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Walgreens Finds Care to offer music app for dementia patients
The app is designed to temporarily improve patients’ quality of life and help caregivers deliver more effective care with ease.
Albertsons launches metaverse experience on Decentraland
Consumers can now shop and order groceries in the metaverse and have those goods delivered directly to their home.
Citi leverages AI to ensure tighter controls in digital payments
Citi’s payment outlier detection tool identifies payment outliers, ensuring tighter controls in payment initiation.
Retail
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Build-A-Bear Workshop creates gamified metaverse experience
The experience will allow customers to develop their own virtual worlds within the Roblox virtual gaming environment.
Walmart launches Text to Shop functionality
Shoppers can now text the name of a general item, and the retailer will automatically add their preferred brand's item to the cart.
Albertsons launches pilot metaverse experience on Decentraland
Consumers can now shop and order groceries in the metaverse and have those goods delivered directly to their home.
FinServ
Building future-ready banks & reinventing FinServ with digital CX
Unlock new digital capabilities for FinServ and banking
Wells Fargo launches digital banking platform for commercial and corporate clients
The platform leverages AI and machine learning to offer personalized recommendations, actionable insights based on clients’ needs.
Citi leverages Artificial Intelligence to ensure tighter controls in digital payments
Citi’s payment outlier detection tool identifies payment outliers, ensuring tighter controls in payment initiation.
BNY Mellon affirms commitment to digital assets amid cryptocurrency fallout
The move comes in the wake of the cryptocurrency fallout related to the bankruptcy of multiple cryptocurrency firms.
Consumer Goods
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Create new value for the consumer packaged goods industry
Hershey India enters metaverse, launches Hersheyverse
The company plans to launch a VR experience that will allow the users to enter Hershey’s chocolate factory.
Hormel Foods focuses on retail & supply chain real-time data sharing
The technology will enable the brand to access historical, real-time data insights to improve on-shelf availability with its retail partners.
NYX launches new makeup collection on Roblox
NYX Spring 2023 collection can now be interacted with in “House of NYX Professional Makeup,” located in iHeartLand on the platform.
Healthcare
Redefining healthcare & pharma with digital innovation
Deliver personalized and intelligent healthcare services
Walgreens Finds Care to offer music app for dementia patients
The app is designed to temporarily improve patients’ quality of life and help caregivers deliver more effective care with ease.
Pfizer to develop AI algorithm for cardiac amyloidosis detection
The brand will develop an AI electrocardiogram algorithm, which enables early detection of cardiac amyloidosis.
GE Healthcare to bring AR solutions to medical imaging
The company will develop an AR-based system for physicians to examine 3D images and collaborate with care teams across locations.
People On The Move
Krispy Kreme
Krispy Kreme names Jeremiah Ashukian as its new CFO.
Melanie Boulden
Tyson Foods appoints Melanie Boulden as Chief Growth Officer.
Chris Morse
Chris Morse joins Baird as a Managing Director and Public Finance Banker.
Eva Serrano
PVH named Eva Serrano as its Global Brand President of Calvin Klein.
Janelle Orozco
Kraft Heinz has hired Janelle Orozco as its Chief Procurement Officer.
Job Openings
Director of Engineering - AI/ML and Analytics
US Bank is hiring Director of Engineering - AI/ML and Analytics
Senior Director – Finance Systems
GE Healthcare is looking for Senior Director – Finance Systems
Director – Product Design UX
Target is hiring Director – Product Design UX
Director IT
Nestle is hiring Director IT
Vice President, Head of Strategic Partnerships
Pfizer is hiring Vice President, Head of Strategic Partnerships
