IT Interest in Retail Sector Heats Up

The retail industry has always been a bit of a laggard when it comes to IT. But a new survey of 500 retailers conducted by CompTIA shows that retailers are staring to appreciate the business value of IT.

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    Over 3 Million Retail Establishments Generated over $4.2 Trillion in sales in 2011*U.S. Department of Commerce

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    The General Economic Outlook Improves

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    IT is a Competing Priority

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    IT Importance Grows

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    Knowledge of Where to Apply IT

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    IT Investments Rise

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    Concentration on Fundamentals

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    Fine Tuning Approach

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    A never ending battle

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    Reach out and connect

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    Digital signage gets interactive

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    Sentiment analysis is next big thing

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    Analytics on the rise

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    More ways to pay than ever

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    Goes right to the bottom line

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    Still not all that sure what cloud computing is

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    A mixed bag

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    Most maintenance work

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    Slowly but Surely MSP Interest Rises

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    The channel has work to do