National Retail Federation Announces Reorganization

February 3, 2011

The National Retail Federation has announced changes to its organizational structure to achieve new priorities outlined in a strategic plan recently approved…

Buy.com launches social shopping platform

February 3, 2011

Buy.com said its ShopTogether Community is a platform that allows shoppers to "virtually" share shopping experiences in real-time.

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.

Don’t Discount the Effects of Snow

by Lisa Biank Fasig — Director, JZMcBride and Associates

Much of the country is buried under snow banks. America's retailers, meanwhile, are trying to dig out from a pile of inventory.

RedPrairie aquires Escalate Retail

February 1, 2011

RedPrairie Corp., a productivity solutions provider, announced it has finalized the acquisition of Escalate Retail, a leading provider of all-channel commerce…

OpinionLab adds auto-translate feature to VOC platform

February 1, 2011

OpinionLab, developer of voice-of-customer (VOC) listening technologies, has unveiled a major enhancement to its feedback-translation tool, enabling companies…

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.

Retail At Risk From Technology

by Bob Phibbs — CEO, The Retail Doctor

We need to address the real concerns facing retail instead of looking to technology for a quick fix. This Manifesto can spur you to change the way your retail…

Landaal, Poptech bringing quick-to-assemble POP displays to the U.S.

January 31, 2011

Landaal Packaging Systems has entered into a strategic international partnership to represent and manufacture Poptech’s patented corrugated merchandising…

Pexco unveils AisleSmart line of merchandising tools

January 31, 2011

Pexco, a manufacturer of point-of-purchase merchandising solutions, has introduced AisleSmart, a family of six products that meet strict criteria for labor…

RichRelevance unveils open-source retail personalization testing tool

January 31, 2011

RichRelevance, a provider of e-commerce personalization for retail, today introduced RecLab, a new open-source project designed to spur innovation in retail…

Big boxes add kiosks to help low-income Americans cash checks

January 31, 2011

Millions of low-income Americans who don't have bank accounts are finding an alternative to check-cashing stores at kiosks inside big-box retailers, according…

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.

Certona Product Recommendations drove 1 percent of all Cyber Monday purchases

January 31, 2011

Tallying the numbers from a positive 2010 holiday shopping season, multi-channel personalization firm Certona reported more good news in its post-2010 holiday…

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…

Adrift in a sea of change? Check your internal compass.

by Dale Furtwengler — President, Furtwengler & Associates, P.C.

I don't know a business owner/leader who hasn't, at one time or another, felt adrift in the sea of change. It's inevitable. Why?Business, like everything else…

Mobile Monday: Apple Store App

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

Foursquare and Facebook Places Face-Off for Loyalty

by Sharon Goldman — Senior Director, COLLOQUY

The check-in wars are clearly in full swing. Foursquare recently boasted it had 381,576,305 check-ins worldwide in 2010, and while I don't know the exact…

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.