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Ananda Chakravarty

Boston, United States
As seen in: LinkedIn, Forbes, Oracle Magazine, Reuters, Mashable, NBC News, InformationWeek, International Data Corporation (IDC), Digiday, Forrester Research and
Covers:  Retail, Merchandising, Retail Media, Ecommerce, Digital Retail, Mobile, Strategy, Digital Store, Retail Software, Cloud Delivery
VP Research, Retail Merch & Mktg at IDC, Digital business strategy, Former technology exec, Forrester analyst, Oracle strategy. All tweets are my opinions.

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Ananda is a retail thought leader and serves as VP Research, Retail Merchandising and Marketing Analytic Strategies at IDC, the premier global market intelligence firm and engages with retail leaders across all sub-verticals. He was formerly Director, Retail Global Lead and Software Strategy at Diebold Nixdorf and served as Director, Retail Omnichannel Solutions Strategy at Oracle. Ananda also served as a senior analyst at Forrester advising c-level leaders on digital store, digital store tech…

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Americans are so done with the superstore; most prefer specialty stores

Americans are so done with the superstore; most prefer specialty stores

Americans are less enamored today of the one-stop-shop supermarkets that dominated the grocery industry a gen…

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Amazon 'Instant Pickup' service delivers items in 2 minutes!

Amazon 'Instant Pickup' service delivers items in 2 minutes!

Amazon, in its latest endeavor to supplement its online presence with brick-and-mortar retail, has rolled out…

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Kiosks are Looking at You, Too - InformationWeek

Kiosks are Looking at You, Too - InformationWeek

Customer-facing kiosks are taking on a new look, and providing retailers, restaurants and other businesses wi…

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Mobile In-Store Retail Delivers Service, Efficiency, And Convenience

Mobile In-Store Retail Delivers Service, Efficiency, And Convenience

Associate assistance, associate mobility, and customer self-service are the triumvirate of in-store mobile ca…

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Grocers Partner For Digital Growth

Grocers Partner For Digital Growth

The last few months have been a watershed of new deals around grocery fulfillment. Walmart is partnering with…

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When Piloting Colocation, Measure Customer Impact

When Piloting Colocation, Measure Customer Impact

When Piloting Colocation, Measure Impact To Location, Customers, And Operations It's been interesting to see …

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IDC Survey: Retail Technology Buyer Outlook on AI and Agentic, March 2026 — IDC's Future Enterprise Resiliency and Spending Survey Wave 1 and Wave 2, 2026

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By Ananda Chakravarty, Nigel Wallis
| IDG (International Data Group)
Content 36 slides Get More When you purchase this document, the purchase price can be applied to the cost of an annual subscription, giving you access to more research for your investment. Related Links Web Rights Referencing Documents Abstract This IDC Survey presents results from IDC's 2026 Future Enterprise Resiliency and Spending Survey (FERS Survey) Wave 1 and Wave 2 with a specific focus on the retail industry.
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Oracle Cross Talk 2026: Accelerating Retail in the Age of Data-Driven AI and Industry Convergence

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By Margot Juros, Ananda Chakravarty, Ornella Urso
| IDG (International Data Group)
Content Table of Contents (5 pages) Get More When you purchase this document, the purchase price can be applied to the cost of an annual subscription, giving you access to more research for your investment.
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Agentic Commerce Reality and the Last Mile of Human Customer Experiences

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By Mark Casidsid, Aaron Press, Dorothy Creamer, Greg Ireland, Jordan Jewell, Margot Juros, Tiffany McCormick, Tapan A. Patel, Gerry Murray, Kevin Permenter, Roger Beharry Lall, Heather Hershey, Ananda Chakravarty, Laurie Buczek, Ornella Urso, Jordan K. Speer
| IDG (International Data Group)
This IDC Perspective discusses the importance of agentic commerce.
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