Newsletter | December 23, 2013

12.23.13 -- Walmart Boosts Efficiencies With WFM/HCM Technology

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Walmart Boosts Efficiencies With WFM/HCM Technology
By Bob Johns, associate editor
By Bob Johns, associate editor New WFM/HCM technologies are eliminating the massive amounts of time retail managers spend on everything from scheduling to fielding associate questions.
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Leveling The Playing Field: How The Cloud Benefits Small To Mid-Size Retailers
There’s commodity IT, and there’s IT that adds value. Commodity IT is email, server maintenance, managing patches – “keeping the lights on.” Value-add IT is innovation that improves the customer experience and drives revenue. Rapidly evolving consumer expectations make shifting IT resources from commodity to value-add a retail imperative, and retail giants are leading the way – with dramatic results.
Video Killed The LP Gap In Mobile POS
The traditional cash wrap counter is an operational model that’s surely destined for obsolescence. Mobile point of sale (POS), mobile apps, and mobile wallet technologies are gaining traction among consumers faster than anyone anticipated, and loss prevention (LP) professionals really need to be proactive about creating comprehensive retail programs and strategies to address the inherent risks posed by this self-checkout model.
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Unified Communications Improves Associate Productivity And Customer Experience
A unified communications infrastructure enables the integration of personnel and departments by connecting employees enterprisewide via multiple devices.
How Video Can Propel Operational Excellence
Some restaurateurs think of video surveillance strictly as a tool to investigate incidents of theft and other risks such as slip and falls, but Hideaway Pizza, a 12-restaurant chain based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, thinks of video surveillance more as a critical enabler of operational excellence.
Philz Coffee Brews Business Success With NetSuite
Philz Coffee's entry-level Intuit QuickBooks accounting system lacked the scalability and deeper functionality required to support Philz’ ambitious growth plans.
How To Heighten Customer Engagement This Holiday Season
This holiday season, retailers should be more focused on deepening relationships with consumers rather than providing the best discount. With so many retailers online and the many options for consumers, it is extremely difficult to offer the lowest price without practically giving it away.
Editor's Notebook
Any-Channel Fulfillment: Big Risk Or Big Reward?
By Matt Pillar, editor in chief   By Matt Pillar, editor in chief
Consumer empowerment and the Amazon experience have created a conundrum for cross-channel retailers. Shoppers have been spoiled by the store brands that are willing to cater to their demands. These stores have set aside channel protectionism, store performance turf wars, and fulfillment costs. As a result, they’ve set the consumer experience standard.
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Apple And Target Ranked The Best In Mobile Shopping
By Anna Rose Welch, contributing writer   By Anna Rose Welch, contributing writer
Mobile shopping is on the rise, but there is still a long way to go before customers embrace it over desktop online shopping.
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Correction
We mistakenly published the wrong NRF booth number for CognitiveTPG. Please see the corrected information below.
 
Cognitive TPG Cognitive TPG
CognitiveTPG’s thermal POS/label printers are designed to meet front store as well as back store applications while offering reliable, high-performance, easy-to-use, and cost-effective solutions.
NRF Booth 4331
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