Thursday, March 22, 2012

Wine.com focuses on cross-platform site--STORES Weekly

STORES Weekly
March 22, 2012 Vol. 3, No. 12
STORES First Edition
Thanks Again
Belly allows easy customization of loyalty programs
A new digital loyalty program replaces traditional “Buy 10, Get One Free” punch cards with a platform customized to each merchant.

What App?
Wine.com focuses on cross-platform site
Instead of creating yet another app consumers would need to sort through (and one that would require constant updates,) Wine.com developed a mobile site that is accessed using a device’s browser.

Measuring the American Dream
Xavier University, Cincinnati's The Center for the Study of The American Dream Professors Amit Sen, Greg Smith and Chris Manolis
Several years ago, three Xavier University professors set about creating a numerical value to measure the American Dream. But first they needed to determine what, exactly, that dream is.
STORES Trends            
Shop While You Schlep to Work -- Most people can read a book or listen to music while commuting to the office. Philadelphians can do all that and get some grocery shopping done, too.

March Tech Toy -- Although the iPad dominates the tablet market, Kindle Fire’s $199 price tag (compared with $499 for the iPad) has many businesses giving it a serious look.

The Most Counterfeited Products -- It’s not just brands that need to worry about counterfeiting: Consumers need to be cautious about these items, too. 
STORES Retail Deals  
Forever 21 has selected Accertify, a fraud prevention and risk management provider, to elevate the efficiency of their transactions and process reconciliations.

Quiznos India has selected the Coupa for Retail e-procurement solution in order to harness the stores’ collective spend intelligence and predict the future purchasing needs of each Quiznos location.

Norcros South Africa has selected JustEnough Software Corporation's demand planning solution.
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