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Date: Thursday, February 18, 2016
Time: 11:00am-5:00pm
Location: Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
Description:
In the two decades since Amazon and eBay kick started the ecommerce explosion, the retail sector has seen monumental change as a result of digital technologies. The evolution of digital retail from web-based ecommerce sites to today’s mobile and social experience has been transformational for the sector. Along with those changes, new companies have emerged to unseat incumbent powerhouses in retail. Often, these upstarts bring new business models to customers or innovate with technologies to gain advantages over their rivals. Tech@Tuck will explore the influence digital technologies have had on the retail sector, including how digital technologies enable new business models and a growing list of ways to reach customers.
Specifically, we will seek to answer the following questions:
- What are the key digital technologies driving retail today?
- How have digital technologies, such as mobile, social, cloud and big data changed retail?
- What new retail business models have been enabled by digital technology?
- What new partnerships are emerging and might emerge in the future?
- How have digital technologies changed relationships with customers?
- How are retail companies balancing customer information with privacy concerns?
- What are the key digital technologies that will enable retail in the future?
Panel discussion at 4:45pm.
Come explore the vendor fair in Stell Hall from 11:30-1:30 featuring representatives from Apple, TomTom, FreshAir Sensor, BAE, Hilti, Game Theory and Dartmouth Football.