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Retail Industry Business Processes & Technology Web Resources

 

  • Business Process Outsourcing for the Retail Industry – Accenture
  • Solutions for the Retail Industry - from Patni
  • Wal Mart comes Down Under to Boost RFID Fan Club
  • Patni Develops Compliance for Wal Mart RFID Compliance
  • How Wal Mart Beat Feds to New Orleans
  • Retail Technology – from About.com
  • An Overview of RFID Technology in the Retail Industry – from Microsoft
  • Retail & Consumer Goods Industry Practices Info – from TCS
  • Intel Solutions for the Retail Stores & The Retail Supply Chain
  • Speed & Information the Key to Retail Industry Success
  • IT Transformation for the Retail Industry – from Accenture
  • Retail Industry Solutions from Infosys
  • Cognizant Technology solutions for Retail & Hospitality Industries
  • Retail Technology News from Retail Week
  • Outsourcing for the Retail Industry – services offerings from Accenture
  • Association for Retail Technology Standards - ARTS
  • Retail Technology Blog
  • Retail Technology Magazine – for the information driven retailer
  • Retail Technology Services – from McKinsey & Co
  • Retail Technology Group Newsletter
  • Retail Technology Milestones - place to follow all the news submitted by retail technology solution providers.
  • The Future of Retail Technology – an interview with Tomax Technologies
  • Oracle Retail Technology SIG
  • Retail Technology Products & Services Listing @ Business.com
  • Retail Technology & EPOS Software – IT Reseller Magazine
  • Retail Technology from Manufacturing & Logistics IT Magazine
  • Retail: Technology Improves Business Processes To Help Close The Deal - Retailers find faster networks are a good way to boost productivity – Information Week, Sep 2006 article
  • Retail Technology in the 21st Century – a white paper from Indiana University(PDF)
  • Retail Industry Technology Listing – from Open Directory
  • Integrated Solutions for Retailers
  • Server Technologies Boost Retail Efficiency – Sun Microsystems Report
  • Supply Chain Efficiency in the Retail Industry – from About.com
  • Retail Supply Chain Management Solutions – from i2
  • Oracle Applications & Solutions for the Retail Industry
  • Unilever Europe Improves Retail Execution & Trade Promotion with IBM – An IBM case study (PDF)
  • The Body Shop raises retail outlet efficiency with HP iPAQ based POS system - Rolls out industry's first mobile POS and cashiering system across Hong Kong to lift staff productivity – a HP case study (PDF)
  • The Little Chip That Will Change Your Supply Chain Forever - Wal-Mart recently urged its top 100 suppliers to start using this security-and-identification microchip. Gillette is using the chip to stop shoplifters from stealing razor blades. And Benetton plans to weave it into all company clothing products and track them worldwide. What is this powerful little device? Introducing Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology - An Apr 2005 article from Microsoft
  • MFI: Operational Efficiency & Excellence; Industry: Retail; Geography: United Kingdom - case study of the UK furniture retailer MFI, which faced the cost pressures of increased competition by reducing marketing expenditure. Working with Accenture enabled the company to optimize its retail marketing mix and enhance business perform. Read more from this Accenture case study page
  • RMS Advantage: Improve the Efficiency of Every Component of Your Retail Operation - RMS Advantage aligns your point-of-sale solution with your back office solution for accurate, immediate data exchange and integrated retail processes that lead to superior sales performance, efficient order processing, smarter inventory management, and insightful customer service. RMS Advantage provides you with the key retail advantage: the ability to become a proactive retailer. A Silicon.com white paper
  • Retail Matters Blog – for the extended retail industry
  • Retail Performance in U.S. Apparel Supply Chains: Operational Efficiency, Marketing Effectiveness and Innovation – a white paper
  • Retail Software Solutions Directory from Capterra – retail management, retail industry inventory management software…
  • Retail Supply Chain Management Solutions – from i2
  • IBM – Retail Solutions for Large Enterprises
  • Retail Software Directory from Business.com
  • Guide to Choosing Retail POS Software
  • Retail Technology & Software Directory @ Open Directory
  • Retail Software Offering from SAS – merchandise planning, CRM solutions…
  • Tips for Selecting Retail Point of Sale Software – About.com
  • Value Chain based E-Business in the Apparel Retail Industry; a research paper - Abstract: This paper develops e-value and e-customer chains in terms of e-business to show how Information Technology (IT) could be adopted in the apparel retail industry. The analysis of ebusiness is classified as business-to-business, business-to-customer, customer-to-business, and customer-to-customer. Items in these four e-business types are classified to show the IT solutions in apparel retail industry. The analysis of these items was performed on the top ten dominant companies in the U.S. apparel retail industry to illustrate the current status of IT adoptions in e-business. The results of this study are beneficial to decision makers and managers in the retail industry to make better decisions on e-business and IT adoptions. Keywords: Apparel Retail Industry, Retail Industry, Value Chain, Customer Chain, Information Technology, E-Business (PDF)
  • IBM & SAP – Retail industry solutions
  • IBM On-demand Workplace for Retail – a white paper (PDF)
  • Linking Panasonic to Retailers in the Value Chain – an i2 case study (PDF)
  • Wipro Launches Value Chain Accelerators Based on Microsoft Platform for Retail Technology - Jan 2007 report
  • Infosys Services & Solutions for the Retail Industry
  • Business Intelligence Solutions for the Retail Industry – from Content Mart
  • Sterling Commerce Accelerates Retail Business Performance - a Jan 2006 press release - At the National Retail Federation (NRF) Convention in New York City, Sterling Commerce announced a new Retail Solution Suite that helps retailers synchronize their supply chain processes to meet their customers’ increasingly demanding expectations for a seamless multi-channel experience. With Sterling Commerce solutions, retailers can accelerate their business performance by improving the customer experience, reducing stock-outs, speeding time-to-market, and improving supply chain performance.
  • Cognos extends retail industry leadership and launches new performance solution to help improve merchandise planning - Cognos Strategic Merchandise Planning Blueprint enables retailers to drive more effective revenue, gross margin and stock planning; integrates with other Cognos retail solutions to deliver cross-departmental alignment with financial goals and objectives. A Jan 2007 press release
  • Retail Industry Business Process Outsourcing Solutions – from Progeon
  • Retail Solutions – Offshore Retail Solutions from Patni - Retail Product Insurance solution for improving customer retention and reducing operational costs; case study of a footwear retailer streamlining order management process; Package Implementation, Integration and Support Services around Top Retail Packages (PDF); Legacy Maintenance, Enhancement and Upgrade Services (PDF)
  • Retail Business Intelligence Solution (RBIS) is designed to dramatically speed implementation of integrated, end-to-end retail data warehouses. The combined power of software, services, servers and storage to dramatically improve your ability to respond quickly and accurately to rapid shifts in your marketplace.
  • Software solutions for the wholesale distribution industry
  • Web Based Purchase Requisitions, Approval Routing, Receiving
  • Cognos Merchandise Planning Solution for Retail Industry - Cognos Strategic Merchandise Planning Blueprint enables retailers to drive more effective revenue, gross margin and stock planning; integrates with other Cognos retail solutions to deliver cross-departmental alignment with financial goals and objectives
  • ERP Solutions for the Retail Industry – a solution paper by eZest Solutions (PDF)
  • Financial Regulatory Compliance Affecting the Retail Industry - SAP solutions provide a complete financial management solution for companies in the retail industry. SAP is the leading enterprise software solution for accounting, financial reporting, performance management, and corporate governance. SAP for Retail addresses a broad range of compliance and governance issues, including Sarbanes-Oxley, IFRS, Basel II, Global Trade Compliance and Environmental Health and Safety. More from the SAP Site
  • Web Services in the Retail Industry – a research paper (PDF)
  • Retail Technology Milestones
  • Retail Industry Call Centers?

 

Retail Industry Business Processes

 

  • Finance & Accounting
    • Accounting
    • Receivables & Payables
  • Human Resources
    • Recruitment & Training
      • Retail Industry Training Processes Explained – Integrated Retail
      • Retail Industry Education & Training Directory – from Open Directory
      • Training retail sales personnel in transition economies: Applying a [An article from: Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services [HTML] (Digital) - by M. Vadi (Author), M. Suuroja (Author) - Edition: e-document (Learn more) - This digital document is a journal article from Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, published by Elsevier in 2006. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase on your browser. Amazon link for the document
      • Finding Winning Employees - Interview Strategies & Tips - from About.com
    • Payroll
  • Sales & Marketing
    • Customer Relationship Management
      • Loyalty Program
    • Advertising & Promotions
  • Distribution & Logistics
    • Transportation of Goods from Suppliers
    • Warehousing
    • Document Management
    • Retail Document Management Solution overview - details about the retail industry document management solutions from DCS. DCS's software solutions and services can help our retail sector customers do all of this and integrate with their existing IT infrastructure. Most retail documents relates to supplier relations and possibly client contracts/order processes and therefore timeliness, availability and inter-departmental access is critical to allow orders to be made on-time and to a customers satisfaction. Retail businesses also tend to have many different outlets and regional offices so any service or document management solution needs to support this and have sophisticated wide area network functionality.
  • Information Technology & MIS
  • Operations
    • In-store Display
    • Pricing
  • Strategy
    • Competitor Analysis
    • Goal Setting

 

Retail Industry Technology

 

  • Finance & Accounting
    • Accounting Software
    • Financial Management Software
  • Human Resources
    • Knowledge Management & Training Software
    • Payroll Software
  • Sales & Marketing
    • Customer Relationship Management
      • Loyalty Program Software
  • Distribution & Logistics
    • Warehousing Software
    • Inventory Management Software
    • ERP Systems
  • Operations
    • Display Management Software
    • PoS Systems
      • Shoper POS from Tally - This page is about the retail software solutions from Tally. (Keywords: billing, inventory management, merchandising, pricing and barcode generation and printing, to stock transfer, taxation and customer relationship management, replication and consolidation of stock and transaction details of retail stores and distribution centres)
      • Wings Enterprise – web enabled ERP software for retail industry (Keywords: product masters, account masters, price lists, promotional schemes, stock movement, transactions, orders)
      • POS Software Directory / Listing from 2020 Software
  • Strategy
    • Business Intelligence Applications

 

 

 

Retail Industry Reference

 

Retail Industry Sites

 

 

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Top 100 US Retailers (based on 2003 sales)

 

 

Top 200 Global Retailers, based on 2002 sales (country of origin)

 

 

 

 

 

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