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Webinar: Big Tech in Retail

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In the evolving retail environment, big tech companies Meta, Amazon, and Google continue to expand their product development, investment, and partnerships into new sectors of retail tech.

The analyst behind the report breaks down everything, including:

  • How each giant’s retail tech priorities have evolved over the last 3 years
  • The top areas of retail tech where big tech is investing
  • The global markets where big tech companies see the most potential for growth
  • What the big tech companies’ expansions into retail tell us about their broader strategies

Your Speaker

Laura Kennedy
  • Senior Lead Analyst

Laura Kennedy is a Senior Lead Analyst in the Consumer and Retail practice at CB Insights. She covers how technology is transforming retail in stores, online, and beyond, building on a foundation of knowledge about retail's biggest players to help clients understand where to place their innovation bets.

Prior to joining CB Insights, Laura was a Vice President of Retail Insights at Kantar, where she led research on retail and shopper trends in the US market, with a specialty in big-box retail. She worked with major CPG clients to shape their retailer strategies and was a frequently-requested speaker across the industry. In addition, business press including NPR, Reuters, Bloomberg, and the Wall Street Journal regularly cited her insights.

Before Kantar, Laura was a reporter and editor for the Kiplinger Letter, a weekly business forecasting publication in Washington, DC, where she covered retail and business law. Laura graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park, summa cum laude with a degree in economics.

Laura Kennedy is a Senior Lead Analyst in the Consumer and Retail practice at CB Insights. She covers how technology is transforming retail in stores, online, and beyond, building on a foundation of knowledge about retail's biggest players to help clients understand where to place their innovation bets.

Prior to joining CB Insights, Laura was a Vice President of Retail Insights at Kantar, where she led research on retail and shopper trends in the US market, with a specialty in big-box retail. She worked with major CPG clients to shape their retailer strategies and was a frequently-requested speaker across the industry. In addition, business press including NPR, Reuters, Bloomberg, and the Wall Street Journal regularly cited her insights.

Before Kantar, Laura was a reporter and editor for the Kiplinger Letter, a weekly business forecasting publication in Washington, DC, where she covered retail and business law. Laura graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park, summa cum laude with a degree in economics.