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Mohamed is a member of the Global Retail IBU's Strategic Communications Team. He joined SAP in 2003 as Solution Manager in charge of global grocery segment within Retail. Subsequently he led the Supply Chain product area for Retail in the Americas. For three years he led the Retail IBU’s Field Services for the Americas. Subsequently, he was responsible for setting the overall strategy for all community activities for the Retail IBU. Prior to SAP, Mohamed was co-founder and President of NEXstep, an Internet supply chain software startup which was acquired by Viewlocity. He also held senior positions with management consultancy of Kurt Salmon Associates. Mohamed held a commission with the US Navy and has earned an MBA at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and an MA in National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School.

Retail 2012 - a Tug of War or Symbiosis: Corporate Growth and the Global Middle Class
The first of supposed three Chinese curses states “may you live in interesting times.” By nearly any measure we certainly appear to be doing just that. In this blog, Mohamed takes a look at some global trends revolving around the global middle class as this group is the core customer group for retailers. The dynamic interactions of social, economic, and political dimensions offer significant opportunities for those visionary companies and their leaders.  Jan. 2, 2012
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National Retail Federation’s Big Show: An Event Unlike Any Other
The 101st NRF annual convention and expo will kick off next January in New York City. Retailers from all over the world will be in attendance after record sales during Black Sunday weekend and Cyber Monday and with hopes of continuing that momentum into NRF. In this blog, Mohamed covers the latest retail sales and consumer confidence measures and the challenges retailers must address for success as they face with the rise of the smart shopper and consumer. Nov. 29, 2011
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Complexity and Change: the Retail Industry’s DNA
Retail is all about the details of products, assortments, customers, competitors, and how these interact in millions of possible combination happening in retail simultaneously. The inherent pace of change in industry as a whole had led Jack Welch to pronounce “when the rate of change inside an institution becomes slower than the rate of change outside, the end is in sight.” We’ll take a look at how complexity and change play in retail. Sep. 9, 2011
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Lessons From Apple's Retail Stores: Innovation, Strategy, and Common Sense . . . They Don't Always Go Together
Innovation as a topic has sustained interest from business leaders, entrepreneurs, analysts, bloggers and academics for some time now. A company's strategy provides the meta-picture of how that organization will unlock innovation and deliver on promises to their stakeholders and community. Innovation comes in many sizes and shapes, from the grand "I"nnovation of revolutionary products and technology to small "i"nnovations that continue to enhance, improve, or extend existing products lines, services, and solutions. Today, we'll take a look at Apple's foray into retail. Jun. 10, 2011
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Goodbye Panic Room, Hello Wild Blue Yonder: What a Difference a Year Makes!
Retail sales this holiday season offer optimism going into 2011. The year 2010 might be called the year retailers discovered social media and the mobile shopper. Let's take a walk through the latest sales numbers for 2010, explore new reasons why the consumer continues to be at the heart of retail, and the opportunities ahead. Dec. 31, 2010
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Empowering the Enterprise with Real Time Data: OnDemand Webinar Replay and Download
Thanks to all of you who were able to attend the live webinar on "Taming the Data Tsunami" in the customer-facing enterprise. At the risk of oversimplifying the hour-long webinar, we can say "it's all about the data and what you do with that data." Yet underneath that straight-forward notion, there are innumerable paths offering opportunities, challenges, and things that go bump in the night. Read on and check out the OnDemand recording of this timely topic with relevance to all customer-facing industries. Oct. 18, 2010
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Empower the Enterprise and Tame the Data Tsunami
As a retailer, a data tsunami threatens from every direction. Data can be good when it is turned into information that’s integrated, timely, and visible when and where you need it to drive critical business decisions. However, the greater the tsunami the greater the challenge of prioritizing and creating actionable insights. In an upcoming live webinar, hear from retail experts and see how SAP Business Objects have enabled strategic alignment across the retail enterprise. Sep. 17, 2010
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Retailers: Start Your Engines ... and Accelerate Your Growth
Over the past 18 months, major changes have happened and continue to be felt in consumer-based industries. The bar has been raised in terms of what retailers need to do to survive and thrive going forward - both in terms of how to reach their shoppers, as well as how responsive they need to be able to be given the emerging economic and social realities. The future may be uncertain as to new regulations, evolution of social media, and impact of new technology, but retailers today can take action to chart a course of relevance with their shoppers while delivering growth and profitability to their stakeholders. May. 30, 2010
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Going Into 2010: What Can a New Perspective Do For You?!
My personal journey with BPX began with denial, reluctant acknowledgement, passed through experiential intrigue, and this year entered full-fledged embraced adoption. Consider the pressures and pace of change along the Information and communication technology dimensions at the individual and enterprise levels; then layer a virtual and connected world and the result is a complex set of challenges and opportunities facing business today. BPX platform presents an opportunity to leverage these changes positively for those prepared to consider a new way of getting business done Dec. 7, 2009
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Using Business Intelligence in an Uncertain World
Business Intelligence can help tame the unpredictability of today’s retail world. Leveraging STORES Knowledge Series webinar with Verlin Youd, Chris Puglise, and Russ Hill and RSR Research's latest Business Intelligence findings, learn what actions retail winners are taking to leverage real-time BI and to make it available when and where it’s needed. Nov. 18, 2009
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Delivering Results: Clarity and Sustainability in Today's Retail, a Webinar with NRF's STORES Magazine
Retailers have unparalleled opportunities to gain insights about their shoppers. Social networks and communities are offering retailers a new engagement model with consumers. Additionally, today’s consumers are increasingly expecting retailers they do business with to demonstrate socially responsible behavior. Register for the webinar to learn more on these and hear how SAP BusinessObjects solutions can help you take advantage of these opportunities. Nov. 6, 2009
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Rise of the ‘Unreasonable’ Man: Wal-Mart and Sustainability
Wal-Mart's decision to measure social and environmental impact of all products it sells in collaboration with the just announced Sustainability Consortium is a bold and audacious step by the $400+ Billion retailer into the complexity of global sustainability practices.  Jul. 20, 2009
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Penny For Your Thought: Grocery Shopping Practices Are Shifting!
The grocery industry runs on razor thin margins and is facing strongest headwinds in decades. What decisions do grocery executives need to make to thrive and regain a central place in the mind and heart of the food shopper? Jul. 14, 2009
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Sneak peek at Retail's SAP Insider event in Orlando
Have a listen to Verlin Youd, SVP Global Trading Industries, as he shares SAP's Retail strategy and what successful retailers are doing to delight their customers while delivering operational efficiencies.  Feb. 25, 2009
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