http://www.narms.com The place for retail marketing services Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:57:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Apollo Retail Specialists of Canada is pleased to announce its’ new leadership team. Based in Toronto, Ontario the team is lead by Kim Cordeiro, Vice-President of Operations. Cordeiro was most recently President of her own merchandising company, Revive, Inc. “Beyond numbers, beyond performance and beyond communication, our greatest asset is ... http://www.narms.com/2012/02/apollo-retail-specialists-of-canada-announces-new-leadership-team/ In a week that saw Wal-Mart move the U.S. marketing team under the direction of their chief merchandising officer, SymphonyIRI Group released the latest edition of Times & Trends which calls merchandising the platform to communicate value to the consumer. For members of the at-retail merchandising and marketing services ... http://www.narms.com/2012/02/merchandising-as-the-value-platform/ Late last year, NARMS International made the announcement that it was changing the name of its annual spring conference to The Retail Merchandising & Marketing Conference. Registration and a new set of details are now available for the largest gathering for retail merchandising and marketing industry players across North ... http://www.narms.com/2012/01/register-for-the-new-retail-merchandising-marketing-conference/ Below is the list of articles you will find for the week ending 1/27/12 edition of Retail Industry News. - Dollar Stores Keep Growing, But Prices May Not Be Main Driver - Wegmans, Whole Foods, Publix Make Annual List Of Best Workplaces - Walmart Makes Major Executive Changes, Names 1st Woman To Run ... http://www.narms.com/2012/01/jan-27-2012-irimorning-newsbeat/ Today we turn our focus to new survey from Deloitte as reported on by DSN Retailing Today. The survey and the subsequent report listens to what retail executives expect to happen in the next five years both in their physical stores and on-line. As members of the at-retail merchandising and ... http://www.narms.com/2012/01/the-evolving-store/ Leading Workforce Management Solutions Offered in Mutual Markets; Optimisation Technology Provides Retail and Service Organizations with Unparalleled Verification, Accountability and Accuracy STERLING, Va. & LONDON -- Two leading workforce management firms, Natural Insight and CACI Ltd., today announced an agreement to mutually distribute solutions already providing significant cost efficiencies in their ... http://www.narms.com/2012/01/field-workforce-management-us-uk-distribution-agreement-announced-by-natural-insight-and-caci-ltd/ Growing sales and expanding margins. This is how most retail executives define success and how most of them are measured. Certainly any successful business needs to be mindful of these metrics. However, using them solely as the basis for merchandising and operational decisions has some downfalls. That is the key ... http://www.narms.com/2012/01/getting-on-the-scorecard/ Northlake, IL. – Continental Logistics Solutions (a CTL Global, Inc. company) is proud to announce another step in its commitment to continual improvement and customer service with the certification of its Quality Management System to ISO 9001:2008 standard. Continental Logistics Solutions underwent a stringent evaluation process that included quality management system ... http://www.narms.com/2012/01/continental-logistics-solutions-acquires-iso-9001-certification/ Below is the list of articles you will find for the week ending 1/20/12 edition of Retail Industry News. - NRF Forecasts Retail Industry Sales Growth of 3.4 Percent in 2012 - Lynch Stepping Down As Winn-Dixie CEO - Target To Focus On Competing With Online Retailers In 2012 - Marketing To A Food ... http://www.narms.com/2012/01/jan-20-2012-irimorning-newsbeat/ One of the big takeaways from the 2011 NARMS Spring Conference was how much our manufacturer and retail customers value field representative background screening and certification. They want to know that the people who are going into the store environment to provide at-retail merchandising and marketing services are good ambassadors ... http://www.narms.com/2012/01/survey-seeks-to-sharpen-services/