Enterprise Times

Robling, a provider in retail data analytics, and AnswerRocket, a pioneer in generative AI analytics, have launched their GenAI retail analytics platform. The solution provides retailers with an AI assistant, Max, that delivers on-demand retail insights. The companies say this enables faster, more informed decisions to enhance performance and drive growth. https://bit.ly/404jngP

New research commissioned by Storyblok suggests that 93% of marketers and developers say their current CMS is falling their business. This belief is despite businesses spending an average of 453,126 USD on martech per year. Integration may be widely established as the backbone of the future omnichannel experience. However, the research reveals some of the world's biggest brands still feel held back by outdated legacy tech stacks that cannot meet their evolving needs. https://bit.ly/4iOyTV9

Salesforce releases its Salesforce UK AI Readiness Index. The research suggests the UK is in a leading position in the current third wave of AI innovation: agentic AI. UK businesses report they are realising the productivity benefits of AI agents with Salesforce. The report highlights the UK above G7 average performance in AI adoption while identifying key opportunities for improvement including SME support fostering partnerships and upskilling talent. https://bit.ly/4gI1Y2T

The Contentsquare Foundation has released its second Digital Accessibility Barometer. The report provides a snapshot of the current state of digital accessibility compliance in six countries. The Contentsquare Foundation is an organisation that champions digital accessibility, driving progress through education, advocacy, and support for research. https://bit.ly/41L9upo

New data from Adobe reveals this Black Friday was the biggest single online shopping day of 2024 in the UK. UK consumers spent £1.12 billion online, up 7.2% and £75 million above the 1.04 billion spent on Black Friday 2023 as they sought to take advantage of the deep discounts on offer in the run-up to Christmas and make their budgets stretch as far as possible. https://bit.ly/3ZIVdqF

New legislation will impact the owners of digital assets, in a positive way https://bit.ly/41IHrqs

The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) comes into force on 17th January 2025. Its primary focus is driving operational resilience improvements across the EU's 22,000 financial entities. https://bit.ly/3ZCja2H

The company led how businesses engaged with their customers utilising Headless CMS technology. It created one of the first headless CMS, allowing structured content to be used across various delivery systems. Contentful has since expanded into digital experience platforms with solutions such as Contentful Studio and the acquisition of Ninetailed for personalisation. https://bit.ly/3BpzuvQ

Coveo has formed a partnership with Shopify to bring its commerce AI capabilities to Shopify enterprise customers. The partnership will provide Shopify large-scale enterprise customers with AI search, personalised recommendations, generative answering and margin optimization for superior shopper experiences. https://bit.ly/3OPCTam

Research commissioned by Software AG has found that half of all employees are using Shadow AI i.e. non-company issued AI tools. This finding explores the AI habits of 6,000 knowledge workers. According to the research 75% of knowledge workers already use AI. This is set to rise to 90 percent in the near future. The surprising thing is that more than 50% of this group are using personal or otherwise non-company issued tools. https://bit.ly/3ZPJcki