Ecommerce has had a planet-wide impact on the global retail industry, ushering in a new era of fresh opportunities and new companies, all of which have changed the way we shop. Lockdowns have compelled consumers to shop online and AI-powered technology has opened up new user experiences that have quickly caught on.
From online store platforms such as Shopify to delivery robots like Nuro, a shopping trip in 2022 can involve a wide range of cutting-edge technologies that have emerged and flourished over the past 20 years.
Technology Magazine takes a closer look at some of the hardware, software and service companies making headlines in the global retail industry.
Constructor’s AI-powered software offers discovery tools including search, autosuggest, browse, and recommendations. The company was founded in 2015 by Eli Finkelshteyn and Dan McCormick – Finkelshteyn is a data engineer with experience at Tumblr and Backplane, and McCormick served as CTO of stock photo pioneer Shutterstock.
The company’s search-related technologies include its own take on autosuggest, which understands words and their importance, corrects misspellings, and infers user intent faster than the user can type their query, says the company.
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