{"id":1673552,"date":"2014-12-25T20:07:26","date_gmt":"2014-12-26T04:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/?p=1673552"},"modified":"2015-01-09T12:51:05","modified_gmt":"2015-01-09T20:51:05","slug":"christmas-present-and-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/2014\/12\/25\/christmas-present-and-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Present And Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Christmas holiday season has come to a close<\/p>\n<p>And next comes the question we just have to pose:<\/p>\n<p>For you, dear retailer, was it a success \u2014<\/p>\n<p>Or was it plain and simply a mess?<a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/retailers-are-cautious-of-slim-christmas-sales-_16000653_800605006_0_0_7022153_300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-42272\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/retailers-are-cautious-of-slim-christmas-sales-_16000653_800605006_0_0_7022153_300-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Retailers are cautious of slim Christmas sales.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Was your POS system mobile and free \u2014<\/p>\n<p>Or were customers driven right up a tree?<\/p>\n<p>Were inventories in sync online and in-store \u2014<\/p>\n<p>Or were items missing, to be found never more?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, RFID holds such great promise,<\/p>\n<p>But never found its way onto your to-do list.<\/p>\n<p>Clienteling and customization are all the rage<\/p>\n<p>However, you never got on the same page.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And yet, dear retailer, please don\u2019t despair.<\/p>\n<p>Not everyone had iBeacon covering their lair.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow\u2019s the start of holiday planning \u201915<\/p>\n<p>And you can become a lean, mean, retail machine!<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0What&#8217;s your plan for 2015? Tell us in the comments below.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Christmas holiday season has come to a close And next comes the question we just have to pose: For you, dear retailer, was it a success \u2014 Or was it plain and simply a mess? &nbsp; Was your POS &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/2014\/12\/25\/christmas-present-and-future\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1673552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-retail-merchandising-and-marketing"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1673552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1673552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1673552\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1673552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1673552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1673552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}