Skechers Boosts Direct-to-Consumer Sales with Ecommerce Platform Upgrades Skechers, now a global brand in 2024, credits its recent ecommerce platform upgrades for saving time and increasing direct-to-consumer sales. However, it wasn’t always equipped with the right technology to support its massive growth. During Salesforce’s Dreamforce conference in San Francisco, Eric Cheng, Skechers USA Inc.’s director
The Third Wave of AI at Salesforce: How Agentforce is Transforming the Landscape At Dreamforce 2024, Salesforce unveiled several exciting innovations, with Agentforce taking center stage. This post explores the key changes and enhancements designed to improve efficiency and elevate customer interactions. Introducing Agentforce Agentforce is a customizable AI agent builder that empowers organizations to
Salesforce is directly challenging Microsoft in the growing battle of AI copilots, which are designed to enhance customer experience (CX) across key business functions like sales and support. In this competitive landscape, Salesforce is taking on not only Microsoft but also major AI rivals such as Google Gemini, OpenAI GPT, and IBM watsonx. At the
What Marketers Need to Know About AI Agents, Tech’s Next Big Bet Companies like Salesforce and OpenAI are making significant investments in AI agents, which are digital assistants poised to represent the next evolution of artificial intelligence. These agents promise to autonomously handle a variety of tasks, from making reservations to negotiating business deals. During
What Our Dreamforce Marketing Cloud and Commerce Cloud Innovations Mean for You This year’s Dreamforce was nothing short of amazing. It was exciting to reconnect with fellow Trailblazers, exchange brilliant ideas, and showcase the innovations we’ve been crafting at Salesforce. A recurring theme throughout the event was how businesses can leverage data and AI to
Agentforce stole the spotlight at Dreamforce, but it’s not just about replacing human workers. Equally significant for Service Cloud was the focus on how AI can be leveraged to make agents, dispatchers, and field service technicians more productive and proactive. Join a conversation to unpack the latest Sales Cloud innovations, with a spotlight on Agentforce for sales
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Companies are exploring the use of artificial intelligence for sports commentary, showcasing one of the many innovative applications of this technology in the sports arena. ABC7 reporter J.R. Stone recently got a firsthand look at IBM’s integration of Generative AI to analyze and enhance playing abilities during a demonstration at Dreamforce
With AI tools becoming increasingly prevalent in workplaces worldwide, the focus has shifted from their novelty to optimizing productivity and effectiveness. AI Agents and Work. At Dreamforce 2024, AI agents were a hot topic, particularly with the launch of Salesforce’s new Agentforce platform. However, Slack also made its mark in the AI space, keen to
Not long ago, financial services companies were still struggling with the challenge of customer data trapped in silos. Though it feels like a distant issue, this problem remains for many large organizations unable to integrate different divisions that deal separately with the same customers. Salesforce AI evolves with tools like Agentforce and Atlas. The solution
Agentforce stole the spotlight at Dreamforce, but it’s not just about replacing human workers. Equally significant for Service Cloud was the focus on how AI can be leveraged to make agents, dispatchers, and field service technicians more productive and proactive. During the Dreamforce Service Cloud keynote, GM Kishan Chetan emphasized the dramatic shift over the
Dreamforce 2024: How John Mulaney, Robot Dogs, and Relevant Programming Took Center StageWhile comedian John Mulaney made headlines at Dreamforce 2024 for playfully roasting Salesforce’s “Trailblazers,” the event was packed with moments that event organizers could learn from. Mulaney’s quips about the “imminently replaceable” workforce in “fleece vests” and his jab that the crowd seemed
Or is it Salesforce versus Microsoft? The Salesforce and Microsoft relationship is evolving. Or is it devolving? Earlier this year, Salesforce rebranded its Einstein Copilot to Agentforce. Following this change, co-founder and CEO Marc Benioff criticized Microsoft Copilot, comparing it to the outdated rules-based assistant “Clippy” from Microsoft Office in the 1990s and 2000s. Benioff’s
As organizations across industries gather increasing amounts of data from diverse sources, they face the challenge of making that data actionable and deriving real-time insights. With Salesforce Data Cloud and zero copy architecture, organizations can streamline access to data and build dynamic, real-time dashboards that drive value while embedding contextual insights into everyday workflows. A
With the unprecedented surge in data—expected to grow by 22% this year according to the Salesforce State of Data and Analytics 2023 report—and the rapid evolution of AI, maintaining data quality and security has become more critical than ever. The AI and Information Management 2024 Report highlights that 52% of organizations encountered data quality issues
Salesforce Is a Wild Mustang in the AI Race In the bustling world of artificial intelligence, Salesforce Inc. has emerged as an unsurpassed and true leader. “Salesforce?” one might wonder. The company known for its customer relationship management software? How can it be an AI leader if it is only focused on each department or
