoft-cloud-for-retail-connect-your-customers-people-and-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/en\/transform-en\/retail-en\/fa1-microsoft-cloud-for-retail-connect-your-customers-people-and-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Cloud for Retail: Connect your customers, people, and data"},"content":{"rendered":"

Retailers have experienced times of tremendous uncertainty. It\u2019s time to lean into change and thrive by becoming a resilient retailer that drives sustainable profitability and growth.<\/span><\/h2>\n

We work closely with our partner ecosystem to offer proven solutions that help retailers in 4 key areas to become resilient and experience sustainable success:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. Maximize the value of your data<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. Elevate the shopping experience<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
    3. Build a real-time, sustainable supply chain<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
    4. Empower the store associate<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Resilient retail<\/h2>\n

      The overarching theme is resilient retail. Read our blog <\/span>The road to business resilience: What it is and why it matters to retailers<\/span> with customer examples from H&M and Zabka Polska from our partners Ombori and AiFi. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

      1. Maximize the value of your data\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

      Get more customer insights and value from your data by unifying data sources across the shopper journey to create a holistic view of the customer. Read our blog <\/span>From data to value: creating meaningful customer engagements<\/span> with customer examples from SPAR, Boots, New Era and L\u2019Or\u00e9al from our partners SAS, Adobe, Optimizely, and Sitecore.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

      2. Elevate the shopping experience<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

      Transform the shopping experience through data analytics and new store technology to build stronger relationships with your customers across all touchpoints. Read our blog <\/span>Blending the physical and digital retail experience? Add a splash of data!<\/span> with customer examples from G-Star RAW, Grandvision, Salvatore Ferragamo, and W\u00fcrth Italia from our partners New Black and Hevolus.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

      3. Build a real-time, sustainable supply chain<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

      Create an agile, resilient, and sustainable supply chain by connecting data across your ecosystem to identify issues and optimize performance. Read our blog <\/span>Create flexible retail supply chains that are built to last<\/span> with customer examples from Perfetti van Melle, Morrisons, Barilla, Alessi, Franke, Coca-Cola European Partner, and Burberry from our partners o9, Blue Yonder, SAS, Toolsgroup, and Board.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

      4. Empower the store associate<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

      Equip your workforce with retail solutions that improve customer satisfaction, productivity, and collaboration to reduce burden on your store associates and invest in their growth. Read our blog <\/span>Creating great experiences for employees and the customers they serve<\/span> with customer examples from Marks & Spencer and Rituals from our partners Blue Yonder and New Black.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

      The Azure Marketplace<\/h2>\n

      Our Azure Marketplace is an online store that contains thousands of proven software solutions and services built by industry-leading technology companies. In Azure Marketplace you can find, try, buy, and deploy the software and services you need to build new solutions and manage your cloud infrastructure. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Retailers have experienced times of tremendous uncertainty. It\u2019s time to lean into change and thrive by becoming a resilient retailer that drives sustainable profitability and growth. We work closely with our partner ecosystem to offer proven solutions that help retailers in 4 key areas to become resilient and experience sustainable success:\u00a0 Maximize the value of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":665,"featured_media":834414,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1804,1911,1751],"class_list":["post-834411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-customer-stories-en","category-digital-transformation-en","category-tips-en","specials-transform-en","verticalIndustries-retail-en","stories-business-optimization-en","stories-how-can-i-optimize-and-improve-my-business","stories-how-can-i-use-the-cloud","stories-how-do-i-make-sure-that-i-dont-lose-my-data-en","businessPriorities-digital-transformation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834411"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/665"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=834411"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":835232,"href":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/834411\/revisions\/835232"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/834414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=834411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulse.microsoft.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=834411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}