Newsletter | September 6, 2011

09.06.2011 -- $1.2B Finish Line Reduces Returns And Prevents Fraud | Destination Baby Achieves Mobile POS Success

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Editor's Notebook

Serving Customers In The Eye Of The Storm
By Matt Pillar, editor in chief
While most retailers are victimized by natural disaster, Home Depot – confident in its preparation – climbs the mast in gale-force wins like Lieutenant Dan in Forrest Gump. What can you learn from its mastery of mayhem?

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$1.2B Finish Line Reduces Returns And Prevents Fraud
By Erin Harris, associate editor
The concept of return fraud (sometimes called wardrobing) in exchange transactions extends the predicament of retail returns, as return fraud and shrink are highly correlated.

$1.2B Finish Line Reduces Returns And Prevents Fraud

Guest Expert Series

A Return On Merchandising Investment Model
By Dave Zoerb, Senior VP Marketing, Frank Mayer & Associates, Inc.
How many marketing, merchandising, and product managers are faced with marching orders to find "out of the box solutions" with no clear budget parameters? With more than 35 years of experience in the business, I can tell you this happens more often than not. You can still catch up with Part 1 of this series.

Featured Articles

Destination Baby Achieves Mobile POS Success
By Matt Pillar, editor in chief
Art Howard believes in the power of community as a platform for retail success. Five years ago, Howard launched Destination Baby, a brick-and mortar store in Woodbridge, NJ, that offers baby and maternity products.

Destination Baby Achieves Mobile POS Success

Managing Inventory In Multi-Echelon Networks
Submitted by Manhattan Associates
The challenge of optimal deployment of inventory is even greater when locations are situated in different tiers or echelons of the enterprise's distribution network.

Managing Inventory In Multi-Echelon Networks

Supermarket Chain Lets Its Employees Choose Its Latest Handhelds
Submitted by Honeywell
After being in business for 50 years, 34 location, 1200 employee-strong German supermarket chain Minipreis required a refresh of the company's existing estate of mobile computers.

Supermarket Chain Lets Its Employees Choose Its Latest Handhelds

How To Ensure Mobile POS Success
Submitted by VeriFone
The amount of recent press and research dedicated to the adoption of mobility in retail is dizzying, in part because there are so many multi-disciplinary applications for mobile technology, and in part because so many of those applications are putting up big returns for early adopters.

How To Ensure Mobile POS Success

Industry News

Urban Decay To Deliver A More Personal Brand Experience
Nordstrom, Macy's, GameStop Make Big Strides In Favorite 50 Online Retailers List
Pelco Device Utility 2 – The Fast Track To IP Camera Management
e-Commerce Sales Rise While Data Indicates Lowest Website Visitor Satisfaction In Years
Joseph-Beth Booksellers To Implement Jesta I.S. Vision Suite Solutions
AccuCode Unveils: AO: HaaS,Managed ‘Hardware As A Service' Solution
Celerant Introduces A Redesigned POS Screen With Advanced Functionality
SATO Announces New President & CEO
New EP CLEAR Tamper Tag Offers Unmatched Flexibility, Performance, And Protection
Milestone Systems Receives Arecont Vision Award
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Featured Content

The Benefits Of Standardizing On Rugged Tablet PCs
Standardizing operations with rugged tablet technology will give your employees access to critical information, work processes, and much more, providing the tools they need to work smarter and faster.

Synchronize, Secure Your Data
Retailers encounter both tremendous benefits and palpable risks as they continue to connect with multiple sources (i.e. partners, suppliers, stores, employees, etc.).

Enterprise-Ready Mobile Tablets Enhance Productivity
The best way to learn about the Motion CL900 is to see it in action. Watch this short video and see why the CL900 is one of the best tablets PCs available.

Leverage Video As A Critical Source Of Data
A tool widely used in retail, video provides retailers with another critical source of data, corroborating it with information from a variety of other systems.
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Retail Applications For LXE Marathon Field Computer
The biggest challenge facing retailers today is when a smartphone-wielding customer is more knowledgeable than your associate.

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