IDC publishes 'maturity model' for big data and retail

February 13, 2014

IDC Retail Insights has announced a new report, "Business Strategy: IDC Maturity Model Benchmark – Big Data and Analytics in Retail in North America," which…

NRF: Severe winter weather cripples retail sales

February 13, 2014

Consumers leveled off post-holiday shopping and spending in the beginning of the year due in part to severe winter weather in much of the country. According to…

Merchant Warehouse supports Isis SmartTap in Boston

February 13, 2014

Merchant Warehouse, a provider of payment technologies and merchant services, has announced it is bringing Isis SmartTap capabilities to the point-of-sale…

Consumer spending slowed in January

February 13, 2014

First Data Corporation has released its First Data SpendTrend analysis for Jan.1, 2014, through Jan. 31, 2013, compared to Jan. 1 2013, through Jan. 31, 2013.

Sears offering curbside pick-up

February 12, 2014

Sears has announced that it is offering customers the ability to place mobile orders for products and receive them at the store within five minutes, without…

Five tips to make the most of your Valentine's Day retail experience

Only 54 percent of Americans are planning to celebrate Valentine's Day this year, compared to 60 percent last year.

POPAI releases 2014 Mass Merchant Study results

February 12, 2014

Point of Purchase Advertising International (POPAI) announced it is officially releasing its 2014 Mass Merchant Study, a continuation of their Shopper…

Children's clothing retailer uses RFID to reduce online out-of-stocks

February 12, 2014

Coccinelle, a high-end children's clothing retailer, announced it is now optimizing its inventory accuracy using RFID, resulting in a decrease of more than 6…

NGA reveals Creative Choice Awards 'Best of Show' winners

February 12, 2014

The National Grocers Association has announced its Creative Choice Awards "Best of Show" winners in the Marketing and Merchandising categories at a special…

Customer loyalty test: Will your customer evangelize your business?

by Shep Hyken — CAO, Shepard Presentations

The term "loyalty" usually brings to mind a long period of time … in other words, a lifetime customer. However, when I teach the concept of loyalty, I like to…

Revel Systems POS platform adds Bitcoin integration

February 12, 2014

Revel Systems, an iPad POS provider, has added Bitcoin integration to its platform. Now, users of the Revel POS can accept bitcoins as payment, giving their…

H&M Conscious Foundation donates $9.3 million for clean water in schools

February 11, 2014

The H&M Conscious Foundation and the international non-profit WaterAid launched today a new global partnership for safe water and toilets in schools that…

Retail imports expected to drop in typically slow February

February 11, 2014

Import volume at the nation's major retail container ports is expected to drop 8.4 percent in February from the same time last year as the shipping cycle…

Volusion platform unveils integration with Stripe

February 11, 2014

Volusion Inc. has announced a new integration with Stripe for the Volusion platform, which is designed to offer its small to medium-sized merchants an…

CardLinx standard takes aim at return fraud

February 11, 2014

The CardLinx Association, a new association that facilitates the interoperability and growth of card-linked offers (CLOs), and Deem, a cloud commerce company…

At Marc Jacobs pop-up shop, customers paid with a tweet

The designer experimented with getting shoppers to trade social currency for their purchases.

Study shows top retailer websites are 31 percent bigger, 21 percent slower

February 11, 2014

Radware, a provider of application delivery and application security solutions for virtual and cloud data centers, today released a new study titled "State of…

Food Lion, Hannaford, Bottom Dollar Grocery demand animal welfare reports from suppliers

February 11, 2014

The country's ninth-largest grocer, Delhaize America, announced that it will require its pork suppliers to produce reports regarding their progress in…

Retail CFOs forecast 5 percent sales growth for 2014

February 11, 2014

Despite ongoing market uncertainty, retail chief financial officers are feeling more confident about the state of the consumer. According to a new BDO USA, LLP…

Experience design can help architects design the retail store of the future

by Mike Wittenstein — Customer Experience and Service Designer, Storyminers

Top retail store design architects have long been creating spaces that are functional for the brand and the customer. With the added element that experience…