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(Length: 31 pages)
August 13, 2008
(updated August 18, 2008)
Industry Essential: Global Retail Industry
eCommerce Revitalization And "Legacy Lifelines" Dominate Retailers' IT Plans Around The Globe
by
George Lawrie
with
Eric G. Brown, Sharyn Leaver, Andrew Magarie, Varun Sedov
Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)
IT spending and interest in new initiatives follows the sun, with optimism waning from Asia Pacific to Europe and then to North America. But retailers across the globe share many priorities — notably, common interest in prolonging the life of legacy apps and revitalizing their eCommerce capabilities. How should technology marketers position their offerings to buyers and influencers in the global retail market? This report explains the technology buying intentions and motivations of retailers around the world.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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NOTES & RESOURCES
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Retail Is Detail
Global Retail Trends
Retail Subverticals
The Role Of Technology In Retailers' Business Strategies
IT Spend On New Initiatives Rises In The East And Sets In The West
North American Retail IT Budgets See Tentative Growth
European Retailers Plan More IT Spending And Innovation Than North American Retailers
Asia Pacific Retailers Are The Most Optimistic
Retailers Show A Broad Streak Of Independence In Most IT Spending Categories
Key Retail Priorities For 2008
WHAT IT MEANS
Retailers Need Vendors To Throw Them A Legacy Lifeline
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This document is based on interviews and interactions with retailers and vendors at conferences throughout 2007 and on Forrester's Enterprise And SMB IT Budgets And Spending Survey, North America, Europe, And Asia Pacific, Q4 2007.
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| Analyst: |
George Lawrie |
| Technology: |
Application Development, Application Strategy & Selection, Architecture & Technology Strategy, IT Adoption, IT Spending & Budgeting, Packaged Applications, Supply Chain Management |
| Industry: |
Apparel, Consumer Electronics, Consumer Technology Adoption, eBusiness/eCommerce, eBusiness/eCommerce Strategy, eCommerce Platforms & Technologies, Grocers, High-Tech, Merchandising, Multichannel Retail, Retail, Retail IT Spending, Retail Supply Chain, Retail Technologies |
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Asia Pacific, Europe, Global, North America |
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