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’Tis the season for exceptional customer experiences 

Microsoft’s solutions empower the retail industry to connect your customers, your people, and your data. Connected, these applications unlock unique opportunities to create individualized experiences that meet customers’ expectations whether it be the holiday season or all year round.

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How to invest more holistically in your retail workforce 

By investing in frontline retail workers with the same tools, training, and resources already afforded office workers, businesses can attract and retain high-value talent to drive superior customer experiences and sustainable business growth.

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Unlocking the power of AI in Microsoft Cloud for industries 

We wanted to share some recent examples of new AI solutions we have delivered as part of our Microsoft Industry Cloud for Healthcare and Financial Services and give a preview of the capabilities we are developing for our Microsoft Cloud for Retail customers and partners.

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Celebrating our Microsoft Cloud for Industries partner ecosystem 

Our largest partner event of the year is Microsoft Inspire from July 19 to 20, 2022. To kick it off, let’s reflect on the amazing achievements of our Microsoft Cloud for Industries partners this year. From the launch of our first industry cloud in 2020, our partners have been key to our mission to help

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Microsoft Inspire 2022: Empowering partners to drive transformation in every industry 

The Microsoft partner ecosystem plays a central role in our joint customers’ success and allows us to scale more quickly. Our partners develop innovative solutions across a range of industries and lead customers on their digital imperatives journey. I am looking forward to our biggest partner event, Microsoft Inspire, where you will learn how Microsoft enables

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Microsoft at Cloud Wars Expo: Redefining what’s possible for Industry 

I’m looking forward to the Cloud Wars Expo, set for June 28 to 30, 2022, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. This is a premier cloud-centric event in the market, and we will be joining several other providers and have the opportunity to connect with our customers and partners. Perhaps best of all, the

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Achieving customer agility through e-commerce in the cloud 

Retailer and consumer goods companies today live under constant pressure. Keeping up with the surge in e-commerce and multi-channel shopping, threading the needle of global supply chains,1 reimagining in-store experiences, and managing data volumes and privacy concerns just to name a few. Unfortunately, retailers of all sizes are too often caught flat-footed, and the lasting

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5 keys to the frictionless store of tomorrow 

The objective of frictionless shopping, frictionless checkout, and autonomous stores is to improve the customer experience and increase convenience. Any of us can put ourselves in the shoes of a shopper and think about how nice it would be to never have to wait in line to give someone our money. I get that. However,

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Maximize first-party data with Microsoft Cloud for Retail 

While most everyone politely accepted the role the industry webinar played these past 24 months, last month Shoptalk gathered nearly 10,000 retail luminaries live and in-person in Las Vegas. The event was held from March 27 to March 30, 2022, at Mandalay Bay for the industry’s biggest reunion yet. Shoptalk 2022, my first in-person event