Online payment methods – Trends and challenges [5 reading tips]

Digitisation is changing even most mundane things, like paying for things. Cash is almost a relic, while digital payments are multiplying and spreading. At the top is PayPal. Ever since the launch of Google Pay and Apple Pay in Germany, the enthusiasm for mobile payments is continuing to increase as the smartphone becomes the wallet … Continue reading “Online payment methods – Trends and challenges [5 reading tips]”

Digital experience platforms – Comparing Salesforce, SAP, IBM, and Adobe

Businesses rely on digital experience platforms (DXP) for their digital business models. And more than ever before. The art of using a DXP is bringing together (in real time) all the data from different technologies in one place and making it usable. This interaction creates unique and seamless customer experiences. Digital platforms are a virtual … Continue reading “Digital experience platforms – Comparing Salesforce, SAP, IBM, and Adobe”

AI and IoT in the stores of the future [5 Reading Tips]

Everyone’s been talking about artificial intelligence but only it is less often actually out there in use outside of the general hype. No one doubts that the technology has great potential, for example, to create individualised shopping experiences in shops, as well as to simplify and optimise the work in each case. But how realistic … Continue reading “AI and IoT in the stores of the future [5 Reading Tips]”

Make better decisions with AI [5 reading tips]

Today, the mass of available data, studies, and news is so vast that it’s becoming increasingly difficult to oversee, manage, and sort out. As early as 1970, American sociologist and futurologist Alvin Toffler coined the term “information overload” in his book Future Shock. Even then, he explained the consequences of the overwhelming flood of information … Continue reading “Make better decisions with AI [5 reading tips]”

Gartner: The most important strategic tech trends for 2019

A new year is a chance to conquer new horizons, tackle new business ideas and implement them, and advance innovations. To fulfill these intentions, it’s imperative to know the latest advances and master the technologies behind them. For this reason, we ‘ve already published a series of articles on Handelskraft. Here we give you a … Continue reading “Gartner: The most important strategic tech trends for 2019”

Quantum Computing: What’s it all about? [5 Lesetipps]

Our digital world is also a world full of data that has to be processed and analysed ever faster and more accurately than ever. Classic computers have long since reached their limits, as they can only do one task after another. But a new kind of computing could change everything: Quantum Computing (QC). It has … Continue reading “Quantum Computing: What’s it all about? [5 Lesetipps]”

We want what we see — Social photo channels as a sales channel

Four out of five people in Germany own a smart phone. This means that 80 percent of the population have a camera with them at all times. As a result, users no longer have to remember what inspires them, but can simply take pictures of them. This not only applies to fashion and food, but … Continue reading “We want what we see — Social photo channels as a sales channel”

Robot colleagues – Using the cloud for real intelligence? [5 reading tips]

Source:  Photo by Franck V. on Unsplash With all the attention on Cyber-Monday-Week and its excellent results, other relevant news from Amazon has gone almost unnoticed. Two weeks ago, re:Invent Campus took place in Las Vegas, one of the world’s largest cloud computing events. Amazon’s cloud service platform AWS made remarkable business announcements there. In … Continue reading “Robot colleagues – Using the cloud for real intelligence? [5 reading tips]”

Digital Business Compass: Handelskraft 2018 »Moving Towards Digital Excellence« Now available to download

Handelskraft celebrated its eleventh anniversary and we proudly looked back on a productive 2017 full of experiments and innovations. But more important than the past is the future. Especially in digital business, interactive retail, time passes twice as fast and one can hardly believe that the times in which a webshop was the ultimate solution … Continue reading “Digital Business Compass: Handelskraft 2018 »Moving Towards Digital Excellence« Now available to download”