Following the recent Rite Aid announcement that it would be adding beacons to its nationwide network of stores, Walgreens CIO Abhi Dhar detailed his company’s plans to leverage its established Hadoop-based infrastructure to support a beacon-based upgrade of its mobile app experience.
The mobile he app, which already draws millions of views every month, is intended to serve as the focal point of a new age of Walgreens digital experiences, and Dhar is focused on improving that user-centric view continuously, he told CIO magazine.
