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Expanding North of the Border: Full Steam Ahead or Proceed With Caution?
In the 1950’s it was Sears. McDonald’s in the 60’s. In the 70’s it was Burger King, Wendy’s and 7-11. Toys ‘R’ Us, Costco, Starbucks and The Gap in the 80’s and Home Depot and Wal-Mart entered Canada...
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Change Management: Want to Innovate and Change? Flat is Better.
Change is hard. However, change is inevitable and embracing it is essential to a company’s ongoing development and evolution. There are many factors that play a role in adopting and implementing change...
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Are Big Box Retailers Preparing for the Worst?
Portfolio optimization tools and predictive analytics will help navigate the road ahead. Two weeks ago, Tango posted a Forbes article on its LinkedIn site written by Walter Loeb. The article discusses...
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Store Lifecycle Data: Ready to Take the Challenge?
Managing real estate data has never been more important, particularly in light of the looming FASB lease accounting changes. As highlighted by Lisa Stanley, the active management of real estate data...
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Part 2: Demographics in International Markets: Demographic Variables
In my previous blog, Demographics in International Markets: Challenges and Opportunities, I examined the first of two important factors that affect the quality of demographics in international markets,...
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Program & Project Management: Measure and Analyze the Right Data to Answer...
Program & Project Management: Measure and Analyze the Right Data to Answer the Right Questions Reporting and analysis is a key component of an effective store development strategy. Program and...
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Separating the Truth from Fiction: SLM Implementations
In our recently published White Paper – The 8 Myths of SLM & IWMS Implementations we explore the most common myths that many customers face when exploring SLM and IWMS implementations, and...
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Why Current GIS Solutions Won’t Make you Smarter: The Value of Strategic...
We recently released a white paper entitled Making Store Lifecycle Management Strategic. The white paper illustrates the importance of setting your real estate and store development strategy and...
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Tango Ranked as one of the Fastest Growing Companies in Dallas
For the past 25 years, SMU Cox has annually ranked the top 100 Dallas entrepreneurial companies based on sales growth over a designated period. The ranking is based on the largest percent sales...
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Landlords achieve significant benefit from IWMS
Integrated Workplace Management System solutions, typically implemented after an ERP as the next level of technology required to manage the corporate footprint, have generally been considered a tool...
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Ecommerce and Bricks & Mortar: Friends not Foes
Amazon recently moved from a pure ecommerce retailer to opening its first physical location in Seattle. Much has been written about this trend in the past few months, suggesting that online retailers...
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Avoid Delayed Store Openings With a Strategic Approach to Project Management
The project manager at a major retailer was tracking a significant list of items that had to be completed before the store could be turned over to Operations. Once turned over the Operations, the...
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Culture Means the Difference between Project Success and Failure
Working with a wide variety of clients definitely means we’ve come up against many different workplace cultures. While we could sit around and argue about which cultures are better aligned to project...
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There is a BEST location
Sales Forecast Models highlight potential opportunities, but theory and practice must work together for success Sales Forecast Models provide incredible benefit, but it’s also important to understand...
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Give Your Partners an Edge
Collaboration with external parties is an essential component of both your real estate strategy and store development execution activities. That said, with any given project involving a variety of...
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More Proof that Bricks and Mortar is Alive and Well
Much has been written about the death of the retail location in the past several years, given the rise of ecommerce. But, like many prognostications, reports of the death of bricks and mortar have been...
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5 Key Insights for Project Management Success
Fundamentally, the role of the Project Management Office (PMO) is to help maintain balance for our customers – between financial obligation, on-time implementation and proper administration. While our...
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Why Retailers Must Reinvent Retail Strategy with Data
While many lament the alleged “retail apocalypse,” Tango continue to see a great deal of our growth coming from helping retailers remain competitive. Whether we’re helping them understand the interplay...
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3 Tips for Ensuring Project Management Success
External balancing is only half the battle, as ensuring balance within the software organization is also a critical component of implementation success. Here are some of areas you need to consider with...
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Expert Insights for Enhancing Your ASC 842 Compliance Strategy
Many of us remember the doom and gloom of Y2K – the momentous event when all software would stop working because it wasn’t prepared for the transition to the 21st century. Companies spent billions...
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