Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 49 | Page 10

NEWS Riyadh event to promote female digital innovators T he Arabnet Riyadh conference, taking place on December 10 to 11, will feature several female industry leaders and entrepreneurs that have been driving growth and disrupting the entrepreneurial scene in KSA such as Nejoud Almulaik, Director of FinTech Saudi. Aside from Nejoud Almulaik’s experience in building client relationships and portfolios, she was appointed in October 2018 as FinTech Saudi Director – a government-led initiative to support the efforts around enabling FinTech ecosystem development in KSA. Also appearing is Deemah AlYahya, a Digital Transformation and innovation adviser who launched the ‘Women Spark’ initiative in 2015 in order to provide women with the necessary technical, soft and business skills they need for success in digital industries. With that, AlYahya aims to support the rising number of female entrepreneurs to use their full potential in driving growth in the Saudi economy and entrepreneurial ecosystem. Tuba Terrekli is another Saudi woman who is leading entrepreneurship and digital innovation in KSA. As an international business development and investment expert with a focus on futurism, innovation, tech development and equity investments, Terrekli founded Qotuf Al Riyadah Development Company and established Flat6Labs Jeddah among many other initiatives that provide support to SMEs and entrepreneurs. For more information about the event visit https://www.arabnet.me/ english/conference/arabnet-riyadh ////////////////// ToysRUs partners with Capillary Technologies to provide AI powered solutions ToysRUs has deployed Capillary’s VisitorMetrix which not only enables it to analyse historical store traffic patterns to determine staffing requirements through power hours but also gives immediate responsive data to changes, including studying the impact of promotional campaigns. ToysRUs uses this information to strategise their operations and marketing campaigns to look deeper at their performance and pull the right levers for improved productivity. “While our ecommerce business is growing, we did not want to lose focus on the offline stores. C “Combining the instore consumer behaviour with the transactional data will give us a complete 360 degree view of our customers and will help us personalise our offerings and services,” said Mansour Al- Akeel, Managing Director and CEO at ToysRUs. ToysRUs will benefit from Capillary’s retail marketing solution to accurately identify in-store walk- ins and derive rich insights about customer behaviour and buying patterns to help plan store operations efficiently. Capillary’s President and General Manager for META, Nitin Kaushal said: “We will soon be launching VisitorSense to help retailers capture more in-store data. It will provide brands with demographics and fashion profiles of store visitors to better understand their buying habits, patterns and preferences.” apillary Technologies has become a key technology enabler for ToysRUs in Saudi Arabia by providing the popular chain of toy stores with its AI based Instore solution. 10 INTELLIGENTCIO www.intelligentcio.com