========================================================= ------- eWEEK.com RETAIL INDUSTRY UPDATE -------- ========================================================= November 18, 2004
========================================================= Sponsored by HP FREE WHITE PAPERS FROM HP --Small Business Puts Data Migration Tools to Work --Tips and Tricks for Optimizing Microsoft Windows Server 2003 on ProLiant Servers --Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2003 on ProLiant Servers --Migrating to Windows 2000 or Windows XP with Altiris Migration Suite Download Today! http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1408-19-40-6723-154530-1 ========================================================= ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= Evan Schuman: Sears, Kmart Merger to Create Huge Retail IT Operation 1. Keeping Seasonal Help Away from Customers 2. Epiphany's New CRM Apps Offer Instant Analysis 3. Opinion: Abandoned Shopping Carts May Be Good News 4. Sun, Gingell Part Company 5. Two More IE Holes Surface ========================================================= Evan Schuman ========================================================= Sears, Kmart Merger to Create Huge Retail IT Operation The new retailer will be the nation's third largest with $55 billion in projected annual revenues and almost 3,500 stores. But analysts question whether the IT integration will be easy or even advisable. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1408-19-40-6723-154533-1 ========================================================= Retail Industry Update ========================================================= 1. Keeping Seasonal Help Away from Customers This holiday tactic is not the only unorthodox move being made by consumer electronics chain Tweeter. But with Wal-Mart, Best Buy and Circuit City stomping on their turf, unorthodox is sometimes the only choice. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1408-19-40-6723-154536-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. Epiphany's New CRM Apps Offer Instant Analysis Epiphany's new applications, which sit atop rival apps, don't delay in getting customer information into sales reps' hands. IBM weighs in with its support. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1408-19-40-6723-154539-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. Opinion: Abandoned Shopping Carts May Be Good News The changing way that customers shop online today prompts Evan Schuman to suggest that retailers must rethink their own strategies. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1408-19-40-6723-154542-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. Sun, Gingell Part Company Rob Gingell, until recently Sun Microsystems' chief engineer and also a Sun fellow and vice president of the company, has severed his ties with Sun to join former colleagues at an up-and-coming technology company. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1408-19-40-6723-154545-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. Two More IE Holes Surface Security researchers are warning of another pair of vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser affecting users on fully patched Windows XP Service Pack 2 systems. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1408-19-40-6723-154548-1 ========================================================= Tech Jobs http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1408-19-40-6723-154551-1 ========================================================= Ziff Davis Channel Zone http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1408-19-40-6723-154554-1 ========================================================= DevSource http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1408-19-40-6723-154557-1 ========================================================= 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=79-1408-19-40-6723-154560-1 Questions about your newsletter subscriptions? To read our FAQ, click here: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1408-19-40-6723-154563-1 ========================================================= eWEEK Magazine Information ========================================================= To apply for a free subscription to eWEEK, please go to http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1408-19-40-6723-154566-1 For help with your print subscription to eWEEK, click here: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1408-19-40-6723-154569-1 Copyright (c) 2004 Ziff Davis Media Inc. All Rights Reserved. Ziff Davis Media Inc., 28 East 28th Street, New York, NY 10016
