Lots of people want to help retailers compete with Amazon. Swiftly Systems offers tools for online and instore promotions plus retail media networks. They just announced their second $100 million funding round in six months.
Ok, here’s a crazy coincidence: we have news from another CDP that specializes in telecom. Intent HQ has launched an AI-driven audience builder that finds hidden opportunities within a customer base. The tool doesn’t require data scientist support and lets marketers choose from a list of predictive indicators to model against. It uses other Intent HQ features to automatically ensure the audience data is privacy-compliant.
Instacart is also manning the anti-Amazon barricades. They just launched Connected Stores, an initiative that helps retailers compete with Amazon’s no-checkout technology. Clients also get an online component and lots of fresh customer data. Success isn’t guaranteed: Wegmans recently dropped a self-scanning program due to high shoplifting costs.
Customer intelligence platform Acxiom will collaborate with ActionIQ to deliver enhanced customer insights. ActionIQ’s CDP will integrate with Acxiom’s demographic, household, behavioral and preference data and with Acxiom’s RealID identity resolution solution. Acxiom experts will work with clients to customize and streamline ActionIQ.