The Theatro Blog

Jun 14 2018

Theatro at Future Stores Seattle 2018 in a Big Way

Future Stores Seattle 2018 is coming up next week and we’re gearing up for the big show. Our CEO, Chris Todd, has a speaking session on Day Two: Wednesday, June 20th at 2:20 PM (track B). Chris’ session “The Mobile Revolution Has Left the Hourly…
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May 30 2018

The Future of the IoT Employee

The whole world is practically connected. By 2020 there will be 6 billion smartphones in the world and nearly 31 billion connected IoT (Internet of Things) devices. Most people on this earth will have a smartphone by then. We’re in an era of explosive growth... Read More
May 15 2018

Theatro Now a Proud Member of the Retail Council of Canada

See us at STORE 2018 Theatro continues to grow by leaps and bounds and as of May 14th, 2018 we are now a proud member of the Retail Council of Canada! We’re headquartered in Dallas, Texas and have our mobile voice technology in half the…
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Mar 1 2018

Have You Heard the Latest? The Mobile Revolution has Left the Hourly Retail Worker Behind

I recently wrote an article that was featured on RIS News: The Mobile Revolution Has Left the Hourly Retail Worker Behind, But Conversational Computing Brings Hope. In the article I discuss how the 4th largest employment sector, hourly in-store associates, has been left behind in…
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Feb 15 2018

A Post Show Recap: Conversational Interaction Conference

The Conversational Interaction (CI) Conference was held Feb. 5-6 in San Jose, CA. The conference is organized by AVIOS and has been held annually in various forms (Voice Search, then Mobile Voice, then CI) since 2008. An overarching theme of the conference is the ways…
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Jan 17 2018

Post-NRF 2018 Show and Media Recap

Theatro’s booth at NRF 2018 was buzzing with activity as we demonstrated the power of our mobile communications platform. Our technology demos generated serious excitement from retailers and the industry media noticed! We’re proud to share the below news articles that came out from and…
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Oct 4 2017

The State Of Retail – Commentary from Nextpoint 2017

Greetings from seat 26G. I’m on my flight back from Miami where the Theatro team spent a few days at the NextPoint retail technology networking event connecting with some of the leading retailers in the US and Canada.
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Aug 25 2017

Voice Goes To 11 – Walmart and Google Partner On Conversational Commerce

This week Google and Walmart just took the conversational commerce “voice wars” to 11 by announcing a strategic partnership to integrate Walmart with Google Assistant (Google’s intelligent personal assistant) and Google Express (Google’s same-day delivery service).
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Jul 10 2017

Don’t Let This Common Customer Service Mistake Happen to You

I look forward to a world where I can walk into a store, talk to a sales associate who actually makes eye contact, has their hands free to help me look for whatever I’m shopping for, and can tell me the price or what’s in stock at the speed of thought.
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