Thursday, January 26, 2012

London Fog weathers first foray into e-commerce -- STORES Weekly

STORES Weekly
January 26, 2012 Vol. 3, No. 4
STORES First Edition Sponsored by SAS
Above and Beyond
Gristedes overhauls its IT infrastructure
While bringing its system into compliance with PCI 2.0, grocery chain Gristedes decided to solve as many problems as it could.

Updating a Classic
London Fog weathers first foray into e-commerce
Before the first cold snap of 2011, iconic outerwear brand London Fog aimed to sell merchandise from a domain previously unheard of: its own website.

Plug-and-Play PCI Security
Retailers upgrade their systems with a cost-efficient solution
Despite increased efforts, breaches involving shoppers’ personal data keep happening. Are crooks getting smarter or are retailers not taking enough precautions?

The Doctor is In
Doc Popcorn brings a simple taste to the masses
The entire Doc Popcorn business model was designed to be simple and efficient, including the development of nine flavors of popcorn, all of which can be made on one piece of equipment.


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Optimizing Price in a Transparent World
This benchmark pricing report by Retail Systems Research examines the challenges and opportunities presented by the new retail landscape and provides five recommendations for how retailers can adjust to
consumer price transparency.
STORES Trends            
January Tech Toy -- The Philips SpeechMike acts as a microphone, speaker, remote control and mouse, and has a compact design that allows for “one-thumb” operation.

Transformation of Aspiration -- A new study of people and behavior highlights six key consumer trends that will have a lasting effect on American brands and marketers.

Sizable Results -- Destination True Value's initial model was for an 8,000- to 12,000-sq.-ft. store, but the retailer soon learned it could pack high-volume sales into a smaller space and not miss a beat.

Smashing Shopping Stereotypes – According to a new study by a group of LIM College students, the use of technology for shopping by young people is overrated.
STORES Retail Deals  
Fashion retailer Love Culture has selected the Epicor Retail Software as a Service solution.

Ingenico, a provider of payment solutions, has entered into a partnership with PayPal which will enable merchants with Ingenico POS devices to accept PayPal payment options.

Ahold USA has selected the NCR Advanced Marketing Solution to manage offers and promotions to customers.

Urban Outfitters has selected QuantiSense's full suite of solutions including QuantiSense Merchandising, Direct and Store Ops in order to increase inventory productivity.

BJ’s Wholesale Club has selected the RedPrairie Transportation Management System to streamline its transportation operations and reduce costs.

International home-improvement retailer Leroy Merlin has selected SAS software to improve marketing campaign execution and management. In addition, Mexican department store chain Liverpool has selected SAS Analytics to help develop customer profiles and discern who is buying what in its bricks-and-mortar stores.
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