Omni-channel retailing: some reflections

Omni-Channel Retail Information Systems

Information systems in the context of retailing are, though often overlooked as such, some of the most complex systems in the corporate information landscape – this solely on the basis of their geographical and probably also cultural span across nations, traditions, fiscal systems and workforce regimes (Joshi, 2009; Tambo, 2011). When retail information systems are expanded into being able to c...

Professional education: Some reflections

It was a courageous decision to found a journal in the early 1980’s; and it was nothing less than a leap of faith to name a journal: Education for Information. The times were not auspicious: people were becoming less certain as to what ‘Education’ was; and it was often said of ‘Information’ that it told one more about the user of the term than it did about its intended objective correlative. Li...

Category: Concepts, Trends, and Challenges M Multi-channel Retailing in B2c E-commerce Multi-channel Retailing in B2c E-commerce

The Internet is not only a significant communication medium, it is also largely used as a channel of distribution. In the very beginning of the e-commerce era, most researchers and practitioners forecasted a sharp increase in Internet-based commercial applications, leading to a threat of existing business models. Already in 1980, Rosenberg and Hirschmann argued that in-home shopping could threa...

The Digital Divide: Some Reflections

Some reflections on talc poudrage.

We read with interest the well researched article of Stefani et al. [1] about the different techniques of intrapleural talc. This technical paper really filled the gap in our knowledge following established evidences of superiority of the talc itself [2,3] over other products. We have a question and two comments. Could we be provided with data on the size of the talc particles? This intriguing ...