April 2009 - Posts

Taking Mobile Commerce Applications Mainstream…
16 April 09 09:23 AM

There is a ton of buzz in the industry at the moment focused on enabling interaction between retailers and customers through the medium of a consumer’s mobile device.  While a fair amount of debate still rages with regard to exactly which types of Read More...

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Is there a Future for a Commerce Cloud?
10 April 09 12:48 PM

For many, the question posed in this post is not a question at all.  Many are fully bought in to the concept of eCommerce applications (or at a bare minimum, services) existing only is a SaaS delivery model.  To be clear, there are many ISVs Read More...

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The Three Key Pillars to Retail Tech Spending…for now
08 April 09 03:34 PM

“We have never seen an economy like this…”.  This has become the most repeated sentiment among retailers since the results from the most recent holiday season came in.  The culture of low expectations is officially pervasive.  In spite Read More...

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Follow Microsoft’s Retail Industry Team on Twitter
06 April 09 10:13 AM

For those of you ‘in the know’ on Twitter you can now follow Microsoft’s Retail Industry Team on Twitter. http://twitter.com/msretail Read More...

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Microsoft at the University of Arizona Retail Innovation Event
06 April 09 10:06 AM

As promised, some more information on Microsoft’s participation in the Retail Innovation Conference at the University of Arizona.  The following link provides a short video:   http://uanews.org/click/25017/1 Read More...

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University of Arizona Retail Innovation Conference
04 April 09 01:10 AM

I was fortunate enough to attend a summit hosted by the Terry J. Lundgren Center for Retailing and Consumer Sciences at the University of Arizona. The event focused on retail innovation by bringing together the students and faculty of the Lundgren Center Read More...

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