========================================================= ------- eWEEK.com RETAIL INDUSTRY UPDATE -------- ========================================================= December 30, 2004
========================================================= Sponsored by Toshiba Yet another reason to choose Toshiba. Right now, you won't pay any interest until next year. There's never been a better time to move into the world of superior mobile computing. Offer ends 12/31/04. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1481-19-91-6723-164961-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= Evan Schuman: Weathering Storms For Retail Profits 1. News: Force-feeding Commercials To Trapped Customers 2. Opinion: Retail Tech '05 Looks Frighteningly Interesting 3. News: Amazon.com Tops Record for One-Day Sales 4. News: PeopleSoft CEO Duffield Resigns 5. News: Oracle Takes Control Of PeopleSoft ========================================================= Evan Schuman ========================================================= Weathering Storms For Retail Profits A small Pennsylvania group of meteorologists is helping Bloomingdales, 7-Eleven, Kmart, JCPenney and The Home Depot beat the weather forecasters at their own game. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1481-19-91-6723-164964-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= Retail Industry Update ========================================================= 1. News: Force-feeding Commercials To Trapped Customers In 2005, retail technology executives predict, targeted, customized commercials will be piped into dressing rooms, shopping carts and checkout lines. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1481-19-91-6723-164967-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. Opinion: Retail Tech '05 Looks Frighteningly Interesting >From digital signs that change for each customer to cell-phone checkout devices, 2005 is looking like a fascinating year. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1481-19-91-6723-164970-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Amazon.com Tops Record for One-Day Sales Amazon.com says sales of consumer electronics surpassed book sales for the first time and it reported the online retailer's busiest holiday selling season in 10 years. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1481-19-91-6723-164973-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: PeopleSoft CEO Duffield Resigns With Oracle due to take possession of his company in a few days, PeopleSoft CEO David Duffield quietly resigns from the company he founded in 1987. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1481-19-91-6723-164976-0-0-0-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: Oracle Takes Control Of PeopleSoft Oracle has declared that it has won control of PeopleSoft after stockholders tendered about 75 percent of the outstanding shares of the Pleasanton, Calif., producer of enterprise application software. http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1481-19-91-6723-164979-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= Job Search http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1481-19-91-6723-164982-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= The Channel Insider http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1481-19-91-6723-164985-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= DevSource http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1481-19-91-6723-164988-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= eNewsletter Information ========================================================= You are subscribed to this newsletter with the e-mail address [EMAIL PROTECTED] TO UNSUBSCRIBE, click here: http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1481-19-91-6723-164991-0-0-0-1&[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://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1481-19-91-6723-164994-0-0-0-1 Questions about your newsletter subscriptions? To read our FAQ, click here: http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1481-19-91-6723-164997-0-0-0-1 ========================================================= eWEEK Magazine Information ========================================================= To apply for a free subscription to eWEEK, please go to http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1481-19-91-6723-165000-0-0-0-1 For help with your print subscription to eWEEK, click here: http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-1481-19-91-6723-165003-0-0-0-1 Copyright (c) 2004 Ziff Davis Media Inc. All Rights Reserved. Ziff Davis Media Inc., 28 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016
