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Sweetness: Jimmy Eat World Uses Twitter For Concert-Specific Chats
Oh come on. We did this on the REM Tour Site, each show had its own tag.
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ERP 2.0 Life at Wal-Mart – Boing Boing
My standard equipment included a handheld bar-code scanner which revealed the in-store stock and nearest warehouse stock of every item on the shelves, and its profit margin. At the branch where I worked, all the lowest-level employees were allowed this information and were encouraged to make individual decisions about inventory. One of the secrets to Wal-Mart’s success is that it delegates many judgment calls to the sales-floor level, where employees know first-hand what sells, what doesn’t, and (most important) what customers are asking for.
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This is actually really interesting. It falls in line with what i was saying about ERP systems and innovation in the retail sector.
My New York Week from Quad Camera
