STORES Magazine June 2009

As Sales Get Pinched, CEOs' Belts Get Cinched
Compensation down for many retail chief executives
Marketing to Women?
She Wrote the Book
Do You Haggle?
A Menu of New Strategies
Reasons for Optimism on the Horizon
Driving Consumer Satisfaction Through Business Analytics
Addressing the Web
E-commerce platform driving sales for golf retailer
Beary Interactive
Build-A-Bear is hands-on in kids’ real and virtual worlds
Beating the Bad Guys
NRF LP Conference & Expo preview
Caveat Emptor
Shipment tracker warns of potential issues with troubled suppliers
Demonstrably Demographic
Site-selection tools help retailers find the locations that are just right
Exceptional Cooperation
EBRgroup shares ideas for combating shrink
Eye of the Storm
Preparation is the key to disaster response
Pin-pointing Perpetrators
IP geolocation proves an increasingly valuable tool against fraud
Platform Diving
La Curacao takes the plunge into a Linux-based OS
Real World Impact of Forgeries
Manufacturers, retailers try new approaches to thwart counterfeiting
The State of ORC
The problem grows, even as the industry gains legislative, prosecutorial victories
These Tests Are Positive
Management system software helps Wawa with the “what ifs”
Event Management
System tracks in-store samplings in real time
Voucher Plans
Aim to Get Asians Spending