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Self Service BI in Retail

I've been in several meetings with retailers where business users and IT have been at odds with each...

Author: S h i S h Date: 09/09/2009

The latest issue of RetailSpeak is now online in digital format

  Look for my article on how retailers can leverage social media on page 41. I would love any...

Author: S h i S h Date: 08/21/2009

Microsoft-Infosys Collaborative Supply Chain Solution

The Infosys-Microsoft Supply Chain Center of Excellence aims to build an active community of supply...

Author: S h i S h Date: 08/21/2009

Stories about SharePoint in Retail: Specialty Retailer Smoothes Operations for Improved Productivity and Future Profits

Jamba Juice—a leading provider of healthy, on-the-go food and beverages—viewed the economic slowdown...

Author: S h i S h Date: 08/17/2009

Stories about SharePoint in Retail: Craft Brewer Stays Connected with its Sales Force

New Belgium Brewing, one of the most innovative and fastest-growing craft brewers in the United...

Author: S h i S h Date: 08/17/2009

With over 5,500 employees at its corporate head office and 475 retail outlets nationwide, Canadian...

Author: S h i S h Date: 08/17/2009

Subscribe to the RSS Feed for Retail Case Studies

The Case Studies website is at https://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/ and is a great source for...

Author: S h i S h Date: 07/29/2009

Technical Case Study: Supply-Chain Management Platform Supports Seamless Partner Collaboration

This is an excellent whitepaper for understanding the challenges and solution for Supply Chain...

Author: S h i S h Date: 07/14/2009

Social Enabling Shopping Sites

Shopping is undeniably a social activity. As more retailers realize the need to embrace social...

Author: S h i S h Date: 07/14/2009

Business Intelligence Case Studies for the Retail Industry

Wenatex New Information Management Solution Awakens Business Insight at Sleep System Retailer...

Author: S h i S h Date: 07/01/2009

Best of @msretail tweets (May 1-May 13)

2009 Is Year Mobile Commerce Shifts into High Gear : https://bit.ly/Reo9P #retail 8:09 AM May 13th...

Author: S h i S h Date: 05/14/2009

Blog Publishing

This morning, I was excited to hear that Kindle Publishing is now open to all blogs. I tested out...

Author: S h i S h Date: 05/14/2009

Retail APIs

With the growth of Social Networks and Communities, we see a lot of conversations, recommendations...

Author: S h i S h Date: 05/12/2009

Social Web & Social Computing

I have been using the terms Social Network, Social Computing, Social Media, Social Web, Social...

Author: S h i S h Date: 04/27/2009

Social Media Monitoring

The early 90s didn't have as many options for going viral compared to today but in 1992 Snapple...

Author: S h i S h Date: 04/23/2009

An attempt to map Web2.0 concepts and technologies to business challenges

A few weeks ago, I had a meeting with a group of CIOs from the Food Services Industry and we had...

Author: S h i S h Date: 04/23/2009

Social Computing Solution Scenarios

Most retailers that I meet with have already been exploring social media from the perspective of...

Author: S h i S h Date: 04/22/2009

Solution Accelerators

  Solution Accelrators are free tools and guidance from Microsoft. These can help accelerate...

Author: S h i S h Date: 03/11/2009

Business Insight For Retail Webcast: Mar 17

For years, Business Intelligence has consistently been top of mind for executives.  Given the...

Author: S h i S h Date: 03/03/2009

Follow us on Twitter

The Microsoft Retail Industry Team is now on Twitter. You can follow us via...

Author: S h i S h Date: 02/27/2009

Market Basket Analysis Using Excel 2007 & SQL Server 2008

Impulse buying can account for a significant percentage of all supermarket purchases (I've seen...

Author: S h i S h Date: 02/18/2009

Sharepoint Conference 2009

An excellent opportunity to learn more about Sharepoint 14: Check out the Early Bird Registrations....

Author: S h i S h Date: 02/06/2009

Reducing Paper usage at the Store

I have been exploring several solutions that would enable retailers to reduce the usage of paper at...

Author: S h i S h Date: 01/20/2009

Microsoft Retail Experience Center Video

Author: S h i S h Date: 01/20/2009

AT&T and Microsoft Surface

Author: S h i S h Date: 01/20/2009

Collaborative Compliance

Last year, I brainstormed with the Fair Factories Clearinghouse on using Collaborative Technologies...

Author: S h i S h Date: 01/14/2009

Connecting the Physical World to the Digital World using Tags

I usually prefer researching information about products on my PC at home to delve through the...

Author: S h i S h Date: 01/08/2009

Countdown to NRF

   The NRF Convention and Expo begins on Sunday at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center...

Author: S h i S h Date: 01/07/2009

RFID to Improve Customer Service

I just read an interesting blogpost by Jose Feromoso about Hollola in Finland and how they use RFID...

Author: S h i S h Date: 12/15/2008

Managing your Social Network Status Messages using Microsoft Outlook and Windows Live Messenger

Personal Status Messages (PSM) are an excellent way to keep in touch with your network. Facebook,...

Author: S h i S h Date: 12/13/2008

Assortment Planning Solutions for Retail

In the current economic downturn, retailers have been hit particularly hard. Retailers that continue...

Author: S h i S h Date: 12/11/2008

Seeking Retail 4-5-4 Calendars built on Sharepoint

What is the 4-5-4 Calendar: The 4-5-4 Retail Calendar divides the year into quarters with the first...

Author: S h i S h Date: 12/10/2008

Price Optimization Solutions for Retail

Retailers have begun to feel the effect of the weakening economy, as consumers are cutting back on...

Author: S h i S h Date: 12/05/2008

Costco Uses Virtualization to Save Space, Reduce Costs, and Increase IT Agility

Costco Wholesale Corporation is a major international wholesale distributor with revenues...

Author: S h i S h Date: 12/02/2008

More on Proximity Marketing

I just got an email from Matt Gaines of ACE Marketing & Promotions Inc pointing me to some...

Author: S h i S h Date: 11/20/2008

Proximity Marketing

Retailers have been exploring several technologies for proximity marketing within the retail store....

Author: S h i S h Date: 11/10/2008

11 years

Today, I complete 11 years in Microsoft and 4 years of this blog. Its been a long exciting journey...

Author: S h i S h Date: 11/10/2008

Interesting WPF Project for Retail by Conchango

Here is an interesting consumer application that Conchango built for Retail customers. Watch the...

Author: S h i S h Date: 11/04/2008

NRF 98th Annual Convention & EXPO

The Convention is open January 11-14 and the EXPO Hall Floor and DESiGN STUDiO January 12-13....

Author: S h i S h Date: 11/03/2008

Microblogging/Twitter in Retail

Press releases, Company Sites, White papers are great forms of communication but Microblogging...

Author: S h i S h Date: 10/29/2008

Office Web Applications

First Look: Office 14 for Web Watch Antoine Leblond, Senior VP of Office Productivity and Chris...

Author: S h i S h Date: 10/29/2008

Online Communities for Retail

For a Retailer, embracing communities can help build better services and boost customer loyalty....

Author: S h i S h Date: 10/23/2008

WEBCAST: Democratizing Business Intelligence Solutions for Retail

Language(s): English. Product(s): Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server. Audience(s): Business...

Author: S h i S h Date: 10/22/2008

Social Shopping

Shopping is a social activity and more and more retailers are realizing that they need to embrace...

Author: S h i S h Date: 10/15/2008

Self Checkout vs Registers

As we explore more efficient ways for the customer to be in and out of the store as quickly as...

Author: S h i S h Date: 10/13/2008

Creating SMS Campaigns

I tried out Tagga.com today and think its a neat little application for creating quick SMS...

Author: S h i S h Date: 08/05/2008

Onboarding Process and Background Checks

Recruiters have been known to mine all information about you via Blogs, Twitters and the other...

Author: S h i S h Date: 08/03/2008

QR Codes

A QR Code is a matrix code or two-dimensional bar code created by Japanese corporation Denso-Wave in...

Author: S h i S h Date: 08/03/2008

Windows Live Product Upload Beta and Windows Live Product Search Beta

Live Product Upload Beta is a free service that lets an online retailer, make product catalogs...

Author: S h i S h Date: 08/02/2008

Tacit Knowledge and the Wisdom of Crowds

Store Associates in specialty retailers are sometimes challenged in finding quick answers to...

Author: S h i S h Date: 08/01/2008

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