09.02.14 -- Life Time Fitness Limits Liability With Surveillance

Newsletter | September 2, 2014

In This Issue:
Life Time Fitness Limits Liability With Surveillance Five Reasons Why Using A Single Mobile Device Manufacturer Increases Risks, Costs Retail Tag And Label System Improves Distribution Retail Commerce Lessons From Other Industries	Celerant Customers Crush Cyber Monday Averages Getting Started With Customer Journey Mapping Target Launching New, Improved Self-Checkout Service Amazon's Local Register A Boon For SMRs

Life Time Fitness Limits Liability With Surveillance
By Matt Pillar, editor in chief
	As health clubs go, Life Time Fitness is in a league of its own. So is its surveillance-based risk mitigation effort.

Featured Content

Five Reasons Why Using A Single Mobile Device Manufacturer Increases Risks, Costs
		By Michael Grosberg, president and chief operating officer, Global Technology Systems, Inc. This article lists five reasons why using a single mobile device manufacturer increases risks and costs.
Retail Tag And Label System Improves Distribution
In the apparel industry, distribution to multiple destinations has to be precise and fast. The customers of a famous clothing manufacturer in Japan asked their department stores and wholesalers to examine their logistics management to try and improve accuracy, and the speed of deliveries.
Retail Commerce Lessons From Other Industries
By Jason Wallis, CTO, Mozu Whether a retailer is looking to partner with an e-commerce platform for the first time or is switching to another vendor, making a cost-effective and scalable decision can be daunting. From identifying integration capabilities to migrating mounds of data, there are several considerations to factor, including up-front costs and total cost of ownership.
Celerant Customers Crush Cyber Monday Averages
By all accounts, e-commerce sales were the brightest spot of an otherwise ho-hum 2013 holiday shopping season. According to MasterCard, overall holiday retail sales grew a less-than-stellar 2.3 percent, falling shy of the 3.9 percent growth predicted by the National Retail Federation.
Getting Started With Customer Journey Mapping
By Sheri Petras, CEO, CFI Group; and David Baker, managing partner, Baker Strategy Group Customer Journey Mapping moves beyond just capturing feedback from customers. Customer Journey Mapping looks at all of the touchpoints, purchase stages, and customer segments, and integrates the measurement system into a comprehensive view of the customer experience.
Target Launching New, Improved Self-Checkout Service
By Megan Zielinski, contributing writer In less than five weeks, thanks to a group of dedicated Target experts, the company will be introducing customers to their new and improved self-checkout registers, allowing customers to have a fast and pleasant checkout experience, while enabling employees to have more time to assist guests on the sales floor while they shop.
Amazon's Local Register A Boon For SMRs
By Christine Kern Amazon launches a credit and debit card reader that connects to a smartphone or tablet for easy POS payments.
How Philz Coffee Increased Revenue 400%
Philz Coffee's entry-level Intuit QuickBooks accounting system lacked scalability and deeper functionality required to support Philz’ ambitious growth plans.
Nearly Half Of Top 100 Retailers Testing Beacons In 2014
By Megan Zielinski, contributing writer As smartphone adoption and capabilities continue to expand, new innovative marketing techniques are beginning to emerge, including the integration of beacons in retail locations — the cost-friendly, in-store “GPS” network directs each smartphone user to personalized recommendations and notifications inside brick and mortar stores, enhancing the shopping experience and creating growth of in-store traffic and sales.
Gap Launches @GapKids Social Channels
By Megan Zielinski, contributing writer Gap recently launched an engaging contest, GapKids Class of 2014, welcoming parents to share their favorite photos of their children through social media for the chance to appear in store windows representing the brand in 2015, making it the sixth year of its Casting Call program.
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Editor's Notebook

Rent Vs. Buy: Cause For Concern?
		By Erin Harris, exectuive editor Millennials’ tendency to rent versus buy anything from apparel to home goods has caused concern in the retail industry as of late. Rent The Runway and Bag Borrow Or Steal, for example, allow customers to rent, buy, or trade designer apparel and merchandise for a set number of days or weeks. Rent The Runway enables customers to rent special occasion dresses in either a four- or eight-day window.

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