STORES Magazine - September 2008 - (Page 8) WORTH WATCHING 36 CONCEPT2WATCH Dress to Express An e-commerce site where men can design and buy high-quality blazers and pants. 38 E-COMMERCE Comfortable Fit DSW’s new website a hit right out of the box. 40 SUPPLY CHAIN Trace Elements ePedigree documents a safe path through the pharma supply chain. 42 MARKETING Virtual Testing, Real Benefits System gauges the effectiveness of instore merchandising, marketing plans. SEPTEMBER 2008 LPinformation NUTS AND BOLTS 44 ERP Massaging the Enterprise ERP system works the kinks out of operations for Red Door Spas. 46 CREDIT BOC Budget-Beater Walgreen puts a new SPIN on check processing. 48 WEB OPTIMIZATION Speed Sells Faster page loads drive increasing revenues for JC Whitney. 71 CUSTOMER SERVICE Asked and Answered Chat solutions boost customer satisfaction and sales – online and in stores. 74 SITE SELECTION Built to Order TaMolly’s relies on freshly-diced data when choosing new markets. 78 E-COMMERCE Local Ace New e-commerce strategy paying off for independent operators. L3 LP VANTAGE POINT L4 NEWSBEAT L8 COVER STORY Advise and Consent Retailers are becoming more active in crafting LP legislation. L14 LP PROGRAM BUILDING Maximizing Functionality Under new ownership, The Limited restructures LP from the ground up. L16 BIOMETRICS Membership Has Its Privileges Club uses biometrics to minimize liability and aggravation. L18 INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE 42 44 BONUS CONTENT Available exclusively at www.stores.org Sephora testing “GPS for the nose” “Green” screens: Enviro-friendly mall kiosks INSIDE TRACK 88 NRF NEWS CONSIDER THIS 10 12 82 84 86 EXECUTIVE EDITOR’S PAGE PRESIDENT’S PAGE LOEB RETAIL LETTER ARTS UPDATE POINT OF VIEW 90 RETAIL CROSSWORD WHAT’S NEXT 93 RETAIL INDUSTRY CALENDAR 74 Need a back issue of STORES? Order one at www.stores.org POSTSCRIPT 94 LAST LAUGH CONTRIBUTORS D. Gail Fleenor M.V. Greene Lauri Giesen Janet Groeber 8 STORES / SEPTEMBER 2008 Craig Guillot Michael Hartnett Karen M. Kroll Len Lewis Fred Minnick Liz Parks Fiona Soltes David P. Schulz WWW.STORES.ORG http://www.stores.org http://www.stores.org http://WWW.STORES.ORG
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