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July 10, 2012

Ikea goes Solar in Houston; Installation makes chain Largest Solar Owner in Texas

Ikea on Monday officially plugged-in the solar energy system installed at its store in Houston. The installation, when combined with Ikea solar projects atop stores in Frisco and Round Rock, will make the home furnishings retailer the state’s largest solar owner.

November 8, 2011

Belk Chooses SAS Merchandise Planning to Further Localize Assortments

Belk, the Southern U.S. department store chain in the midst of a multi-year $150 million business/IT transformation effort, has selected SAS Integrated Merchandise Planning to make more productive use of its inventory and create more sharply localized assortments at its 304 stores.

Starbucks Opens New Tokyo Store t.co/pyIaExAbA0 Time ago 5 Days via HootSuite
Increasing Revenue Without Increasing Floor Size t.co/rsQrvTH3tK Time ago 5 Days via HootSuite
Luxottica Deploys Clienteling Solution t.co/8JIokjOjgK Time ago 5 Days via HootSuite

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Microsoft’s Surface Pro has been Released, but did Anyone Get One?

The new 128GB Surface Pro from Microsoft was released a few days ago, but it is already listed as sold out on their online store. This has raised questions about how many they had to begin with.

My Macy’s continues to localize store offerings.

The earnings report for Macy’s fourth quarter of 2012 came in better than expected. According to an article on Biz Journals, Macy’s Chief Financial Officer, Karen Hoguet, attributes part of their success with their localization efforts via My Macy’s.

The Showroom Showdown: Best Buy vs. Amazon

For this post, you’ve got ringside seats to the bout pitting the big box veteran against the online “underdog.” We’ll go three rounds with BIG insights to see who might have more long-term stamina.

LensCrafters Uses Social Sharing to Jazz Up In-Store Experience

LensCrafters is addressing the challenges of buying glasses with digital technology. For people with prescription glasses, it can be hard to choose which frames suit them, and often they can’t properly see the frames they are trying on because – well, they need glasses.