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February 22, 2012
Tractor Supply Company, the largest retail farm and ranch store chain in the U.S., announced that effective Feb. 15, Gregory A. Sandfort assumed the title of chief operating officer in addition to his role as president.
February 22, 2012
Nordstrom has implemented mobile point-of-sale devices in its stores and will continue to expand the functionality of those devices. Three-quarters of traditional fixed POS capabilities can now be done on the mobile devices, helping to provide a better customer experience in terms of personalization and speed.
February 22, 2012
Developers can now easily coordinate processes within distributed applications SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 2012-- Amazon Web Services LLC (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ:AMZN), today introduced Amazon Simple Workflow Service (Amazon SWF), a workflow service for building scalable, resilient applications. Whether automating business processes for finance or insurance applications, building sophisticated data analytics applications, or managing cloud infrastructure services, Amazon SWF reliably coordinates all of the processing steps within an application. To get started using Amazon SWF, visit: www.aws.amazon.com/swf. With traditional development approaches, it is both time-consuming and costly to build and track processing steps that run at different processing times
February 21, 2012
Cabela's has announced plans to open its first Cabela's Outpost store, unveiling a new retail initiative that will introduce the unique Cabela's retail experience to consumers in underserved markets across the U.S. and Canada.
February 21, 2012
A lack of snow and frigid air across most of the country has left marketers in the lurch. Winter boots and snow shovels are languishing on store shelves while brisk business is being done in live plants and lightweight jackets.
February 21, 2012
The decision by high-profile merchants Gamestop, Gap Inc., J.C. Penney and Nordstrom to close Facebook storefronts has some questioning whether so-called f-commerce sites have a future. "We just didn't get the return on investment we needed from the Facebook market, so we shut it down pretty quickly," Ashley Sheetz, vice president of marketing and strategy for Gamestop, told Bloomberg News. "For us, it's been a way we communicate with customers on deals, not a place to sell." Wade Gerten, chief executive officer at 8thBridge, which developed the very first Facebook store for 1-800-FLOWERS, wrote on Forbes.com, "The best way
February 21, 2012
Ann Arbor, Mich. -- Publix Super Markets and Nordstrom are the highest ranked bricks-and-mortar retailers in a report released Tuesday by the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). While supermarkets overall are up 1.3% to 76, Publix remains the grocer to beat, with a score of 84. The best of the best among all retailers — traditional or online — is Amazon, with a score of 86, followed by online retailer Newegg at 85. Next in line are two more websites: Overstock at 83 and eBay at 81. Other highly ranked traditional retailers include Nordstrom with an ACSI score of
February 21, 2012
Atlanta -- The Home Depot Inc.'s fiscal fourth-quarter earnings rose 32% to $774 million, compared with a profit of $587 million in the year-ago period. The retailer noted that mild weather throughout parts of the United States gave homeowners the chance to work on homes projects in the winter. Sales rose 5.9% to $16.01 billion, topping the Street’s view of $15.51 billion. Same-store sales grew 5.7% overall, and 6.1% in the United States. The chain said it generated a 3.6% rise in fourth-quarter customer transactions and the average ticket increased 2.4% to $52.54. We had a strong finish to
February 21, 2012
eBay is encouraging affiliates to promote its French and Italian sites this spring. The eBay Partner Network is offering all publishers who promote the French and Italian programs an opportunity to enjoy higher commission rates between March 1 and May 31, 2012. All QCP publishers, existing and new, are eligible to participate in the 3-month promotion. There is no conditional traffic volume increase, but the ePN wrote, "we hope that you will take advantage of the promotion and explore new innovative ways of promoting eBay.fr and eBay.it during this time, which will have a positive long-term effect on your
February 21, 2012
A first-of-its-kind study on "sweethearting," a form of employee theft when the employee gives away products or services for free or at a discount, claims traditional mitigation strategies used by loss prevention professionals often don't work and offers guidance to managers struggling to address the problem.
