Michelle Pacynski, VP, Digital Innovation at Ulta Beauty joins Brian and I for a discussion about Ulta’s innovation culture.We talk about the two tech startup acquisitions Ulta made in the last 3 years and how that helped fuel in innovation culture. GlamST allows guests, using #augmentedreality to try on makeup virtually in mobile, web and instore. QM Scientific is an #AI retail platform that continuously learns individual shopping habits, via #machinelearning, and preferences by #datamining from #pos, #loyalty systems, the web and partner #IoT devices. We get into an interesting discussion about where the innovation team should sit and the type of person that should staff it. Finally we discuss the types of tools, like low code, that can help drive innovation.
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Brian Sathianathan
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