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01.12.2012 -- What's Big At The 2012 BIG Show?

January 12, 2012

Retail Solutions Online Newsletter

What's Big At The 2012 BIG Show?

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QlikTech is a leader in Business Discovery — user-driven Business Intelligence (BI). Its powerful, accessible solution enables intuitive user-driven analysis. QlikView Business Discovery works with existing BI applications and adds new capabilities: insight for everyone, zero-wait analysis, mobility, an app–like model, remixability and reassembly, and a social and collaborative experience. www.qlikview.com/retail.

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Editor's Notebook

While You're At The Big Show ...
By Matt Pillar, edtior in chief
The Integrated Solutions For Retailers/Retail Solutions Online team is packing up for the trip to New York for the BIG Show, NRF's 101st Annual Convention & EXPO, to be held once again at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center Jan. 15 to 18.

Must See Vendors

EmpowerWFM™
Empower Software provides employee lifecycle services: time and attendance, workforce management, and HR/payroll and payroll tax delivered in a variety of ways that fit your unique needs. We provide client-driven deployment options, deliver the lowest TCO, drive value into our clients' businesses, and support our clients through unparalleled service support.

Visit us at NRF 2012, Booth #875

EmpowerWFM™

Infor10 Workforce Management
As a retailer, you need a solid suite of solutions to provide the customer the right message at the right time. Find out how leading retailers are using Infor solutions to maximize the customer experience by adopting a strategic approach to workforce management and leveraging every customer interaction to improve the bottom line. Learn more by visiting us at NRF.

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Infor10 Workforce Management

Featured Articles

Business Discovery: Powerful, User-Driven BI
Submitted by QlikView
Traditional BI solutions have delivered reliable, operational data tied to pre-defined, static reports — but haven't provided the self-service, on-the-fly, user-driven source of insight people crave for addressing daily business challenges.


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Business Discovery: Powerful, User-Driven BI

CRM And The Multichannel Retailer: Part 2: Challenges With Cross-Channel
Submitted by Infor
Part two of our three-part podcast series, CRM And The Multichannel Retailer, features MJ Crabbe-Barberis, director of global CRM product marketing at Infor10 CRM Epiphany, detailing the notion of cross-channel cannibalization, as she outlines the ways to manage the business challenges related to it.


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CRM And The Multichannel Retailer: Part 2: Challenges With Cross-Channel

How To Ensure Mobile POS Success
Submitted by VeriFone
The amount of recent press and research dedicated to the adoption of mobility in retail is dizzying, in part because there are so many multi-disciplinary applications for mobile technology, and in part because so many of those applications are putting up big returns for early adopters.


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How To Ensure Mobile POS Success

NRF 2012 In The News

John Orr Previews NRF Convention Sessions Focused On Using Human Capital Management To Drive Top-Line Growth In Retail
American Apparel Chooses Oracle's ATG Web Commerce To Support Global Retail Channels
Panasonic Announces 'Where Do You Envo?' Promotion
NRF Disappointed In President Obama's Recess Appointments To The NLRB
Cegid Unveils New Retail Technologies At NRF's 2012 Retail Show
ARTS Publishes Social Retailing Blueprint For NRF Retail Communities
Traditional Business Intelligence Systems Do Not Offer Implementation Support; Challenges Peter Charness, President, Manthan Americas At NRF 2012
Retailers From Around The World To Convene In New York City for Retail's BIG Show
NRF Urges Obama To Address Retail Industry's Jobs Agenda In State Of The Union
Cloud, Social, Mobile Technologies To Be Displayed At ARTS Pavilion During NRF's BIG Show
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Must See Speakers

Workforce Performance That Rocks!: Best-In-Class Customer Care At Guitar Center
Monday, January 16 | 1:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
Room 3D09, EXPO Hall

Simplifying and connecting workload planning with operational performance enables best-in-class retailers to improve the accuracy and visibility of labor budget distribution and spend. Join this session to learn how Guitar Center has improved the allocation of workforce hours in an extremely complex operation across several departments, including service, sales, repair, and professional outfitting.
Featuring: Chris Salles (Guitar Center Inc.), Erin Harris (Jameson Publishing), John Orr (Dayforce Ceridian), Scott Black (Guitar Center Inc.)

The 2011 Annual Resource Guide To Retail Solutions

The 2011 Annual Resource Guide To Retail Solutions includes detailed product and contact information from some of the industry's leading retail solutions providers. You can also glean insights from the exclusive editorial by Richard Mader, executive director of the Association for Retail Technology Standards (ARTS), a division of the National Retail Federation (NRF). Learn more.

Featured Content

Go Green, Save Green
Angela Mansfield-Swanson, director of corporate marketing at CognitiveTPG, talks to Editor Erin Harris about the importance of recycling printer hardware.

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Workforce As An Asset
Today's HR manager is a multi-faceted leader with a seat at the executive table. Companies have recognized that its people are also assets, just like machinery, accounts receivables, inventory, and intellectual property. Like any other asset, human capital requires optimization and close management.

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Managing Replenishment Of Custom-Made Merchandise
Does Christmas mean everything, or does it mean nothing? Do changing seasons register a blip on the radar?

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12 Years Of More Profitable Supply Chains: A Comprehensive Overview Of Compliance Networks Services
Compliance Networks excels in uncovering the hidden value that lies within your supply chains. We apply a creative mix of technologies and services to facilitate flow in the retail supply chain.

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Vendor Spotlight Resource Center

2012 Vendor Spotlight Resource Center
As you are making your plans for the 2012 NRF BIG Show, take a look at some of our vendors who will be exhibiting at the event.

Special Report

Retail Tech Spending Report
Retail Tech Spending Report
Our annual report on retailers' 2011 systems successes, failures, and spending priorities for the coming year provides a unique look into the state of the industry. By Matt Pillar, Integrated Solutions For Retailers magazine

What's Happening At NRF 2012

What's Next Retail

What's Happening at NRF 2012
Microsoft and some of the partners involved with What's Next Retail are planning many exciting things at the NRF 101st Annual Convention & EXPO in New York on January 15 to 18, 2012.

Upcoming Events

eTail Palm Springs
February 27 to March 1
JW Marriott Desert Springs | Palm Desert, CA
The leading multi-channel and online conference since 1999, eTail presents the latest detailed tactical case studies in e-commerce and cross-channel campaign management.

Social Commerce Strategies
January 24 to 26
Red Rock Resort | Las Vegas
Focusing On Monetizing Your Social Engagement — Join over 150 VPs and Directors to hear brand-led social commerce case studies.

Vendors To See At NRF 2012

Accu-Time® AccuTouch
Accu-Time Systems manufactures very high-quality time clocks and workforce management tools for retailers around the world. The company will be displaying its multispectral biometric imaging sensor that outperforms all other fingerprint reader technologies.

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Visit us at NRF 2012, Booth #3134
Accu-Time® AccuTouch

Tyco Security Products For Retail
Retailers worldwide depend on Tyco Security Products' American Dynamics video solutions to see more, do more, and save more. Retailers can protect their analog investment while transitioning to IP.


Visit us at NRF 2012, Booth #160
Tyco Security Products For Retail

Celerant Command Retail POS Software
Celerant Command Retail is a real-time management system that integrates all channels of a retail enterprise, including POS, warehouse, inventory management, sales, back office, mail order/catalog, m-commerce, and e-commerce.

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Visit us at NRF 2012, Booth #1743
Celerant Command Retail POS Software

A776 Hybrid Transaction Printer
CognitiveTPG offers a comprehensive line of printing products to meet retail customers' POS and Auto ID needs. CognitiveTPG printers are known for their durability, small footprint, and ease of operation.

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Visit us at NRF 2012, Booth #1761
A776 Hybrid Transaction Printer

Vendor Compliance And Supply Chain Visibility Consulting Services
Improve sales and profits with vendor compliance and supply chain visibility. Our best-in-class compliance management, scorecard, web portal, and performance reporting solutions enable lean retail supply chains that are aligned with corporate operations and strategies.

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Vendor Compliance And Supply Chain Visibility Consulting Services

Direct Source Retail
Direct Source puts our extensive experience to work for the nation's top retailers, developing nationwide rollouts and end-to-end, custom hardware and software solutions to help you achieve greater productivity, client service, and transaction processing.


Visit us at NRF 2012, Booth #1915
Direct Source Retail

Networking Solutions For The Retail Industry
EarthLink Business™, a leading communications and IT services provider, empowers customers with data and voice IP services as well as managed IT services including cloud computing, data centers, virtualization, security, applications, and support services. The company's extensive network includes 28,000 fiber miles, four secure data centers, and ubiquitous IP coverage across 90% of the country.


Visit us at NRF 2012, Booth #1577
Networking Solutions For The Retail Industry

Island Pacific Mobile
Island Pacific expands its product suite to include Island Pacific SmartRetail, our cutting-edge browser interface/application, and Island Pacific Mobile, with apps for sales, stock take, and more.

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Island Pacific Mobile

WinRetail End-To-End Solutions
JDS Solutions helps mid-market retailers integrate all facets of their business, like e-commerce, merchandise planning, inventory control, business intelligence, point-of-sale, CRM, loss prevention, and more.


Visit us at NRF 2012, Booth #131
WinRetail End-To-End Solutions

Tellermate T-knx Connected Cash Management Solutions
Tellermate weight-based cash technologies allow cash-intensive businesses to efficiently verify the accuracy of cash drawers, enable spot-check audits, and help keep honest employees honest.

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Visit us at NRF 2012, Booth #939
Tellermate T-knx Connected Cash Management Solutions

VeriFone PAYware Mobile Enterprise
Reimagine how the point of sale will transform the point of engagement at NRF — Visit VeriFone at NRF to learn how. VeriFone, the global leader in secure electronic payment technologies.


Visit us at NRF 2012, Booth #1459/1635
VeriFone PAYware Mobile Enterprise

WorkPlace OnLine - Cloud Workforce Management Software
WorkPlace Systems is a leading supplier of cloud workforce management software, including forecasting, simple and advanced scheduling, shift bidding, time and attendance, and management dashboards.


Visit us at NRF 2012, Booth #3014
WorkPlace OnLine - Cloud Workforce Management Software

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