Top 20 Retail Technology Companies - 2017

In the world of hyper-connected customers, retailers are forced to rethink every aspect of their business to stay relevant to the changing consumer requisites and preferences. Today, retailers are capitalizing on cutting-edge technologies and innovative marketing techniques to enrich customer shopping experiences and accomplish higher sales growth.

The recent years have seen a host of technologies such as IoT, virtual reality, analytics, robotics, artificial intelligence and augmented reality playing a vital role in streamlining supply chain operations and gaining customer loyalty. These investments in the evolving technology landscape enable retailers to make important strides toward efficient data-driven decision making while providing products and services that are tailored to customer requirements. However, business requirements and goals may vary from one retailer to another, and there is a need to select best combination of technologies to drive success. In the last few months, a distinguished panel comprising of CEOs, CIOs, VCs and analysts including CIOReview editorial board reviewed the top companies in the retail technology solutions domain, and shortlisted the ones that are at the forefront of tackling industry challenges.

The companies compiled in this issue have manifested profound business process knowledge, along with in-depth, integrated, and innovative strategies in the retail technology arena. The listing offers an outlook on how these solutions work in the real world so that organizations can gain a comprehensive understanding of what technologies are available and how they add value to the retail arena.

In this edition of CIOReview we present to you the “20 Most Promising Retail Technology Solution Providers – 2017”.