  | October 6, 2011 | News for the retail industry |  |  | |
 | Who are this year’s leaders in POS?
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 - Ross to open 12 Chicago-area stores this weekend
Discount apparel and home goods retailer Ross Dress for Less will open 12 new stores in the Chicago area on Saturday. The move marks the chain's first foray into the Midwest, and Ross said the stores will create about 600 new jobs in the market. Chicago Tribune (10/5)      - Ross creates jobs for D.C. unemployed: Ross Dress for Less has hired more than three dozen unemployed Washington, D.C. area residents to staff its first store in the District, as part of the mayor's One City, One Hire initiative. American City Business Journals/Washington, D.C. (10/5)
- Wal-Mart launches lower-priced toy line
Wal-Mart has created a toy line called Kid Connection that includes products priced at less than $5 and $10 to appeal to parents with little money. The retailer has also begun toy promotions earlier and added a layaway program on toys and electronics for the first time since 2006, in response to customer requests for more time to pay for their holidays. Reuters (10/5)  | Let Social Media Find Your Staff For You
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 - U.S. retailers expect holiday sales to rise 2.8%
U.S. holiday sales are expected to total $465.6 billion, up 2.8% from last year, according to NRF's annual survey. Sales will beat the 10-year average of 2.6% but will be well short of the 5.2% jump last year, the group said. "While businesses remain concerned over the viability of the economic recovery, there is no doubt that the retail industry is in a better position this year to handle consumer uncertainty than it was in 2008 and 2009," said President and CEO Matthew Shay. CNBC/Consumer Nation blog (10/6), Google/The Associated Press (10/6)  - American Apparel sees benefits from RFID
American Apparel expects to double its rollout of radio frequency identification tags from 50 to 100 stores by the end of the year. The RFID technology led to a drop in employee theft and shrinkage due to process errors, the company said. RFID Journal (10/5)  | Enterprise Resource Planning automates many aspects of an organization's operations, cascading across traditional boundaries of operations, finance, manufacturing and more. As such, changes in the ERP market can cause a ripple effect in your business. Get ahead of the changing tide and trends by downloading this free whitepaper. |
 - 5 tips on being a business banks want to lend to
Credit has dried up as regulators have become wary of bad loans, but there is still some financing available if you know where to look, Monica Mehta writes. While large banks may dismiss your company out of hand if it hasn't shown a profit recently, regional and community banks may be able to help. Banks will scrutinize small-business owners' experience and investment in their companies, she writes. Bloomberg Businessweek (10/5)  | Improve Holiday Sales Results with Tools from Akamai!
Now is the perfect time to ensure your website will hold up to the rush of holiday shoppers headed your way. With the challenges facing retailers this holiday shopping season, it's never to soon to focus. Download Akamai's Holiday Toolkit now! |
 | Policy & Government Affairs |  |  | | |  | - NRF counsel says bank has only itself to blame
Bank of America has felt the fallout from its decision to start charging debit-card holders $5 per month, to make up for new caps on swipe fees. "Retailers are all about honest, open-market competition. The banks, though, have been socking it to retailers and consumers for years with hidden swipe fees -- that's where the anger comes from," said NRF general counsel Mallory Duncan in an interview with Neil Cavuto on Fox. Retail's BIG Blog (10/6)  | Networking for a dynamic infrastructure: getting it right.
Organizations are turning to virtualization and consolidation of server and storage resources to help improve efficiency and performance in the data center. Read this paper to see how a holistic approach to network planning and design can deliver optimal value for your dynamic IT infrastructure. |
| NRF News | |  | | - NRF forecasts holiday sales increase of 2.8%
Though several economic indicators paint a solid picture for the holiday season -- including 14 consecutive months of retail sales growth and a substantial reduction in household debt -- continued consumer uncertainty over the stock market, higher gas and food prices, fiscal policy and sputtering job growth will impact spending this holiday season. Slightly higher than the ten-year average holiday sales increase, NRF forecasts holiday retail sales for 2011 to increase 2.8% to $465.6 billion. Read more. - NRF SmartStat: Oct. 6, 2011
 NRF estimates retailers will hire 480,000-500,000 seasonal workers during the 2011 winter holidays. Source: NRF. - McDonald's, Michaels and Nordstrom to attend NRF's HR Executives Summit
The NRF Human Resources Executives Summit provides networking opportunities with some of the biggest names in retail. The annual event, held Oct. 11-13 in Dallas, brings senior-level HR retail executives and employment law experts together to discuss the latest issues in human resources. Registration is complimentary for NRF retail members and $595 for non-members. Learn more.
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