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| Welcome |  Welcome to our NRF '06 post-show special edition newsletter. This post-show newsletter will provide you with a recap from this year's event by featuring articles from a few of our featured solution providers, selected presentations from this year's show, and information for upcoming NRF events. |
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| Featured Articles | | IP's RFID Proving Ground Achieves Near-Perfect Performance
When International Paper turned to addressing the problems of customer service — from inaccurate inventory to mis-shipments and reverse logistics — they used radio frequency identification (RFID) technology as just a starting point for engineering an RFID-enabled warehouse tracking system. The work proved such a success that IP now offers RFID consulting and systems integration services to its customers through its Smart Packaging business. Written by Dann Anthony Maurno for International Paper
| | Specialty Retailer Keeps Up With Continually Changing Stock Keeping Units
Kirkland's, Inc. is a leading specialty retailer of gifts and home decorating items in the United States. Because Kirkland's offers thousands of continually changing SKUs (stock keeping units) in a dynamic and highly competitive sales environment, the company needed to continually monitor its merchandise mix through POS and inventory control systems. Submitted by Triversity
| | Mobile And Wireless Technology In Food Retailing
The purpose of this white paper is to examine trends and emerging technologies and to suggest the ways that wireless mobile technologies can bring solutions to help retailers achieve competitive advantage. The focus of this paper is on in-store systems but ranges beyond the four walls of the store to examine trends in both the supply chain and in the retailer/consumer interface. Submitted by PSC
| | Chick-fil-A Implements Network Solution To Improve Roll-Out Process
Two-and-a-half years ago, Chick-fil-A embarked on its first wide area network roll-out driven by the decision to accept credit/debit cards. With a corporate commitment to deliver an approval turnaround in less than eight seconds, the IT
department realized that they needed to move to a persistent connectivity network environment. Submitted by Cybera
| | RFID For Retailers
Retail companies recognize that RFID will transform the way in which they receive, distribute, and merchandise goods to consumers. Retailers also know that their supply chains need to be driven by real-time response to consumer demands. Submitted by OATSystems
| | Optimizing The Labor Supply Chain — You Can't Manage What You Can't Measure
To achieve the competitive advantage that results from high performance,
companies must develop the ability to quickly and effectively gather, analyze, and act on information that drives supply chain performance. Submitted by RedPrairie
| | Duane Reade's Self-Service Profit Centers
So successful was Duane Reade's pharmacy kiosk, the retailer is licensing the technology to its competitors and raking in the profits. Used with permission from Integrated Solutions for Retailers magazine
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| Featured Products | Purple Cactus Oasis POS/Merchandising System
The Oasis retail management system is an enterprise-level, technologically-advanced, robust, scalable, and flexible system for operating 1 to 2,000+ store operations. Oasis delivers comprehensive retail management across your entire enterprise. Designed to provide multichannel "Guaranteed Live" transaction processing, Oasis is the successful marriage of advanced system development with our in-depth knowledge of retail business operations. Download the complete product sheet to learn more about this product from Purple Cactus.
|  | Ryzex POS Repair
Ryzex Repair, Inc. offers significant savings on annual and single-unit maintenance on point of sale equipment. Our goal is to be your premier POS service and repair provider. We offer quality workmanship, technical expertise, cost competitiveness, speedy repair times, and unmatched customer service. Contact a Ryzex representative today to learn about the company's POS repair solutions.
|  | Intermec CK31 Mobile Computer
The Intermec CK31 mobile data collection terminal continues the tradition of delivering on Intermec's promise of rugged, reliable computing, thoughtful ergonomic design and high-throughput. It features an embedded Microsoft Windows CE .NET operating system and an Intel Xscale PXA255 processor. Click here for additional information and a free quote on this product from Intermec.
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| Featured Download | | Piloting RFID In Retail | This presentation from Levi Strauss & Company exhibited at NRF '06 describes its implementation of a company-wide RFID strategy. Levi's research led them to believe that benefits were more retail based than supplier based, and the company began to explore pilot opportunities.
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