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"Redtag Group, a Dubai-based chain of value fashion and home stores, is deploying a new merchandise planning platform to help it make better-informed purchasing and pricing decisions."

Oracle research finds price, product, choice, promotions and technology are key to creating a winning shopping experience The latest research on the future of retail in 2025 according to the digital native generation born after 1980, has found the shopping experience of the future needs to be connected, fit-for-purpose and always available, according to Oracle.

Amazon just obtained a new competitor for its Amazon Web Services cloud hosting and development platform. Oracle is going head-to-head with Amazon with a slew of more than 24 new additions to the Oracle Cloud Platform. Oracle's new integrated cloud services include infrastructure, platform and software delivered as a service. Specific cloud-based services include hosted Exadata-based production databases, archive storage, Big Data, enterprise mobility, and application integration. Oracle says it offers the same products, with 100% compatibility, in the cloud and on premises, which means that companies can move to and from the cloud without changing applications. Furthermore, workloads can be moved to the cloud instantly. "Oracle is growing really fast," said Larry Ellison, CTO of Oracle, in public remarks. "Oracle is the only company on the planet that can deliver a complete, integrated, standards-based suite of services at every layer of the cloud. Those technology advantages enable us to be much more cost-effective than our competitors. Our new Archive Storage service goes head-to-head with Amazon Glacier and it's one-tenth their price."

Looking at the many tech trends affecting full-service restaurants, two overarching themes emerge. One is the use of technology, particularly mobile devices, to enhance the guest experience-prior to the meal, at tableside, and beyond. The other big theme is restaurateurs' need for consistency and repeatability throughout the enterprise, in areas encompassing everything from pricing, menus, and reporting to regulatory compliance.

Johnny Belk, the company's COO, said at Oracle Retail's CrossTalk conference in June that the chain - like many other retailers - is dealing with a 14 percent increase in product prices heading into the fall season...

The Sept. 23 edition of Awesome DC includes the following article highlighting the results of Oracle's "Opportunity Calling: The Future of Mobile Communications" report. The article notes that the survey's results show consumers see limitless potential i

The Sept. 22 edition of Wireless Week includes the following article highlighting the results of Oracle's "Opportunity Calling: The Future of Mobile Communications" report and features comments from Arturo Pereyra, director marketing and business develop

Interesting interview with Gordon Rawling on how competition in the mobile phone market is fiercer than ever, as a recent survey revealed that 77% of customers would be willing to switch to a provider with better pricing - despite 82% stating that their c

Press release highlighting that Veterans Canteen Service implemented Oracle Retail applications and the Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 to establish new merchandising, inventory and price processes designed to help increase sales and establish more control over inventory throughout its locations. The article notes that Veterans Canteen Service selected the Oracle Retail applications and Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 based on integration capabilities and product attributes. The article also includes comments from Mike Webster, general manager, Oracle Retail noting that Veterans Canteen Service offers an important service to America's Veterans and Oracle Retail is proud to be a part of the team working to provide better service to canteen customers.

The retail industry hasn't traditionally given technology top priority, but with consumers' expectation of "anything, anywhere, anytime I want it," tech expertise has become a competitive focus for the industry's big players. Oracle Industry Connect, a two-day conference held March 25 and 26 here, brought together roughly 240 retail executives to network and share system implementation case histories as they chase omnichannel selling. Today, more than half of shoppers - 58 percent - rank product availability as more important than price, according to an Oracle study of 4,500 consumers worldwide. Mark Webster, senior vice president and general manager of Oracle's retail practice, said Amazon sold 426 items a second on Cyber Monday. "If you don't think consumers are taking advantage of new access points [to shop], then you are misguided."

Value-oriented specialty department store Kohl's is transforming many of its core retail operations to accommodate recent growth and ensure that both its store and online shopping experiences reflect the unique preferences of consumers, no matter where they live and shop.

Most recently, Kohl's overhauled its core merchandising, inventory, and pricing operations with the launch of a new Oracle Retail Merchandise Operations Management solution, allowing the retailer to coordinate a unified system of record for inventory to better serve customers across channels, and to simplify its business user experience.

The retailer is betting its loyalty program, which features a mobile wallet inside the Kohl's app, will provide a key competitive advantage for this holiday season and beyond, and help make up for a bleak third quarter... ...Kohl's has redesigned its website and mobile apps, implemented Oracle Corp. systems to handle inventory and pricing, and is testing a new point­of­sale system. It also has rolled out "buy online, pick up in store" options at some stores, and is shipping products from about 800 locations.

Kohl's has redesigned its website and mobile apps, implemented Oracle Corp. systems to handle inventory and pricing, and is testing a new point-of-sale system. It also has rolled out "buy online, pick up in store" options at some stores, and is shipping products from about 800 locations. Eventually, Kohl's may look to integrate its loyalty program with its payments systems. The company has built systems that will take different kinds of payments and integrate with other mobile wallets in the marketplace.

Good Morning. Kohl's Corp. views the digital wallet as much more than a payments system. The retailer is betting that its loyalty program, which features a mobile, digital wallet inside the Kohl's app, will provide a key competitive advantage for this holiday season and beyond, and help make up for a bleak third quarter. A pilot program across 300 stores in 2013 and 2014 produced about 10 million enrollees in the loyalty program, CIO Janet Schalk told CIO Journal's Steven Norton. Since launching nationwide in early October, that number has doubled to 20 million. Most technology payments providers solely focus on payments, says Ratnakar Lavu, Kohl's EVP for digital technology. While he doesn't deny the importance of payments, he says "there's really no one who's doing something related to offers or rewards." Kohl's has redesigned its website and mobile apps, implemented Oracle Corp. systems to handle inventory and pricing, and is testing a new point-of-sale system. It also has rolled out "buy online, pick up in store" options at some stores, and is shipping products from about 800 locations. Eventually, Kohl's may look to integrate its loyalty program with its payments systems. The company has built systems that will take different kinds of payments and integrate with other mobile wallets in the marketplace.

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.

"We are committed to providing a consistent shopping experience and to meeting customer expectations across channels by aligning pricing, promotions, and inventory availability online and in-store," said Luis Paez, chief information officer, Perry Ellis International. "With Oracle Retail Release 14, we have a consistent view of all inventory, so we can offer customers any product we have in stock regardless of where it resides."