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Assembled thought leaders will aid the Path to Purchase Institute’s public outreach.

Best Buy recently put its weight behind the June 21 launch of Activision's Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled video game with plenty of support ranging from in-store demos and displays to a preorder bonus and digital support.  

Despite the transformative change sweeping the consumer goods industry, success in the analytics practice still relies on its oldest asset: people.

Best Buy chairman and chief executive officer Hubert Joly will step down and transition into the newly created role of executive chairman of the board, effective June 11. 

Candid comments from Readers' Choice respondents present a pretty picture of an industry relying on information technology to drive future success.

The CGT community’s preferred providers of solutions leveraging artificial intelligence/ machine learning software and services, either as a stand-alone tool or as an enhanced component of an existing technology.

The CGT community’s preferred providers of solutions for collecting, cleansing, analyzing and integrating point-of-sale, syndicated and other sources of retailer data.

The CGT community’s preferred solution providers for business intelligence applications including reporting, analytics and data mining/warehousing.