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The lingering effects of the global pandemic are merging with inflation to create a perfect storm for retailers looking to find the right inventory stature for the seasons ahead. Companies are getting squeezed between rising supply chain costs and falling consumer confidence. To succeed in this volatile market, McKinsey suggests that retailers “accelerate decision-making tenfold.”

Accessing data from the manufacturing shop floor is one of the key topics of interest with the majority of cloud platform vendors due to the pace of Industry 4.0 adoption. Industry 4.0, also known as the Fourth Industrial Revolution, refers to the emerging trend of technological transformation in manufacturing and related industries.

It’s 2023 and with the new year comes an opportunity to drive innovation, growth, and digital transformation with data in the face of ongoing economic turbulence. If Snowflake’s report, How to Win in Today’s Data Economy is any indication, data-driven organizations are poised to emerge as the winners of the year with 77% Data Economy Leaders, which is only 6% of those surveyed, experiencing annual revenue growth versus 36% of Data Economy Laggards, the lowest-performing survey group.

Data, data, data. It does seem we are not only surrounded by talk about data, but by the actual data itself. We are collecting data from every nook and cranny of the universe (literally!). IoT devices in every industry; geolocation information on our phones, watches, cars, and every other mobile device; every website or app we access—all are collecting data. In order to derive value from this avalanche of data, we have to get more agile when it comes to preparing the data for consumption.

Scania is at the forefront of a more autonomous, connected, electric future for the transportation industry. Find out why its Head of Data and Information Management uses data mesh—and Snowflake—to make it a reality. Scania is a global truck, bus, and industrial engine manufacturer and offers an extensive range of related services so its customers can focus on their core business.

Marketing data integration is the process of combining marketing data from different sources to create a unified and consistent view. If you’re running marketing campaigns on multiple platforms—Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, email—you need marketing data integration. Why? Because being able to assimilate data from different channels and across multiple marketing touchpoints gives you visibility into the overall impact of a campaign, event, or another marketing effort.