Microsoft Cloud for Retail

Connect your customers, your people and your data.

Accelerate business growth with a solution tailored for retailers

Reimagine retail and deliver seamless experiences across the end-to-end shopper journey with Microsoft Cloud for Retail.

Maximise the value of your data

Get more customer insights and value from your data by unifying data sources across the shopper journey to create a holistic view of the customer.

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Microsoft Cloud for Retail

Get a holistic view of your customers

Gain valuable consumer insights across the entire shopper journey.

Clear customer view

Uncover real-time customer insights and deliver unmatched omnichannel experiences with world-class AI and analytics.

Gain customer insights across all channels

Uncover omnichannel insights with advanced analytics.

Connected data for real-time insights

Elevate customer experiences with an analytics service that brings together data integration, enterprise data warehousing and big data analytics.

Online shopper behaviour insights

See what your e-commerce customers want – and understand how they’re using your website.

Clear customer view

Uncover real-time customer insights and deliver unmatched omnichannel experiences with world-class AI and analytics.

Help protect your revenue and customers

Use adaptive AI to identify patterns and help combat payment fraud, bots, account takeovers and returns and discount fraud.

Smart fraud protection

Help protect your revenue and your retail customers with adaptive AI.

Generate a high-margin revenue stream

Boost ad revenue using your first-party shopper data.

Marketing automation for e-commerce

Generate ad revenue by enabling trusted brand partners to promote products on your digital channels.

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Microsoft Cloud for Retail

Contact your account executive to get started with Microsoft Cloud for Retail.*

Microsoft Cloud for Retail includes:

  • Retail-specific configurations, connectors and applications
  • Technical support, including unlimited 24/7 access to technical resources
  • Access to our extensive, experienced retail partner ecosystem

 

* See terms and conditions

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* The Microsoft Retail Cloud Add-On Service Specific Terms explain your and Microsoft’s rights and obligations with respect to regulatory compliance standards for Customer Data and Non-Microsoft Product Data solely in connection with your use of the Microsoft Retail Cloud Add-On. The qualifying licence terms for Microsoft 365/Office 365, Dynamics 365, Power Platform and Azure are found in the Product Terms and the Microsoft Privacy Statement and are a prerequisite to your use of the Retail Cloud Add-On SKU.

You can learn more about Microsoft’s commitments to Retail compliance, data protection and privacy by visiting our compliance documentation and the Trust Centre.