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Volume 4 - Issue 13
4/6/2010
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What’s Going On In Stores?
By Steve Rowen, Managing Partner
It’s that time of year again, when RSR research surveys retailers about the technologies they are currently using – and budgeting for – in their stores. The final report releases on June 23rd, and the survey is still open, but we’ve had already nearly 80 retailers respond, and they have given us some very interesting data.
For example, when asked about the business challenges that weigh most heavily right now... Read more |
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Schmatta Girl: Returning to My Roots
By Paula Rosenblum, Managing Partner
Frequent readers know RSR as a research company run by retailers for the retail industry. And it’s true that I have thirty years of experience in Retail IT. But this past weekend, a really bad cold and an HBO documentary served to remind just how deep this girl’s retail roots really go.
Sinuses stuffed with the classic mind-numbed “cold experience”... Read more
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Collaboration Drives Private Label Success
By Brian Kilcourse, Managing Partner
In RSR’s 2008 benchmark report, PLM Squared: Product Lifecycle Management Powers Private Label Merchandise, we stated that “Private label merchandise certainly has top of mind awareness across the retail ecosystem. Any potential recessionary trends only exacerbate the need to grow this portion of the merchandise mix.” This trend has been driven by the duel challenges to create more value for consumers and more profitability for the company, both which were more difficult to achieve in the Great Recession of 2009.
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