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Editor's Notebook
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Where The Cloud Fits For Retail
By Matt Pillar, editor in chief
It might not be necessary for retailers to follow nose-to-tail as tech giants like IBM and Apple take to the clouds. But the cloud offers competitive advantage to those willing to overcome the anxiety and tech malaise that sometimes plagues our industry.
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Featured Integrated Solutions For Retailers Article
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Ralph Lauren Pioneers International TMS
By Matt Pillar, editor in chief
 Call it Expedia for international logistics. Kathleen King, senior director of international transportation for The Ralph Lauren Corporation, says that's how the transport operations team there characterizes its new international
transportation management system, internally referred to as its International Vendor Air Routing Web Portal.
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Guest Expert Series
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Hottest Color Printing Trends In Retail Today
Submitted by Epson America, Inc.
On-demand color printing solutions provides a fast and cost-effective answer for in-store promotions that drive immediate results. Printing color on-demand labels and signage in the store reduces the freight and packaging costs of pre printed signs, while allowing stores to customize promotions that meet constantly changing regional or individual store needs. You can still catch up with Part 1 of this series.
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Featured Articles
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Labatt Food Service Eliminates Hundreds Of Hours Of Inefficiencies With Toughbook U1
Submitted by Panasonic Solutions Company
Shift from a pen-and-paper-based solution to increase customer and driver satisfaction and improve operational efficiency. The Toughbook U1 with embedded AT&T Wireless mobile broadband solution has allowed Labatt Food Service to eliminate hundreds of hours of inefficiently spent time per day, reduce fuel consumption, increase accuracy of data captured in the field, and improve customer and driver satisfaction.
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Annual Customer Satisfaction Report For Apparel, Athletic Shoes, And Pet Foods
Submitted by CFI Group
The ACSI continues on the path it has been for quite some time now: in the aggregate, it is going nowhere. In this sense, it not only mirrors the economy, it contributes to its frailty. There are several reasons why customer satisfaction takes on extra importance in a fragile economy.
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The Business Case For Mobile Workforce Management
Submitted by Kronos Incorporated
Given that 55% of retailers are looking toward more effective labor management processes as a strategic competitive differentiator, and given the growing pervasiveness of mobility both inside and outside the retail enterprise, it is no wonder that mobile workforce management has become a priority for these organizations.
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Pet Supermarket Increases Productivity In The DC
Submitted by Lucas Systems, Inc.
Pet Supermarket is a growing pet retailer with 120 stores across the southeastern United States. With new store openings and increased sales at existing locations, the company's distribution center in Sunrise, Florida, was facing rising shipping volumes and workloads.
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Featured Content
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| Retail Fusion: The Benefits Of Organizational Visibility |
| This article, as part of a three-part series, details how visibility enables retailers to identify the most critical risks to the organization and address them before they cause losses.
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| Java — Flexible And Platform Agnostic |
| By now, we are used to technology that advances so rapidly that we can scarcely keep track. POS systems, operating systems — even the telephone seems to outdate itself each quarter. In some ways we are lucky to live and work in an age that sees so much improvement in so little time. However, all this rapid development can leave decision-makers anxious that they'll be left clutching yesterday's technology as their competitors whirl on by with better and faster models.
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| The Time Is Now To Invest In The Supply Chain Process |
| In a sluggish global economy with varied perspective on when and how the retail industry will fully return to a state of consumer confidence, there appears to be growing optimism. A resurgence of retail IT spending is emerging in North America.
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| Ben E. Keith Sells More Beer With MobileDemand xTablets |
| Ben E. Keith is the second largest Anheuser-Busch wholesaler in the United States, covering 61 counties in North Texas including Dallas and Fort Worth. Over 250 pre-sale routes service customers throughout the state of Texas.
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Featured Podcast
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| WFM On The Go |
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In Part 2 of the three-part podcast series, WFM And The Connected Store, Rochelle Schard, director of product & industry marketing (WFM) at Infor WFM Workbrain, talks to Erin Harris, associate editor at Integrated Solutions For Retailers/Retail Solutions Online, about how mobility impacts a store's WFM strategy and what that can do for the labor force. You can still catch up with Part 1 of this series.
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2012 Vendor Spotlight Resource Center
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Upcoming Events
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| NRF 101st Annual Convention & EXPO |
Convention: January 15 to 18
EXPO: January 16 to 17
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center | New York City
This year, NRF is offering more than ever before. More challenging programming, more retail innovators, more opportunities to connect with colleagues, and even more space to move around in.
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| RetailROI SuperSaturday 2012 Analyst Day |
| Join Retail's Top Analysts and C-level executives Saturday, 1/14, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., for this unique IT conference the Saturday before NRF at the PwC Auditorium. This fast-paced event gets you completely up to date on the latest data and trends in the retail industry before you hit the show floor.
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