online RPD background

		BACKGROUND
....		With an extensive background in retail planning, design, management and consulting we have been puzzled with the ability of retail to sustain double digit growth across its entire landscape. Prompting the questions: What is fueling the increases? Will it ever end? And when (if) it ends how will it impact the retail community? It became obvious that consumer "pocket-dollars," the economy's "Kinetic Energy," will be declining over the next few years and that retailers should be preparing now for the down turn. Surfacing other questions: What needs to be done? The answer to these and other questions are presented in the two sections of this Internet site. First; introduction to the Emerging Economy concept. Second; the introduction of onlineRPD's Response.
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		onlineRPD TEAM
	.......	OnlineRPD is a team of experienced retail professionals focusing on retail planning and design solutions serving the retail industry, fixture and equipment suppliers OnlineRPD's track record of innovative solutions produce increased sales gross margins and profits for a diversified selection of retailers, distributors and manufactures across a wide assortment of industries OnlineRPD success evolves around it's focus on the shopping retail customer . . . Responding to their needs and desires; providing them tools and the confidence to buy. OnlineRPD's custom shopping models "walk" customers though product search raising their "Comfort Level" to the point they are secure in making the decision to purchase . . . Moving product the twelve crucial inches off retailers shelves into shopper hands, through checkouts and out the door OnlineRPD's creative approach produces cost effective projects maximizing short, mid an long term investment returns OnlineRPD is part of The online.com family of success proven professional services which includes onlinePM.com supporting on-time, under budget project development and completion OnlinePM Internet-Based, Project Management Solutions where each project is supported with a custom www site for managing all phases of development, design, construction, production and installation; providing 24 hour 7 day a week secured access to management, suppliers, contractors, store and district management, etc.