Jeff Roster (Gartner & IHL retail sector analyst) and Brian Sathianathan (the venture capitalist) explore the retail sector startup community on This Week in Innovation podcast. We discuss the trends driving the retail industry and examine the emerging technologies like Internet of Things (IoT), artificial Intelligence (AI), blockchain, machine learning, low code, cloud computing, SaaS, data, robots, augmented reality, virtual reality, livestreaming, personalization, recommendations and QR codes being built to take advantage of them. We also explore the new and emerging channels like social commerce, Direct to Consumer (D2C) and social audio.

We interview founders, VC’s, entrepreneurs, retail executives, analysts, academics, economists, reporters, and CIO’s to better understand the digital transformation and innovation happening in the retail sector.

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