First Insight in the News

February 17, 2012 - Apparel Magazine
It used to be that retailers and merchandisers determined the length...

February 7, 2012 - Forbes Blog
As we start 2012, it’s wise to consider what’s motivating the average consumer’s purchasing decisions beyond the current economic conditions or buying...

January 23, 2012 - Greg Girard, IDC Analyst
David's Bridal told its collective intelligence story in one of NRF's Big !deas session this week and of its experience with First Insight, Inc. With...

January 12, 2012 - Berns Communications Group, LLC
PITTSBURGH, PA January 12, 2012 First Insight, Inc., a technology company providing leaders in the retail industry with a predictive analytic consume...

January 5, 2012 - Retail TouchPoints
Merchants are striving to develop optimal product selection, pricing and selling......

December 3, 2011 - TechVibe Radio
This past Saturday, December 3, 2011, TechVibe Radio interviewed First Insight’s CEO and President, Greg Petro on how First Insight helps retailers ke...

September 12, 2011 - Computerworld
The combination of predictive analytics and social media is helping retailers anticipate the whims of fashion – but it’s not yet a substitute for exp...

March 9, 2011 - Women's Wear Daily
Kate Middleton might be keeping mum on whether she’s picked Sarah Burton of Alexander McQueen to design...

February 18, 2011 - Financial Times
Retail fashion buyers live with the risks of misreading their market and ending with piles of unsold shirts or dresses...

January 3, 2011 - Stores
Fresh ideas — be they brilliant, clever, head-scratching or even a bit kooky — were everywhere you turned during the past year. Retailers found extrao...

November 13, 2010 - Tribune Review
Greg Petro sells confidence to retailers and manufacturers who sell almost everything else. Read more: South Side firm's games gauge shoppers - Pitts...

October 6, 2010 - Retail TouchPoints
As customer engagement continues to be a competitive differentiator, it’s more imperative than ever for retailers to employ new tactics and technologi...

September 27, 2010 - Fortune Magazine
Which styles will fly off the shelves this season? Customers who play a new online fashion game are helping big retailers find out....

August 12, 2010 - Internet Reailer
Web analytics services vendor First Insight Inc. has introduced an online game that tests the old notion that customers know best....

June 2010 - MR Magazine
Three technology firms are helping retailers adapt to the changing ways consumers shop for apparel. Two of them, Fits.Me and Virtual Closet, allow sho...

April 26, 2010 - Retail Solutions Online
As if to prove his deft entrepreneurial timing, the five years that followed the founding of Greg Petro's predictive analytics company have seen the p...

April 22, 2010 - Retail TouchPoints
First Insight is aimed at connecting retailers and manufacturers to the voice of the consumer to optimize and streamline critical business decisions....

March 3, 2010 - Apparel
First Insight recently unveiled the newest version of Virtual Customer Viewpoint (VCV), a solution that it says allows merchants and designers to impr...

January 14, 2010 - Retail TouchPoints
To get consumers involved in the development and promotion of products, First Insight’s Virtual Customer Viewpoint application engages shoppers throug...
