Thanks for visiting Google Cloud at

NRF 2019

It was great to see you at NRF 2019.

Thank you for joining Google Cloud at NRF 2019: Retail’s BIG Show in New York City on January 13-15! We’re excited to build the future of retail and continue conversations with you. To help you make the most of our experience together, you’ll find packaged information regarding all of the demos that were showcased at our Google Cloud booth, as well as speaking sessions from the conference. See how Google Cloud is helping retailers like you across the retail value chain.

Contact your Google Sales rep or click here to get in touch with us about your retail journey in the cloud.

Booth Demos

The Google Cloud booth at NRF was all about value innovation, particularly how our solutions can help retailers fully leverage all parts of the retail value chain. We featured 10 demos that covered both front-of-house and back-of-house needs. Check out the use cases behind 6 of the demos below. While these are are designed around specific business pain points, they can be applied to multiple retail use cases to fit the needs of individual teams and retailers.

Customer Acquisition
Leverage data to deliver personalized customer experiences. Learn more here and here.
Omnichannel Commerce
Connected experiences across channels in new, seamless ways. Learn more here.
Store Operations
Win the in store experience with AI and cloud-native devices. Learn more here.

Merchandising & Assortment with SAP
Give your customers what they want, when and where they want it. Learn more here and here.
Product Lifecycle Management
Predict trends and supercharge your demand forecasting model. Learn more here.
Logistics, Fulfillment & Delivery
Improve in-store inventory with AI and image recognition. Learn more here and here.

Big Idea Speaking Sessions

In addition to visiting our booth, many of you also joined us in our curated sessions at NRF with customers such as Ulta and Carrefour, and partners including SAP and Magento.

Cloud-power your employees to deliver a better customer experience

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Cloud adoption in our personal lives and at work has heightened expectations for retail customers and associates. Customers want shopping at physical stores to offer the same benefits as online, and employees need instant access to information to meet customers' expectations. Hear from Google Cloud and customer on how you can leverage cloud-native end points to empower your employees with the data and insights they need to deliver an excellent customer experience that ultimately benefits your bottom line.

Mike Puzen, Regional Chrome Enterprise Lead at Google Cloud

How AI and Cloud are fueling innovation in retail

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Retailers today are facing a number of disruptive trends. These trends, enabled by the rapid evolution of technology and big data capabilities, are changing how retailers connect with consumers, drive those consumers to take action, and accelerate their businesses with better intelligence. Google Cloud is the technology platform that enables retailers to harness the power of Google and their own data to better serve their customers across the value chain.

Peter Dockery, Director, Google Cloud North Central
Paul Clarke, CTO at Ocado
Enrique Garcia, VP E-commerce & CDO at Carrefour France
Axel Koss, Director of Business Processes at METRONOM
Michelle Pacynski, VP, Digital Innovation at ULTA Beauty

Progressive web apps are the future of mobile shopping

Presented by Google Cloud & Magento, an Adobe company

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Mobile shopping is booming, but clunky and slow mobile experiences are leading to poor conversion rates. After years of mobile mediocrity, Progressive Web Apps are here. PWAs promise to deliver “app like” experiences, delivering mobile stores that are lightning fast, fluid, engaging, and contextual. In this session, Adobe’s Peter Sheldon and Google’s Chris Sater discusses the global impact of PWAs and provide practical tips on how companies like yours can take advantage of this new technology.

Christopher Sater, Chrome Partnerships at Google
Peter Sheldon, Sr. Director Strategy at Magento, an Adobe Company

Digital transformation, innovation, and the purpose-driven retailer

SAP’s panel session, featuring Tory Burch and Google Cloud

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Intelligent enterprises use technology and people to innovate with purpose, so they can run at their best. Purpose driven retailers and brands (featuring Tory Burch) are fulfilling their purpose while responding to the never-ending waves of disruptive technologies, competitive pressures, and customer expectations.

John Douglas, CTO at Tory Burch
Alicia Tillman, CMO at SAP
Anurag Wadehra, Director of Marketing at Google Cloud