BI gives fashion jeansmaker a leg up
With more than 62 True Religion stores supplying copious point-of-sale data, True Religion has embraced business intelligence software to help it reach its goal of $1 billion in annual sales.
Retail IT: Alignment Woes, Legacy Costs Mean Trouble
The recession and the subsequent sea of red ink on retailers' bottom lines are also shining a harsh light on retail IT departments -- in turmoil because they are out of alignment with business peers on core strategy and governance issues and beset with legacy application maintenance costs and snowballing tech-project backlogs.
Circuit City May Rise From Dead
First CompUSA, now Circuit City. Electronics retailer Systemax is busy exhuming the remains of failed consumer electronics retailers, obviously hoping to persuade customers to remember the brand but not the negative baggage associated with it.
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You'd probably be surprised at the amount of time that the people who place Coca-Cola products on retailers' shelves spend thinking about how and why you choose a particular soft drink.
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