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What Did Cyber Monday Teach Us About Digital Infrastructure? Slow Is The New Down

By Jack Sweeney, SevOne The outages and slowdowns that plagued web sites for retailers like Target, Neiman Marcus, and Victoria’s Secret on and around Cyber Monday were disasters, but customers…

Executive Viewpoints December 11

Whole Foods CIO: Transparency Is Key Goal For New ERP

When Jason Buechel came on as EVP and CIO for Whole Foods less than three years ago, the business was not agile enough, flexible enough or transparent enough to move…

Features December 11

Walmart Taps Former Target CMO To Replace Outgoing Exec

Walmart’s Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), Stephen Quinn is retiring from his position in January 2016, according to sources of The Wall Street Journal. Quinn held the position since 2007. Neither…

News December 10

Walmart Makes Grand (And Solo) Entrance Into Mobile Payments

Walmart has officially thrown its hat in the mobile payments spectrum, introducing its own payment service, Walmart Pay. With the launch, Walmart becomes the first retailer to offer its own…

News December 10

Ace Hardware Bolsters Store Planning, Category Management With JDA Solutions

Ace Hardware has selected space and category management solutions from JDA Software, including JDA Floor Planning, JDA Category Knowledge Base, JDA Web Publisher and JDA Assortment Optimization. In selecting the…

News December 10

Longo’s Supermarkets Selects Symphony GOLD To Scale Retail Operations

Canadian grocer Longo’s Supermarkets has licensed the Symphony GOLD unified software platform to enable end-to-end retail operations across vendor management, merchandising, sales, supply chain and customer loyalty. With the Symphony…

News December 10

Retail Recap Of The Week

Now that we’re moving into the heart of this crucial selling season, retailers realize they not only must carry out their heavily planned holiday plans flawlessly, but build out their…

Executive Viewpoints December 10

Samaritan’s Feet Tracks Shoe Donations Throughout Optimized Global Supply Chain

While the holiday season is often synonymous with shopping and consumption, it also represents a time of giving and gratitude. It’s a time when retail industry players and ordinary people…

Features December 10

Former Borders Exec Debuts App To Price Match Amazon With Local Businesses

Amazon’s surging popularity at the turn of the century permanently changed the landscape of the bookstore industry, leading to the closure of numerous chains that had held sway in this…

News December 9
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