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NCRdesigned a data warehouse that enabled Seibu to respond quickly to shoppers at the point of sale.
FORBES: Too little and probably too late
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Many Seibu customers use a loyalty card with a magnetic stripe to earn rewards with each purchase.
FORBES: Too little and probably too late
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Japanese department store chain Seibu wanted to know more about its customers.
FORBES: Too little and probably too late
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The star is Hiroyuki Nakajima, a power-hitting 29-year-old shortstop for the Seibu Lions, who seems to be an odd fit for the Yankees.
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Immediately after swiping the card, Seibu salespeople can view customer information drawn from the data warehouse and suggest additional purchases to the shopper.
FORBES: Too little and probably too late
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Seibu Saison's customers can buy their groceries from Seiyu, their clothes from Seibu and Parco, their bento lunch-boxes from Family Mart and support the Seibu Lions baseball team at the weekend.
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Owner of the Seibu Lions pro baseball team, he set his sights on bringing the Olympic Winter Games to Nagano a decade ago, as honorary chairman of the Nagano Bidding Committee.
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At his peak in 1998, he chalked up a Japanese season-record 45 saves, including an unprecedented 22 in a row, and led Yokohama to victory over the Seibu Lions in the Japan Series.
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The Seibu Saison group of companies, of which Seiyu is the nucleus, owned track running from the Chichibu mountains west of Tokyo to Ikebukuro and Shinjuku in the city centre although the railway and the retailer parted company in the 1970s.
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