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Databricks Data Intelligence Platform for Retail comes to NRF 2024

December 19, 2023 by Sam Sawyer and Rob Saker in Company Blog
Each January, thousands of leaders from retailers around the globe gather at Javits Center in NYC to attend Retail's Big Show. NRF is...
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Creating a Community of Industry Practitioners With Databricks Solutions Accelerators

Photosynthesis is the process that transforms carbon dioxide, water and energy into sugars and oxygen. Harmful on its own, CO2 is transformed into...
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The Lakehouse for Retail

January 13, 2022 by Rob Saker and David LeGrand in Company Blog
Every morning, as people are just beginning to rise, the business of retail is already in full motion. Delivery trucks are beginning their...
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Jump Start Your Data Projects with Pre-Built Solution Accelerators

Deliver value faster. We hear this theme in nearly every executive discussion with customers. Data teams and data leaders need to deliver value...
Engineering blog

Building Forward-Looking Intelligence With External Data

This post was written in collaboration with the Foursquare data team. We thank co-author Javier Soliz, sales engineer specializing in data engineering and...
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Personalizing the Customer Experience with Recommendations

Go directly to the Recommendation notebooks referenced throughout this post . Retail made a giant leap forward in the adoption of e-commerce in...
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On Demand Virtual Workshop: Predicting Churn to Improve Customer Retention

The proliferation of subscription models has increased across industries: from direct-to-consumer brands for shaving supplies and prepared meals to streaming media services, at-home...
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Customer Lifetime Value Part 2: Estimating Future Spend

Check out the notebook referred throughout the blog and watch the on-demand virtual workshop to learn more. You can also go to Part...
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On-Demand Virtual Session: Customer Lifetime Value

Before you can provide personalized services and offers to your customers, you need to know who they are. In this virtual workshop, retail...
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Retail and Consumer Goods Sessions You Don’t Want to Miss at Spark + AI Summit 2020

June 16, 2020 by Rob Saker and Hector Leano in Company Blog
The current economic environment is having a significant impact on the Retail and Consumer Goods sector. Rapid changes in how consumers shop is...
Engineering blog

New Methods for Improving Supply Chain Demand Forecasting

March 26, 2020 by Bryan Smith and Rob Saker in Engineering Blog
Quick link to notebooks referenced through this post. Organizations Are Rapidly Embracing Fine-Grained Demand Forecasting Retailers and Consumer Goods manufacturers are increasingly seeking...
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Using ML and Azure to improve Customer Lifetime Value: On-Demand Webinar and FAQ Now Available!

August 5, 2019 by Rob Saker, Colby Ford and Navin Albert in Partners
On July 18th, we hosted a live webinar —Using ML and Azure to improve customer lifetime value - with Rob Saker, Industry Leader...