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Editor's Notebook
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A Lesson In Professional Excellence
By Matt Pillar, Editor In Chief
Of all the meetings I had at last week's RILA LPAS (Loss Prevention, Auditing, and Safety) Conference, I enjoyed none more than the hour I spent with Gene Smith, Executive Director of the LP Foundation. I've known Gene for seven or eight years, long enough to know him as a high-character, high-energy guy. Last Tuesday, as we discussed the foundation's meteoric path to success, I saw a new vigor in the man.
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Guest Series
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Article 2: The Challenges Of Internet Retailing
By Leslie Belcher, President, Jesta I.S. Inc.
For many retailers, e-commerce has become the gateway into previously inaccessible markets. However, entering this new world of opportunity comes with some strings attached: the customer is a significantly more sophisticated shopper; inventory fulfillment needs to be optimized; and existing stores must be part of the e-commerce strategy. It is not enough for retailers to be multi-channel capable. Retailers must be seamlessly 'cross channel' as well.
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Featured Articles
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The Value-Driven Paradigm
Submitted By Oracle Retail
Besides gaining many new non-conventional outlets and gravitating to one-stop shopping experiences created by channel blurring, consumers reveled as value formats compressed prices across broad categories of goods. Price competition replaced customer loyalty, and shoppers were overwhelmed with new ways to shop for groceries, electronics, household goods, and many other merchandise categories.
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Best Practices For Cross-Channel Order Management
Submitted By Epicor Software Corporation
How can you attract shoppers who consistently spend more? By advancing from simple multi-channel retailing to rich cross-channel integration! This white paper shows you how to drive top- and bottom-line growth in any economic climate with strategies for gaining an enterprise-wide view of inventory, streamlining order management, elevating customer service and saving sales every day.
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7 Rules To Ensure Success In Trading Partner Community Development
By Jim Frome, Chief Strategy Officer & Executive Vice President, SPS Commerce
The retail industry is facing what many observers call the most difficult economic environment in decades. As consumers scale back on spending, retailers face tremendous pressure to do more with less. At the same time, consumers have become more demanding about getting the specific products they want faster than ever before.
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Featured Downloads
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| WMS In The Cloud Or Just Fluff? |
| So the world probably doesn't need another whitepaper detailing the benefits of a warehouse management system (WMS) — which, by the way, are increased productivity, real-time access to information, up to 99% inventory accuracy, faster shipping, better collaboration with partners, and improved customer service, to name a few.
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| Are You Too Slow To Market? |
| Improving speed to market means you must get your entire supply chain network involved. Today's best retail supply chains are experts on speed to market and collaboration. They've perfected the art of working with suppliers and other partners by involving them early in the process and cutting out every time buffer. Two things set leading retail supply chains apart...
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| Customer Satisfaction -- Inspiring Loyalty |
| Most retailers agree that the success of any store, any chain, or any brand is as simple and recent as the satisfaction of its latest customer. Was the experience the kind that will inspire the customer to return or, better yet, pass by competitors to return?
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Join retail industry leaders engaged in mobile at the Retail Mobile Executive Summit hosted by RetailConnections and the Retail Industry Leaders Association in San Francisco this July 19 to 21, 2010. Visit www.retailmobile.net
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Submission Information
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application notes, white papers, tutorials, videos, press releases, and other relevant content for featuring on www.retailsolutionsonline.com and in our e-mail newsletter.
Please send your submissions or questions to us at editor@retailsolutionsonline.com.
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