KIS Photobook Maker kiosk organizes images into albums

KIS Photo-Me Group, a provider of instant printing equipment, demos its KIS Photobook Maker kiosk, designed to produce photo albums in minutes.

Retail sales beat expectations two months in a row

March 11, 2009

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Beating analysts' expectations for a second straight month, February retail sales showed surprising growth. According to the National Retail…

Retailers not cutting IT budgets in 2009

March 11, 2009

Retail Week: The Global Retail CIO Survey 2009, conducted by Martec International, polled 57 chief information officers and IT directors globally, who account…

Zappos urges customers to upload videos of themselves

March 11, 2009

TechCrunch: Online footware and apparel retailer Zappos.com is partnering with video hosting and sharing platform Magnify.net to launch a "BoxBreak" campaign…

ShopperTrak reports retail foot traffic drop for February

March 11, 2009

CHICAGO — ShopperTrak RCT Corporation's Retail Traffic Index (SRTI) today reported that total U.S. foot traffic for the month of February fell a sharp 9.…

Queue management targets the last stage of the purchasing process

Discipline blends design, engineering and technology to maximize efficiency and reduce walk-aways.

Paymo aims to make mobile payments a reality in the U.S.

March 11, 2009

Fortune: The mobile phone has yet to become a tool for payments in the United States, largely because the different players in the mobile payment ecosystem …

Lunds, Byerly's supermarkets deploy two-sided receipt printing

March 10, 2009

DAYTON, Ohio — Lund Food Holdings Inc., parent company of Lunds and Byerly's supermarkets, is deploying a new point-of-sale solution featuring two-sided…

Luxury brands respond to tough economic times

Given the worldwide economic decline, the once seemingly recession-proof luxury sector is under siege.

Complimentary passes offered for KioskCom, The Digital Signage Show

March 10, 2009

TRUMBULL, Conn. — JD Events, the company behind KioskCom Self Service Expo and The Digital Signage Show, announced that it will provide qualified end-users…

Jeweler lets shoppers share their personal stories online

March 9, 2009

AUSTIN, Texas — Bazaarvoice, provider of hosted social commerce applications, today announced that Zale Corp., a leading specialty retailer of fine jewelry in…

CEO: Retail entering a new era

March 8, 2009

Retail Solutions Online: Green Hills Market CEO Gary Hawkins offers an intriguing premise in a series of new position papers. He feels the retail industry is…

Study: Windows POS terminals steal market share from Linux

March 8, 2009

Progressive Grocer: POS terminals running Microsoft Windows operating systems increased from 71 percent of shipments to nearly 76 percent in 2008, taking share…

Ask the Experts: What is the latest in audience measurement for digital signage?

March 8, 2009

We asked Brian Dusho, president and chief strategy officer of BroadSign International, to talk about the state-of-the-art in audience measurement technology…

Digital Signage Expo Featured Exhibitors: The solutions providers

All-in-one digital signage providers and aggregators showed a distinct focus on the small-to-medium business.

Digital Signage Expo Featured Exhibitors: The software and content providers

As content was a focus of the pre-show day and expo, we highlight the featured content providers and the software that drives it.

Ask the Experts: Which digital displays are best for in-window?

March 5, 2009

We asked Mike Zmuda, director of business development at NEC Display Solutions, which type of display is best when it comes to in-window digital signage.

iCongo version 8 adds dynamic catalog creation, enhanced merchandising

March 4, 2009

MONTREAL — iCongo, provider of e-commerce and cross-channel systems, today announced a set of new features to its retail e-commerce and cross-channel system.

IBM: Few retailers taking advantage of supply chain transparency

March 4, 2009

RFID Journal: Supply chain leaders at companies around the world share similar challenges: They want to improve supply chain visibility, manage risks, know and…

Store closings spell big opportunities for the survivors

March 4, 2009

The Associated Press: Retailers left standing amid the carcasses of their competitors are going after orphaned customers. They're using aggressive mailers…