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Security surrounding social media and m-commerce top IT priorities
Feb 21, 2013
Managing and classifying enterprise data is the number one security and...
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Galeries Lafayette selects VeriFone for payment solutions
Feb 19, 2013
Verifone Systems said that it has secured a deal with French department...
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Menchie's launches mobile app
Feb 15, 2013
Yogurt chain Menchie’s said it has launched a new mobile app, Yumm Finder...
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Enormous LED screen helps Las Vegas retail center pop
Feb 15, 2013
The world’s highest-resolution LED screen is on display in Las Vegas.
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comScore: M-commerce transactions account for 11% of e-commerce spending
Feb 15, 2013
Despite the backdrop of continued economic uncertainty, 2012 was a strong...
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Belk names former Family Dollar exec to new position of VP omni-channel
Feb 14, 2013
Belk has named Dorlisa Flur to the newly created position of EVP omni-...
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Survey: Top shopping app is Shopkick
Feb 13, 2013
The shopping app Shopkick announced that Nielsen ranked Shopkick No. 34...
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Tech Bytes

Achieving Strategic Agility Through IT Isn’t Guesswork

By Dan Berthiaume, senior editor, Chain Store Age

How does a company whose strengths are more on the creative and design side than the technology side achieve strategic agility through the use of IT? According to Michael Relich, executive VP and CIO of vertical apparel retailer Guess, a flexible approach that focuses more on solving business problems than on meeting technical specifications goes a long way toward getting the most business value from your IT investments.

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People/Companies in the News

Visa in deal with ROAM to increase retailers’ acceptance of mobile payments
Visa Inc. has entered into an agreement with mobile commerce provider ROAM, an Ingenico company, to enable merchants of all sizes to accept electronic payments using mobile technology.
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Surveys/Reports

POS terminal numbers continue strong growth, despite smartphone popularity
The overall penetration of POS devices continued to expand 3.9% in North America and 4.6% around the globe in 2012, according to The POS Vendor Shipments Database, released by IHL Group. Growth is expected to continue at 3.6% worldwide for 2013.
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Security surrounding social media and m-commerce top IT priorities
Managing and classifying enterprise data is the number one security and privacy area in need of improvement, and remains a major challenge for IT departments, according to a survey about IT risk factors for 2013 published by global consulting firm Protiviti.
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Costco and IRI expand relationship
Investment firm Starboard Value, Office Depot’s largest stockholder with a 14.8% stake, revealed it has delivered a letter to the office supply retailer’s board of directors, expressing “strong disappointment at the board's failure to work constructively with Starboard to reconstitute the board.
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