Zühlke - The Hive Network

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Zühlke is a global technology and innovation consultancy. For over 55 years, we’ve helped our clients solve problems through engineering—across customer experience, software, data, and physical devices.

We’re Co-op’s digital scale partner. We’re dunnhumby’s tech and data strategy advisor. And we’re trusted by N Brown to modernise their core tech estate at speed.

We’ve also been behind market-leading product innovations for world-renowned consumer brands including Nespresso, Mammut, and Brita.

With decades of experience solving complex technical challenges, we’re on a mission to help retailers fix their tech and data foundations to enable lasting transformation and competitive edge.

Services include:

3D Printing
Analytics/BI
AR/VR
Clienteling
Consultancy
Content Delivery Platform
Creative/Design/Optimisation
Cross-Channel Data Aggregator
Customer Data Platform
Customer Data, Single View
Customer Journey, Cross-Channel
Data Cleansing and Enrichment
eCommerce Platform
Facial Recognition
Internal Planning Tools
Live Chat/Chatbots
Magic Mirrors
Merchandising
Mobile Platform/Apps
Omnichannel Solutions
Onsite Search and Navigation
Payments and Point of Sale
Payments Gateway
Personalised Recommendations
Product Information Management Tools (PIM)
Robotics
Single View of the Customer
Site Speed, Performance and Monitoring
Supply Chain Visibility
Sustainability
Systems Integrator (SI)
Systems Technology

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Spotlight on:

From Legacy to Leading Edge: How to Transform Retail by Fixing the Digital Core

Retailers urgently need to overhaul their tech architecture to keep pace with the speed of change. Focusing on headline-grabbing technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) risks distracting from fundamental issues with existing IT environments like data silos, legacy systems, and security threats. And these are precisely the issues that hinder the ability to leverage the full potential of AI.

The key IT systems are known as a business’s ‘digital core’. They store crucial data, inform decisions, and are used every day across critical business processes. However, many retailers have ignored their digital core for too long, resulting in several challenges.

Resources from Zühlke:

Demystifying AI in Retail: Practical Use Cases and Implementation Tips

Blog Post

Retail Voices: Carole Kingsbury on the Challenges of Tech Leadership

Blog Post

How to Accelerate Retail Digital Transformation by Connecting Silos

Blog Post

Why Data Is Key for DPP Implementation in Retail

Blog Post