Between 6 million to 7.5 million existing jobs are at risk of being replaced over the course of the next 10 years by some form of automation, according to a study by financial services firm Cornerstone Capital Group.
Compared to 2015, retail fraud attempts during the 2016 holiday season increased by 31 percent, while the number of overall transactions increased by 16 percent.
Amid a seismic shift in how U.S. consumers shop, retailers are vying for time on their customers’ screens across all their devices—before, during and after a purchase. That is according to The State of Retailing Online 2017: Key Metrics, Business Objectives and Mobile report, by the National Retail Federation’s Shop.org division and Forrester.
A study by Zebra Technologies revealed that nearly 70 percent of retail decision makers surveyed are ready to make changes to adopt the Internet of Things (IoT), and 65 percent plan to invest in automation technologies for inventory management and planogram compliance by 2021.
A patent filing by Wal-Mart reveals that the retailer could be developing an IoT-based device that tracks how shoppers use products in their homes and then electronically reorders merchandise.
Hospitals are places for healing the sick and wounded, but unfortunately given their necessarily open nature they can be challenging environments to physically secure – potentially leading to additional medical emergencies.
A new report reveals that 77% of all detected ransomware globally was in four main sectors – business & professional services (28%), government (19%), health care (15%) and retail (15%).
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