========================================================= ------- eWEEK.com RETAIL INDUSTRY UPDATE -------- ========================================================= September 23, 2004
========================================================= Sponsored by Dell Small Business Up to $250 off Select Dell Desktops and Notebooks! http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1130-19-40-6723-127960-1 ========================================================= ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= Evan Schuman: Overblown RFID Privacy Fears 1. News: Tracking Service To Help Product Returns 2. News: JDA, PeopleSoft In Retail Alliance 3. Interview: Staples to Stock New Architecture 4. News: Survey: RFID Users Fret over Cost, Integration 5. News: PeopleSoft Customers Rally Round the IBM Deal ========================================================= Evan Schuman ========================================================= Overblown RFID Privacy Fears Bogus reports on RFID privacy problems are coming back louder than ever. But the only thing worse than believing those reports would be to ignore them. Read the rest of Evan's column here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1130-19-40-6723-127963-1 ========================================================= Retail Industry Update ========================================================= 1. News: Tracking Service To Help Product Returns Without a doubt, the most terrifying thing sound for a retail IT executive is "Where is your returns desk?" One vendor is trying to make that question just slightly less terrifying. Find out how. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1130-19-40-6723-127966-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: JDA, PeopleSoft In Retail Alliance It may have taken a hostile takeover threat and an old enemy returning to hunt, but these two players are now pledging to work tightly together. Can retail IT execs take advantage of the moment? http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1130-19-40-6723-127969-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. Interview: Staples to Stock New Architecture CIO Scott Floeck outlines the retailer's plan to streamline IT operations across its three business channels and expand its international presence. Read the interview here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1130-19-40-6723-127972-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Survey: RFID Users Fret over Cost, Integration Many organizations are trying to get ready for RFID, even if they're not sure all the technology is in place to support it, results of a new survey suggest. Get the full story. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1130-19-40-6723-127975-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: PeopleSoft Customers Rally Round the IBM Deal Customers say that the $1 billion deal with IBM and PeopleSoft's aggressive product enhancement plans give them confidence the company can stay focused on its product strategy even as it fights Oracle's buyout bid. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1130-19-40-6723-127978-1 ========================================================= Tech Jobs http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1130-19-40-6723-127981-1 ========================================================= Ziff Davis Channel Zone http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1130-19-40-6723-127984-1 ========================================================= DevSource http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1130-19-40-6723-127987-1 ========================================================= eNewsletter Information ========================================================= You are subscribed to this newsletter with the e-mail address [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE, click here: http://www.eweek.com/unsubscribe_newsletter/0,4223,,00.asp?n=85&type=u&[EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your HTML/text preferences, change your e-mail address or subscribe to other eNewsletters from Ziff Davis Media, click here: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1130-19-40-6723-127990-1 Questions about your newsletter subscriptions? To read our FAQ, click here: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1130-19-40-6723-127993-1 ========================================================= eWEEK Magazine Information ========================================================= To apply for a free subscription to eWEEK, please go to http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1130-19-40-6723-127996-1 For help with your print subscription to eWEEK, click here: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1130-19-40-6723-127999-1 Copyright (c) 2004 Ziff Davis Media Inc. All Rights Reserved. Ziff Davis Media Inc., 28 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016
