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Retailing’s
Tech
Future



How Retailers Are Turning to Tech
With e-commerce gaining steadily, bricks-and-mortar outfits are embracing new technologies to keep shoppers happy -- and spending

Inching Toward the RFID Revolution
The promise of smart tags is progressing slowly but somewhat surely as the industry grapples with a host of remaining roadblocks

Stopping Sticky Fingers with Tech
Retailers aren't waiting for RFID's kinks get to get worked out. They're employing all sorts of effective antitheft systems now

Taking E-Commerce to the Next Level
Coming soon: Improved recommendations and personalized pitches that actually work. But how much of this will shoppers stand for?

Software That Delivers Pricing Power
Retailers looking to squeeze every penny out their inventory are getting help from companies offering smart-pricing technology




INNOVATORS

Jeff Bezos: "Blind-Alley" Explorer

The CEO says Amazon is so innovative because it's always probing, unafraid to make mistakes until it finds a "huge, broad avenue" (8/20/04)
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Amazon Hops On the Orient Express

Its purchase of Joyo.com, China's top e-tailer, could prove to be a key to future growth -- at least, eventually (8/20/04)
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Bar Codes Better Watch Their Backs

Wal-Mart will start requiring its top suppliers to use Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chips (7/14/04)
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The IT Marksman at Wal-Mart

As the retailing behemoth's CIO, Linda Dillman sets -- and hits -- the tech targets that change how the entire industry operates (5/12/04)
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Test-Flying Tomorrow's Supermarket

German grocer Extra's Future Store is the proving ground for technologies that could boost margins and wow shoppers (4/26/04)
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