Microsoft, meanwhile, has also been thinking about building technology that improves how customers shop at a physical store. In 2009 it opened its Retail Experience Center at the company’s Redmond, Wash. headquarters. “The Retail Experience Center features in-store displays of Microsoft consumer products and showcases powerful ways to cut costs, create efficiencies, streamline operations, and promote and sell goods — within the aisles, in the employee break room, at receiving and shipping, at checkout, across the Web, and even at home or on the go,” a press release noted.
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Monoprix’s jab at Amazon reflects the anxiety the e-commerce giant is creating among retailers — particularly grocers — around the world. Their concern is legitimate; Amazon is building a powerful grocery operation in the U.S. and recently spotted trademarks suggest Amazon Go may be expanding to Europe.
Miroslav Lajcak (front row, second from left), president of the 72nd Session of the UN General Assembly, and Ma Zhaoxu (front row, second from right), permanent representative of China to the UN, attend a high-level symposium on the Belt and Road Initiative and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, at United Nations headquarters in New York on Wednesday. HONG XIAO / CHINA DAILY
Microsoft said the lab provides "all-around support" for enterprises inside and taps into the Internet of Things and AI technologies to fuel the digital transformation taking place across industries, including manufacturing, retail, healthcare, finance and urban construction.
Moments later, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres voiced "deep concern" over Trump's decision to pull America out of the Iran nuclear deal.
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Michael Spence, a professor at New York University and a Nobel laureate in economics, said the Chinese economy will "slow a bit" this year amid the slowing global economy and trade frictions.
Microsoft is among the global tech powerhouses riding the waves generated by Shanghai's AI ambitions, bringing to the city some of its most advanced research facilities.
Monetary policy should be "prudent" and strike an "appropriate" balance between tightening and loosening, according to Xinhua.
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