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Nordstrom Implements Size Optimization To Maximize its Merchandise Selection

Looking to further refine its merchandise offerings to better meet customer demand, while also reducing overall inventory expenses, Nordstrom recently added Oracle’s Retail Size Profile Optimization application. The new solution…

News August 6
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Microsoft’s POS 2009 Rollout Provides SMBs With Advanced Functionality

Microsoft is aiming to help smaller retailers provide better customer service with Microsoft Dynamics POS 2009, which became available on Monday, August 3. POS 2009 offers a flexible, configurable user…

News August 6
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2-D Barcodes Present Path To Get Shoppers To ‘Opt-In’ To In-Store

During the course of 2009, we have seen more retailers utilizing shopper path tracking and gaze tracking to better understand how shoppers are responding to in-store promotions (both traditional and…

Features August 6

Quantivo Extends Reach Of Analytics Tools By Hosting On Amazon’s Cloud Environment

Quantivo, a leader in on-demand Behavioral Analytics, announced this week that its SaaS service is now hosted on the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon EC2. While the utilization of deep…

News July 30
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Best Buy’s Twelpforce Rollout Launches Customer Support Into Social Stratosphere

By David Dorf, Director of Technology Strategy, Oracle Retail Editor’s Note: This article is an excerpt from one of RetailWire’s recent online discussions. Each business morning on RetailWire.com, retail industry…

News July 30
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Six Strategies Retailers Are Using to Expand Their Facebook Networks

  Providing the ability to reach some 250 million users, the Facebook platform has been established as a pot of gold for retailers, and some are taking full advantage of…

News July 23
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1-800-Flowers Digs Into Mobile Commerce With Multiple App Storefronts

Long before mobile commerce emerged as a new channel, multichannel visionary 1-800-Flowers.com saw the potential market and launched a mobile Web site in early 2006, and tapped mobile software provider…

News July 23

Family Dollar Fuels Sales Growth By Upgrading Merchandising Strategy

With 6,700 locations in 44 states and $7 billion in annual sales, Family Dollar hardly seems to have any issues driving sales growth. However, when the company’s frenetic sales growth…

News July 23
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On Heels Of June Swoon, Some Retailers Roll Out Holiday Sales Early This Year

Although retailers continued to slash prices on seasonal merchandise, June sales were once again a disappointment for retailers, decreasing 3.8% unadjusted over the last year, according to the National Retail…

News July 16
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