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Wenatex New Information Management Solution Awakens Business Insight at Sleep System Retailer Potbelly Sandwich Works Restaurant Boosts Revenues 2.5 Percent by Giving Performance Data to Managers Danske Danish Supermarket Group Manages 10 Terabytes of Read More...

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Best of @msretail tweets (May 1-May 13)
2009 Is Year Mobile Commerce Shifts into High Gear : http://bit.ly/Reo9P #retail 8:09 AM May 13th from twhirl Online Services Delivers Enterprise-Class Communications to Growing Retail Business: http://bit.ly/8YCK5   8:01 AM May 13th from twhirl Read More...

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Blog Publishing
This morning, I was excited to hear that Kindle Publishing is now open to all blogs. I tested out the beta at http://kindlepublishing.amazon.com/ and found it very simple to use. All I had to do was create an account, and enter the details of my blog Read More...

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Retail APIs
With the growth of Social Networks and Communities, we see a lot of conversations, recommendations of products and services happening outside of the retailer’s site. This presents an excellent opportunity for retailers to syndicate their product catalogs Read More...

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Social Web & Social Computing
I have been using the terms Social Network, Social Computing, Social Media, Social Web, Social Software at random in the past. Over the weekend, I decided I want to really narrow down my usage of the terms. I feel that the term Social Web describes the Read More...

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Social Computing Solution Scenarios
Most retailers that I meet with have already been exploring social media from the perspective of marketing, building customer communities and social shopping. In addition to this they are exploring ways that they can use the power of social computing Read More...

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Solution Accelerators
  Solution Accelrators are free tools and guidance from Microsoft. These can help accelerate the assessment, planning and deployment of Microsoft technology. I have been working with several retailers in the past few weeks that are evaluating Sharepoint Read More...

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Follow us on Twitter
The Microsoft Retail Industry Team is now on Twitter. You can follow us via http://twitter.com/msretail for regular updates, news and events. We will also be using this account to tweet from Industry events and conferences. Read More...

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Market Basket Analysis Using Excel 2007 & SQL Server 2008
Impulse buying can account for a significant percentage of all supermarket purchases (I've seen different research reports peg it between 20% to 60%. One of the latest reports puts it closer to 20% See article ). Market Basket Analysis enables retailers Read More...

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Sharepoint Conference 2009
An excellent opportunity to learn more about Sharepoint 14: Check out the Early Bird Registrations . With many Retailers already running Sharepoint for their Intranet and Extranet sites the new capabilities are certainly worth looking at. A great example Read More...

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Reducing Paper usage at the Store
I have been exploring several solutions that would enable retailers to reduce the usage of paper at the store level. Retailers can opt in for several solutions that include Digital Receipts, Digital Coupons, Digital Shopping Lists and so on. I've seen Read More...

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Microsoft Retail Experience Center Video
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AT&T and Microsoft Surface
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Collaborative Compliance
Last year, I brainstormed with the Fair Factories Clearinghouse on using Collaborative Technologies for ethical sourcing management. They were looking for a tool that enabled their members to collaboratively monitor and share information about global Read More...

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Connecting the Physical World to the Digital World using Tags
I usually prefer researching information about products on my PC at home to delve through the details, comparisons and customer reviews. However, the problem with online buying is that you don't get to touch and feel the product like you do when you walk Read More...

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