Retail

The ISM’s index for measuring the sector’s overall health—known as the NMI—was 52.7 in July, a 0.6 percent decline from June. A reading above 50 represents growth. And even with the sequential decline in the NMI the report showed growth in the non-manufacturing sector for the 20th consecutive month.

This year's survey finds CIOs struggling with tightened belts and connecting with the customer

Last week in San Diego, Manhattan Associates held its annual user conference, Momentum 2011

Data published this week by the United States Department of Commerce and the National Retail Federation (NRF) shows that retail sales are still in a modest growth pattern.

Aldata, has developed a multi-modal voice recognition and bar code scanning solution “to cover the mandates.”

Alliance offers highly integrated comprehensive automated material handling solutions for food, beverage and retail markets

According to a recent report from ABI Research, RFID item-level tagging is being deployed very rapidly in apparel and footwear markets.

Supply chain software provider RedPrairie said it has finalized its acquisition of SofTechnics, a provider of retail enterprise services.

Fashion outfitter improves productivity and collaboration with trading partners.

The acquisition adds mobility-enabled store inventory and price management, intelligent store ordering, direct-store delivery and master data management to RedPrairie’s solution set.

Integrated voice-directed picking brings high-tech solution to direct-to-customer distribution for electronics retailer.

Pick-to-light technology increases productivity and picking accuracy for global manufacturer and marketer of high-quality apparel.

According to ABI Research, the industry is seeing continued strong growth potential in RFID markets worldwide

Members of Item Level RFID Initiative releases plans to guide adoption of RFID technology in retail.

Recent projections from the National Retail Federation indicate that 2010 holiday retail sales will hit $447.1 billion.