NRF releases blueprint for retailers to
leverage mobile
Mobile phones have come a long way since
their introduction over 30 years ago. By 2015, shoppers around the
world are expected to use their mobile phones to purchase goods and
services worth close to $120 billion.
In order to help retailers adapt to the
new technology, the National Retail Federation has launched its
Mobile Retail Initiative to offer best practices and learning
opportunities for retailers entering the mobile space. This Mobile
Retail Initiative has produced a Mobile Blueprint to guide retailers
in planning and implementing initial mobile applications, including
customer marketing, payments and internal operations.
The
Mobile Blueprint Committee Chair
Richard Mader would like to thank all who
participated in this effort, with special thanks going to the
subcommittee chairs David Dorf of
Oracle, Jonatan Evald
Buus of
Cellpoint Mobile
and Cathy Medich of
Smart Card Alliance.
NRF has unveiled the first version of its
Mobile Retailing Blueprint designed to assist retailers in
leveraging mobile to enhance marketing, ecommerce and store
operations.
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Presentations from ARTS Users'
Meeting Still Available for Review
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Review the
Program at
http://events.nrf.com/ARTS09 and
click here to download presentations.
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NRF forms committee to
develop Mobile Blueprint in Retail
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Chaired by Renee Shaffer,
CIO of Sonic Corp., with Co-Chairs David Dorf of Oracle
and Jonatan Buus of CellPoint Mobile, the committee has
as its mission statement to:
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Encourage and guide retailers in planning and implementing initial
mobile applications, including mobile
payments, mobile marketing, and internal
operations.
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Educate retailers on the current and planned direction of mobile
opportunities so that they can:
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Provide detailed standards requirements to ARTS and other associated
standards organizations;
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Identify requirements (technologies, applications, processes, standards)
that will facilitate adoption of the mobile
in retail “initiative” and to lobby all
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Click here to see a list of committee members
Review the draft Table of Contents for the proposed
Mobile Blueprint for Retail here.
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ARTS Announces that UnifiedPOS 1.13 has been
approved and is now the standard
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Version 1.13 of this specification includes
updates that reflect feedback from device service developers
and application development programmers as a result of using
Version 1.12 and previous versions of this standard. Version
1.13 does not contain any new POS peripheral devices.
Download Version 1.13 of UnifiedPOS now (this is a
13mb file, for best results right click on the link and select
"Save Target As...").
Also Available for Download:
Web Services for Point of Service (WS-POS) Specification
WS-POS is a Candidate Release
pending user feedback - if you have comments please contact
committee chair
Paul Gay of Epson.
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ARTS Announces Release of Business Intelligence (BI) Standard
Request for Proposal
- The Association for Retail
Technology Standards is pleased to announce the release of the
Standard Request for Proposal (RFP) for Business Intelligence
(BI) Applications, the eighth in a series of Standard RFPs. RFPs
assist retailers in selecting the right software applications
for their specific business processes. NRF and ARTS Standard
RFPs are available in a format that allows retailers to tailor
them to their exact needs.
Read more...
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ARTS announces new project to separate the payment process for the POS application
- ARTS announces new project to separate the payment process for the POS application to enable global standards and support mobile payments. Charter is now
available for review
and we encourage all members to sign-up to participate in this important project.
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PCI Best Practices Available for
Download
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Log into the
Members Only area and download your copy of PCI Best Practices
developed for NRF and ARTS by David Taylor of PCI Knowledge
Base, along with David's January 2009 presentation on the topic
to the NRF CIO Council in New York. Once you log in, go to the
section with links to schemas, RFPs and Best Practices.
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Data Model 6.0 and associated
Dictionary
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Release 6.0 of the Data Model will be
available in late March – watch the ARTS website for the
exact release date for the Model and all documentation. In the
meantime, click here for more
information on the ARTS Data Model. Download Committee
Chair Kirstin Wright's
presentation on the Model and the Dictionary here.
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ARTS Consolidated Development Process has been updated
- ARTS Consolidate Development Process has been updated to expand the description of the Charter section 5.1.3 for new standards. Of particular importance is the Business Scope that requires the work team create 2 business benefits for posting to the Solution Center.
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SOA implementation Powerpoint
- Greg Wilmer, Co-Chair of the ARTS
SOA Blueprint committee and VP of Technology at Big Lots, gave
an excellent presentation on implementing SOA following the
guidance offered by ARTS. Mr. Wilmer’s presentation
includes tips for overcoming the obstacles to achieve a
successful SOA implementation.
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- Greg’s presentation along with
others from NRFtech, August 10 – 12 are available
here.
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