This document discusses how retail organizations can leverage big data and analytics. It outlines various data sources in retail like POS systems, RFID, cameras, and social media. It then describes how this data can be used for purposes like monitoring customer behavior, promotions, and inventory management. The document also provides examples of how big data analytics can benefit sectors like security, travel, healthcare, automotive, and traffic management. Finally, it discusses various cloud tools that can be used for analytics like Pentaho, Tableau, QlikView, Microsoft Power BI, and IBM Cognos.