John Simonson Looks at Retail Technology – Part 1
August 10, 2005—John Simonson, CEO of technology company Webstream Dynamics, in the first part of a two-part series, discusses the technology that’s available to today’s floor covering retailers and some of the reservations many retailers have about implementating B2B technology and industry-specific software. Simonson looks at the security and cost verses gain issues and employee resistance to new technologies, as well as reasons retailers would profit from automating their operation. Also discussed are a variety of other technologies available to retailers.