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Briefly put, mobile wallets help the connected shopper keep track of items they usually carry with them, but need to find a single spot for: things such as offers, loyalty cards, tickets, boarding passes and gift cards. A kind of a location-sensitive shopping concierge, it is also a better way to organize for consumers. Shoppers put their offers and loyalty cards into their mobile wallets, and the phone-based technology does the rest. They approach their favourite retail stores, and the information they need – stored in their mobile wallets – automatically appears on their phone’s home screen. Not only does this ...

GDS is no longer just a vision. It is an existing business practice, with rapidly growing adoption. The ability to share consumer data, rather than simply collect it, creates much of its value in the marketplace. According to a recent study, the data-driven marketing services industry in the USA was worth a staggering $156 billion in 2012. A fundamental building block for a collaborative supply chain, GDS provides real business benefits from which trading partners will equally benefit. In the world of data-dominated decisions, GDS is necessary to provide a foundation for future collaborative commerce.