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Retail Paradox Weekly
Retail News Analysis by RSR Research
April 28, 2009
Real World Green
By Brian Kilcourse, Managing Partner
4/28/2009
As Kermit the Frog famously crooned, “It’s not easy being green.” The problem with the term “green” (at least in the USA) is, as New York Times columnist and author Thomas Friedman said recently, “Climate change was presented as a political issue, and because of that there had to be sides… the definition [of the term ‘green’] was imposed by its opponents… they [conservative media pundits] named green as liberal, tree-hugging, sissy, girlie-man, unpatriotic, vaguely European."
There must be some truth in Friedman’s observation... More
Linking the Physical with the Virtual: Exploring the Future of AIDC
By Nikki Baird, Managing Partner
4/28/2009
Last week I attended the AIM Global Leadership Summit, where I spoke on the retail industry's state of the state when it comes to auto-ID technologies. You might read that to mean "RFID," and while there was plenty of talk on that topic, it certainly wasn't the only topic up for discussion.
My take on auto-ID in retail is that... More
'Next Year in Twitter'
By Paula Rosenblum, Managing Partner
4/28/2009
Right before the Passover Jewish holiday there was a hilarious piece published on Facebook called, “Moses is departing Egypt: A Facebook Haggadah.” Some very clever people re-wrote the story of Passover (told at ceremonial dinners called Seders) in “Facebook-ese.” In other words, the whole story of the Jewish people’s departure from Egypt is told as status updates, comments on status updates, new friend connections, virtual gifts passed between the parties, quizzes and “Random notes about me” as posted by God. If you’re Jewish and a Facebook hound it’s a real ROFLMAO experience.
If you’re one or the other... More
Workforce 2009: The Human Factor
By Steve Rowen, Managing Partner
4/28/2009
Workforce management has always been a top-priority focus in our research here at RSR, but the conditions of the current economic situation raised our interest even further this year. How has the technology asset assisted ailing retailers with their largest controllable expense in such dire times? And what are retailers seeing regarding workforce availability in an economy where retail doesn’t seem to be such a bad gig?
In last year’s benchmark, retailers’ view of their employees could be summed up pretty simply... More
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