Survey: Majority of consumers resist registering online, prefer social sign-in

75 percent of consumers will alter behavior when faced with traditional website registration.

Mobile Monday: Abercrombie & Fitch app

The A&F iOS app comes up short in a critical area: Actually selling product.

Tune in, turn on: Best Buy's new in-store digital signage ad network

Industry vets Paul Flanigan and Ken Goldberg co-wrote this commentary on a potential game changer for retail DOOH.

Retail Exec Q&A: Steve Swasey of Netflix

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

The entertainment giant discusses streaming media, and its plans for a DVD-free future.

Is this the death of loyalty rewards as we know them?

When customers choose which company to do business with, rewards just don't matter like they used to.

Opinion: Most mobile retail strategies aren't innovative enough

Many proposed scenarios are just new twists on old ways of doing business, says one expert.

Top 100: 88. Bloomingdale's

Aggressively pursuing the re-emerging upscale customer, Bloomingdale’s first opened a slick 90,000 square foot space in the heart of Manhattan’s SoHo district…

Mobile Monday: Apple Store App

Mobile customer scheduling could be a game-changing application for the retailer.

Contactless mobile payment services coming to the UK

by James Wester — Editor 1, Mobile Payments Today

Barclaycard, Everything Everywhere will roll out contactless mobile payment using NFC tech later this year.

Kiosk vs. Mobile: Industry insiders weigh in

As the popularity of mobile technology grows, will it spell the end for self-service as we know it?

Walmart's healthy new turn: What it means for IT, competitors

The retailer's recent announcement represents yet another dramatic reinvention of the Bentonville giant.

Harnessing the power of the mobile web

Mobile web is more than just the mobile website - it's an entirely different paradigm of use.

8 reasons why proximity marketing will matter for retailers in 2011

Proximity marketing exploits activities that consumers are already involved with, and enjoy.

NRF: Planar launches kiosk-friendly technology (VIDEO)

Planar's Matt Walsh demonstrates how to use the company's new touch-screen LCD monitors.

Increasing retail ROI through collaborative communication

Collaborating around the customer ensures that everyone's needs are met, especially that customer.

Top 100: 89. Disney

Disney’s purchase of Marvel Entertainment last August was merely a foreshadowing of the entertainment giant’s recent spate of creative leaps and innovative…

NRF: Microsoft displays shelf-edge, touch-screen solution

A Microsoft spokesman talks about the company's shelf-edge, touch-screen displays for retail in this video.

NRF: IBM launches self-checkout system

IBM execs expect the company's new self-checkout system to change the way shoppers view self-checkout.

Opinion: 2010 was "the year the kiosk died"

One expert says retailer focus is shifting to smartphones, smaller interactive tools.

Taking a CSI approach to retail

Bob Gordman walks through a post-mortem on the recent retail season, spelling out who the victims were.