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April 15, 2013
Harnessing Data Through Integrated Business Services Structure

By Paul Jeruchimowitz, Accenture

April 3, 2013
Wake Up, Retailers! Make Money From Your Big Data

By Greg Munves, 1010data

January 22, 2013
Walgreens enters into partnership with SCIO Health Analytics

SCIO Health Analytics, a health analytics services company, has entered into a relationship with Walgreens to help employers gain maximum return on investment through worksite health centers and wellness programs, identifying opportunities to improve workforce health while also reducing costs.

November 27, 2012
Focus on: Mystery Shopping

Mystery shopper reports served as a wake-up call to Kroger’s 131-store Fred Meyer division.

In 2009, Fred Meyer stores scored a meager 68.3% in overall customer impression in the reports. But over the past three years, the number has jumped to 83.8%, according to data provided by Reality Check of Seattle, the retailer’s secret shopper service provider.

November 8, 2012
The Birth of a Trend: Using Social Analytics to Predict Trends

By Dr. Trevor Davis, IBM Global Business Services

September 25, 2012
Belle Foods selects Vestcom’s healthyAisles for in-store nutrition program

Shelf-edge communications and marketing services provider Vestcom said that regional supermarket chain Belle Foods has expanded its existing partnership with Vestcom to promote a customized nutrition program based on the grocer’s health and wellness goals.

August 22, 2012
Walgreens to use Greenway Medical Technologies’ electronic health records chainwide

Greenway Medical Technologies Inc. has entered into a deal with Walgreen Co. whereby the drug store chain will use Greenway’s electronic health records in all of its stores.

August 2, 2012
OfficeMax swings to profit in Q2

Office Max Inc. reported net income of $10.7 million for the second quarter, besting Wall Street predictions and representing a strong turnaround from last year’s $3 million loss stemming from store closures and severance expenses.

July 19, 2012
Walgreen, Express Scripts end stand-off

After months of slumping sales following its split with Express Scripts Holding Co., Walgreens said it has forged a new multi-year contract with the prescription provider and will begin filling Express Scripts prescriptions on Sept. 15.

July 10, 2012
Survey: Mobile payment use more doubles in a year

Mobile payments have more than doubled in popularity reaching over 33% of survey respondents, according to IDC Financial Insights’ eighth annual Consumer Payments Survey.

July 9, 2012
Retailers and Suppliers Must Collaborate Seamlessly and More

By Renato Scaff and Mark Allen, Accenture

June 21, 2012
How to stop the retail executive exodus

Compared with most other industries, retail companies face shorter time horizons and tighter metrics. The pressure to perform is great, which perhaps explains why many retail firms are having trouble holding onto their top executives.

For example, one major U.S. retailer recently suffered the departures of a senior marketing executive, a division president and another executive VP, all within the space of a few months. One of those executives had lasted only five months, while another had a tenure of less than two years.

May 29, 2012
Leveraging the 13 Seasons of Retail to Achieve Consumer Centricity

By David Kudas and Russell Parker, JDA Software

April 26, 2012
Survey: 32% of retailers use social networks to research job candidates

Survey results released by WorkInRetail.com found that about one-third (32%) of retail hiring managers use social networking sites to research job candidates.

April 24, 2012
Walgreens launches online search tool to connect customers and pharmacist

Walgreens launched a new online tool called “Find Your Pharmacist,” that allows customers to select a pharmacist by matching their health care needs with the areas of expertise, specialties, languages and clinical backgrounds of Walgreens pharmacists.

April 23, 2012
Organizing for insight: How retailers can collect and gain advantage from meaningful consumer insights

By Joel Alden, Hana Ben-Shabat, Bobby Wehmeyer and Basil Wuson, A.T. Kearney

April 23, 2012
Study: Only 17% of specialty retailers offer dedicated mobile site

In a study of 75 online specialty retailers, only 17% of the companies offered dedicated mobile websites.

April 16, 2012
Trending Toward Tablets

Today’s retail associates have more selling tools at their disposal than ever before — not the least of which is the increasingly popular tablet. The mobile device has taken not only front-of-house selling to new levels but has added efficiencies and enhanced employee productivity to back-of-house functions as well. Chain Store Age talked with Mike Stinson, VP marketing of Motion Computing, about the trend toward tablets.

What are some of the most prevalent uses of tablets in the retail environment?

March 19, 2012
Pinkberry partners with Micros Systems to implement Google Wallet

Micros Systems, a provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, has partnered with yogurt retailer Pinkberry to implement Google Wallet.

March 12, 2012
CSA Columnist: High gas prices + warm weather = low sales?

The latest column released by Chain Store Age contributor Jeff Green suggests that increases at the gas pump and a warmer-than-average winter could dampen consumer confidence and negatively impact sales.

March 12, 2012
Survey: Most tablet owners use mobile devices to shop

A survey released by PriceGrabber said that 77% of consumers who own a tablet computer use either a tablet or a smartphone to shop.

March 6, 2012
Victoria’s Secret continues m-commerce push

A report by Mobile Commerce Daily said that Victoria’s Secret is furthering its m-commerce initiative by running mobile commerce-enabled ads that allow consumers to shop directly from their handsets no matter where they are.

March 2, 2012
NPD: Consumers using stores as showrooms in home retail categories

There is evidence in the home retail sector that consumers increasingly are first researching a product in physical store and then making their actual purchase online, according to The NPD Group.

March 2, 2012
Verifone Systems acquires Lift Retail Marketing

VeriFone Systems has acquired Lift Retail Marketing Technology Inc., Atlanta.

March 1, 2012
QR Codes: The Retailers’ Secret Weapon

By Laura Marriott, NeoMedia Technologies

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