========================================================= ------- eWEEK.com RETAIL INDUSTRY UPDATE -------- ========================================================= October 28, 2004
========================================================= Sponsored by Dell Home Systems Free 2-Day shipping with select new Dell Home systems online. Offer ends 11/3. Click for details. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1304-19-40-6723-144354-1 ========================================================= ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= Evan Schuman: Bringing Storefront Perks to Web Sales Still Needs Work 1. News: A Tailor-Made Technology Environment 2. News: Aberdeen: Multichannel Sales Desirable But Rare 3. News: Great Tech Is Little Help If Employees Don't Know 4. News: Labs Test How Temperature Affects RFID 5. News: MySQL Update Puts a Toe Into Big Vendors' Database Turf ========================================================= Evan Schuman ========================================================= Bringing Storefront Perks to Web Sales Still Needs Work While $25 billion retailer Best Buy is getting accolades for its online/offline efforts, its mixed messages show the difficulty of fully integrating channels. Customer-service representatives tell a different story than the executives. Get the inside story. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1304-19-40-6723-144357-1 ========================================================= Retail Industry Update ========================================================= 1. News: A Tailor-Made Technology Environment With more than 533 stores, the Casual Male clothing chain is slowly pushing multichannel issues to an old-fashioned audience. Find out more. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1304-19-40-6723-144360-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Aberdeen: Multichannel Sales Desirable But Rare The analyst report says nearsighted corporate vision and outdated business models are to blame for e-commerce difficulties. Find out where the problems are. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1304-19-40-6723-144363-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: Great Tech Is Little Help If Employees Don't Know Best Buy is a great example of a company that brilliantly deploys technology but then drops the ball in communicating. Read the story. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1304-19-40-6723-144366-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Labs Test How Temperature Affects RFID Delfour's RFID labs will also examine how warehouses can cope with a hodgepodge of customer RFID preferences. Get the details. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1304-19-40-6723-144369-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: MySQL Update Puts a Toe Into Big Vendors' Database Turf MySQL AB has released into general availability a version of its open-source database with subqueries, faster and more secure client-server communication, tools that ease installation and configuration, and support for international character sets and geographic data. Could the new version help you? http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1304-19-40-6723-144372-1 ========================================================= Tech Jobs http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1304-19-40-6723-144375-1 ========================================================= Ziff Davis Channel Zone http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1304-19-40-6723-144378-1 ========================================================= DevSource http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1304-19-40-6723-144381-1 ========================================================= 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=79-1304-19-40-6723-144384-1 Questions about your newsletter subscriptions? To read our FAQ, click here: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1304-19-40-6723-144387-1 ========================================================= eWEEK Magazine Information ========================================================= To apply for a free subscription to eWEEK, please go to http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1304-19-40-6723-144390-1 For help with your print subscription to eWEEK, click here: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1304-19-40-6723-144393-1 Copyright (c) 2004 Ziff Davis Media Inc. All Rights Reserved. Ziff Davis Media Inc., 28 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016
