 | November 9, 2010 | News for the retail industry |  |  | | - Winn-Dixie CEO is ready to win back customers
Winn-Dixie CEO Peter Lynch regularly visits Winn-Dixie and competing stores as he works to turn around a company that was in bankruptcy four years ago and is still struggling. "We were a poor operator that I would rate now as good and aiming to be great," he said of the chain, which has remodeled hundreds of stores and made customer service a priority. St. Petersburg Times (Fla.) (11/8)       - Amazon seals deal with Diapers.com
Amazon said it agreed to buy New Jersey-based Quidsi, parent of 5-year-old Diapers.com, for $500 million in cash and $45 million in assumed liabilities. The purchase gives Amazon ownership of its biggest competitor in diaper and baby-supply sales. The Star-Ledger (Newark, N.J.) (11/9)  | Get key demographic and market facts about any location in the U.S. on the go with the Business Analyst Online app. Download the free app now and instantly evaluate an area on-site. |  | Did you know that 89% of consumers started their holiday shopping online? Or that searches for 'coupons' peak on Saturdays? If not, you should visit our ThinkHoliday site: www.google.com/thinkholiday where you'll be privy to a wealth of exclusive information on consumer shopping behavior, hot products and the latest holiday insights from Google. | - Gap partners with Visa on targeted texting plan
Gap has joined with Visa in a new campaign aimed at offering customers personalized promotions via text message. Customers who sign up at Visa's website will receive up to two texts each week featuring deals formulated based on Visa's evaluation of the customer's shopping history at Gap and other stores. InternetRetailer.com (11/8)  | Element Jewelry Increases Revenue 83% in Two Years
"Amazon Services hasn't 'helped' my business. It's the lifeblood of my business." Kathy Wojtczak, Element Jewelry
Read more about Element Jewelry's success with Fulfillment by Amazon. |
 - Small Business Saturday aims to boost holiday sales for local merchants
After Black Friday comes Small Business Saturday, a new shopping holiday created by American Express that aims to encourage shoppers to frequent local businesses. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg was the first to endorse the effort, which will include $100 worth of Facebook advertising for participating merchants and $25 credits for cardholders who register and spend locally on Nov. 27. Crain's New York Business (11/8) - 2 ways to keep your best people on board
Managing the future leaders of your company takes different skills and tactics from managing other individuals, writes Sharon Daniels. She suggests customizing both the position and its rewards to help retain your most valuable employees as the job market starts to turn around. Reuters/Harvard Business Review (11/8)  | In any industry, operational excellence revolves around key business outcomes including productivity, cost control, and quality of service. For retailers, all of these outcomes are highly, if not entirely, dependent on the quality of the workforce and how it is managed. Find out what challenges retailers are facing, and what a workforce management solution can do for your bottom line. |
 | Policy & Government Affairs |  |  | | |  | - New law changes key gift-card features
Changes in the law governing gift cards could make the purchases more attractive to holiday shoppers this season, including extending expiration dates to five years and prohibiting inactivity fees until a card hasn't been used for a year. A provision requiring gift-card issuers to include disclosures on fees and expiration dates on the card won't take full effect until next year, but up-to-date disclosures will be required on in-store signs and online in the meantime, says NRF's Craig Shearman. USA TODAY (11/8)  | Increase Profitability and Productivity in 2011
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| NRF News | | | | - Cost of return fraud continues to rise this holiday season
The retail industry will lose an estimated $3.7 billion to return fraud this holiday season, up from $2.7 billion in 2009, according to NRF's annual Return Fraud Survey. As a result of rampant fraud, many retailers have begun to adopt policies that require customers returning merchandise to show identification. Two-thirds of retailers now require customers returning items without a receipt to show identification, and 21.1% require shoppers with a receipt to show ID. Read more. - NRF SmartStat: Nov. 9, 2010
 C-level and senior execs make up 41% of Retail's BIG Show audience. Source: NRF.
- Landry's acquires Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.
Houston-based Landry's Restaurants said Monday it has acquired casual seafood chain Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. for $120 million, the second acquisition since CEO Tilman Fertitta took Landry's private last month. The chain, inspired by the title character in the movie "Forrest Gump," boasts several high-profile locations in tourist areas, including one in New York's Times Square. San Antonio Express-News (11/8) - Wendy's TV ads spotlight the chain's namesake
Wendy's newest ad campaign stars Wendy herself, the chain's namesake and daughter of founder Dave Thomas, touting a Las Vegas test of the chain's new Dave's Hot 'n Juicy Cheeseburger. Along with family members, Wendy Thomas operates Wendy's restaurants as a franchisee. BurgerBusiness.com (11/8) | Editor's Note | | | | - Correction
A summary in Monday's NRF SmartBrief misinterpreted an NRF statistic. Forty-one percent of Americans will begin holiday shopping by November, and 13% will start shopping in September. SmartBrief regrets the error. | Career Track | | | |
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