Betting on the Right Horse: The Oscars From a Marketer's POV
A mere 48 hours after hosting the 2013 Academy Awards, Seth MacFarlane said he’d never do it again. “The Oscars is basically the Kobayashi Maru test,” he quipped, referring to the fictional Star Trek...
View ArticleMacy's: It's All About the Customers
It was my honor as a relatively new member of the American Apparel and Footwear Association's board to moderate a Q&A session with Jeff Gennette, Chief Merchandising Officer at Macy’s, after his...
View ArticleSAP AFS/IS-Retail Interface - An Insight
Hello AFS and IS-Retail Fans, I would like to share some of my experiences in Interfacing 2 Giant Industry solutions AFS and IS-Retail from Master Data perspective. Our client is among one of the...
View ArticleMillennials Will Inherit the Earth
How the AAFA sees millennials as consumers, employees, and future leaders of industryRegardless of the challenges or benefits millennials pose to society, their culture – which is rapidly becoming our...
View ArticleGLOBAL RETAILING CONFERENCE sponsored in part by SAP!
There are so many retail related events in the first part of the year that it is tough to decide where to be!An easy event to remember and to make a tradition is the Global Retailing Conference coming...
View ArticleUpdate on POS at SAP
Here at SAP we continue to invest in new innovations for the retail industry and we are seeing these innovations now being launched in to the market. If you had the chance to visit NRF – The Big Show...
View ArticleSee How Big Data is Delivering Profound Customer Insights
Join us for an interactive Webcast on Thursday, March 28, 2013 Best-run businesses around the world use analytics solutions from SAP to better understand customer activities, relationships,...
View ArticlePutting the “Person” behind Personalization
“A customer is really just a little bundle of future cash flow with a memory” – this line in a recent blog(1) caught my eye. We have always known this in retail – customer experience drives loyalty and...
View ArticleSAP for Retail gives Fast Fashion customers instant access to leading catwalk...
Let us check how fashion industry is being benefitted by SAP IS Retail -- Amit Kumar In today's fast-paced fashion environment, style inspired by the latest runway shows is seen on clothing retailer's...
View ArticleSame day delivery of foods and other services ---- Google
Same day delivery of foods and other services is it possible then what planning required for its success. Now it is being tested by Search Engine Giant Google to increase its online advertising , how...
View ArticleCoffee Break with Game-Changers: Precision Retailing
What’ve You Done for Your Customer Lately? What does it mean to retailers when they say that “2013 is the year of the customer?” How do you make the shift from broad promotional campaigns to tailored...
View ArticleAnnouncing SAP Retail Industry Mobile Apps Challenge 2013 for Partners
Dear Partners, Submit your apps for the SAP Retail Industry Mobile Apps Challenge and win big! Be one of the industry leading innovative partners to build mobile apps on the SAP Mobile Platform and...
View ArticleThe Road to SAPPHIRE: SAP Retail Makes it Matter
This is the first blog post in the “Road to SAPPHIRE” series chronicling the SAP Retail team’s efforts before, during, and after the SAPPHIRE NOW 2013 conference. Click here to read other posts in the...
View ArticleRetail's Industry Makeover
“Our industry has a perception problem,” announced National Retail Federation (NRF) President and CEO Matthew Shay at the Global Retailing Conference in Tucson, AZ today. In a letter to the U.S. House...
View ArticleDIY Retailer B&Q Drives its Forecast & Replenishment with SAP (Video)
B&Q is the UK's leading Do-It-Yourself (DIY) and garden center retailer. B&Q has 358 stores with more than 40,000 SKUs in their store assortment. B&Q is part of Kingfisher plc. Watch...
View ArticleThe Shopping Experience: Are You Really Meeting Your Shoppers’ Expectations?
There’s a danger when one writes about a topic that everyone ‘knows’ yet each experiences in a unique way. In my case, it’s the influential shopping experience. Get it right and you can see your...
View ArticleRequiem for a Heavyweight: Ron Johnson and JCP
I'm writing this as a follow-up to the webinar I presented to SAP Mentors on April 17. A lot of people wanted to understand "what happened" to JC Penney. How did something that seemed so right go so...
View ArticleThe Road to SAPPHIRE: What’s Cooking in the Retail Kitchen?
This is the second blog post in the “Road to SAPPHIRE” series chronicling the SAP Retail team’s efforts before, during, and after the SAPPHIRE 2013 conference. Click here to read other posts in the...
View Article60 Million Orphans Go to Bed Hungry Every Night. SAPPHIRE NOW: Volunteer 30...
New to SAPPHIRE NOW, and in partnership with our SAP Corporate Social Responsibility team headed by Jackie Montesinos Suarez, I am proud to announce our SAPPHIRE NOW and ASUG Annual Conference...
View ArticleSAP Retail & Consumer Products Forum: Delivering a Better Shopping Experience
Personalizing the shopping experience requires improving manufacturer and retailer collaboration – engaged shoppers are more valuable to both brands and retailers. How connected are you with your...
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