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British multinational retailing company Arcadia Group has selected Oracle retail platform to optimize retail operations and support its developing international business. The fashion retailer will use Oracle Retail Merchandising Operations Management, Oracle Retail Merchandise Planning and Optimization, and Oracle Commerce applications to meet customer demand in its 2,507stores and 600 international franchised outlets across 36 countries.

British multinational retailing company Arcadia Group has selected Oracle retail platform to optimize retail operations and support its developing international business. The fashion retailer will use Oracle Retail Merchandising Operations Management, Oracle Retail Merchandise Planning and Optimization, and Oracle Commerce applications to meet customer demand in its 2,507stores and 600 international franchised outlets across 36 countries.

Blue Coat Systems, a provider of Web security and WAN optimization solutions, announced its Blue Coat® ProxySG® version 6 Acceleration Edition appliance for WAN optimization has achieved Oracle Validated Integration with the Oracle® E-Business Suite 11.5.

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.

"Oracle Retail has provided our merchants with more visibility to make informed decisions with better data to optimize performance at the item and store level," said Janet Schalk, executive VP and CIO, Kohl's. "Equally important, the Oracle Retail implementation establishes a foundation for future growth and innovation."

Leveraging advanced optimization technology from Oracle, popular fashion retailer Forever 21 is using Oracle Retail Merchandise Planning and Optimization solutions to help predict demand and align assortments to meet customer expectations.

Forever 21, which now ranks as the fifth largest specialty retailer in the United States, is taking advantage of Oracle's advanced optimization technology and using Oracle Retail Merchandise Planning and Optimization solutions to help predict demand and align its assortments to meet the expectations and demands of its customers.

The chain Unicoop Florence - the largest cooperative in Italy, with a network of over 100 hypermarkets, supermarkets and convenience stores in seven provinces - has chosen to rely on Oracle Retail Store Inventory Management with the aim to optimize the management of its stores and inventory, while improving the customer experience, and to unify all the various processes in a single solution and get more control over the goods in the shop.

Oracle has released Oracle Retail Release 14, offering new features throughout its suite of retail solutions that address customer engagements across touchpoints, and allow for more targeted assortment planning and greater inventory efficiency. The release offers new operational and planning processes that allow customers to buy, pick-up or return items in any channel and equip retailers to fulfill demand without channel constraints. The planning solution offers advanced clustering, microspace optimization, assortment and item planning, size-and-pack and clearance capabilities and uses retailers' own customer data to identify the factors driving buying patterns, allowing them to get even closer to the unique preferences of their customers.

Oracle has released Oracle Retail Release 14, offering new features throughout its suite of retail solutions that address customer engagements across touchpoints, and allow for more targeted assortment planning and greater inventory efficiency. The release offers new operational and planning processes that allow customers to buy, pick-up or return items in any channel and equip retailers to fulfill demand without channel constraints. The planning solution offers advanced clustering, microspace optimization, assortment and item planning, size-and-pack and clearance capabilities and uses retailers' own customer data to identify the factors driving buying patterns, allowing them to get even closer to the unique preferences of their customers.

To help improve customer experience and increase inventory sell-through, Oracle has launched a new release of Oracle Retail Allocation that enables retailers to deliver the best assortment of products for each location using real-time inventory levels along with sales and planning information. "Smarter allocation is the last mile to improving customer experience and protecting margins," said Mike Webster, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Oracle Retail. "The latest update to Oracle Retail Allocation delivers deep retail functionality, actionable insight, and a user interface that makes sense for today's users."

The Sept. 30 edition of Inside Higher Ed features the following article highlighting innovations that will affect the future of higher education. The article highlights The University of Virginia's usage of Oracle's Hyperion performance management software and services to optimize its curriculum.

The Sept. 30 edition of Inside Higher Ed features the following article highlighting innovations that will affect the future of higher education. The article highlights The University of Virginia's usage of Oracle's Hyperion performance management software and services to optimize its curriculum.

Talbots selects Oracle Retail planning optimization applications to localize merchandise by customer preferences, buying patterns, size profiles

Talbots CIO John Kovac said, "By implementing Oracle's Retail Planning and Optimization Suite we will have a robust platform providing advanced analytics to ensure we have the right balance of inventory when and where our customers need it."

Oracle will provide merchandise financial planning, assortment planning, size profiling and optimization systems. It's a full suite of retail business applications so that supply chains are managed better, inventory control gets tighter, core merchandising is improved and so Arcadia can track sales and fashion trends better and learn more about what sizes are needed in the stores, on an individual basis, rather than by country. According to Green, Oracle will enable Arcadia to "romance the customer" and intensify efforts to put up flagships and grow the online business.

Oracle will provide merchandise financial planning, assortment planning, size profiling and optimization systems. It's a full suite of retail business applications so that supply chains are managed better, inventory control gets tighter, core merchandising is improved and so Arcadia can track sales and fashion trends better and learn more about what sizes are needed in the stores, on an individual basis, rather than by country. According to Green, Oracle will enable Arcadia to "romance the customer" and intensify efforts to put up flagships and grow the online business.

Providing customers with a consistent, relevant experience, no matter where they shop, requires integrated and flexible retail planning, suppy chain and operations centered around the customer and their preferences. By implementing a comprehensive suite of Oracle Retail solutions, luxury retailer, Neiman Marcus Group, expects to optimize its online and offline operations to support international expansion and to provide a superior commerce anywhere experience for its global customers.

Providing customers with a consistent, relevant experience, no matter where they shop, requires integrated and flexible retail planning, suppy chain and operations centered around the customer and their preferences. By implementing a comprehensive suite of Oracle Retail solutions, luxury retailer, Neiman Marcus Group, expects to optimize its online and offline operations to support international expansion and to provide a superior commerce anywhere experience for its global customers.

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Canadian retailer offering luggage, handbags and accessories, has selected Oracle Retail solutions to optimize operations and establish an integrated, scalable platform to help drive growth

The October issue of University Business includes the following article highlighting the results of Oracle's "Making the Grade: Optimizing the Higher Education Student Experience" report. The article notes that students experience on campus is what keeps them coming back, but even if they love their classes, that joy can be overshadowed by frustration of dealing with student services offices. The article is part of the Stats Watch section and includes various statistics from the report including that 30 percent of students say their school does not meet their customer service expectations. The article includes comment from Cole Clark, global vice president for education and research, Oracle, who notes that though there are some schools doing amazing work, there is a tremendous amount of headroom to improve effectiveness without spending truckloads of cash to get it done.