Sunday, 3 January 2016

91% auto sales happened instore compared to 6% online

"instore shopping and online sales"

"retail site visits increase instore shopping"




Consumer site visits increase the probability of instore experience and subsequent sales .According to Omnishopping retail data  94% of  US auto parts sales  happened instore compared to 6% online .

retail sales comparison : auto parts vs furniture vs electronics

"electronics vs auto parts retail sales chart"



How America Shops:  electronics vs auto parts vs furniture:  


data:wsj

The above data comes from  U.S. Retail and Food Service Sales Track estimated U.S. consumer spending by type of store, based on data from the monthly and annual Retail Electronic and appliances retail sales grew the highest,followed by auto parts and  furniture sales 



Saturday, 2 January 2016

data storage and cloud computing Evolution




data storage and cloud computing Evolution


3 wearable technologies set to be launched in 2016

The new set to wearable technologies set to make a splash in 2016 include Moto 360 Sport. Microost Holo Lens and a smarts swimwear wearable technology called  Xmetrics


" the biggest wearable technology disruption in 2016"
The next wave of wearable technologies is already set to be launched in 2016. Among the game changers in 2016  are

1)Moto 360 Sport  Watch :is already on sale in Europe, but will be released in the US in January. It’s only the second Android Wear smartwatch to include built-in GPS

2)Microsoft HoloLen' Among the latest trending wearable which has  garnered the highest attention is  "The HoloLens ‘augmented reality’  which is a headset caused quite a splash when it was first unveiled earlier this year. Despite not being on sale yet, it looks full of promise, and there’s set to be a developer version available during 2016 for a cool $3,000.

3)Xmetrics:This is the hottest  swimming wearable in what is otherwise  is a market without much innovation and  fairly tepid pool. Designed for pros and enthusiasts, it sits on the back of your head to minimise drag and measures a broader set of bio-mechanics including your heartbeat, pulse rate, calories and other features  than any other swimming wearable technology .

the sheer size of chinese online retail imports




"the sheer size of chinese online imports"
The biggest digital disruptions  in chinese market has been the growth of  china's online retail imports including growth of robots

Friday, 1 January 2016

40% business do not use " security encryption" for storing data in cloud

40% business do not use " security encryption" for storing data in cloud.The below infographic shows why although big data and cloud are being increasingly adopted by enterprises despite security concerns and risk awareness  and storing big data on cloud 


"The rise of the cloud : security or productivity"
Despite the fact that cloud data storage is becoming more popular, a full 88% of businesses surveyed to get the infographic statistics aren’t using the cloud to its fullest because of security concerns. More than 40% of those businesses say that cloud security issues are more critical than they have ever been.

2015 digital marketing trends in 10 charts

MOBILE PAYMENTS,INTERNET OF THINGS, RISE OF CHINA, AND ALIBABA'S GREAT CHINA WALL. The 10 charts show the evolution of digital marketing and online trends last year


the rise of mobile, social analytics  and cloud ( SMAC ) had been instrumental in what is known as today’s SMAC Stack—‘the fifth wave’ of IT architecture—is happening faster than anything that’s come before. By 2020, as many as 100 billion computing devices will be connected to the Web. ... Retailers are strategically deploying the SMAC Stack across key business