 MERCHANDISING TRENDS
Target Seeks Allies in Battle Against 'Showrooming'
Target's recent letter to its suppliers seeking help in the battle against 'showrooming' – the phenomenon of shoppers browsing brick-and-mortar stores but buying from lower-priced competitors – points up the power mobile devices have put into shoppers' hands. Target wants its suppliers to help by providing more differentiated products and/or lower prices, but many wonder if anything can stem the showrooming tide.
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Customer Experience-Driven Networks Invade Retail
Retailers are adopting new Internet-based services that appeal to customers' individual tastes and extend their shopping experience beyond traditional brick-and-mortar environments. Learn which notable examples are emerging in retail now.
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Hands Free RFID for Superior Inventory Management
Retail executives have always been intrigued by the vision of an entire store's inventory being counted instantly, with no human effort. Discover how a new "hands-free" RFID solution can work for retailers.
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Walmart Losing its Grip on Key Shopper Segment
Walmart's self-branding as the leading EDLP retailer has been integral to its success, but a recent survey of Walmart shoppers indicates the vast majority – 86% – no longer believe Walmart offers the lowest prices. As the economic recovery sputters, Walmart's "identity crisis" could prove costly.
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Walmart Launches Web-Based Collaborative Planning Portal
Walmart is launching a new portal for collaborative planning with its suppliers. The Web-based Customer Advantage platform, launching next month, will be based on a common custom knowledge base about Walmart shoppers and will enable closer collaboration among the retailer and its suppliers on shopper strategies and tactics.
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Top 10 Takeaways from the 2012 Store Systems Study
1/25/2012 2:00:00 PM (EST)
Moderator:
Joe Skorupa, Group Editor-in-Chief, RIS News
Panelists:
>>Lee Holman, Lead Retail Analyst,IHL Group
>>Charlie McCarter, Regional Sales Director, SMB Retail Solutions, Dell Inc
>>Barry Wise, Industry Consultant, Epson America, Inc.
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Leveraging WFM Analytics to Improve Labor Optimization
Retailers who have deployed automated workforce management solutions, such as budgeting, forecasting, scheduling, timekeeping and task management, have access to volumes of valuable data, which can yield a wealth of analytical information to improve workforce optimization and labor allocation. Explore how to build the optimal workforce management dashboard and gain actionable insight to improve labor optimization initiatives.
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Mobile and Tablet Shopping Demystified -- Adoption and the ROI Business Case
Kony is proud to sponsor Aberdeen's new report titled, "Mobile and Tablet Shopping Demystified -- Adoption and the ROI Business Case" by Principal Analyst, Sahir Anand. Between July and August 2011, Aberdeen surveyed 300 enterprises to assess the consumer, process and technology factors that are shaping the roll-out and gradual expansion of existing mobile and tablet shopping initiatives. This Analyst Insight details business and customer success cases, and forward-looking roadmaps that are likely to define this space in the coming months.
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