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How can retailers meet the needs of distinctly different fashion consumers? It takes more than the traditional "arts" of planning and merchandising, though these are still vital to any successful strategy. Today there's also a pressing need to apply science to multiple aspects of fashion retailing and solutions are readily available.

How can retailers meet the needs of distinctly different fashion consumers? It takes more than the traditional "arts" of planning and merchandising, though these are still vital to any successful strategy. Today there's also a pressing need to apply science to multiple aspects of fashion retailing and solutions are readily available.

The May 1 edition of Campus Technology includes the following article discussing tips for improving the relationship between higher education IT leaders and the vendor community.  The article notes that the Higher Education Users Group (HEUG) provides Oracle customers with the opportunity to discuss policies and issues.  The article includes comment by Ted Simpson, director of administrative systems, Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, who notes that Oracle has implemented almost every recommendation HEUG has put forth.

Tilly's expects Oracle Endeca will help increase site visits and improve search engine rankings by making it easier for consumers to encounter the brand as they go online to seek information and products related to the West Coast inspired lifestyle and the sought-after brand rooted in action sports, music, art and fashion

New York University marketing professor Scott Galloway makes a strong case that pure-play retailers, whether just brick-and-mortar or just e-commerce, are doomed. He predicts that Amazon will stumble as stores beef up their e-commerce and especially their fulfillment options. Others don't buy that, saying that Amazon is in many ways as special as Jeff Bezos seems to think it is. "I disagree," writes Oracle's David Dorf in his Commerce Anywhere blog of Galloway's assertions. "Not because the logic is flawed, but rather because Amazon is not a typical retailer. I believe they could be profitable if they wanted to but instead choose to continue investing in widening their competitive moat. Not only is their retail business state-of-the-art, but their investments in AWS, tablets, payments, IoT, etc. are complementary, and help to diversify the business (yes, they can do both). Amazon is not your typical pure-play."

Highlighting University of Western Ontario's selection of Oracle's Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management and Oracle's AutoVue to support major campus engineering and contruction portfolio. The release notes that the university will be able to support its aggressive sustainability and green initiative directives. The release includes comment by Paul Martin, director of business operations, facilities management at the University of Western Ontario, noting that the university is looking for ways to do things better and improve the student experience. The release also includes comment by George Qubty, director of facilities engineering, facilities management, noting that Oracle solutions give the college the kind of state-of-the-art learning facilities that can meet both the academic and environmental challenges of the twenty-first century.

Frank Lord, Vice President EMEA at Art Technology Group (ATG), offers his view on the online experience and how optimising live help brings staff closer to the customer

Groupware Technology, Inc., a Platinum level partner of Oracle Partner Network (OPN), announced that it has purchased and implemented an Oracle Exadata Database Machine within its state-of-the-art technology lab.

An article by Chris King, senior director, product marketing at Oracle Communications, highlighting mobile retail.

Solution ideas for cost-effective offer creation and order delivery and notes that with an integrated solution, CSPs can achieve quick time to market and ensure accurate, timely order delivery