| November 29, 2011 | News for the retail industry |  |  | |
- Black Friday promotions pay off for many merchants
Earlier store openings and big deals paid off in higher Black Friday traffic and sales for many retailers including Toys R Us, Wal-Mart, Macy's and Target, but not every store saw a banner day, analysts say. Value-priced retailers may have seen slower sales as consumers shopped the sales at traditionally pricier shops, and women's apparel chains brought in slower traffic because consumers don't usually shop for clothing for themselves on Black Friday. Crain's New York Business (11/28)       | Forrester Report: Enhance your eBusiness with Live Chat
Read this Forrester report detailing how video chat solutions like Netop Live Guide can increase onsite engagements (491%), improve conversions (662%), increase order value (32%), and enhance your customers’ experience. Download report. | - Meijer founder Frederik Meijer dies at 91
Frederik Meijer, who built a 197-store grocery chain from a Michigan store his father opened in 1934, died Friday at age 91. Meijer created the supercenter format with a Thrifty Acres store that opened in 1962 in Grand Rapids, Mich. He was one of the longest-serving Food Marketing Institute directors and a winner of FMI's Sidney Raab Award for outstanding service. Progressive Grocer (11/27) - Booming middle class makes Brazil a prime retail target
 Brazil has matured since the economy stabilized in 1994, bringing new opportunities for retailers looking to expand into new global markets, says Alberto Serrentino, senior partner at GS&MD –- Gouvêa de Souza in São Paulo. "In the last seven years, 30 million consumers migrated from poverty to the emerging middle class, leveraging the domestic market and changing everything." Retail's BIG Blog (11/28) - Ikea shifts from wood to paper shipping pallets
Ikea is moving away from the traditional wooden shipping pallet to ones made of corrugated cardboard that are cheaper, lighter and cost about 10% less to transport. The company expects to cut about $193 million annually from its shipping costs with the new paper pallets. Bloomberg Businessweek (11/23)  | Consumer Insights Your Brand Needs to Know: Latest Trends in Behavioral Advertising
Learn what brand managers, advertisers, as well as networks, agencies, and publishers need to know about consumer survey insights into behavioral ad serving, also known as interest-based advertising. Learn more today! |
 - Children likely to spur holiday tablet sales
Even very young children seem to instinctively understand how to operate iPads and other tablets, a fact that's likely to further spur sales of the gadgets this holiday season. "It's like any other natural language at that age; they just pick it up," said Jamie Pearson, founder of review site BestKidsApps.com. Bloomberg (11/28) - Feds close down 150 sites selling counterfeit goods
Federal authorities seized the domains of 150 websites selling counterfeit sports jerseys and luxury goods on Monday as part of an ongoing effort to stop the sale of fakes that has closed down 350 such sites since launching last year. "Unsuspecting consumers who visit these Web sites were led to believe they were buying the real thing when, of course, they were not," said Department of Justice attorney Lanny A. Breuer. Women's Wear Daily (subscription required) (11/28), The Orange County Register (Santa Ana, Calif.) (11/28)  | The 2012 Email Evolution Conference
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 - What are you most excited about for NRF's 101st BIG Show?
View the results of this poll in the NRF SmartBrief Best Of 2011 Send on Dec. 13.  | Speakers including President Bill Clinton, The Container Store CEO Kip Tindell and Saks CEO Stephen Sadove | | The cutting-edge technology on the EXPO floor | | The opportunity to network with international and domestic attendees | | Independents' Day | | Shop.org's First Look Track |
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Don't get stuck with dead-end technology. Venda's onDemand eCommerce platform is upgraded every quarter — no charge for new versions or upgrades, ever. Visit to learn why the leading analyst firm just named Venda an eCommerce Visionary. | - Cyber Monday means full e-mail boxes
Retailers started holiday e-mail campaigns in earnest on Black Friday and ramped up their offerings on Cyber Monday, filling customers' e-mail boxes with offers. Evidence shows the strategy worked -- the top 500 retail sites saw 9% of their holiday traffic from e-mail promotions, only slightly less than the number that reached the site via search, according to Experian Hitwise. Advertising Age (tiered subscription model) (11/28)  | How are technology leaders adapting to the change and complexity that mark today’s economic landscape? Read this white paper to identify the 4 patterns, or mandates, employed by CIOs when leveraging business and information technology to innovate. Learn how each pattern indicated a distinct approach to IT leadership, and are derived from specific organizational needs. |
 | Main Street |  |  | | - The benefit employees are craving
Recent research indicates employees want assistance from their employers with improving and maintaining their health. The majority of respondents to a survey said they would like incentives to participate in health programs. "[O]ffering tools that allow individuals to see and understand the cost of their health care services goes a long way in helping workers make the most of their health care dollars," said Joann Hall Swenson of Aon Hewitt. BusinessNewsDaily.com (11/22)  | Save $250 on Retail’s BIG Show
From leading brands to independent retailers, 20,000+ will head to Retail’s BIG Show in New York Jan. 15-18 to discuss the latest trends and technology driving the retail industry. Be a savvy shopper and take advantage of the advance rate by Dec. 2. Register now. |
| NRF News | | | | - Yankee Candle shares the secret to retail analytics in the cloud
Without the correct data, tools and resources to collect and analyze retail performance metrics, retailers aren't executing at their full potential. In a Dec. 1 STORES Knowledge Series webinar, executives from The Yankee Candle Company and Sky I.T. Group will share execution tips for retail intelligence including how to develop internal consensus, leverage management support and measure and share benefits. Learn more.
| Chain Restaurant News | | | | - Landry's goes into hiring mode at Houston headquarters
Landry's Restaurants hopes to fill 175 positions ranging from accounting clerks to vice presidents at its Houston headquarters by the end of the year. Many of the openings were created after the company acquired Claim Jumper, Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. and Oceanaire, and employees decided not to relocate when the company closed offices in California and Minneapolis. Houston Chronicle (11/28)  | |  | | The Buzz(CORPORATE ANNOUNCEMENTS)
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