Oracle

Customer-centricity, connecting with startups, test-and-learn approaches all key

Automating analytics stands to reduce retailers’ risk of failing

Index raised $7M from investors that include Eric Schmidt, Vinod Khosla

Libenson succeeds David Ching after 19 years with the company

McGowan brings a wealth of company experience to latest role

The project leverages technology throughout the company

With mobile commerce representing a major growth area for retail, the National Retail Federation, through its Mobile Retail Initiative (www.nrf.com/mobile), has unveiled the first version of the Mobile Retailing Blueprint — a virtual road map for retailers to assist in the use of mobile to enhance their marketing, e-commerce and store operations, with a special section on implementation planning and technology.

Fujitsu last week expanded its North American retail market portfolio to deliver end-to-end technology solutions, introducing new IT infrastructure services that join Fujitsu POS and store management systems and custom business intelligence (BI), enterprise resource planning (ERP), software as a service (SaaS), and supply chain management (SCM) integration solutions.