Cloud Computing in Retail and Apparel – Thematic Intelligence

Cloud Computing in Retail and Apparel Theme Analysis Report Overview

Retailers can reduce IT costs while streamlining processes, increasing efficiency, and improving user experience by integrating cloud computing services into their businesses. Many retailers have also created in-house cloud divisions to leverage the technological capabilities of cloud.

The cloud computing in retail & apparel thematic intelligence report provides an in-depth look at the importance of the cloud to the retail and apparel sector. The value chain section provides an in-depth description of each segment of the cloud and outlines the specialist vendors and leading adopters of the cloud in the retail and apparel sector. On the other hand, the challenges section outlines the key challenges currently faced by the retail and apparel sector. This is followed by an impact assessment detailing the areas in the cloud where retail companies should focus and outlining how these challenges have accelerated the need for the cloud.

Cloud Computing in Retail and Apparel – Industry Analysis

The cloud services revenue for the retail sector was valued at $20.1 billion in 2021 and is expected to achieve a CAGR of more than 17% during 2021-2026. The key segments for the retail sector include cloud services, specifically software as a service (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and infrastructure as a service (IaaS). Moreover, most of the cloud services revenue in retail is derived from SaaS.

The cloud computing in retail & apparel industry analysis also covers:

• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Patent Trends
• Company Filings Trends
• Hiring Trends
• Cloud Computing Timeline

Cloud Services Revenue in Retail, 2021-2026 ($ Billion)

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Cloud Computing in Retail and Apparel - Value Chain Analysis

GlobalData’s enterprise cloud spending value chain consists of three segments: cloud infrastructure, cloud services, and cloud professional services.

Cloud Professional Services: The cloud professional services providers partner closely with the technology vendors and the IaaS providers. These suppliers focus on all advisory and management aspects of cloud deployments, from selecting the appropriate service providers and technology to migration and post-deployment support. Some specialize more in the cloud brokerage and management aspects via a platform (e.g., Jamcracker) while others offer cloud professional services that run the gamut from design to post-implementation optimization.

Enterprise Cloud Spending Value Chain Analysis

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Leading Cloud Computing Adopters in the Retail and Apparel Sector

The leading retail and apparel companies currently deploying cloud computing are Home Depot, IKEA, JD.com, Lowe’s, LVMH, and Marks & Spencer (M&S), among others.

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Leading Cloud Computing Vendors Associated with the Cloud Computing Theme

The leading vendors associated with the cloud computing theme are Alibaba, Amazon, Alphabet (Google), Oracle, and Microsoft, among others.

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Specialist Cloud Computing Vendors in the Retail and Apparel Sector

The specialist cloud computing vendors in the retail and apparel sector are Adobe, Blue Yonder, Coupa, Kabob, Lightspeed, and Salesforce, among others.

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Retail Sector Scorecard

At GlobalData, we use a scorecard approach to predict tomorrow’s leading companies within each sector. Our sector scorecards have three screens: a thematic screen, a valuation screen, and a risk screen. The retail sector scorecard has three screens:

• The thematic screen tells us who are the overall leaders in the 10 themes that matter most, based on our thematic engine.
• The valuation screen ranks our universe of companies within a sector based on selected valuation metrics.
• Our risk screen ranks companies within a sector based on overall investment risk.

Retail Sector Scorecard – Thematic Screen

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Cloud Computing in Retail & Apparel Market Report Overview

Segments Covered in the Report

Enterprise Cloud Spending Value Chain Outlook

• Cloud Infrastructure
• Cloud Services
• Cloud Professional Services

Scope

The report provides:

• An overview of the cloud value chain including leaders and challengers for each sub-segment.
• A breakdown of the key challenges in the retail and apparel industry, and how cloud technologies can help to solve them.
• Market size and growth forecasts for cloud split into segments.
• Case studies showing the use cases for cloud across the retail and apparel industry.
• Analysis of alternative data including company filing, patent, and hiring activity.
• A review of the leading adopters of cloud in retail and apparel, the specialist cloud vendors for retail and apparel, and the leading cloud vendors cross-industry.
• Thematic scorecards ranking leading retail and apparel companies on their involvement in key themes, including cloud.

Reasons to Buy

• To understand the cloud and its current and future impact on the retail and apparel industry.
• To understand how key challenges the retail and apparel sector faces have accelerated the need for the deployment of cloud.
• To identify the leading cloud adopters and specialist cloud vendors.
• GlobalData’s thematic research ecosystem is a single, integrated global research platform that provides an easy-to-use framework for tracking all themes across all companies in all sectors. It has a proven track record of identifying important themes early, enabling companies to make the right investments ahead of the competition, and securing that all-important competitive advantage.