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<item><title>Retailers Sold on IT</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Oct 2010 17:23:28 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Retail and distribution companies once viewed IT as a way to improve supply chain management and store operations. These days, they use technology solutions to  manage relationships with customers, vendors and business partners.   -  The essential premise of running a successful retail or distribution business is a simplistic but time-proven adage: To make it, you gotta sell things that people want to buy. But the formula for getting products to a customer requires constant market research, product development, testing and effec...]]></description>
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<item><title>Online Retail Getting Stronger </title>
<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:43:58 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Seeking a double-digit growth market? Who isn't? Online retail sales is the place to be, according to Forrester Research Inc. Here's what to expect in the U.S. and European Union over the next five years.   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>Wal-Marts Scott Retiring as CEO, Duke to Succeed</title>
<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:55:54 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The surprise announcement by Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, lands one week before the crucial Thanksgiving holiday shopping weekend. This comes as Wal-Mart builds on its strength as a discount retailer in a contracting U.S. economy. Mike Duke, who will become Wal-Mart's fourth CEO, also takes over as the retailer increasingly looks overseas to fuel expansion as U.S. growth slows.   -  NEW YORK (Reuters)
- Wal-Mart Stores Inc, which is gaining market share amid a global
economic downturn, said Lee Scott will retire as chief executive early
next year and will be succeeded by Mike Duke, who heads its
international operations.
The world's largest retailer also promoted Eduardo C...]]></description>
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<item><title>Money Managers Expect Muted Year-end Tech Rally</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:47:08 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[This year, with high energy and food prices, the housing slump and credit market crisis muting consumer demand, Wall Street is bracing for a subdued performance from the technology industry--gadgets, devices, gaming consoles and computers--even during its busiest manufacturing season for the Christmas-spending holidays.   -  NEW YORK (Reuters)
- As investors exchange their beach wear for business suits at the end
of summer every year, they usually prepare for a rally in technology
stocks in the run-up to the December gadget spending spree.
But this year, with high energy and food prices, the housing slump
and credi...]]></description>
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<item><title>Consumer Spending Shrinks but Confidence Rises</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:09:16 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The unexpectedly weak income and spending data combined with a jump in oil prices and disappointing earnings to drive stock prices down. In late morning, the blue chip Dow Jones industrial average was off more than 1 percent. Prices for U.S. government bonds, which react negatively to inflation, moved lower, while the dollar held steady versus the euro but slipped against the yen.   -  WASHINGTON
(Reuters) - Personal income tumbled unexpectedly in July and
inflation-adjusted spending shrank as government economic stimulus
waned, but consumer spirits rose this month, a hint the economy may
muddle through its woes.
Personal income fell 0.7 percent in July, the sharpest decline ...]]></description>
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<item><title>July Sales Struggle as Tax Rebate Cash Ends</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:20:40 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Retailers are watching the start of the back-to-school season closely to see how consumers choose to spend their limited dollars and what that might mean for the crucial year-end holiday season.   -  NEW YORK (Reuters)
- Retailers posted disappointing July sales results on Thursday as
shoppers ran out of extra tax rebate cash and tentatively began their
back-to-school shopping.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the world's largest retailer, said its July
sales at U.S. stores open at least a year, or sam...]]></description>
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<item><title>Consumer Confidence Hits 16-year Low in May</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 11:45:25 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Economic worries top the reasons for a consumer confidence lag.   -  NEW YORK (Reuters)
- Consumer confidence plunged unexpectedly to its lowest in 16 years in
May as rising gasoline costs and falling home prices made Americans
nervous about the future, a survey released on Tuesday showed.
The Conference Board, an industry group, said its monthly measure of
cons...]]></description>
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<item><title>Hot Dog: Franchising with Technology</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:01:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Johnnys Lunch is on a roll with a combo of good food at reasonable prices, great service and the right technology.   -  Twenty years before McDonalds golden arches began dotting the American landscape, Johnny Colera slathered a hot dog with his secret chili sauce and sold it for 10 cents at his lunch counter in Jamestown, N.Y. It was 1936, in the midst of the Great Depression, and Johnnys Lunch was open for business....]]></description>
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<item><title>Disruptive Forces: Walmart</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:31:01 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[   -  Wal-Mart
Location: Bentonville, Ark.

CEO: H. Lee Scott

Revenues: $351 billion

What they do: The nations preeminent discount retailer is a fixture in nearly every U.S. city and town.

Disruptive qualities: Any company that racks up sales of $1 billion per day leaves a big wake when it cha...]]></description>
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<item><title>Disruptive Forces: Craigslist</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:30:58 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[   -  Craigslist
Location: San Francisco

CEO: Jim Buckmaster

Revenues: $50 million (est.)

What they do: With its signature Spartan interface, Craigslist serves up local classifieds and forums covering goods, services, jobs and relationships in 450 cities worldwide.

Disruptive qualities: Craig...]]></description>
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<item><title>Disruptive Forces: Netflix</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:30:48 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[   -  Netflix

Location: Los Gatos, Calif.

CEO: Reed Hastings

Revenues: $1.2 billion

What they do: For $5 a month, Netflix gives more than 8 million subscribers access to more than 90,000 DVD movies, making it the runaway leader in online movie rentals. The company is also a heavyweight in movi...]]></description>
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<item><title>Disruptive Forces: Patriots and Red Sox</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:30:45 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[   -  New England Patriots and Boston Red Sox
Location: Foxboro and Boston, Mass.

CEOs: Robert Kraft/Larry Lucchino

Revenues: $250 million/$206 million

What they do: New Englands top sports franchises compete at the top of the National Football League and Major League Baseball, respectively.

...]]></description>
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<item><title>Disruptive Forces: Southwest Airlines</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:30:22 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[   -  Southwest Airlines
Location: Dallas

CEO: Gary Kelly

Revenues: $9.0 billion

What they do: Corrals discount travelers in and out of 737s for a reasonable fee.

Disruptive qualities: Southwest bucks every industry trend and provides better value by filling fights, using just one type of air...]]></description>
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<item><title>Disruptive Forces: IDEO</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:30:20 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[   -  IDEO
Location: Palo Alto, Calif.

CEO: Tim Brown

Revenues: N/A (private)

What they do: This design consultancy delivers products, services, environments and digital experiences. 
Disruptive qualities: IDEO creates experiences, not simply products. As founder David Kelly puts it, “We are in...]]></description>
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<item><title>Disruptive Forces: Real Networks</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:30:18 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[   -  Real Networks
Location: Seattle

CEO: Rob Glaser

Revenues: $395.2 million

What they do: The pioneer of occasionally frustrating streaming downloads now serves up the popular music subscription service Rhapsody.

Disruptive qualities: Rhapsody offers access to millions of songs. Moreover t...]]></description>
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