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     <title><![CDATA[Sainsbury's Optimizes Workforce Management of 150K Employees]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Sainsbury's has selected a workforce management solution from Kronos to manage the time, attendance and scheduling of more than 150,000 employees across its 1,000-plus UK locations.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:56:07 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Staples Debuts Tablet-Optimized E-Commerce Site]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Tablet shoppers will be automatically routed to Staples new tablet-optimized website, which debuts this week. The retailer is also launching its own E-Commerce Innovation  Center.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:09:12 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Avenue Clothing Stores File for Bankruptcy]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[United Retail, owner of the Avenue plus-size women's clothing stores, has filed for Chapter 11 protection. The company was approved for a $25 million loan to keep its 433 stores operating as it tries to sell itself to the highest bidder.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:55:46 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Esprit Closing All 93 North American Stores]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Apparel retailer Esprit Holdings will shut all 93 of its North American stores as the U.S. and Canadian divisions of the Hong Kong-based company consider filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:48:57 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Big Sandy Superstores Selects RedPrairie Merchandise Management]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Furniture retailer Big Sandy Superstores is using RedPrairie Merchandise Management to optimize merchandising, inventory management, warehouse management, customer service and POS.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:20:59 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[AutoZone Licenses APT System]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[After a pilot, AutoZone has signed an agreement to license the Test &amp; Learn Management System from APT. The retailer will use the system to assist in evaluating strategic initiatives across all major functional areas.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:08:34 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Home Depot Acquires Home Services Marketplace Redbeacon]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Home Depot has acquired RedBeacon, an online home services platform and mobile app that lets users search, browse and book local home service providers including plumbers, roofers, painters and house cleaners.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:04:38 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[FYE Parent Company Closes 52 More Stores]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Trans World Entertainment, the parent company of FYE and Suncoast, is closing an additional 52 stores after a drop in sales this past holiday season. Trans World has closed more than 550 stores since 2006.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:34:48 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[JCPenney CEO Outlines Pricing Transformation]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[JCPenney revealed initiatives to change its pricing, promotions, merchandise content and presentation. At a launch event, CEO Ron Johnson and President Michael Francis detailed how the company is reimagining every aspect of the company's business.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:58:08 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[BJ's Streamlines Transportation, Lowers Costs with RedPrairie]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[BJ's Wholesale Club will use RedPrairie's Transportation Management System to better monitor carrier performance and shipment activities throughout the supply chain.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:37:20 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[La Senza Shutters 81 Stores]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Lingerie retailer La Senza is closing 81 stores throughout Europe and Canada, citing poor &quot;trading conditions.&quot; The company called in advisors KPMG in December to advise on the possible restructuring of the company.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:14:07 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Target Boosts Analytics Capabilities]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Target will implement a data warehouse platform from Teradata to help the retailer better serve its customers by becoming an analytics-driven organization.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:48:52 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Best Buy Canada Pilots Mobile POS]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Best Buy Canada will deploy a mobile point-of-sale solution in select Future Shop and Best Buy locations by summer 2012.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:40:28 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[H&M Website Crashes Again After Second Versace Launch]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[H&amp;M's e-commerce woes are here to stay as its website crashed for the second time in three months following its second launch of its online exclusive Versace collection. Shoppers took to the company's Twitter page to voice their negative feedback.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:16:25 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Home Depot Expands PayPal POS Pilot to 51 Stores]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A five-store Home Depot pilot of PayPal's payment solution, which allows shoppers to complete in-store transactions without swiping a payment card or even having their mobile device with them at the POS, will expand to 51 stores this week.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:04:10 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Walmart Launches Contest to Sell Customer Products]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Walmart launched a contest that gives customers the chance to have their products sold in the retailer's stores and on its website. The &quot;Get on the Shelf&quot; contest asks participants to create and upload videos of their latest inventions, and can vote for the top three winners online.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:26:54 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Best of NRF 2012: Top 10 Takeaways ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Couldn't make it to the NRF Big Show this year? Not to worry. While nothing can replace actually being there in person, RIS News provides this handy list of the Top 10 memorable moments, exciting events and inspiring introductions at NRF 2012. From former President Clinton charting retail's place in an increasingly globalized future to Facebook-fueled customer analysis to gesture-controlled virtual try-on technology, the Big Show was brimming with big ideas and big news.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:40:44 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Abercrombie & Fitch Expands Direct-to-Consumer Capabilities with IBM]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Abercrombie &amp; Fitch is using IBM's WebSphere commerce platform for its branded storefronts, both domestically and internationally, to expand its direct-to-consumer capabilities and drive its e-commerce business to $1 billion.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:59:19 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Saks Fifth Avenue Pilots Mobile POS Prior to Wider Q2 Rollout]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Saks Fifth Avenue is piloting an iPod-based mobile point-of-sale solution from Cornell-Mayo at two OFF 5TH outlet stores with plans for a wider rollout in the spring.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:57:45 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Target Canada Delivers a Personalized Shopping Experience]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Target has selected the Retalix 10 Store Suite as its next-generation store platform for its new retail operations in Canada to unify and streamline deployment and management of in-store systems to ensure a consistent and personalized shopping experience.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:40:31 GMT</pubDate>
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