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Shopkick – “fun treasure hunt” creating an engaging digital overlay to the physical world of shopping
Shopkick is an app that offers a fun and easy way to earn rewards for visiting stores and purchasing a variety of products. It is generating enormous amounts of data on shoppers’ habits, including location and time of purchases, that give retailers and brands an opportunity to tailor their marketing efforts and make business decisions.
OpenDoor: applying big data to home selling
Using the power of data analytics, OpenDoor will offer you a price for your house in under 24 hours
Cannabis Potency Measurement using Near-Infrared (NIR) Spectrometry
NIR spectrometry allows fast, non-destructive measurement. Its dependency on data is both a challenge to adoption, as well as an entry barrier for competitors.
Clear Labs: Unwrapping Food Products Through Data and Genomics
The “Google of food” meets DNA testing: through data collection, analytics, and genomics, Clear Labs is trying to create more visibility into our food’s makeup.
Beauty & Brains: Using Big Data to Build a Better Bra
With over 130M data points, the True&Co. proprietary algorithm is working to reinvent the way women shop for better, personalized intimate apparel.
Big Data and Retail
How Target used predictive analytics to identify pregnant customers and why it matters for retail
Palantir: The Seeing Stone of Security and Defense Analytics
Sifting through government data is no easy task.
American Express : Using data analytics to redefine traditional banking
American Express, is harnessing the power of its data to migrate many traditional processes from legacy mainframes to Big Data processing environments, resulting in dramatic improvements in speed and performance.
People analytics at Google: using data to make Google a great place to work
Google applies its data and analytical rigor to a new domain: workforce management.