========================================================= ------- eWEEK.com RETAIL INDUSTRY UPDATE -------- ========================================================= October 14, 2004
========================================================= Sponsored by Dell Home Systems Free Double Memory Upgrade with select new Dell Home systems. Offer ends 10/20. Click for details. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1223-19-40-6723-137482-1 ========================================================= ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= Evan Schuman: Drawing The E-Commerce Battlelines 1. News: At Wal-Mart, The World's Largest Retail Data Warehouse Gets Even Larger 2. News: Will Wireless Rewrite RFID? 3. News: Teradata, SeeCommerce Alliance Promises Retail Out-of-Stock Help 4. News: Is RFID the Key to Supply-Chain Security? 5. Opinion: RFID Tag Shortage: A Blessing in Disguise? Visit the Retail Industry Center for the latest in retail technology. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1223-19-40-6723-137485-1 ========================================================= Evan Schuman ========================================================= Drawing The E-Commerce Battlelines When AOL recently jumped back into the shopping-portal biz, it reminded us of why children shouldn't play with e-commerce. Almost a decade after the Web's birth, most companies' online and offline units play together about as well as a room full of cranky, sleep-deprived three-year-olds. Read the rest of Evan's article here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1223-19-40-6723-137488-1 ========================================================= Retail Industry Update ========================================================= 1. News: At Wal-Mart, The World's Largest Retail Data Warehouse Gets Even Larger It's only fitting that the largest retailer should have the world's largest database, but at more than one-half a Petabyte, that's a lot of information, even for Wal-Mart. The vendor that's supporting that data, NCR's Teradata division, wants the world to know its capabilities. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1223-19-40-6723-137491-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Will Wireless Rewrite RFID? With dramatically greater range and faster deployment--and with item-level tagging possible by next year--one former Boeing engineer thinks wireless may solve retail RFID headaches. Get the details on this engineer's work behind government lines and the now-declassified wireless techniques that he's used to launch RespectRFID Systems. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1223-19-40-6723-137494-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Teradata, SeeCommerce Alliance Promises Retail Out-of-Stock Help Leveraging the deep retail installed base of Teradata, SeeCommerce and Teradata have announced an integrated package focusing on one of retail's most troubling issues: out-of-stocks. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1223-19-40-6723-137497-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Is RFID the Key to Supply-Chain Security? Has RFID been overly hyped? Most speakers said "yes" during a panel discussion that looked at the roles government and private industry can play in protecting the global supply chain from terrorism and theft. See what else they had to say here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1223-19-40-6723-137500-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. Opinion: RFID Tag Shortage: A Blessing in Disguise? Beleaguered product suppliers are struggling with RFID compliance deadlines on the one hand and shortages of RFID tags on the other. 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