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     <title><![CDATA[Saks Leverages Mobile to Link Digital and In-Store Shopping]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Use of mobile devices is becoming the norm, particularly among luxury shoppers, says Saks Direct president/CMO Denise Incandela. She calls mobile a key cross-channel link for the retailer.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:22:51 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Staples Extends In-Store Signage Printing to 320 Canadian Stores]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Staples is expanding its in-store signage printing solution from AccessVia to its 320-plus Canadian stores, producing bilingual signs and a French-language user interface for stores with Francophone employees.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:35:43 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Streamlining the Store]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Walgreens keeps store-level IT lean while enabling new concepts and cutting-edge functionality]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Walgreens' Five Tips for Smoother IT Rollouts]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Operating 7,800-plus stores gives Walgreens lots of motivation to make its IT deployments as smooth and hassle-free as possible. Here are five guidelines that can help streamline your next technology rollout.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:00:48 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Barneys New York Goes Cutting-Edge for the Holidays]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Gaga&rsquo;s Workshop is the key element in a multi-channel, holiday promotion. Only problem is the website has been down for days due to inability to handle the traffic.<br />]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:18:40 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Kohl's Offers No-Cost Electric Vehicle Charging at 33 Stores]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[At 33 stores in 11 states, Kohl's is piloting electric vehicle charging stations offering customers no-fee charging while they shop.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:32:39 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[FYE Boosts Facebook Fans 56% with 'Twilight' Promotion]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[FYE completed a successful four-week Facebook promotion that leveraged discounts and a contest that sent the winner to the LA premier of the movie <i>Breaking Dawn: Part 1</i> of the <i>Twilight</i> saga. The promotion boosted FYE Facebook fans 56%.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:35:19 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Bonobos Uses Robotic Technology to Streamline Processes]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Bonobos speeds fulfillment time and boosts customer satisfaction with robotic technology.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[American Eagle's Fast-Growing Mobile Channel Boosts Store Traffic]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[M-commerce sales are rising rapidly at American Eagle Outfitters, and the retailer is achieving added value by using mobile to drive store traffic and integrate more effectively with social media sites.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:00:16 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Lowe's Mobile Rollout 60% Complete]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[More than 60% of Lowe's stores are now equipped with an average of 25 Apple iPhone-based mobile devices apiece, with chainwide rollout of all 42,000 devices expected by early 2012, and the customer experience impact is already being felt. The home improvement retailer has identified opportunities to repurpose &quot;several hundred thousand labor hours from support tasks to directly serving customers,&quot; according to Lowe's EVP of store operations Rick Damron. Another reason for the rapid results: the intuitive, user-friendly apps allowed Lowe's to distribute the devices without training manuals, a first for the company.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:35:42 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Home Depot Distribution Efficiencies Improve In-Stock Positions]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Distribution efficiencies have improved inventory movement at Home Depot, allowing 80% of deliveries from the chain's Rapid Distribution Centers to go directly from store receiving to the sales floor.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:55:50 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Marks & Spencer Boosts Basket Size 25% with Online Video]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[By adding M&amp;S TV to its website, UK-based department store Marks &amp; Spencer saw a 25% uplift in basket size.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:04:08 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Clarks Shoes Creates a Global Platform]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A look inside Clarks Shoes' innovative, customer-focused IT strategy supporting a give-year growth plan.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:04:08 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Save Mart Takes Advantage of Analytics]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Save Mart utilizes business intelligence to analyze data and boost performance across the enterprise.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:04:08 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Golfsmith Multi-Channel Shoppers Outspend Single-Channel Four to One]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Golfsmith's analysis of its multi-channel shoppers reveals that they spend four times as much as customers that only shop in one channel.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:18:11 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Smaller-Format Stores' Success Prompts Cabela's Expansion Plans]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[With its smaller-format stores outperforming traditional locations by 30%-40% in key measurements, Cabela's is planning to open more of these next-generation stores through 2013.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:09:31 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Price and Promotion Optimization Bring $40M in Benefits to Office Depot]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Office Depot has achieved $40 million in benefits from more effective pricing and promotional strategies during the first three quarters of 2011, and is also seeing strong results from its new smaller-format stores.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:58:51 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Supervalu Drives Sales Through Hyperlocal Efforts]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Supervalu is taking a hyperlocal approach to store promotions by giving store directors more control over marketing campaigns and display space in their stores. Best practices are then shared between directors through social networking sites.<br />]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:50:09 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[American Apparel Adds RFID to 100 More Stores]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[American Apparel plans to expand its RFID rollout to 100 more stores by the end of 2011. The apparel retailer has seen unexpected benefits including an average 55% decline in employee theft in the 50 stores the technology has already been deployed in.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 15:21:02 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[The Container Store Uses WFM for Successful Scheduling]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Container Store uses advanced WFM tools to align store staffing with customer traffic.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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