• Wal-Mart to send automated shopping lists to its mobile app

  Wal-Mart plans to use big data about a customer's usual shopping to automatically create shopping lists for them on its mobile app.

• Retailers didn't do Windows 8 any favours

  Retailers share part of the blame for poor Windows 8 sales and the ensuing decline of PC shipments, according to analysts.

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  Australian startup snapshot: Roamz / Local Measure

  Sydney-based Roamz switched focus from consumer to business after discovering that its location-based platform for monitoring social media appealed to retailers around the world.

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  Google App Engine powers Traderoo website

  In a bid to lift classified ad revenue, News Ltd used Google App Engine to develop the Traderoo classifieds website.

• Retail chain sees value in Google Plus

  Retail chain Dick Smith will use Google Hangouts to share best practices among its stores and bring employees closer together, according to the retailer’s IT director, Linda Venables.

• Retailer hauls Visa to court over $13.3M fine for payment card data breach

  Genesco, a specialty retailer of footwear, sports apparel and related accessories has sued Visa USA for $13.3 million in fines that were assessed against the company after a credit card data breach in 2010.

• The 2012 holiday gift guide

  Sure, tablets and HDTVs are always welcome gifts, but that's not all our readers want to give and get this year.

Whitepapers about retail

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  Australian Retailers e-Commerce Readiness: How cloud computing can open the door to multi-channel retailing

  In this whitepaper we examine the main drivers and restraints behind internet retailing in Australia, and the state of maturity of Australian retailers in their adoption of multi-channel strategies and new technologies such as e-commerce platforms, mobile services and usage of social media. We also examine how technology developments are supporting retailers in adopting the multi-channel approach, and in particular how cloud-based solutions can significantly reduce the cost and risk for a retailer in moving to a multi-channel model.

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  Case Study | Google Apps for Business