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New Intel-Powered Retail Experiences to Hit Stores This YearIntel (News - Alert) Corporation today unveiled a range of technological innovations that are driving new retail experiences for consumers and enabling retailers to better understand and connect with customers. The solutions feature popular brands including Boulanger*, Brooks Brothers*, Coop*, Levi Strauss & Co.*, and Nordstrom*. The company also announced the Intel® Retail Sensor Platform, the first vertical solution based on the Intel® IoT Platform, designed to enable future retail systems with analytics. New Retail Experiences Intel is driving the future of the Internet of Things (IoT) for retail by powering solutions that are behind several new and exciting shopping experiences for customers. These include:
"Retailers seem to be turning a corner in terms of using new technologies to better understand their business and connect with customers," said Joe Jensen, vice president of Intel's Retail Solutions Division. "In fact, Lightspeed POS recently found that, compared to last year, twice as many independent retailers are currently investing in technology that uses data analytics and software to make smarter buying decisions." "We want to serve customers in new and unique ways and we're constantly testing how technology can enhance our service experience," Scott Meden, Executive Vice President, GMM of Shoes, Nordstrom. "In our shoe business, fit is a critical component of serving customers and we're excited to explore improvng the accuracy and convenience of finding the right size." Understand and Connect with the Customer Intel technology has been helping retailers lower operating costs, increase sales and secure consumer data for many years. Now, with increased data analytics, retailers are able to better understand and connect with their customers by having more visibility about inventory and customer shopping patterns.
New IoT Platforms for Retail Available today, the new Intel Retail Sensor Platform is the first vertical end-to-end Intel® IoT Platform solution that combines an Intel-based retail sensor, an Intel-based gateway, and the Intel Trusted Analytics Platform (TAP) to provide a simple, affordable way for retailers to gather actionable, near-real-time intelligence - saving money and converting more sales. Levi Strauss and Co. is currently piloting the platform in three stores in the United States. Demonstrations of the solutions are on display at Intel's NRF booth (#2543) in New York City's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. About Intel Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is a world leader in computing innovation. The company designs and builds the essential technologies that serve as the foundation for the world's computing devices. As a leader in corporate responsibility and sustainability, Intel also manufactures the world's first commercially available "conflict-free" microprocessors. Additional information about Intel is available at newsroom.intel.com and blogs.intel.com, and about Intel's conflict-free efforts at conflictfree.intel.com. Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Core and Intel RealSense are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States and other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.
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