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IBM and Epicor Collaborate To Centralize Store Systems For Specialty Retailers

IBM and Epicor Software are attempting to fill a niche in specialty and department store retail management with…

News July 10

Pricing Issues Go Under the Microscope As Inflation Issues & Competition Converge

Since the first cash register door slip open, the most basic tenet of retailing has always been pricing.…

News July 3

Retailers Realizing Benefits of Loss Prevention Systems to Monitor Traffic, Behavior

The National Retail Federation’s annual Loss Prevention event was held in Orlando this week, and although the content…

News June 26

Oracle Delivers Comprehensive Suite Of Retail Apps with Release 13

The wait is over. After three years of purposeful acquisitions of best-of-breed retail applications Oracle Retail has introduced…

News June 19

Today’s Retail Models: Everything is Broken, But Cross-Channel Formats Are Still Flexible

Amazing how smart I was just two years ago. In fact, the world seemed to be full of…

News May 29

New Solution Lightens Loyalty Load, Connects Credit, Debit Cards To Merchant Reward Plans

The separate loyalty card may become a relic now that retailers can tie their loyalty programs into customers’…

News April 10

Retailers Counting On Conversion Analysis To Drive Store Metrics

With physical expansion slowing, many leading retailers are taking a harder look at the performance metrics of their…

News March 7

Recent Trends Point to The Emerging Age Of Micro-Retailing

Bigger was certainly better in the first half of this decade. Most chains were not only rolling out…

News February 29

New Study Reveals Sales Staff Driving Shopper Defections

The phrase “sales help” may prove to be an oxymoron in many corners of retail. A recent study…

News February 21
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