Uber-izing Hotel Pricing: Duetto
Using more data than ever before to optimize hotel room pricing.
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E-Commerce’s Cure for Chargebacks
SIGNIFYD is a full-service payment validation platform to help online businesses prevent payment fraud. They use data from thousands of risk indicators to determine if transactions are fraudulent. SIGNIFYD’s goal is to make an impact with e-commerce companies by allowing […]
Slice: ‘data exhaust’ and creating value from byproducts
Slice is one of many companies creating value from digital byproducts. Think of them as magic recyclers of the digital world.
DoorDash; Delivery Made Better by Data
DoorDash is both an online ordering and delivery company that’s using data to make delivery better and faster for customers and more efficient for delivery drivers. The company aggregates large volumes of delivery data and analyzes how different factors affect delivery […]
Target Using Predictive Analytics to Increase Value Capture
Target has identified 25 products, which when purchased together, predict the likelihood of a woman being pregnant and her associated due date.
Wealthfront and the Future of Robo Advisors
Wealthfront has disrupted the financial advisory industry by using analytics and algorithms to automate investment decisions. Will it be able to sustain its success?
Caesar’s Entertainment: What happens in Vegas ends up in a $1billion database
The most valuable asset in the Caesar’s Entertainment Corp. isn’t the fabulously-tacky Roman-themed resort on the Las Vegas strip. It’s the company’s big data loyalty program, valued at $1 billion. Loyalty programs are not a novel concept, and are widely […]
TrueCar: data-driven car buying
Overview TrueCar’s missions is to transform the car-buying experience through a platform to improve transparency. The driving force shaping this new experience is the consumer’s perception of the stereotypical “used car salesperson” and the inevitable information asymmetry associated with used […]
A Legendary Approach to Data Analytics
An analysis of value creation and capture model for Legendary Pictures’ Data Analytics Group.
Walmart Exchange: Using Data to Go from Retail to Media
Walmart has long reigned at the top of the traditional retail ecosystem for decades, but in 2014, it entered the world of digital media with the introduction of Walmart Exchange, or WMX. WMX is an ad exchange that allows suppliers […]