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In a joint statement, OLR and Infogain have announced plans to develop a strategic alliance to provide global Oracle Retail consulting and systems integration services.

The great and the good have gathered for the National Retail Federation's (NRF) Big Show in New York, which has kicked off with an air of caution.

The retailer chose Oracle Retail Xstore (formerly Oracle's MICROS Xstore), which allows for a wide range of customizations without code changes or help from the vendor. LIDS also rolled out Oracle Retail Order Broker (formerly Oracle's MICROS Locate), which allows stores to view each other's inventory in real time and also streamlines shipment. Indeed, Havlik states that e-commerce reaped almost instant rewards as a result of the Order Broker implementation. "As many as 800 stores became available online, and customers found that capability right away - the orders started piling in," Havlik says. "We literally doubled the amount of available UPCs for a customer to order."

...even as today's retail world becomes more complex, the calm at the center of this storm is a return to retailing basics: laying down an IT foundation that automates a number of critical business processes, so that retailers can deliver to both consumers and associates the services they need, when and how they need them.

...Just recently, I had the opportunity to talk to Jill (Puleri) Standish, SVP and GM, Oracle Retail Global Business Unit, about the tech giant's newest product launch, and in true Oracle fashion, it's big. At the show, Oracle will unveil a new release of its entire suite of Oracle Retail solutions...