========================================================= ------- eWEEK.com RETAIL INDUSTRY UPDATE -------- ========================================================= November 11, 2004
========================================================= Sponsored by IBM A Flash demo on raising productivity. Time well spent. You can keep working across multiple systems, or have total integration. IBM Business Process Integration helps you increase productivity. Even the demo that shows you how just takes three minutes. View it now at ibm.com. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1375-19-40-6723-151350-1 ========================================================= ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= Evan Schuman: Staples Automates Refunds with Eye on Holiday Sales 1. News: Retail Group Targets Worker Attendance Programs 2. News: Microsoft Has Its Eye on Small Retailers 3. News: Will Users Get Buried Under RFID Data? 4. News: Metro Group Beats Wal-Mart to RFID Punch 5. Quixotic Hope for PeopleSoft Springs Eternal ========================================================= Evan Schuman ========================================================= Staples Automates Refunds with Eye on Holiday Sales In its next phase, the $13 billion retail chain may offer an option of $60 in merchandise instead of a $50 rebate. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1375-19-40-6723-151353-1 ========================================================= Retail Industry Update ========================================================= 1. News: Retail Group Targets Worker Attendance Programs The Association for Retail Technology Standards says its new XML schema will slash typical installation time by two-thirds. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1375-19-40-6723-151356-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Microsoft Has Its Eye on Small Retailers Pushing a complete POS bundle, including hardware, Microsoft is looking for retail growth in the fastest growing segment and to avoid entrenched OSes in the larger chains. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1375-19-40-6723-151359-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Will Users Get Buried Under RFID Data? A new report from Venture Development Corp. questions whether users are prepared for the tidal wave of data that item-level RFID could bring. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1375-19-40-6723-151362-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Metro Group Beats Wal-Mart to RFID Punch Working with IBM, the European retailer has met a self-imposed deadline for commercial rollout of RFID wireless technology. Its first target: the back-end supply chain. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1375-19-40-6723-151365-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. Quixotic Hope for PeopleSoft Springs Eternal Just because Oracle says it will walk away from its bid if it doesn't get 50 percent of shares tendered doesn't mean it's ready to concede the fight. Quite the contrary. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1375-19-40-6723-151368-1 ========================================================= Tech Jobs http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1375-19-40-6723-151371-1 ========================================================= Ziff Davis Channel Zone http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1375-19-40-6723-151374-1 ========================================================= DevSource http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1375-19-40-6723-151377-1 ========================================================= 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=79-1375-19-40-6723-151380-1 Questions about your newsletter subscriptions? To read our FAQ, click here: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1375-19-40-6723-151383-1 ========================================================= eWEEK Magazine Information ========================================================= To apply for a free subscription to eWEEK, please go to http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1375-19-40-6723-151386-1 For help with your print subscription to eWEEK, click here: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1375-19-40-6723-151389-1 Copyright (c) 2004 Ziff Davis Media Inc. All Rights Reserved. Ziff Davis Media Inc., 28 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016
