STORES Magazine - March 2009 - (Page 15)

trEnDS which also included QuikTrip, Container Store, Stew Leonard’s and Publix Super Markets. Two retailers – No.5 Wegmans and No. 10 Nugget Markets – appeared in the overall top 10. The segment of the Fortune 100 companies still hiring despite the gloomy economy include Wegmans, Whole Foods Market, Publix and T-Mobile, which all reported having jobs to fill as of January 19. A handful of retail companies also debuted in the 25 top-paying companies, including eBay, T-Mobile and Nugget Markets; Nugget, Whole Foods and Zappos.com made the list of companies providing the best benefits. Take Your Laundry Online Most women are still awaiting the development of technology that will collect, sort and wash the laundry, then fold it neatly into piles. While that’s in the works (somewhere, we hope), technology is being applied to the process of doing laundry that allows college students to manage the washing of their jeans and sweatshirts over the Internet. USA Technologies has nearly 7,000 washers and dryers connected to the eSuds system in more than 700 laundry rooms in colleges, universities and multi-family communities. Using eSuds, students can check the availability of washers and dryers in laundry rooms and pay for the wash and dry cycles with their student ID, or debit or credit cards. Students automatically receive an email, page or wireless message when the wash and dry cycles are complete. The program, which began on college campuses, has now been expanded to multi-housing and apartment complexes and is also quickly growing in popularity. Dubbed the eSuds Credit laundry service, this iteration offers users the chance to link debit and/or credit payments to the system. eSuds also enhances the efficiency of laundry rooms by allowing operators to track usage and sales by machine with the click of a mouse. The service provides operators with online reports of usage and daily diagnostic reports. CORRECTION: In the February issue of STORES (Brand Management, page 42), the name of Elie Tahari director of business applications Nihad Aytaman was misspelled. STORES / MARCH 2009 15 http://www.Zappos.com

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STORES Magazine - March 2009 Contents Executive Editor's Page President's Page Movers and Spenders What Shoppers Think Take Your Laundry Online 10 Things You May Have Missed Numbers Worth Counting Full Price/Markdown Retail People Luxury for Less Q & A CONCEPT2WATCH Checkout Management Online Entrepreneurs Sustainability POS Online Strategy Online Scheduling SaaS Online Marketing Merchandise Security PCI Compliance LPinformation Supplier Directory Exception Reporting Industry Perspective Theft Research LOEB Retail Letter ARTS Update Point of View NRF News Retail Crossword Retail Industry Calendar End Cap

STORES Magazine - March 2009

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