Named after the Greek word for wisdom, Sophia is by far the most comprehensive source of not just data, but key wisdom for smart decisions in the manufacturing industry. It is the only data service that links IT spend, to specific technology, to specific personnel, to specific financial results, tied together and backed by our advisory staff. Sophia provides insight into nearly 250 types of hardware/software/services and key personnel for over 1,400 consumer goods manufacturers. Your enterprise subscription allows everyone in your organization to create targeted mailing lists of key executives, do competitive analysis, look up market share and understand IT spend for an individual retailer or thousands of companies
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The RAPID Fresh Project Toolkit provides retailers with the weapons to improve margins dramatically in perishables and Freshi Item Management that distinguish retailers from the supercenters. When done properly, an efficient fresh item management process not only saves cost in shrink, but helps increase sales through appropriate freshness and presentation. The RAPID Fresh Project Toolkit helps retailers define their core oppportunities and assist in the selection of the technologies to achieve great results.

Need a Mailing List of Key Retail Technology Decision Makers? People like CIOs, VPs of MIS, Store Operations, CEOs, etc. We have that information available in custom queries for you. All information can be sent electronically and used multiple times.

This report looks at arguably one of the more explosive yet most difficult areas to define in the IT sector - namely Self-Service Kiosks. Key to any review of Kiosks is a definition of what types of kiosks that are included. In this study we ventured beyond retail in the breadth of our discussion, but focused only on those devices where payment is currently or soon to be taken.

It's become something of a cliche to refer to out-of-stocks as a 'perennial' problem - something inevitable, like death and the taxes you mailed in a few days ago. The retail industry has come to view current out-of-stock rates (8% on average, nearly double that for promotional items) as acceptable if not desirable, like the occasional messy store shelf or malfunctioning POS terminal. ... [ More ]

FRANKLIN, TN - June 18, 2008 - Transactions at self-service kiosks will surpass $607 Billion this year in North America, as consumers continue to embrace self service technology. The amount will more than triple by 2012 to over $1.7 Trillion, according to a new research study conducted by the IHL Gr... [ More ]

While the technology market has shown signs of slowing growth in many parts of the world, technology spending in Asia continues on its torrid pace, says a new study released today by IHL Group. India and China continue to invest heavily in their retail IT infrastructure driving high double-digit gro... [ More ]

FRANKLIN, Tenn. March 25, 2008 The PC-based electronic point-of-sale (EPOS) market in Europe/Middle East/Africa experienced a 4 percent shipment increase in 2007 and continues to show strong growth potential in 2008, says a new study released today by IHL Group. Taking advantage of normal cyclical ... [ More ]

FRANKLIN, Tenn.February 21, 2008 POS Terminals running Microsoft Windows operating systems drove $3.8 billion of the $5.56 Billion North American Retail POS Terminal Market in 2007, according to a new study by IHL Group. IBM 4690 terminals generated $1.02 billion and Linux-based machines $475 milli... [ More ]