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Dan Ford, VP, Product Marketing, Oracle Communications, and other industry leaders share predictions for the wireless industry in 2012.

"Wiggle is in the running for the title of Online Retailer of the Year at the prestigious Oracle Retail Week Awards 2012. The online bikes specialist and triathlon retailer is one of six companies to be shortlisted, with winners being announced at an awards ceremony on March 15 next year."

Shoppers are channel-agnostic; they expect interaction from their mobile devices and the time to deliver is now...In this article, Stores executive editor Susan Reda talks with retail industry experts about what's ahead in 2012. Oracle's David Dorf is among those that weigh in on mobile, BI, personalization and other trends.

"To extend its "commerce anywhere" strategy, Stage Stores has implemented Oracle Commerce. The initiative, completed in less than six months, provided the retailer with a new e-commerce engine, along with guided search and recommendation solutions, all before the 2012 holiday shopping season kicked off."

"To extend its "commerce anywhere" strategy, Stage Stores has implemented Oracle Commerce. The initiative, completed in less than six months, provided the retailer with a new e-commerce engine, along with guided search and recommendation solutions, all before the 2012 holiday shopping season kicked off."

...According to "The Connected Consumer 2012: Evolving Behavior Patterns," an Oracle survey of more than 1,000 consumers, store associates make a big difference; 40 percent of respondents said a savvy store associate can impact their final product selection more than a website. As a result, says David Dorf, Oracle's senior director of technology strategy, "a lot of retailers need to invest in their store associates, and make sure they're armed with at least as much information about their products as can be found on the web."

Company Oracle, created a range of products for the retail sector, held in August 2012, a study of the consumer market, covering them seven countries, including Russia. The report "The Evolution of Experience Retailing" provides information on many aspects of consumer interaction with retailers in today's globalized world, allowing you to see what can help, and that, conversely, prevent the seller to win the competition. Oracle experts believe that the retail market is rapidly changing, but retailers are not fully aware of the processes and thus can not adequately respond to them.

Oracle presented a study Evolution of Experience Retailing, conducted in August 2012. The purpose of the survey was to study the development of the market, in particular, the company intended to find out how well the network retailers address the needs of customers. The study took into account the opinion of the respondents, aged 18 to 60 years old from Russia, Brazil, UK, Germany, China, USA and Japan.

Kohl's previously announced that it will relaunch Kohls.com on an e-commerce platform from Oracle Corp. this summer. It will also test a mobile payment acceptance technology in stores later this year. In 2012, Kohl's generated $1.43 billion in sales on the web, up 41.6% from $1.01 billion in 2011. It is No. 28 in Internet Retailer's Top 500 Guide. "We have made significant investments in our IT and omnichannel initiatives to ensure we have the platforms, technology and tools to allow customers to shop when they want and from where they want," Mansell says.