On-demand webinar Just Add Weather: Retail Industry Solutions

By Insight Editor / 5 Jun 2020 / Topics: Software Procurement

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Weather can be hard on retail businesses. Nearly 60% of c-level executives report that weather negatively impacted their revenue in the past 12 months, with an even greater percentage claiming it had negative effects on their operating costs.¹

But it doesn’t have to be this way. In our upcoming Just Add Weather: Retail Industry Solutions webinar, meteorologist and climatologist James Peterson will explore how retail organizations can leverage predictive weather insights to intelligently pivot operations and drive performance.

With accurate forecasts and meaningful weather data, retail organizations are enabled to:

Identify positive and negative weather drivers of store performance.
Optimize inventory and product allocation.
Improve operational planning.
Optimize sales.
Intelligently adjust staffing and operations.
Improve financial estimates and revenue forecasting.

Learn how leading solutions from Insight and IBM can help transform your approach to weather forecasting, turning adversity into opportunity.

Presented by:

James Peterson

Sales Engineer, Meteorologist & Climatologist

James is originally from Minnesota and attended Iowa State University, graduating with a B.S. in Meteorology & Atmospheric Science. After college, James worked in media as an on-air meteorologist and then a forecaster for Northwest Airlines. James returned to Iowa State for graduate school, focusing his studies on climatology and the growing need for fire weather forecasting. James joined IBM in 2017 as a Sales Engineer for The Weather Company, focusing on weather strategy within the retail industry. Currently he is the sales engineer for the Global Business Partner Channel.