IBM at National Retail Federation Conference 2007

IBM has worked with retailers for over 50 years to deliver innovations that have transformed the industry. The company has over 2000 professionals and over 1900 Business Partners focused on working with retail clients. IBM continues to deliver innovation to retailers through close collaboration with Business Partners and IBM Research teams. At NRF 2007, IBM’s will showcase the high value solutions that retailers need to deliver innovation: a superior consumer experience, a demand-driven merchandising and supply chain, and an integrated foundation for operational excellence.

*Press releases*
Date	Title
12 Jan 2007	Kroger Teams With IBM to Speed New Innovations Across Store Infrastructure
08 Jan 2007	Prototype "Sears Virtual Home" to Open on IBM Island in Second Life
14 Jan 2007	IBM Survey Finds Consumers Were More Informed and Focused During 2006 Holiday Shopping Season
15 Jan 2007	IBM and Business Partners Deliver Customer-Focused Innovations and Insights to Retailers at NRF 2007
15 Jan 2007	IBM Brings Datacenter Management Technologies to Retail Stores

Photos

Steve Ladwig

Date added: 14 Jan 2007

General Manager, Retail Store Solutions

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Jan Jackman

Date added: 14 Jan 2007

General Manger, Retail EBO

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SurePOS 500

Date added: 14 Jan 2007

Engineered for POS performance, the IBM SurePOS 500 Series delivers the style, serviceability and state-of-the-art technology retailers need to help optimize the customer experience in food service, hospitality, specialty and gas and convenience.

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SureMark printers

Date added: 14 Jan 2007

Dual-station models of the family of IBM SureMark Printers help retailers reduce transaction times, customize receipts and maximize uptime at the POS. Plus, the latest models offer innovative electronic check processing.

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Personal Shopping Assistant

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The IBM Personal Shopping Assistant is an integrated solution that personalizes the shopping experience and helps motivate sales; features the IBM Mobile Tablet for retail.

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Anyplace Kiosk

Date added: 14 Jan 2007

With IBM Anyplace Kiosk solutions, customers can have instant access to information, special services and e-business transactions anywhere in the store, allowing retailers to exert powerful influence over purchasing decisions. The IBM family of high-powered, multimedia kiosk offerings is available with a choice of 12", 15" or 17" touchscreens to create new opportunities to revolutionize the customer experience.

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Self checkout

Date added: 14 Jan 2007

The next generation IBM Self Checkout systems help retailers build loyalty, gain a competitive advantage, and enhance the shopping experience with faster, more reliable and more flexible self checkout along with the easy-to-use, speedy checkout shoppers crave. This compact, secure single-bag self checkout unit helps solve space constraint issues and extends self checkout into more store formats.

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