Analyst Profile

Robert Parker

Group Vice President

As Group Vice President, Mr. Parker is responsible for the research direction at both Manufacturing Insights and Global Retail Insights, two of IDC’s industry research companies that provides global, fact based research and analysis on best practices and the use of information technology that assists clients in improving their capabilities in key process areas.

Robert has extensive experience in the retail industry throughout his career in management, as a consultant, and in research. Prior to joining IDC to start these industry practices, Robert spent over six years at AMR Research where he launched the E-commerce Strategies service, the most successful program launch in the history of that company. He also ran the Retail Advisory practice for AMR.

As a turnaround consultant, Robert served as acting CIO of two multi-store retailers including an apparel chain and a New England based confectionary retailer. As a principal at Internet Service Provider, TDI, he lead E-commerce projects for several media companies and oversaw the overhaul of the store systems and network at a specialty food store. While in IT management, Robert worked for consumer products companies and was deeply involved in automating the reconciliation of market development funds with retail channel partners.

Mr. Parker holds an MBA, with a concentration in decision support systems, from New Hampshire College. His undergraduate work was done at Rivier College where he received a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Accounting.

Robert is a frequent speaker at industry and technology vendor events and is regularly quoted in the business, technology, and trade press.

Research Authored by Robert Parker

Worldwide Retail IT Spending Guide, Version 1, 2009 Nina Bonagura, Ivano Ortis, Giuliana Folco, Gary Koch, Arun Chandramohan, Roman Maceška, Renato Troya, Matias Berardi, Chin-Boon Lim, Robert Parker, Christopher Holmes Nov 2009 - Doc # GRI220913      Pivot Table This Global Retail Insights Pivot Table presents our best estimates and forecasts for the worldwide retail IT opportunity. This Pivot Table provides IT spending forecasts for the following subindustries: apparel and accessory s ... purchase document

Satisfying the Omnichannel Consumers Whenever and Wherever They Shop Robert Parker, Leslie Hand Sep 2009 - Doc # GRI220046      Perspective This IDC Retail Insights Perspective provides guidance to multichannel retailers seeking to elevate to a higher level of consumer experience, having already met or in the process of attempting to meet multichannel needs.: ... purchase document

Qualcomm/Verizon Announce Joint Venture Benjamin Friedman, Robert Parker Jul 2009 - Doc # lcUS21949409      IDC Link Yesterday's announcement of a Qualcomm Verizon joint venture represents a major step forward for the machine-to-machine (M2M) market. In the past twelve months the M2M market has exhibited a steady maturation that has lessened the fragmenta ...

Business Strategy: Industry Health Update and Cloud Computing Adoption Robert Parker Jun 2009 - Doc # GRI218703      Market Overview This IDC Retail Insights report looks at the health of the industry using data from the Global Performance Index database. The quarterly topic of interest is cloud computing and how retailers should begin to look at how the arc ... purchase document

Worldwide Retail IT Spending Guide, Version 2, 2008 Nina Bonagura, Ivano Ortis, Giuliana Folco, Gary Koch, Arun Chandramohan, Roman Maceška, Renato Troya, Matias Berardi, Chin-Boon Lim, Robert Parker Mar 2009 - Doc # GRI217488      Pivot Table This Global Retail Insights Pivot Table presents our best estimates and forecasts for the worldwide retail IT opportunity. This Pivot Table provides IT spending forecasts for the following subindustries: apparel and accessory s ... purchase document

Worldwide Product Life-Cycle Strategies 2009 Top 10 Predictions Joe Barkai, Robert Parker Feb 2009 - Doc # MI216070      Top 10 Predictions This Manufacturing Insights report presents Manufacturing Insights' annual top 10 predictions for product life-cycle strategies.: Joe Barkai, practice director, Product Life-Cycle Strategies, sees 2009 "dominated ... purchase document

NRF's Big Show — Real Opportunities for a Sobering Year Ahead Leslie Hand, Ivano Ortis, Robert Parker Feb 2009 - Doc # GRI216582      Perspective This Global Retail Insights Perspective presents the highlights of the 2009 NRF Big Show at Jacob Javits in New York City. Retail technologies, trends, and all of the buzz are encapsulated in as brief a review as possible. Cont ... purchase document

Retail 2009 IT Budget Benchmark Report Robert Parker Jan 2009 - Doc # GRI216181      Benchmark Analysis This Global Retail Insights report presents budget benchmarks for 2009. : Bob Parker, VP of Research, said, "2009 begins with concern about the impact of the current economic recession, with mixed signals regardi ... purchase document

Worldwide Retail Industry 2009 Top 10 Predictions Leslie Hand, Ivano Ortis, Christopher Holmes, Robert Parker Jan 2009 - Doc # GRI216086      Top 10 Predictions This Global Retail Insights report presents GRI's annual top 10 predictions.: Bob Parker, VP of Research, said, "2009 begins with concern about the impact of the current economic recession, with mixed signals reg ... purchase document

Next-Generation Shopping: Retail Strategies and Technologies to Guide and Influence Consumers Ivano Ortis, Leslie Hand, Robert Parker Dec 2008 - Doc # GRRS51Q      Insights Presentation The economic world crisis requires retailers to immediately undertake a strategic roadmap and a business process optimization focused on three main pillars:: Shopping experience evolution — Exp ... full document read

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