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Happy Holidays from Bruce Clay, Inc.
All year long we're all about SEO, SEO, SEO — but this week it's more like "Ho! Ho! Ho!" as we celebrate the season! First and foremost, we want to wish a safe and happy holiday to all our readers, clients and friends in the industry. What a great year it's been! As is tradition, our team spent the final week of 2014 battling it out on the race track at MB2 Raceway, Secret Santa-ing and, of course, eating. The office itself is a winter wonderland. Read on to find out what we've been up to this week!
December 17, 2014
6 Mobile-Friendly Navigation Best Practices
The navigation of your mobile site helps visitors – and search spiders – find what they are looking for. Build an intuitive navigation that is easy to use and your visitors will be headed toward happiness in no time; build a navigation that is frustrating or confusing and your visitors will be headed straight toward someone else's website.
So, how can you create a touchscreen-friendly mobile navigation that serves your consumers on the go?
Read 6 Mobile-Friendly Navigation Best Practices to learn more.
December 11, 2014
How the FTC's New Disclosure Ruling Affects Social Media Marketers & Influencer Marketing Strategies
Reaching out to influencers is a public relations tactic as old as time. But a whole boutique marketing industry has cropped up in the last few years as more people gain niche Internet celebrity status, opening opportunities for agencies and brands to get endorsements from online social influencers. Who is and isn't an advertiser used to be pretty black and white, but these days, understanding who is compensated for their endorsements requires an eye for shades of gray. The FTC wants to remove that ambiguity.
There's a new sheriff in social media. Last month, the Federal Trade Commission settled charges against ad agency Deutsch LA for Twitter use that violated disclosure-in-advertising rules. It's the first such case the FTC has settled, so it's groundbreaking news for social media marketers.
How do the full-disclosure guidelines impact marketers? In Twitter, does it mean that even within the limited 140-character space of a tweet, an ad must disclose in a "clear and conspicuous" way a financial relationship with what you're endorsing? Failing to do so might result in prosecution and penalties for your company.
Read more of How the FTC's New Disclosure Ruling Affects Social Media Marketers
December 9, 2014
The Social Media Wish List: A Community Manager's Top 10 Pet Peeves
When it comes to social media marketing and community management, it's not always sunshine and hashtags. When you post daily, ad infinitum, there are little things that just can't help but get on your nerves — especially when you encounter them multiple times a day, everyday. So, in the spirit of sharing, I've decided to even share this: a social media wish list that enumerates all the small things I wish would change about managing social media. Read on to see if you can relate.
December 3, 2014
New SEO Tutorial Encourages Active Learning
Our new-and-improved SEO tutorial is an ethics-based online training course created to help online marketers understand and apply industry best practices.
At 19,982 words, the course is deliberately thorough. Those new to search engine optimization are invited to read from beginning to end for an all-in-one ramp up. For those with more optimization experience, we've split the course up into 18 steps and 18 individual pages to make it easy to navigate straight to the section that's most relevant to your needs.
Learn more about how our New SEO Tutorial Encourages Active Learning.
November 24, 2014
The Digital Marketing Conference Calendar: 100+ Events Across the Globe, Updated for 2015
Throughout the year, Internet marketing conferences are held all over the world, from Los Angeles to Paris and everywhere in between. The thousands of SEOs, SEMs, content marketers, social media strategists and business owners who attend these conferences do so for the whirlwind of information, education and networking. Where else but an Internet marketing conference can you learn from the likes of Danny Sullivan, Chris Brogan, John Mueller and Bruce Clay all in a single day? 2015 holds more than 100 digital marketing conferences and events and we've updated our Internet Marketing Conference Calendar to help you view them all to start planning your year ahead.
Read more of The Digital Marketing Conference Calendar: 100+ Events Across the Globe, Updated for 2015.
November 20, 2014
'Adapt or Lose' and Other SEO Advice from This Google+ HOA
"In our industry, if you can't adapt, you lose." Bruce Clay was the guest on an HOA yesterday that one commenter called "Absolutely the best HOA I have heard all year about #SEO." That link will bring you to our recap and top takeaways from Bruce's video chat with Ben Fisher and Stephan Hovnanian.
Replay the HOA on YouTube, and click through for a time-stamped play-by-play in the description provided by the Google Plus Business Spotlight show host.
Watch 'Adapt or Lose' and Other SEO Advice from This Google+ HOA.
November 13, 2014
Is SEO Worth It? 7 'Bruce-isms' to Make the Case to Management
Bruce Clay is the president of Bruce Clay, Inc., an industry leader and SEO lifetime achievement award recipient. In his nearly two-decade SEO career, he's advised thousands of businesses on how to take their a web presence to the next level with SEO. With clients ranging from small business owners to Fortune 500 executives, Bruce has had a firsthand view of what it takes to double, triple and quadruple web traffic and conversions for business in every industry. Bruce is also a generally quotable guy. Ever heard this one?
"It is not the job of search engine optimization to make a pig fly. It is the job of SEO to genetically re-engineer the website so that it becomes an eagle." Yep, that's Bruce! (Tweet This!)
When Bruce is presenting on SEO at an industry conference or education event, I can tell you there's a rush of gold nuggets on Twitter attributed to him. I recently picked his brain to get some tips for in-house SEOs looking gain buy-in for growing SEO resources. As expected, we've captured some keepers. If you're an in-house SEO and any of this sounds familiar to you, feel free to pin and tweet some classic Bruce Clay quotables. Read on for more Bruce-isms!
November 5, 2014
New Mac OS Allows Seamless Cross-Device Internet Experience; Just Another Reason to Shift to Entity SEO
It's been just over a year since Google updated its algorithm with Hummingbird, making it better equipped to serve conversational search queries.
The day is coming when the majority of searches will be conducted with natural language; most queries will be long-tail; and optimizing for a set of short keyword phrases won't be sufficient. Some have been saying this same thing for a long time now. But have we all been listening?
New technology released by Apple in October is bringing us another step closer to device agnostic user experience. For search marketers, this is yet another reason to optimize for concepts over keywords. Here I'll describe that technology, and also share some recent stats on voice search to help us shift our thinking toward entity SEO.
Read Just Another Reason to Shift to Entity SEO.
October 31, 2014
Happy Halloween! Bruce Clay, Inc. Is in the Spirit!
Happy Halloween from Bruce Clay, Inc.! It's that time of year again, and the Bruce Clay team is dressed to the nines, as per usual. Bruce Clay came dressed as an authentic German, complete with Lederhosen, and was flocked by a diverse cast of characters, including:
- Jaws
- a leprechaun
- the Queen of Hearts
- Minnie Mouse
- Vanna White
- an Ebola doctor
- the Cheshire Cat
- Queen Bee
- Dwight Shrute from "The Office"
- Tom Cruise from "Risky Business"
- and many more!
See all the costumes and more in Happy Halloween! Bruce Clay, Inc. Is In the Spirit!.


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We are all familiar with people who have gone through a break up in which persistent thoughts about the ex seem to linger. The relationship is over, hopes of reconciliation have been exhausted, all communication has ceased…and yet the ex retains a special place in the stricken one's heart. Could this be a good thing? In our apparent reluctance to let go of an ex, we may be holding on to our capacity to love and the feeling of being loving.
Common wisdom tells us we have to purge ourselves of thoughts and feelings about former lovers and partners. When our loving feelings endure after the break-up, we can feel confused and ashamed. Confused, because we think that as long as an ex is on our mind we must not be "over" him or her, that our romantic lives are stalled. Ashamed because we mistake our loving feelings for a desire to reconcile, to be with someone who no longer wants us or with whom we ended a relationship.

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Musings, observations and opinion on food from a Southern Tasmanian perspective
Monday, September 19, 2011
Whats goin on? Apologies to Marvin Gaye
This has had some of our traditionally recognized arbiters of restaurant criticism scrambling to bone-up on the current state of play and many of them are not happy campers, in fact some our downright hostile to this apparent changing of the guard. The fact is, while they were dozing, fretting about next year's contract and dishing out praise on the anointed, the language of food, ever evolving, has once again morphed into something else entirely.
These days it's not uncommon to find some of the most exciting cooking and ideas coming from what would have been previously thought of as the most incongruous of places. Adding to this confusion, many exponents are not coming from the established kitchens of the greats, instead many are self-taught, confident and sure footed which confounds the logic of the 'everyone must do their time and pay their dues' school of thought. Like music, the classics remain but the pop music of the day reflects the people it is made by and listened to. Where rules were rigidly adhered to and boundaries were set have given way to a breezy embrace of whatever works and tastes good, go onto the plate. Of course some advocates of this route don't always get it right but those that do are game-changers of sorts and to deride them because they are ahead of a curve is to air one's ignorant laundry in public.
In an attempt to remain topical and hang onto what remains of their relevance, many critics feel the need to put these young Turks in their place and remind them of the generally accepted state of play by typing some sense into them via an ambivalent review or worse, an unsympathetic one. One could argue that in order to keep a vice-like grip on the King-maker status bestowed upon some reviewers, it might be necessary to slay a few industry icons so as to, you know, keep everyone on their toes. In fact, I believe that this very action occurred this year when several of our most venerable restaurants were given a shellacking all in the name of what? Was it to get them to reclaim their esteemed status? Was it a tap on the shoulder of sorts? I believe it was a mechanism to re-calibrate the perception that the reviewers in question could still influence and determine. All it achieved though, in my opinion, was to expose what we might have suspected all along: the death rattle of the broadsheet reviewer as we know it. These places were easy targets. They're like some doddering uncle in a threadbare cardigan, blissfully unaware that he's not a cavalry officer in the last days of the Raj. He's not hurting anyone, he's entertaining, people love his stories so leave him be.
Emboldened, fresh from the kill and with a developing appetite as an iconoclast, some set their course to collide with this new push only to find themselves out of touch and as a tragic lone voice of misplaced dissent.
Instead of pointing out what these places are not perhaps a more constructive pursuit might be to highlight what they are, exuberant, optimistic and uncompromising, surely that's more of a legacy to leave than one of bitterness, resentment and retrospection?
9 comments:
- Vineyard Paul said...
Changing of the guard indeed. And now with everyone so connected, everyone sharing, everyone tweeting, and blogging, can everyone become the King's and Queen's of cooking?
- Monday, September 19, 2011
- matt machine said...
bloody well said.
- Monday, September 19, 2011
Great writing Steve. I wish I could write as beautifully about the emergence of the exciting new chefs that are providing Tasmanians with so much pleasure. You are a gem!
I don't post very often but this article has resonated with me!
Roger McShane
- Tuesday, September 20, 2011
- steve said...
Hi paul-good point. Firstly I'm not sure. Then again who determines those accolades if at all we need them? Too many places get sucked into the need to always be PR-ing & some lose sight of what it is they actually do. The PR becomes king. Look at the handful of Mel & Syd rests that seem to be the only ones who the media concentrate on-thats PR working.
Hi Matt,-thanks for reading
G'day Roger-Welcome and thanks for reading. There is a shift happening and some of the food that is being made makes our established class leaders look decidedly old hat. Thats not to say that I reckon these places are any less because of this, they're just different and the difference i think should be celebrated rather than stymied
- Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Negative reviews are a thing of life. A book I was involved in producing and photographing, 'Tasmania's Table,' also received a far from glowing review, taking up small nit picking issues, instead of it's greater purpose to showcase the state of play of food in Tasmania.
We have such talented people and wonderful product in this small island state and are extremely lucky that said talent sees fit to open businesses here in such bleak economic times. These small, youthful and nibble businesses will be game changers for our state, and negative comments will not adversely affect them in the long run. I feel these comments will only serve as a catalyst for greater strength and resilience.
Nick Osborne
- Tuesday, September 20, 2011
- steve said...
Hi Nick and welcome- I agree, rough with the smooth and all that. One can't ever hope to please everybody for sure however what prompted my article was the notion that some reviewers are simply not up to the task of reviewing subjects that they dont full appreciate or understand. Its not enough now just to say 'I dont like this or that' without explaining why.
Conversley the old chestnut remains: No one ever complains about a good review ha ha!
- Tuesday, September 20, 2011
- Sunnybrae and all who sail in her said...
Steve have the courage of your cinvictions and speak plainly waht are you actually alluding to?
- Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Excellent post Steve-as always you seem to hit the nail on the head
- Wednesday, September 21, 2011
- stickyfingers said...
Hello! thought I'd toss some thoughts in the ring.
I think we live in times where everyone is a critic. Online, offline and in traditional media vehicles, we see a rushing torrent of varied opinion on food.
The great accessability of dining venues in Australia means that there is a broad scope of those who can now try out the new culinary trends and to express their impressions to a sea of others via social media.
This has resulted in a community of support for those pushing the culinary boundaries that previously did not exist for chefs. The bonus is it's providing opportunities to young chefs that previous generations have not been able to enjoy while in the full flush of their youthful creativity. And perhaps, this is hard for older critics to stomach?
In the marketing sphere it is held that the average person will read at least six reviews, of various forms, before making a purchase. To me that means there is scope for all types of reviewing.
I think the rise in numbers of sycophantic or sponsored amateur food blog reviews may have contributed to some professional food writers deliberately setting themselves on a different course. But their being myopically critical of venues merely adds to the chorus of available opinions.
I once had an Epicure Editor tell me that reviewers don't make restaurants close down, it is the venue itself that has failed to delight the customer. A bad review can however be the final straw for an already limping business.
Sadly, I think it's hard to now find an unbiased, educated, informed and honest review anywhere in Australia's media or blogging landscape.
- Wednesday, September 21, 2011


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If Sen. John Kerry is confirmed as secretary of state, one of the first issues to cross his desk will be Iran's nuclear program. Kerry has discussed the issue before. We've poured over the WikiLeaks cables, which paint a broad portrait of Kerry's diplomatic style. In those classified documents, he discussed how he might approach the issue.
The first reference comes from a conversation in February 2005 with French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier. Kerry told Barnier that "his conversations in the region had convinced him that Iran remains committed to a nuclear weapons program, but agreed that there were no good alternatives to negotiating." Though he did not rule out a military option, he did point out it "would be difficult," and pointed to U.N. sanctions, which have since been put in place and periodically ratcheted up, as an alternative. Still smarting from his defeat in the presidential election in 2004, Kerry remarked that "his own intention, had he been elected president, was to pursue front channel and back channel contacts with the Iranian regime."
Five years later, Kerry got the opportunity to open some of those back channel contacts. In a February 2010 meeting with Qatari Emir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, Kerry commented that Washington's behind-the-scenes signals to Tehran had gone unanswered. He "observed that the Iranians are scared to talk...Our instinct is that we need to find a way to talk to him." Al-Thani then reportedly offered to be an intermediary. "What if I talk to the Iranian President. What would you have me say?" he asked.
Senator Kerry responded, "The U.S. seeks serious discussion and sought to create a new foundation for a relationship based on Iran's non-confrontational compliance with IAEA requirements and other mutual interests." Those interests include dealing with drug-running, the Taliban, and illicit trade. The Chairman told the Amir he feared that Iran still thinks it is dealing with the 1953 America that tried to overthrow the Iranian government.
The United States recognizes Iran's ambitions to be a regional player, Kerry told al-Thani, and wants a dialogue about what sort of power it will be.
Of course, that conversation took place nearly three years ago. A lot has changed -- or, maybe very little has changed, and as a result patience in Washington is running low. Kerry's views may have shifted since then, but he'd probably still agree with the comment he made then to al-Thani: "It is crazy to continue on this collision course."
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Earlier this year, I began transitioning from writing content for Epicor HCM to Prophet 21 application. The more I read up on Prophet 21, the more I realized it was a very different application than what I was used to. So, I treated it like I would any other writing project—I asked questions, built on my existing knowledge, clarified expectations, began my first project, asked more questions, and so on.
Anytime I start a new writing project, I'm reminded of the writing process taught in school: planning/pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing. While we often think of this as a method of teaching students to write, the truth of the matter is, whether starting a new project or being brought into an existing project, writing for software isn't much different.
Planning – When starting any new project the first step is building a strong foundation. Develop relationships with the people already involved with the product, establish lines of communication, and use the existing resources, including the training courses, documentation, and people, to learn all that you can about the project and subject matter.
Once you have that foundation, identify any standards and styles already in place before building the content. This may require additional research – review style guides and ask questions of the subject matter experts.
With software, planning also includes going through the steps and processes within the system, determining how they all work together, and then deciding which type of document best meets the needs of the audience. Consider creating an outline to ensure that all bases are covered.
Drafting – Drafting begins when you take all of your preparation and planning and begin writing the content. As you write, there is a good chance that you'll need to go back and do additional research – ask more questions of the subject matter experts, and write as you rework your way through the steps and software processes.
Revising – Review your content, pay close attention to the style and structure. Test any instructional steps in the document. Then make any changes as needed, such as adding additional information, rearranging steps and information, and removing or replacing any content that doesn't work.
Editing – Proofread your documentation for grammar, then ask subject matter experts to complete a review of both the content and the overall cohesiveness of your document. Once everything is said and done, you likely need to make a few changes, apply a handful of final quick edits, and do a bit of cleanup.
Publish – The final step for writing for software is getting you documentation into the hands of your end users. Depending on the document type, this might be publishing online help to the software system or uploading supporting documents to your company or product website.
Starting a new writing project can sometimes be intimidating. But by breaking your project out into the five basic steps of the writing process, it doesn't have to be.
Posted By Christine Stretton, Content Specialist, Epicor University
2014 has been a strong growth year for farm, agriculture (ag), and ranch retailers. A recent article from Home Channel News noted, "Farm-and-ranch stores are getting larger. They're adjusting to their customers' needs. Technology is advancing efficiencies in the back room. And farm-and-ranch stores are going to places where they simply haven't been before."
Considering all aspects of a farm, ag, and ranch retail operation—customer loyalty, inventory management, accounting, eCommerce—there are many fine details that must be groomed in order to run a successful independent retail business.
The key to effectively managing all of these programs is finding the right technology partner. A technology partner will play a crucial role in the development and expansion of any retail business. Big R Holdings and The General Store are just a few examples of retailers that have discovered how a business partnership and innovative technology complement business growth.
Epicor solutions have proven effective for the Big R Holdings expanding business. "Epicor has grown with our business. Epicor solutions have helped us better manage our business from inventory and order points, to receiving and promotions. Epicor solutions are phenomenal. They assist us with our business improvement and growth goals," said Adam Carroll, vice president of Big R Holdings.
Read the full Big R Holdings story here.
The General Store improved customer service and saves time with smartphone solution. "With Epicor Eagle Mobile Manager, we make better buying decisions and are able to determine whether show specials or discounts are right for our business… Mobile Manager has made my life easier. It is so convenient and has already saved me a lot of time. I recommend it for retail operations similar to ours," said David Jones, owner of The General Store.
Read The General Store's full story here.
Posted by Doug Smith, Senior Product Manager, Epicor Retail Distribution Solutions
As business professionals, no matter the industry, when we are looking for efficiency, additional sales opportunities and better ways to do business, we usually look to upgrade our system (e.g., implementation of ERP, CRM, etc.), or our processes (though process improvement), but very rarely do we ever look to upgrade our employees, through skills enhancements.
The process of upgrading our employees requires a two-pronged approach: Upgrading through skill set improvement, and the much less comfortable upgrading through replacement (which will not be covered here). Both upgrade paths can yield significant improvements in our company's efficiencies, allowing for higher output and having a direct impact on profitability.
Why Upgrade?In the case of industrial distributors, for decades, they have been family owned and family run. While many of these companies still exist and are profitable, there are even more distributors that have grown, or have been acquired, and are part of a much larger global organization. But the type of employee and the skill level of these employees have yet to be looked at and improved. Let's explore a real-world example of how a simple skill improvement can drastically improve efficiency.
Most distributors have large customers with special annual contract pricing. Each year, those prices need to be tweaked, usually as a result of the distributor's suppliers raising their prices. Inside Sales or Customer Service is quite often tasked with the spreadsheet side of the project. This involves:
The average, less skilled employee will take up to two weeks to complete the project in their spare time, in between phone calls, quoting customers, processing orders and working with their backlog. TWO WEEKS! The process usually goes something like this:
Now let's take a similarly skilled employee performing the same job functions, but add one skill the other does not have, Microsoft® Excel. We can take what would otherwise be a two-week project and have it completed in less than two hours (giving us plenty of time to spend on cleaning up the formatting).
By investing in the right training and enhancing our employees' skill sets, we will save in both man hours and payroll. Now imagine the savings that can be gained with a workforce that knows two, three, or 10 specialty tools.
How to Upgrade?First, we create a profile of our ideal employee. What skills would this employee have? What core competencies would they possess? A good place to start would be to look at our best performers and add to the list from there.
A starter list of skills that will help our employees perform could include Excel, Word, Outlook (e-mail) and Internet Explorer. We'll be covering these skill sets in more detail in future posts. Stay tuned on the many different ways you can improve your team.
Posted by Brad Vance, Epicor Senior Business Process Consultant
"Mobile" is about the interface—how quickly we can access computing power. Today we have more computing power in our smartphones that what was used to send the first man to the moon. "Social" is the network and who is engaged. Social transcends personal and work, and today genuine value resides in this network. The "cloud" is the information store and innovation platform. "Big data" is the brains and intelligence resident in the information, be it structured or unstructured. Finally, "video and unified communications" are how we share, interact, and collaborate with each other across all senses.
While these five forces are interesting on their own, digital business disruption is happening at their convergence: social and big data, mobile and cloud, video and mobile. It's this convergence that is creating tremendous market disruption.In the midst of this technological advance, market change is accelerating.
In light of these forces, where is your company today? Where will it be in five years? Consider this: in 2010, Blackberry had a 45 percent market share, Apple 25 percent, Microsoft 15 percent, Android 7 percent, and Palm 5.7 percent. Today, Blackberry has a 1.5 percent share. The pace of change has never been so intense. Since 2000, 52 percent of the Fortune 500 has been merged, acquired, or gone bankrupt.
While Mom and apple pie is a sure-fire cure for homesickness, leveraging the power of MOM – that's Manufacturing Operations Management – and next-generation technology capabilities can assist manufacturers in overcoming some of the greatest challenges they face today.
That's the key take-away from industry analyst firm LNS Research, in its research on The Global State of Manufacturing Operations Management Software, which surveyed more than 250 manufacturers worldwide.
In the October 28 webcast, according to LNS Research, MOM can play an essential role in helping manufacturers keep pace with an explosion of data. Legacy and point solutions are becoming increasingly ineffective as manufacturers face increased global competition and market pressures. And as manufacturers embrace Big Data, Mobile and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, new data and process integration capabilities must be added to organizations' operations. Next-generation MOM software platforms and applications are key to rationalize multiple legacy applications as well as integrate new data sources debuting on the plant floor.
LNS says next-generation MOM features: configurable processes, a common manufacturing data model, built-in analytics, along with the ability to deploy in new hybrid cloud models that are capable of delivering universal information access and flexible options for deployment and pricing.
Addressing the Customer Experience ImperativeIn addition to keeping on top of manufacturing data, MOM is being used by savvy manufacturers to address the growing customer experience imperative. LNS Research survey showed top strategic objectives for manufacturing industries all were focused on serving customers. First and foremost is ensuring consistency of quality for products produced at 61%, followed by timely order fulfillment at 55%, and then 52% focused on increasing production capacity and capabilities.
Breaking Down BarriersForty-eight percent of respondents said their top operational challenge is breaking down silos of organizations and departments and fostering greater collaboration. This includes more social collaboration with customers to understand their "likes" and "dislikes," along with getting faster feedback from groups of customers on their requirements and reactions to new products and services. This also includes faster digital collaboration with suppliers to ensure rapid responses to materials, while ensuring quality and traceability requirements are being met. Communicating product and service information digitally across value chains, while openly sharing goals, objectives, and KPIs is a best practice LNS Research has identified to address these challenges.
New Emerging Opportunities for MOMWhen looking at the application of MOM software today, researchers noted an "immaturity" of analytics, visibility, and collaboration – often a result of legacy systems which lack these more modern capabilities. Areas that hold great potential for the application of MOM include areas in the integration of design, optimization, data analytics, and collaboration across all roles and users of applications, says LNS.
In Search of ROIROI justification was cited as one of the top challenges for MOM implementations. Researchers say there are a number of reasons companies struggle with ROI, including a lack of metric visibility and a lack of understanding of how MOM software can drive value. The good news, says LNS, is that new ease and deployment options promise to help drive the time to value proposition and overall ROI of MOM investments.
As a sponsor of the research study, Epicor invites you to download a complimentary copy of The Global State of Manufacturing Operations Management Software eBook and Infographic.
Posted by Tom Muth, Senior Manager, Product Marketing, Epicor
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems provide food manufacturers a means to meet these challenges while improving their internal business processes. Here's what they do:
An article in Food Manufacturing notes a number of key elements food manufacturers should keep in mind when considering implementation of ERP, including:
Competing online is a new game for many independent retailers. As competition from big-box stores continuously increases, it is essential for owners of independent brick-and-mortar stores to consider growing their businesses with expansion into the world of eCommerce. Many know they need to define a consistent strategy to sell online, but retailers need effective tools for that strategy to be successful. With technology, retailers are able to connect with consumers in powerful new ways.
Whether your business has already established an Internet presence, or you're preparing to take a business online, eCommerce can mean much more than an additional "purchasing location" for consumers. It's also about maintaining relevancy in today's fast-paced market. The new version of Epicor iNet™ eBusiness Suite*, an integrated eCommerce and eBusiness technology solution, offers an additional storefront to consumers and is a valuable tool for everything from product research and purchase, to directions to your store. By providing convenient self-service information, consumers and commercial customers can find that the new Epicor iNet software makes it easier for them to do business with retailers.
New doors for both the retailer and their customers are opened with eCommerce. By selecting the correct solution for a business, retailers can magnify their footprint and capitalize on increasing valuable customer relationships not just locally, but nationally and globally. In addition to better connecting to your consumers, eCommerce is another way to grow a revenue stream outside the traditional retail space, as well as help keep costs down by letting customers serve themselves.
Kinnucan's Specialty Outfitter, founded in 1987, operates the company's online store with Epicor iNet software. "If you're in the retail business you will eventually have to be an eCommerce business if you want to compete effectively and have any future," said Bobby Lake, president of Kinnucan's Specialty Outfitter. "We spent a lot of time and energy making sure that our brick-and-mortar business was successfully and efficiently operated. Since we had all those pieces in place, it was our time to move into eCommerce to expand our business further. Epicor iNet is the technology behind our eCommerce strategy. The benefit for us is that we're now able to take our business across county, city, and state lines – geography is no longer an issue."
The newest version of Epicor iNet software is packed with powerful and timesaving new features, including:
How do you get started with eCommerce? Every good strategy begins with an evaluation period. Take a complete look at your organization before you even consider the technology. Are you ready to run eCommerce as an incorporated division? Evaluate you're people and understand whether or not you have the right operational model and framework to support online selling, and if you can meet and support the needs of your customers.
As an independent retailer you're competing with a sea of options. When a consumer wants something, regardless of locality, retailers must respond with an easy and seamless purchase process. What's great about modern retail technology is that it provides that process and more. The tactics and tools are available for retailers to succeed, so long as retailers are motivated to educate themselves and embrace the technology.
To learn more about Epicor Eagle and the Epicor iNet eBusiness Suite, please email email@example.com.
Posted by Mike Duncan, Senior Product Manager, Epicor Retail Distribution
In this final post on the metrics report issued by the Manufacturing Enterprise Solutions Association (MESA International) and LNS Research, we look at the fourth and final question the report answers: "How can technology help support and impact metrics programs and performance?"
Some of the key relationships uncovered in the survey were correlations between average annual metric improvements and the use of software technologies to support them. Some interesting trends were revealed with respect to adoption rates when compared to the previous survey. Overall, the most deployed applications by all respondents were enterprise resource planning (ERP); Planning, Scheduling & Dispatching; Quality Management; Data Historians; Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES); and Asset Management. Specifically, there was marked adoption growth from the last survey in three areas:
The study's authors note that software, in and of itself, is not a panacea for achieving operational and financial improvements. Some 85 percent of survey respondents also had process improvement programs in place such as ISO 9000/9001, Lean, Six Sigma, etc.; however, manufacturers are supporting, accelerating, and sustaining process and metrics improvements through leveraging select software applications.
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At a time when American military forces are stretched thin overseas and people who wouldn't ordinarily considered joining up need jobs, a growing number of potential recruits are too fat to enlist. This is a shame, because there are things you can only learn by being a soldier. Subscribers can still listen to this show.
In the past half-century, the number of women of military age who exceed the US Army's enlistment standards for weight-to-height ratio and body fat percentage has more than tripled. For military-age men, the figure has more than doubled. As of 2007-08, 5.7 million American men and 16.5 million women of military age were ineligible for duty because they were overweight or obese.
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As Im currently serving in Natl Guard, I see this on a daily basis. Our society has gradually been "dumbed down" and fattened up from what I see. Very little is down about what seems to be a hive mind mentality that seems to serve a top to bottom approach (dominator aspect) of a wealthy fat cat elite & starved lower class. People view success as what material things they own(or own them) rather than being happy & helping others. Its sad that what very little Ive gained through extremely hard work amounts to small potatoes: I have learned that what counts is how you treat others. I dont think our current "military" can be anything but a reflection of what we the people see ourselves as. DM Delaware


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Somewhere along the way, I got a sample spray atomizer of this men's fragrance. I tossed it into the kitchen drawer where I keep a lot of stuff for just a quick use of "something" (I'm in the middle of cooking and need a swipe of lippie because someone's at my door or I need a spritz of "something" just to freshen up). I grabbed this the other day and was trying to figure out what the heck product it was - there's the "pi" symbol but no name (fortunately, it did say "Givenchy" on the back). Well, I totally LOVE this stuff. It's the kind of men's fragrance that I like for ME (I'm not a man) - soft and almost "baby scent" smelling. I'm gonna get me some of this (or maybe I'll buy it for my husband and just "borrow" it). Pi was a very nice accidental discovery!
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First sptiz is a lovely sweet vanilla but very quickly dries down to just an "okay" smelling scent. Not much strength to it either.
God, I love this scent! It is perfect. I've always had problems with perfumes as they are often too sweet or just too much and I end up getting a headache. My boyfriend wore this and I tried it and instantly loved it. I've been wearing it ever since, more than six years now. This is a sweet, amber scent that can smell like incense on me sometimes. There are hints of vanilla too, but is quite understated. I always get heaps of compliments on this perfume.
The perfume bottle is also quite striking, too.
Took my hubby to pick out a new fragrance at Sephora and the store manager suggested this one which he loved. He usually wears Yves Saint Laurent L'Homme or Acqua di Gio, Pi is very different from both of those. It's masculine but not so overpowering like so many other men's scents. It's a bit powdery and warm like Donna Karan Cashmere Mist but for men in the best way possible. I can't stop smelling my hubby, it's an amazing scent!
Great fragrance. Sexy on a (the right) man, but sweet enough for women to wear. Personally I wear it myself. It reminds me of Shalimar but longer lasting and perhaps a sweeter vanilla!
This is a lovely scent, which on my skin is a combination of heliotrope, milk chocolate, benzoin, rosemary and matey bubble bath. It begins with a modern but masculine sweet cologne vibe, but as it dries down the almond and powder bloom and become both milky and caramelly.
It feels like a cross between the masculine gourmands D&G The One Gentleman, Paco Rabanne 1 Million, Rochas Man and the heliotrope brigade Mazzorali Alessandro, Etro Heliotrope, and even Carons Farnesiana.
Its quite buzzy and warm, and definitely a manly embrace more than a feminine one. Im not convinced its unisex in the same way Bvlgari Black or Cartier Declaration are, which are two scents I love to wear.
On a guy, my guy, its soft, sweet and not unlike the shower. Im not sure of the extent of which I can rock this, but I will have a go.
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I love this! I wear it myself! I wouldn't buy it for a man because it smells too womanly.
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What a nice mens fragrance and I love to smell this on a guy! Its my brothers favorite cologne masculine with some sweetness that make us down on our knees hahaha! I really buy one for my bf and he loves it too!!! Perfect to wear on winter season or cold weather, nigh out or with a tuxedo! ;) well done givenchy!!
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I first smelled it on my ex-husband and thought it was fantastic. Yes, this is men's fragrance but I love it!
Notes(from Fragrantica)-basil, rosemary, tarragon, neroli, wood, vanilla, tonka bean, benzoin. On the first spray, you can smell herbs just a bit, and its slightly citrusy and woodsy. However, almost right away it settles down into smoky vanilla and tonka bean scent. I liked it on my ex but its because i liked this scent, period. IMO, its too sweet and feminine for a guy to wear(this is coming from someone who doesn't like unisex scents and likes to smell feminine).When i read some reviews on Fragrantica, there were several guy reviewers who said same thing. I do love this fragrance however-its very rich cozy scent, perfect in cool weather. If you like orientals/vanilla scents, i highly recommend it! It may be FBW for me.
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Marrin Costello "Sharlyn" bib necklace in gold c/0, I'm so excited to have this hanging in my closet!
Marrin Costello "Nina" Bracelet c/o
Blouse, Nordstrom // Jeans, Gap 1969 skinnies via Poshmark // Shoes, Target similar and on sale here // Lipstick, butter LONDON Lippy "Snog"
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Toby Eugene Griego, 41, appeared in District Court by video from the county jail where he was served with amended charges related to four incidents between January and July. Griego is accused of breaking into the homes of four women who were assaulted and raped. Three of the woman were taken from their homes and forced to removed cash from bank machines.
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I love projects like this, a Flickr group purely for Royal Mail postboxes identified by postcode. There are currently 5679 photos in the group, so is getting to be a pretty good catalogue of the postboxes in the UK - though with 115,000 in total there's still a way to go. One of the first ones I clicked was pretty close to where I'm from, and lo, a quick search reveals the one very close to where I grew up. Ah, memories.
One of the interesting things about all these postboxes is the variety in the emblems of the reigning monarch - from Victoria to Elizabeth, they range from the florid and calligraphic to the frankly rather austere. Naturally, I've had a play around recreating some of the emblems, below. I wonder at the unnumbered George ones though; I'd guess they must be from during the Second World War, or directly afterwards - they suggest the Austerity period to me, but why no number? The extra metal and work required would be minimal, after all. As for the other later ones, the lettering looks to be inspired by Caslon types, though with plenty of variation from the hand-carved moulds, which has given them various profile styles from soft to sharp-edged, strengthening and highlighting the symbols - a kind of 3D hinting, if you like. I hope the effect was intentional, as it's rather nice.
Perhaps controversially, I also had a bit of a play at creating a symbol for Prince Charles when (or if?) he becomes king. He may choose to reign as George VII, though from a design point of view I hope not - if he keeps his current first name he can have that 'III' fitting into the counter of the C, which I rather like the look of.


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Academic Success Tip - Create a Task ListPosted November 3rd, 2009 by Kimberly K. Ballard
This week's tips focus on how you can use your time efficiently and effectively for studying during the Thanksgiving holiday.
Create a task list for each exam course or paper/project. Determine which tasks are your priorities to complete over your break period. Weigh the following factors:
- Are there projects/papers/presentations that will be due before the end of the semester?
- Are your outlines up-to-date for all of your exam courses?
- Are certain courses extremely difficult for you and need additional review time?
- Are you aware that you are behind in certain courses or portions of courses?
- Do you need to make tables, flowcharts, or other graphics if you are a visual learner?
- Are there certain supplemental materials that you want to read and study to clarify certain topics?
- Have you had a chance to do practice questions for your exam courses?
- Do you need to spend more time on memorization of the law?
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Complete your spring registration by 4:00 pm this coming Friday, 11/6/2009!Posted November 2nd, 2009 by R. Thomas Blackburn
2010 summer – the four courses most likely to be offeredPosted November 2nd, 2009 by R. Thomas Blackburn
Based on your rankings, the four highest ranked courses and the four courses most likely to be offered in summer 2010 are: #1 Estate and Gift Tax (Tuesday and Thursday, 5:35 pm - 7:15 pm)#2 Basic Federal Income Tax (Monday, Tu., Wed, and Th., 7:25 pm - 9:05 pm)#3 Advanced Legal Research (Monday and Wednesday, 5:35 pm - 7:15 pm)#4 Transactional Drafting Online (no scheduled class meetings because this course is conducted online) The classes and class times listed above are TENTATIVE. We expect to offer these four classes, but unexpected things happen. I thank those students who took the time and showed the interest to rank the classes. Tom BlackburnAssociate Dean and Professor of Law
Are You Planning to Take the Kentucky Bar Exam in July?Posted November 2nd, 2009 by Kimberly K. Ballard
Academic Success Tip - Do You Have a Strategy for Studying over the Thanksgiving Holiday?Posted November 2nd, 2009 by Kimberly K. Ballard
The Thanksgiving holiday is around the corner. What does that break period mean for you? This week's tips will focus on how you can use your time efficiently and effectively for studying during the holiday.
Be realistic about your holiday plans. It is common to tell yourself that you will study at least ten times more than you actually can or will do. Lay out a study plan that will be achievable rather than unrealistic. Think about your travel mode, your travel time, your family expectations, your priorities for studying, and your need for balance. Sit down with your calendar now and plan your study strategy for exams.
4:00 P.M., THURSDAY, OCT. 29 - DEADLINE TO SUBMIT REGISTRATION FORMSPosted October 29th, 2009 by Barbara A. Thompson
The deadline to submit forms to Student Records for spring registration is 4:00 p.m, Thursday, October 29.
The School of Law is not using the wish list option this year for spring registration.
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Academic Success Tip - Are You Getting Enough Sleep?Posted October 29th, 2009 by Kimberly K. Ballard
Academic Success Tip - Tackle Test AnxietyPosted October 28th, 2009 by Kimberly K. Ballard
Tackle any test anxiety that you have now. There are a number of strategies for test anxiety. The sooner you implement them, the better.
- The deeper your understanding of the material, the more likely that you will remember it during an exam. Study to understand and not just to remember.
- The more "avenues" that you create to retrieve information from long-term memory, the more likely that you will remember it during the exam. For example: read your outline; create a graphic; drill with flashcards; create hypos to illustrate; do practice questions; discuss with friends; etc.
- Do as many practice questions as possible. You will be more confident in your approach to the type of exam questions and more confident that you can apply the material to new facts.
- Begin doing relaxation exercises now. For tips on relaxation exercises, watch the stress management presentation that is available online at http://media.law.louisville.edu/.
- Get extra sleep during the last week of classes and exams. You are more likely to remain calm during exams and remember material if you are rested.
- If your test anxiety is especially serious or long-standing, make an appointment with the Counseling Center to discuss additional techniques. 852-6585
Celebrate Christie Floyd's LifePosted October 27th, 2009 by Virginia Mattingly
Christie Floyd, formerly our Academic Success Director, passed away Wednesday October 21, after an illness. Grief counseling is available at the Counseling Center. Their number is (502) 852-6585. Christie will be missed by all of us.
Those wishing to celebrate Christie's life and work are invited to attend an open visitation to be held at Saint Mark's Episcopal Church at 2822 Frankfort Ave. (map) from 4-8 PM on Friday, October 30, 2009. A private ceremony will be held at Cave Hill Cemetery the following morning.
Here is a brief biography:
Christie graduated from the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law in 2001. While there, she served as Editor-in-Chief of the Brandeis Law Journal. Her Student Note, "Admissibility of Prior Acts Evidence in Sexual Assault and Child Molestation Cases in Kentucky: A Proposed Solution That Recognizes Cultural Context," 38 Brandeis L.J. 133, was published in 1999. She graduated magna cum laude and was named Oustanding Graduate of 2001 by the National Women Lawyers' Association. She accomplished all of this while working full-time, attending classes in the evening and raising a family.
Prior to joining U of L, Christie practiced as an Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney and Deputy Division Chief of the Commonwealth Attorney's Office Domestic Violence/Child Abuse Unit. In that capacity, she also served on the Kentucky Sex Offender Risk Assessment Advisory Board and Kentucky Sex Offender Management Task Force. Christie was instrumental in founding Kentucky's first child advocacy center in 1991 and participated in numerous groups targeting legislative and policy changes in areas of domestic violence and child abuse. She also played a significant role in training new prosecutors and police officers.
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Those wishing to celebrate Christie's life and work are invited to attend an open visitation to be held at Saint Mark's Episcopal Church, 2822 Frankfort Ave., from 4-8 p.m. Friday October 30, 2009. A private ceremony will be held at Cave Hill Cemetery the following morning.
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"The win is a tremendous boost for us. If we continue to work as hard as that, we will get results."
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Their run had started with a 6-1 defeat of Southampton and had beaten the previous best of 42 set by Nottingham Forest from November 1977 to November 1978.
The Gunners went into the match five points clear at the top of the Barclays Premier League table with Manchester United 11 points behind them in sixth place.
The hosts started well and only some last-ditch defending by Arsenal kept out efforts from Wayne Rooney and Ryan Giggs.
The Gunners came back into it, though, and Roy Carroll had to be quick to first deny Dennis Bergkamp and then Thierry Henry.
Bergkamp missed another chance after the break while Gabriel Heinze headed wide at the other end before United took the lead in the 73rd minute.
They were awarded a penalty after a challenge by Sol Campbell on Wayne Rooney and Ruud van Nistelrooy held his nerve to beat Jens Lehmann from the spot.
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"The win is a tremendous boost for us," said United manager Alex Ferguson. "If we continue to work as hard as that, we will get results."
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11 April 2012 09:18
This is the new Kia MPV, a replacement for one of the few remaining 'old guard' Kias, the Carens.
Kia sells two people carriers in Europe today: the large Sedona and the more compact Carens. Both lag miles behind the best new Kias, such as the Ceed, Picanto and Sportage. Surprise, surprise, both are nearing the end of their lives.
The current Carens is basically six years old - it was launched in autumn 2006, and facelifted in summer 2010.
The prototype you see here is the new midi-MPV which will rival the likes of the Ford C-Max, Toyota Verso and Renault Scenic when it rolls into showrooms in March 2013.
CAR understands Kia will reveal the new MPV at the Paris motor show in September 2012. It'll be shown alongside the new Proceed warm hatch. The Koreans are so busy launching cars they are now routinely showing more than one car at each motor show.
The Carens name has not yet been confirmed. Kia has previous on sticking with established names, but isn't afraid of creating new names - like Ceed - for all-new product representing a step change from predecessors.
Insiders point out that the Carens name is very much in contention. 'This car is made in Korea and is a global car. It has strong recognition in many markets.'
Sold as the Rondo in some markets, Kia shifted 38,000 units of its mid-sized MPV in 2010. Sales of the existing, ageing Carens are only in a few hundred in the UK, but at its peak it sold nearly 4000 a year. This new model should swell its appeal.
That's one's for the chop. When even arch pioneer Renault can't make money selling the Espace (it's recently been pulled from UK sale), you can see why car makers are struggling with full-sized MPVs.
The Koreans reckon this new smaller people carrier will do just fine. There might be a full-size MPV for the US and other global markets; check out the KV7 concept car from 2010 for an idea of how that could look.
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Couldn't agree more Chirs, they look like two different companies and it is amazing how quickly they have moved themselves as a manufacturer that you'd be willing to make excuses for based on the price to one which you'd be happy to pick up your mates in.
12 April 2012 03:39
Shame it doesn't look like the Hyundai Matrix. From the back it always reminds me of Robbie The Robot's head.
Seriously though, I bet Kia can't wait to update the Carens. A look at the old model amply illustrates just how far the company has come.
Shame it doesn't look like the Hyundai Matrix. From the back it always reminds me of Robbie The Robot's head.
Seriously though, I bet Kia can't wait to update the Carens. A look at the old model amply illustrates just how far the company has come.
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The Japan Preview: 12/27 Edition (FF13 drops 87%, NSMB Wii >500k)/ 14,005 Views
Summary & A Look Ahead:
Even though Final Fantasy XIII dropped off by more than a million units from its launch week, software sales were still enormous in Japan. Final Fantasy games are in fact famous for their drop offs, as Final Fantasy XII for instance dropped over 1.5 million units from week one to week two. DS software in particular showed fairly dramatic increases. If the preliminary data is correct, the DS had five titles top 100,000 in Japan this week – Tamodatchi Collection, Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver, Inazuma Eleven 2 Fire/Blizzard, Layton, and The Legend of Zelda: The Sprit Tracks. Wii also had a strong week, with New Super Mario Bros Wii topping half a million units for another week. Wii Fit Plus also looks like it topped 100,000 for the week. Outside of Wii and DS, the only game to top 100,000 was Final Fantasy XIII.
In addition to the eight titles over 100,000 units for the week, five other titles saw solid success – topping 50,000 units for the week.
Preorders for the near term are relatively quiet. Dragon Quest VI will do well in early 2010 for DS, but it is still too early to predict. Kingdom Hearts on PSP debuts on January 9, and still looks like it can top 400,000 units week one as preorders are near 250,000. The timing of the title should soften the drop of PSP in early January compared to other systems. From the January 4, 2009 to January 11, 2009 week PSP dropped from 165,000 to 68,000. With Kingdom Hearts coming on January 9, the drop may only be 30-50% rather than 55-75%.
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Rather than saying x game for y platform sold between 20,000 and 28,000 units as in the past, the preliminary data will be broken down into charts by platform. Within these charts, there will two additional categories besides the rounded sales figure under 'sales'. On the left will be 'low end' depicting the lowest amount the title likely sold for the week, while to the right will be 'high end' depicting the highest amount the title likely sold for the week. As always, this data is preliminary, and therefore, not final, but it is based on a sample. The varying platform market share the sample represents is why consistent sellers like Wii Fit do not always appear in the preliminary data. Sales for this report are for the week ending December 27, 2009.
Software by Platform:
Wii Software – New Super Mario Bros. Wii remained enormous this week. The game has topped 500,000 for the third week since it launched and is now owned by one in four Wii users in Japan. Going forward, the question is whether the game is big enough to drive Wii adoption, or whether it will begin to decline once it attaches to 30-40% of Wii users in Japan. Super Mario Bros. 1 ended up at a 35% attach rate on Famicom (6.81m games on the 19.11m Famicom base) in the 1980s, so New Super Mario Bros Wii can certainly sell well for a long time if it fully taps that audience. In second place, Wii Fit Plus (the game only sku) sold 120,000 units up sharply from last week. PokePark and Wii Sports Resort came in at 94,000 and 86,000 units respectively. Taiko 2 (the game only sku) also rose this week, topping 50,000 units. In the final data, Mario Kart Wii, Monster Hunter 3, Samurai Warriors 3, Tales of Graces, Momatarou Dentetsu, Mario & Sonic, Kamen Riders and a few other games likely topped 5,000 units for the week too. Expect Wii hardware sales to rise into the 250,000 to 300,000 unit range for the week as the holidays and New Super Mario Bros. continue to reignite interest in the Wii.
|Preliminary Top Twenty Wii Software
|Low End
|High End
|New Super Mario Bros Wii
|Wii Fit Plus (Game Only)
|PokePark Wii: Pikachu no Daibouken
|Wii Sports Resort
|Taiko no Tatsujin Wii Dodoon to 2 Yome! (Game Only)
PS3 Software – Last week, PS3 topped 200,000 for the first time in Japan, thanks to the Final Fantasy XIII + PS3 bundle and the holiday shopping season. This week, Final Fantasy XIII (not including bundles) has dropped to just a hair over 200,000 units putting at about a 3/8 attach rate to PS3 in Japan. With the bundle lift mostly gone and Final Fantasy XIII down sharply, PS3 will be down this week despite the holiday season. Besides Final Fantasy XIII, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Winning Eleven, and Assassin's Creed 2 likely topped 5,000 units for the PS3 in the final data - but the preliminary data cut off at 19,000. Expect PS3 hardware sales to fall into the 150,000 to 180,000 unit range for the week.
|Preliminary Top Twenty PS3 Software
|Low End
|High End
|Final Fantasy XIII (Does not FFXIII + PS3 HW bundles)
X360 Software – No X360 games charted in the preliminary data. Expect Xbox 360 hardware sales to rise into the 8,000 to 12,000 unit range for the week.
PS2 Software – Little Busters! Converted Edition was the only PS2 game to chart this week. The game sold 52,000 units. Expect PS2 hardware sales to rise into the 3,000 to 5,000 unit range for the week.
|Preliminary Top Twenty PS2 Software
|Low End
|High End
|Little Busters! Converted Edition
PSP Software – Three PSP games charted this week. Phantasy Star Portable 2 and Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam Next both stabilized somewhat from last week, falling to 41,000 and 39,000 units respectively. Naruto Shippuden fell to 19,000 units for the week. Expect PSP hardware sales to rise into the 85,000 to 105,000 unit range for the week.
|Preliminary Top Twenty PSP Software
|Low End
|High End
|Phantasy Star Portable 2
|Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam Next
|Naruto Shippuden Narutimate Accel 3
DS Software – Eight games, across ten skus charted for the DS this week. Despite the release of The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, June 2009 release Tamodatchi Collection was the best seller for the DS this week. Tamodatchi Collection more than doubled its sales from the previous week, rising to 354,000 units. Zelda in contrast debuted at 294,000 units. Pokemon rose to 155,000 units this week, taking third place on DS. Inazuma Eleven 2 and Professor Layton and the Specter's Flute both rose to 105,000 units for the week according to the preliminary data. Mario & Sonic 2010 also rose substantially, topping 60,000 for the week. Penguin no Mondai game came in at 42,000 units for the week, an excellent hold from its first week, while the immortal New Super Mario Bros DS rose to 38,000 units for the week several years after its launch. Even on the 29m+ DS base in Japan, NSMB DS maintains a nearly 20% attach rate so it should be interesting to compare the game to the Wii NSMB. Expect DS hardware sales to rise into the 250,000 to 300,000 unit range for the week.
|Preliminary Top Twenty DS Software
|Low End
|High End
|Tamodatchi Collection
|Zelda no Densetsu: Taiyou no Kiteki
|Layton Kyouju to Majin no Fue
|Pokemon Soul Silver
|Pokemon Heart Gold
|Mario and Sonic at Winter Olympics
|Inazuma Eleven 2: Kyoui no Shinryakusha - Fire
|Inazuma Eleven 2: Kyoui no Shinryakusha - Blizzard
|Pen 1 Grand Prix: Penguin no Mondai Special
|New Super Mario Bros DS
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@ scottie Even if it was exclusive, it'd still sell over 5 million.
Sobas, I had Wii/DS flat over last week initially and then Brett stealth edited it.
FFXIII will sell less than 5 Million WW:(
LTD worldwide FFXIII will sell much more than 5 million though sep85dd, because it's multiplat now
Maybe he was telling about LTD Worldwide...
@ph4nt Actually it is suprising, considering alot of people were moving off the FF XIII bundle because it was 400-500 $? @bladeforce Um what? FF games sell 2-3 million at max LTD in japan..
calm down bladeforce anyways great numbers for all, and if PS3 does 180k, it'll be more impressive than a 300k for the Wii for me. A great December for consoles :) And how on Earth does the DS do these numbers when its at 30 million i dont know. Absolutely monstrous
lol @ all the "wow ff13 drop" comments. FF games are waay past the days of selling the numbers it used to for weeks on end. It will be lucky to sell 5 million. Now WOW at Wii sales NSMBWii is joining the gaming stellar Gods, it looks down at all the HD games and laughs. 10 million looks conservative!
johnsobas- actually the week that includes Christmas in Japan is usually the peak week in the region. That's what this data is for so not surprising Wii has skyrocketed up. The Wii went down 37% the week after that in 2007 mainly due to shortages. Otherwise usually the week after Christmas in Japan is small decreases or sometimes flat. Then after that week we start to see the fallout from the holiday season.
i don't really know why the source predicted the wii to rise so much. Last 2 years it hasn't gone up, in 2007 it went down 37%. Granted the weeks don't line up day by day exactly. I would think the wii would be about the same or down slightly. Next week it will probably rise again though.
NSMB is absolutely frightening!!! watch out COD:MW2 it's just a matter of time before it's overtaken WorldWide (both 360 and PS3 total)
add me nintendo gamer i m gonna cry to if it scratches the 300k mark in jp alone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!jesus christ @ nintendo swimmingin their pool (they use green water or more like thin green bills :p)))))
WTF Tomodachi Collection? That's enormous! Well done, Mario. You showed again you remain the best selling franchise of all time.
Look like 2.5-3 mil LTD for FF13 in Japan...great numbers...I'm not sure about rest ofhte world tho...
If Tomodachi Collection will be > FFXIII this week, I will LOL
Another Monster franchise is born with Tomodachi. The sales of a massive sleeper hit. Hope that means we'll see it over here.
Who's the mastermind behind Tomodachi?
Wow, huge drop for FF 13. Tomodachi Collection...er...what sales!!! NSMBWii is the Wii game of the year, what the hell, these sales are freaking awesome. Good start for Zelda. Good Sales for Phantasy Star Portable 2 again.
Mario is Inhuman !!!! Looks like Whats-his-face at nintendo was right though. NSMBWii > COD on one console.
If Wii does scratch 300K then me and kenology will need some kleenex tissues. Tears of joy by the way.
@leo-J Final Fantasy games have a big first week and have massive drops off, as seen by this weeks data. The rumor was there were 200k PS3 bundles, the week before PS3 was at ~70k, FF 13 launches and with all the bundles sells over 200k. Now the Ps3 has fallen back down, as it should have, so 150k-180k. Which is still double what it was for FF 13, this is because of seasonal boosts and some additional hardware sold by FF 13 in its second week. NSMB on the other hand released 3 weeks ago and is having a prolonged effect on hadware sales, combined with the seasonal increases, so it's not surprising to see Wii continue to increase.
I'm with Okey on this one... I don't know whether to be more impressed with NSMBWii or Tomodachi Collection. O_o - Final Fantasy had a drop in line with the other games in the series. Should reach 2mil relatively easy. - Decent opening for Spirit Tracks. I hope it'll have bigger legs than Phantom Hourglass. - PokePark has become a nice little hit! - If Wii sales are up to ~300k this week... I'll cry!
@TheSource If Wii-DS integration is the case for Tamodatchi Collection, it could be helping Wii sales. I never knew the game actually had that crossover aspect. To what extent it could be selling Wiis(????), you wouldn't be able to figure out. At this rate it is a system seller. How you can make one of those after 5 years on the market is beyond me......
The sales of Tamodatchi Collection Scare me. Good to see NSMB Wii have such great legs. The Pokemon Wii, and Taiko no Tatsujin Wii, also rose this week.
so the wii goes up in sales, riding on New super mario bros, while the ps3 goes down in sales despite FINAL FANTASY XIII having come out last week, actually no 4 days before this data..
how does Nintendo find leggy hits after hits on DS in Japan out of nowhere? It was Rhythm Heaven and Wagamama Fashion last year then this year it has an even bigger hit in Tamodatchi Collection... NSMB Wii and Poke Park are surprises too! not that I didn't expect them to be successfully but they are just way bigger than anyone could have imagined.
PS2 not dead! I hope FF XIII can go for 50% usebase through legs!
I'm really scared of NSMB and Tamodatchi....
this Taiko 2 is the same that debuted with very low numbers??
KillerMan : you can play ity on any model... even on the 1k ;-) All 55 million PSPs are PSN enabled ;-) Great sales for Tomodachi, NSMBWii and FFXIII had a pretty decent drop :-)
Yes... Yes... Yes... Nintendo WON!!!... Wii won PS3 in Japan... New Super Mario Bros. Wii is Amazing... Very Well for Zeruda no Densetsu Taiyou no Kiteki... It's simply excelent... The Pikachu's game is a great surprise... also Tomodatchi Collection... Nintendo WON!
Mario IS huge in galactic proportions as expected. :S FFXIII has an even bigger drop than I expected. I wonder how long will it stay in the top 20.
Wow Tamodachi, 300k!! Forget that I said NSMBWii failed in Japan First week, it was below my expectation but great, now with the massive legs, weeeel, awsome
@ Bruno Well probably since Pokemon Red/Blue, nothing comes close to Tomodachi
Nice sales for Level-5's games.
I wonder how many games are sold for PSP via PSN nowadays (You can play PSN games with 3000 model also If I have unterstood correctly)
According to this preview NSMBW has outsold Mario Kart Wii in just 4 weeks, simply amazing. Tomodachi Collection probably has the longest legs I've ever seen in Japan.
Personally I'm expecting closer to 300k for Wii and DS this week. Biggest week of the year for Nintendo in Japan
Wow amazing sales for NSMB but also for Pikachu's Big Adventure. This title ist selling great. I hope it sells 500k+
@ Vas-y Things get stablize but you'll see a sort of plateau. Hardware sales will not start to fall hard until mid January.
NSMBWii is doing amazing. I don't think anybody could have predicted it would be such massive seller. Like BrandonM said, I'm proud of how well it's doing. And it totally deserves it.
Why do people keep using the word insane to describe Nintendo's healthy performance? It's not insane, it's awesome... it's badass.
@PSfanboy: PS3 won't do another million. WE 19/12 is the peak sales week world wide being the last weekend before Christmas. There has never been a year (this gen at least) where the week ending after 25/12 sold more than the week ending prior to Christmas. There is no reason to believe this year will be any different, for any console. Even if PS3 holds its ground, and Wii goes up in Japan.
I'm so proud of NSMBW, it shows Japan still cares about gaming unlike previous reports:)
Will this be Japans biggest week or can we assume that next week gets even bigger? I'm not familiar with Japan's holiday season.
wow tomodatchi! I wonder if it will do a "5 milion" in Japan
Japan sells software by the truckloads lol. Massive sales here. Mario is just beasting it out and Tomodachi Collection is sorta mind-breaking.
they where wrong about the ps3 sales last week.. soo maybe.. ps3 japan 200k?+ the world is another mill for ps3?
New Super Mario Bros Wii Sure is a bigger hit than most ever thought it would be ;)
WHAT @ Tomodachi Collection I mean, it's had gigantic legs for some time now, but... 300k?! WOW.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-93IyGMlIE It is basically a game that lets you take your Miis from Wii and transfer them to a DS game where they ("you") live in a Sims/Animal Crossing world. What I wonder is if it drives Wii purchases for people who want to interact with little versions of themselves on the road.
To those wondering what Tomodachi Collection is: As I understand it, it's a game in the vein of The Sims or Animal Crossing. Virtual people collecting friends and furniture. Also, it's the fourth-biggest game of the year in Japan. NSMBWii just barely shoved it off the bronze podium to break a DS medal sweep.
I don't know what's more amazing. Tomadatchi sales or NSMB sales O_o What the hell is Tomadatchi Collection anyways?
Where was that guy who said FF13 was going to drop to under 100k because it was so terrible. This is what's bad about the internet today. With super inquistive forum goer one loudmouth can give the impression that no one likes something.
Go NSMBW Go!!!!
NSMB Wii is performing better than I could hope for. What an amazing game. It truly is gigantic.
yea Tomodatchi sales are kinda scary. Geez I don't really even know what the game is but apparently the Japanese do haha. New Super Mario Bros Wii continues at it's incredible pace and 25% attach rate already. Tough to do with already a pretty large user base. FF13 drop is expected but maybe not as bad as I had thought it would be. Hardware sales will be interesting though.
I can't even be amazed any more at NSMB. It's straight up incredible.
See, by the title it looked postive. It seemed FF dropped to 1m+ so between 1 and 1.1 one. But no, no sirry.
Tomodatchi becoming a phenomenon confirmed? Also NSMB Wii sales are insane! Good FFXIII sales too.
Wow, Nintendo made some serious money in Japan this week.
@Galaki According to these figures, in terms of total sales, most likely!
Wtf at Tamodatchi. Also PS3 is ~150k this week in Japan, nice. NSMB is crazy...
Why haven't Nintendo brought Tomodachi over to the West? Is Week4 higher than Week3 for NSMBWii?
LOLWUT Tomodatchi ~300k?! thats super insane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! nice debut for Zelda Nintendo unstoppable this December
It is a nearly identical debut to Phantom Hourglass (~300k I think). Zelda is more of a western franchise than a Japanese franchise these days. Not really expecting Spirit Tracks to top 1m in Japan.
25% of Wii Japan own NSMBW! Wicked.
A little more this week than I expected for FF13 (I thought 150-200k) but it's a normal FF drop. It should meet my original expectations for it. (2-2.2 million lifetime)
I can't tell, but is it a good debut for Zelda or not? Yeah, I don't see FFXIII going to 2.4 million either. But 2 million would be great.
It isn't likely to get to 2.4m in Japan. Something like this: 1.5m-200k-80k-50k-30k-20k-12k-8k-5k and so on. It will crawl to a little past 2m in Japan.
2.4mil life time for FFXIII. In line with FF X-2. PS3 hardware around 180k, not bad. :) PS3 should do about 850k+ next week.
lol at NSMB and Tomodachi. Insane. FF XIII had a normal drop for an FF game.
The PS3 is having an amazing three months, but the monster that is the Wii plus NSMB just keep going up. The Wii and December are just amazing together. FFXIII on its on way to 2 million.
That's a pretty good second week for FF13 and I'm afraid of Tomodachi Collection
Pretty normal drop for a Final Fantasy game, 1.7 million sold if data is correct, should be able to hit 2 million pretty soon.


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