Top 20 Retail Solution Companies - 2015

The aisles in retail have transitioned intelligently—enabling the consumer to quickly zero-in on his favorite item and get it delivered at his place of request. The retail trajectory is bent on converging customer touch points to epitomize consumer experience. The future technology upheaval in retail is dependent on the effective utilization of the current innovations and sciences enveloping the dynamic retail space.

In retail’s evolution spree, the CIOs have their fair share of challenges and opportunities rendered along the technology value-chain. With global e-commerce surging on as a trillion dollar industry, the pace of omni-channel retailing is gathering newer dimensions. Heralding a new beginning, the confluence of commerce technologies and social media trends, influence in-store purchase decisions, ramp up the convenience factor, and increase profits in the digital marketplace.

For all those gleaming merchandise stocked shelves, numerous technologies work in tandem to enable every commerce transaction, whether occurring in a bricks and mortar store or through online. The need to stay abreast of the rising retail tide is to invest in the right technology or the solution. The POS products and solutions, mobile payment apps, tablets with mobile POS—the creative deployment of today’s technologies rope in the tactile experience for the consumer. The mobility-defined networks that showcase store associates as virtual assistants and the iBeacons that route relevant customer-centric promotions—all add to the retail experience.

In conjunction with the numerous technologies, the right implementation procedures and guidelines are definitely resourceful. The expertise of numerous consultants foretells the pitfalls, while ensuring easy and efficient adoption of relevant technologies. In this scenario, in order to assist CIOs in identifying the right technology providers, CIO Review presents “20 Most Promising Retail Solution Providers 2015.”

A Distinguished panel comprising CEOs, CIOs, VCs, analysts, and the CIO Review editorial board has selected the final.