Big Data

Retailers are increasingly viewing workforce management solutions as effective tools to capture missed sales opportunities, determine optimal staffing levels and improve customer engagement.

Retailers today must walk a fine line between creating assortments that strive to satisfy every customer everywhere, and keeping assortments limited.

Technology has not only changed the way consumers shop, but has also changed the way retailers respond and how they operate. Now more than ever, retailers must adapt to the wide range of maturing technologies.

In the world of retail technology, the term 'Clienteling' has achieved buzzword status and become blurred and obscured in a fog of hype. This white paper will expose key myths and allow you to recognize a true Clienteling solution from the imposters.

Big Data is the new shiny object in the room. The challenge lies in disaggregating the buzz, and all the game-changer talk, from where the value lies; and more importantly, in answering the question of how and where do you get started.

Stores opening their doors as early as 10 p.m. on Thanksgiving, warm weather and sharply increased e-commerce activity combined for an estimated $52.4 billion in Black Friday weekend sales, an impressive 16.4% increase over 2010's $45 billion.

Clean-up from Hurricane Irene's destruction is keeping retailers like Home Depot and Lowe's busy, but back-to-school apparel sales are likely to suffer.

Detailed, granular customer data should inform merchandising decisions across all channels. Download this Retail Solutions Brief to learn how new data sources can be accessed, analyzed and integrated to build product assortments that will engage shoppers in more meaningful ways.

Despite severe winter weather, many retailers saw strong same-store sales in January—including Limited Brands, owner of Victoria's Secret, which achieved a spectacular 24% increase.

Early reports on holiday sales indicate the merriest holiday season for retail since 2007 with about $584.3 billion in sales, a 5.5% increase over last year. Online sales showed particularly strong growth, climbing 15.4% to a projected $36.4 billion.

Rite Aid adds Business Weather Intelligence from Planalytics to analyze, quantify and manage the weather€„¢s impact on store traffic and demand for select product categories.

Ace Hardware selects the Planalytics Business Weather Intelligence platform to measure and predict weather-driven demand.