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03.08.2010 -- How A 2.5% Conversion Increase Lifts Sales 10%

March 8, 2010

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The 4th annual RIS Retail Technology Conference is an event for retail executives who want to hit the ground running as the economy heads into recovery. Set for April 7-9 at the Ritz-Carlton Orlando Grande Lakes, the conference combines a premiere executive setting with an agenda focused on strategic retail business and technology imperatives. The theme of this year's event is The Shopper-Centric Enterprise, a topic of critical importance to retailers in a recovering economy.

Editor's Notebook

M-Commerce: Coming Of Age?
By Matt Pillar, Editor In Chief, Retail Solutions Online/Integrated Solutions For Retailers
In January, I wrote a column for Integrated Solutions For Retailers magazine that called out m-commerce as one of the five biggest retail technology flops of the past decade. I stand by my analysis, but a new decade has dawned indeed.

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Manage Cross-Channel Transaction Risk
By Kamila Kibilda, Vice President of Risk Operations, Certegy, an FIS company
Fraud is opportunistic and ever-changing. It continues to cost retailers billions of dollars annually, especially during these tough economic times. Fraud has no boundaries and targets retailers across all payment channels, focusing most aggressively on the least-monitored or otherwise most-exposed areas in the organization.

Manage Cross-Channel Transaction Risk

Executive Outlook

5 Steps To Choosing The Right E-Commerce Partner
By Emily Pfeiffer, Director of eCommerce Product Marketing, EPORIA eCommerce
The results of a recent Integrated Solutions for Retailers survey indicate that the majority of its readership intends to invest in an eCommerce or web development solution in 2010. The survey also made it clear that value and return on investment guide the search for new providers.

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How A 2.5% Conversion Increase Lifts Sales 10%
By Erin Harris, Integrated Solutions For Retailers magazine
With the right workforce management tools, retailers can ensure strategic compliance and appropriate staffing to achieve higher customer service levels, effective labor management, and most importantly, cost savings. I recently caught up with Joanna Kennedy, marketing director at Tomax, to learn more about how labor scheduling tools can help retailers achieve cost savings.

How A 2.5% Conversion Increase Lifts Sales 10%

Making E-Commerce Safe And Profitable
By Tom Donlea, Executive Director, The Merchant Risk Council
This year's Merchant Risk Council (MRC) Annual ECommerce Payments And Risk Conference is focused on helping online retailers improve their security and payment strategies while exploring specific operational solutions in fighting and mitigating online risk and fraud.

Making E-Commerce Safe And Profitable

Align Your Space Execution With Corporate Growth
Submitted by Oracle Retail
Shoppers are more discerning than ever before. Today's customer walks through your door expecting a highly tailored shopping experience that allows him or her to find the right product at the right price at the right place. Retailers need to find a way to meet heightened expectations for personalized customer service and improve the profitability of their stores in a historically challenging and changing economic environment.

Align Your Store-Specific Space Execution With Overall Corporate Growth

Industry News

RILA Survey: Protecting Customer Data Is A Top Priority For Retailers
Duane Reade Increases Store Management Floor Time With RedPrairie Site Manager
Loyalty 360 To Host "Driving C-Store eLoyalty With The Mobile Consumer Using Digital Media And Rewards"
Jesta I.S Supports Multi-Channel Operations With Vision E-DOM
SATO Introduces CG Series Of Ultra-Compact Barcode Printers
Ingenico Debuts Innovative Mobile Commerce Applications
Glacier Computer Announces The M300 & M305 Series Handheld Computers
St. Bernard Sports Further Advances Into The E-Commerce Market
Frank Zarrello Joins RPE As Practice Lead For Merchandise Planning And Optimization
Top Seven French Retailers Choose Datalogic Scanning Handheld Readers
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