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Best of NRF 2012: Top 10 Takeaways
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.
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NRF 2012: Saks, Guitar Center CEOs Close Super Sessions
Super Sessions will close with a bang at this year's Big Show with a special panel of CEOs from Saks, Burberry, Petco and Guitar Center. Titled "Retail Never Sleeps — Delivering Transformative Leadership," this session will discuss how the ability to develop and properly utilize future leaders can lead to success in retail's dynamic and ever-changing marketplace.
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Talbots Closing 83 Stores in 2011
Talbots will close 83 stores by the end of the year and a total of 110 stores by the end of 2013 as part of its cost reduction program. Implemented in Q4 2011, the program is intended to generate approximately $50 million in annualized cost savings by the end of fiscal 2012.
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SAP Purchases Cloud Software Firm for $3.4B
Joining other powerhouse technology firms on the hunt for smaller companies that provide services through the cloud, SAP purchased cloud-based enterprise software company SuccessFactors for $3.4 billion.
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Black Friday Weekend Sales Climb 16.4% to $52.4B
Stores opening their doors as early as 10 p.m. on Thanksgiving, warm weather and sharply increased e-commerce activity combined for an estimated $52.4 billion in Black Friday weekend sales, an impressive 16.4% increase over 2010's $45 billion.
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Best Buy Triples IT Workforce
Best Buy will hire 200 in-house IT specialists over the next year, growing its team from 100 to 300, in a move to localize and take control of its largely outsourced IT department.
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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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