========================================================= ------- eWEEK.com RETAIL INDUSTRY UPDATE -------- ========================================================= September 16, 2004
========================================================= Sponsored by Wyse Technology New White Paper: Helping Corporations Do More With Less Despite positive economic indicators and rising technology budgets, business is about doing more with less. Chosen technology tools must do the job without undue burdens on IT staff or users. Download this White Paper Now! http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1105-19-40-6723-125404-1 ========================================================= ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= Evan Schuman: RFID To Be Served 7-Eleven Style 1. Opinion: Albertsons Learns The Legal Dangers of CRM 2. News: Barcode, RFID Co-Existence Made Easier 3. News: Oracle Income Grows 4. News: Workers to Wield Linux RFID Devices ========================================================= Evan Schuman ========================================================= News: RFID To Be Served 7-Eleven Style >From the perspective of the world's largest convenience store, RFID is a treasure chest of capabilities. Consider the ability for a store manager to know if the milk or cold cuts on the truck had ever been higher than a particular temperature. But the CIO is also assured of something else: Following Wal-Mart's lead is not a smart idea. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1105-19-40-6723-125407-1 ========================================================= Retail Industry Update ========================================================= 1. Opinion: Albertsons Learns The Legal Dangers of CRM A common criticism of retail CRM programs is that they are often a waste of money as few retailers actually try to use their carefully collected information to directly contact customers. The headaches this week from $40 billion Albertsons may only make the situation worse - but for the wrong reasons. Get the story here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1105-19-40-6723-125410-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Barcode, RFID Co-Existence Made Easier With almost every major retailer mandating it, there is little question that the industry is moving toward an RFID world. But it's also just as certain that this migration will likely take at least five and possibly ten years to complete. That, of course, begs the question of what the retail technology world will likely be like in the year 2014. Until then, retailers are going to cautiously test RFID right alongside bar codes. A small Canadian startup has figured out a way to make that happen a little easier. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1105-19-40-6723-125413-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Oracle Income Grows The leader of the database segment is certainly showing no signs of pain. Is Oracle's announcement of a 16 percent hike in profits a good sign that database space is back on solid ground? Take a look. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1105-19-40-6723-125416-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Workers to Wield Linux RFID Devices The Frontline show was the backdrop for quite a few RFID product introductions, including some that support end-to-end Linux. 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