| July 25, 2012 | News for the retail industry |  |  | |
- Joe Fresh to play a role in J.C. Penney's reinvention
Canadian apparel brand Joe Fresh has a four-year deal to open 1,000-to-2,500-square-foot shops inside 683 J.C. Penney stores, an agreement that came together quickly after the two companies began talks four months ago, said founder Joseph Mimran. Joe Fresh, the in-house apparel brand of supermarket chain Loblaw, also plans to open new freestanding stores in the U.S. Women's Wear Daily (subscription required) (7/25)       | Know Which Customers Are Persuadable Before You Market - The power of predicting the true impact your marketing offer will have on customer can be found in uplift modeling, a sophisticated approach that identifies where your marketing efforts can make a real difference. Download the white paper – The Uplift Advantage – and learn how retailers have become smarter about contacting customers – and are driving results. | - H&M is in growth mode in U.S. markets
Sweden-based apparel chain H&M has opened several new stores in Florida and Texas in the past year, as part of a bigger plan to expand its presence in the U.S., particularly in the West, Southwest, Southeast and South Central regions, the company said. H&M, which opened its first U.S. store in New York City 12 years ago, also expects to focus much of its upcoming growth on smaller markets. Women's Wear Daily (subscription required) (7/24) - Wal-Mart voices opposition to credit-card fee settlement
Wal-Mart joined Target and NRF in opposing a proposed settlement in a spate of lawsuits against MasterCard, Visa and 13 big banks over the processing fees retailers pay on credit card transactions. The company urged retailers who are a party to the case to reject the settlement, saying provisions prohibiting future lawsuits against Visa and MasterCard "would require merchants to broadly waive their rights to take action against the credit card networks for detrimental conduct or acts." The Wall Street Journal (7/24)  | Could you get more ROI from CRM?
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 - Temporary, mobile stores widen access to fresh food
Initiatives including nonprofit Freshmobile, a mobile grocery operated by Fresh Madison Market in Wisconsin, are bringing fresh food to underserved neighborhoods. However, research shows that access to fresh food is only part of the equation. Affordable prices, education, promotion and quality are important factors, too. Time.com/Healthland blog (7/24) - Forecast: Women are ready to spend this fall
Women are prepared to spend on back-to-school, with plans to purchase the necessities now and hold off on some other buys in the hope of getting better deals later in the season, according to an IBM forecast. Sales of women's clothing are expected to rise 9.2% in the third quarter, the fastest growing apparel category, as consumers release pent-up demand, the report says. CNBC (7/24) - Retail chains jump into back-to-school promotions
Wal-Mart, Target, Kmart and Staples have all launched big back-to-school shopping promotions early in the season, in an effort to gain a bigger share of the market, expected to total $83.8 billion this year according to NRF. USA TODAY (7/24)  | American Public University can help support your talent management and development, formal succession planning and other strategic HR needs. Award winning online academics and regionally accredited, we help make quality, career-relevant education attainable and affordable. To learn more, visit us at StudyAtAPU.com/Solutions. |
 - Q-and-A: NRF's new retail tech vice president talks trends
 Mobile technology provides both the biggest challenges and the biggest opportunities in retail right now, says Tom Litchford, NRF's new vice president of retail technologies. "Consumers are incredibly knowledgeable and truly powerful. They control the shopping journey, and the retailer must be ready and able to engage the consumer on their terms – when they want, where they want, and on what device they want." Retail's BIG Blog (7/25)  | Scan as fast as you work. Scan as fast as 60 pages per minute with the new Canon DR-M160 and increase your productivity with a bigger daily scan volume of up to 7,000 pages. The document quality is improved with a scan resolution as high as 600 DPI.
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  | Policy & Government Affairs |  |  | | |  | - Congressional hearing illustrates divide on online sales tax
U.S. lawmakers shared their divergent views on a federal bill to allow states to require online retailers to collect sales tax during a committee hearing Tuesday, but the two sides appeared to find little common ground. Retail interests were more hopeful. "There's a lot of momentum right now, and there even appears to be some inevitability to this," said NRF VP and tax counsel Rachelle Bernstein. Reuters (7/24), NorthJersey.com (Hackensack, N.J.) (free registration) (7/24)  | Experian has joined forces with Moody's Analytics to create a business index and detailed report that provides insight into the health of U.S. businesses. The new Experian/Moody's Analytics Small Business Credit Index is reported quarterly to show fluctuations in the market and discuss factors that are impacting the business economy. Download the free report now! |
| NRF News | |  | | - One Kings Lane CEO lays out 5 key trends to e-commerce success
A 300% rise in revenue from 2010 to 2011 speaks volumes to One Kings Lane's e-commerce success. But which approaches set this company apart in the online marketplace? At Shop.org's Online Merchandising Workshop in San Diego, CEO Doug Mack provided a look at the guidelines that helped catapult the home décor site into an e-commerce juggernaut, and merchandising tools retailers can use to refine their online approach. Read more. Shop.org Blog (7/17) - When retailers will report monthly sales in 2012
NRF's 4-5-4 calendar serves as a voluntary guide for the retail industry and ensures sales comparability between years by dividing the year into months based on a 4 weeks/5 weeks/4 weeks format. The 4-5-4 calendar also establishes sales release dates, which have historically been on the first Thursday following the month's end. NRF has released calendars for 2012, 2013 and 2014. View the calendars.
| Chain Restaurant News | | | | - Chicago CityTarget comes with a natural-food cafe
A CityTarget store opening today in Chicago has a Pret A Manger cafe, part of a U.K. chain known for preparing food using natural ingredients. Target executives did not say whether they will partner with Pret A Manger at other stores. USA TODAY (7/25)  | Get a jump on Retail's BIG Show
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