CSG's Digital Folio on Microsoft Surface

Digital Folio by CSG is an integrated retail shopping experience application on Microsoft Surface that combines price/product comparisons, third party reviews…

Survey: Wegmans is top supermarket, Costco favorite mass grocer

February 8, 2010

Wegmans and Costco were selected as the No. 1 grocery retailers in a consumer survey conducted by Market Force Information Inc., a worldwide leader in customer…

Kiosk prototype uses facial recognition to personalize experience

February 8, 2010

PFU Systems Inc. has a new prototype dual-display kiosk that relies on facial recognition technology to deliver a more personalized advertising experience…

Ashley Furniture eyeing smaller store format

February 8, 2010

Ashley Furniture, which currently operates 390 large retail locations, is looking to open 300 smaller stores this year, according to a report in the Milwaukee…

65. Urban Outfitters

Some chains have done very well with a homogenized, cookie-cutter approach, but Urban Outfitters revels in supplying customers with sophisticated…

Survey indicates majority of wine shoppers would use self-service wine info kiosks

February 7, 2010

More than 80 percent of wine and spirits shoppers would use a self-serve kiosk for product information such as tasting notes, food pairing recommendations and…

Target mobile tech converts gift cards to virtual barcodes

February 7, 2010

Target guests no longer need to carry their Target GiftCards in order to redeem them, thanks to the Target Mobile GiftCard.

Mobile Monday: Sears Personal Shopper

The first installment of this new weekly feature takes a close look at Sears' remarkable iPhone concierge app.

All-in-One Panel PCs Give Boost to Kaon

Units produced by Tek Panel offer vital power, ruggedness and mobility for delivering high-end interactive graphics packages.

Jo-Ann Stores goes live with JDA supply chain management

February 4, 2010

JDA Software Group has announced that Jo-Ann Stores Inc. is live with JDA's supply chain management software solutions. Operating in 48 states with annual…

Why Generation Y isn't buying your products

A Gen-Y marketer offers three tips for reaching the most demanding, most technologically savvy demographic yet.

IdentityMine's Retail Map on Microsoft Surface

The Retail Map by IdentityMine is an application on Microsoft Surface that allows customers to browse, find out more about products and finally locate items on…

Green Room Retail CEO chimes in on pop-up shop phenom

February 3, 2010

Provider of retail solutions including retail design, point-of-purchase, shop-in-shop and flagship store design, Green Room Retail founder and CEO Richard Ash…

StoreFixture launches new line of retail display elements

February 3, 2010

StoreFixture.com, a DisplayShops specialty site, has launched its newest line of retail displays and display counters, called The Essentials Line. These…

66. Zoom Systems

Zoom Systems, the San Francisco-based provider of luxury-good vending machines, is poised to increase its U.S. and Japanese market presence. Customers can't…

Syncsort announces clickstream data integration tool

February 2, 2010

Syncsort has announced availability of its clickstream data integration solution. The solution dramatically reduces the time, cost and effort required for…

Video game buy-back company e-Play halts operations

February 2, 2010

Less than a year after a trial rollout in northeastern Wal-Marts, e-Play LLC appears to have gone defunct.

67. American Eagle Outfitters

From humble origins as an outdoor gear store, AE continues to soar as a top fashion destination for teenagers and young adults aged 15-25. They're drawn to the…

Focus on Escalate Retail's new Pocket Kiosk

Escalate Retail is offering a novel approach to all-channel commerce, using shoppers' own smartphones as a "Pocket Kiosk."

What the iPad means for booksellers

Apple's new iPad device could shake up the book market. Here are five ways to sell more traditional books during the upcoming e-book wave.