Ellen Thomas

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Generative artificial intelligence won’t take jobs from retail workers; instead, it will make them better at their jobs, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff told attendees at the National Retail Federation’s annual conference in New York last week.Benioff stopped by NRF for a fireside chat with one of his top customers, Walmart’s US CEO and president, John Furner, to discuss the big question on everyone’s minds: How will we use AI?Clad in a jacket and sweater by Loro Piana — owned by LVMH, another Sales…

When Salesforce announced its second quarter earnings after the bell on Wednesday, it had a pleasant surprise for its many activist stakeholders: it delivered the profit margins they wanted far faster than expected.The cloud software giant reported a 31.6% non-GAAP operating margin for the second quarter of its fiscal 2024 and raised guidance for the full year to 30%. The quarter ended on July 31.Hitting profit margins of above 30% is an important milestone for Salesforce, which for the past yea…