Ananda "Andy" Chakravarty

Ananda "Andy" Chakravarty
VP, Research, Merchandising and Marketing Analytics, IDC Retail Insights
IDC
Ananda Chakravarty is Vice President, Research for IDC Retail Insights, responsible for the Retail Merchandising and Marketing Analytics Strategies practice. Mr. Chakravarty’s core research covers in-store and digital retail merchandising, digital tools, artificial intelligence, intelligent store operations, retail marketing, and retail media. It includes application of data and data analytics for retail including pricing, tech, and decision making. Ananda builds actionable strategic research focused on retail business merchandising and marketing.

For over 20 years, Ananda has served across the retail spectrum in strategic roles. He drove retail product management at Staples and Talbots, served as an executive at top retail technology vendors such as Oracle Retail and Diebold Nixdorf, and influenced the retail industry as a former analyst at an IDC competitor. Mr. Chakravarty started his digital career with digital business pioneer, Monster.com and drove innovation at The Hartford.


Join Ananda for his session below, and grab a seat at his table to discuss AI/ML use cases in retail during our Expert-Led Think Tanks.

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Tuesday
July 11
10:30 am11:00 am
American Express Theatre, Palos Verdes Ballroom
Next generation artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) algorithms will drive competitive advantage for retailers, which as an industry drives more than 4000 exabytes of data annually increasing by 3.5X in the next four years. This requires building intelligence into supporting systems to harness in real time the enormous data set tied to decision making and retail operations. From… Read more
Tuesday
July 11
11:00 am12:00 pm
Palos Verdes Terrace
Join our handpicked group of subject matter experts to discuss future-forward ideas. With three separate opportunities to engage, NRF’s Expert-Led Think Tanks allow attendees to dive deep into a single topic or explore three different topics for a broader perspective. Join your peers and be inspired during these insightful share-and-learn “group thinks” held on Terranea’s gorgeous lawn. Topics… Read more