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Oracle Retail Merchandise Planning and Optimization solutions will allow Marisa to obtain retail-specific, science-based decision support and use that information to tailor assortments to key market segments. Marisa will also implement Oracle Database, Oracle WebCenter Portal and Oracle WebLogic Suite.

Oracle Retail Merchandise Planning and Optimization solutions will allow Marisa to obtain retail-specific, science-based decision support and use that information to tailor assortments to key market segments. Marisa will also implement Oracle Database, Oracle WebCenter Portal and Oracle WebLogic Suite.

Arcadia is embarking on a three-year £50m plan to overhaul its buying and merchandising, warehouse management and supply chain systems. The fashion retailer has signed three major contracts with Oracle, Manhattan Associates and Amber Road as it continues to grow its international presence and online offer.

Arcadia is embarking on a three-year £50m plan to overhaul its buying and merchandising, warehouse management and supply chain systems. The fashion retailer has signed three major contracts with Oracle, Manhattan Associates and Amber Road as it continues to grow its international presence and online offer.

Kohl's has overhauled its core merchandising, inventory, and pricing operations with a new retail merchandise operations management solution from Oracle. The platform will allow the department store retailer to gain one view of its inventory to better serve customers across channels, and to simplify its business user experience.

In spite of a credit card breach a few months back, execs with Neiman Marcus are pleased at the pace with which the company is growing, especially in the online arena. In a keynote address last week at the two-day Oracle Industry Connect conference in Boston, Karen Katz, president and chief executive officer of Neiman Marcus Group Ltd. LLC, said the $5 billion retailer is in the midst of its largest-ever capital project, overhauling its merchandising system using Oracle. "It is big, scary and risky, and the only path we could have taken," said Katz. In addition, the company is making more tech enhancements to its 41 stores, including working further on its new app, which allows sales associates to chat with customers, send them product collages and make merchandise suggestions.

Nordstrom has implemented new Oracle Retail Merchandise Operations Management and Oracle Retail Store Inventory Management solutions to support its expansion in Canada.

Retailer's implementation establishes foundation for sustainable growth across Nordstrom full line and Rack stores in North America Redwood Shores, Calif.-Apr 6, 2015 Leading fashion specialty retailer Nordstrom has implemented new Oracle Retail Merchandise Operations Management and Oracle Retail Store Inventory Management solutions to support its expansion in Canada. The retailer plans to roll out the latest releases of these Oracle Retail solutions companywide to support its Nordstrom and Nordstrom Rack stores. "Oracle is a valued partner to our business," said Bill Tucker, vice president of Technology, Nordstrom. "Oracle's retail industry solutions help to ensure that our technology investment evolves with our business to support our growth strategy and help us meet the changing expectations of our customers."

There, an app designed for the stadium by start-up VenueNext, which leverages Oracle's point-of-sales technology for mobile ordering, will let fans order food, drink and merchandise from their seats. VenueNext's smartphone app handles everything from parking to in-seat food delivery and instant replays at Levi's. For the Super Bowl, it has added a celebrity cam, Super Bowl commercials and express pickup of merchandise.

"Our customers seek out the UGG brand online, on their mobile devices and in stores. By creating a single, accurate view of their engagement with us, we can better align our service, marketing and merchandising with their needs," said Dave Powers, President, Global Direct to Consumer, Deckers Outdoor.

The 27-store specialty department store chain implements a new operations solution to better maintain inventory levels across channels

As part of a larger initiative to upgrade the customer experience and localize offerings in its 640 stores nationwide, The Finish Line will roll out new Oracle Retail merchandising, planning, stores and CRM solutions. The athletic-goods retailer is leveraging Oracle's cloud computing services in the process

The multi-year IT initiative that Charming Shoppes is embarking on will be nothing less than "a transformation of our technology, distribution and supply chain capabilities," according to CIO Michael Barrett. Encompassing upgrades of core systems that include the point-of-sale, merchandising, inventory, financials, warehouse and order management, the 1,857-store retailer's efforts are projected to drive $25 to $30 million in cost savings within a two-year time frame.

J.C. Penney Co. Inc., for one, is adding more programs from Oracle to its lineup. It already uses an e-commerce platform and web site personalization technology from ATG, and site search from Endeca Technologies-two companies that Oracle acquired within the past two years. The department store chain, No. 20 in the Top 500 Guide, is now adding Oracle software for analyzing customer demand by product and managing merchandising and supply chains.

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.

CIO Kovac: "Our investment in the area of merchandise planning and allocation is an important piece of enhancing our IT infrastructure to drive business advantage."

In this cover story by editor Erin Harris, Advance Auto Parts vp of IT Geraldine Schlueter details this $5B retailer's transition to a new merchandising system and the impact on item and store performance

Oracle today introduced its Retail Merchandising Analytics solution, a business intelligence application that incorporates common performance metrics from across the retail enterprise along with built-in capabilities for retailers to quickly act on the in

As retailers expand, effective merchandising and efficient store operations are critical to ensuring the customer experience and item performance translate to new marketplaces. C. Wonder is using Oracle Retail and has opted for a cloud software-as-a-service deployment that allowed them to shorten the implementation time, while offering best-in-class systems and supporting flexibility to grow.

As retailers expand, effective merchandising and efficient store operations are critical to ensuring the customer experience and item performance translate to new marketplaces. C. Wonder is using Oracle Retail and has opted for a cloud software-as-a-service deployment that allowed them to shorten the implementation time, while offering best-in-class systems and supporting flexibility to grow.

Arcadia is embarking on a three-year £50m plan to overhaul its buying and merchandising, warehouse management and supply chain systems.

Arcadia is embarking on a three-year £50m plan to overhaul its buying and merchandising, warehouse management and supply chain systems.