New Motorola MK500 retail touchpoint

The Motorola MK500 Micro Kiosk integrates Indyme Solutions retail technology. This compact, easy-to-install and affordable device allows retailers to put the…

Interactive displays at the Hello Kitty Store

YDreams crafted a media-rich environment at Lisbon's first Hello Kitty store. Entering the store, shoppers are greeted with an interactive Hello Kitty…

Vodafone WOW Stores

YDreams developed this exciting shopping environment for Vodafone stores in Portugal, Lille, Bordeaux and Aix-en-Provence. Featured applications range from…

TMN interactive retail experience

TMN, the market-leading mobile phone operator in Portugal, commissioned a vanguard, three-storey venue in Porto that offers the public a singular interactive…

New York may regulate retail RFID use

January 28, 2009

RFID Update: New York is the latest state to take legislative active to regulate RFID use. Earlier this month Bill A00276, the "Radio Frequency Identification…

Kroger expands mobile coupon program

January 28, 2009

Progressive Grocer: The Kroger Co. has expanded its digital grocery coupon program nationwide with Cellfire's digital coupons that are now available via…

U*Tique launching fully automated luxury shop

January 28, 2009

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Automated retail start-up U*tique and beauty retailer STUDIO at Fred Segal are launching the U*tique Shop this February. U*tique Shop…

Move over TJX: Heartland data breach may be biggest yet

With literally tens of millions of card transactions at risk, malware found on the server of Heartland Payment Systems may make history.

OfficeMax launching c-store concept

January 27, 2009

CSPNet: OfficeMax Inc. has launched a new store concept that is designed to emulate a convenience store for office supplies and copies. The company has…

Digital download tech takes aim at DVD rental kiosks

Warner Bros. and Paramount have become the first major studios to allow retail digital delivery. Does the agreement signal a new business model for movie…

Village Pantry revamps employee training system

January 25, 2009

Convenience Store News: Indianapolis-based Village Pantry sought to revamp its on-the-job training with a solution that provided consistent, high-quality…

Costco calls shoppers to warn them about recalled products

January 25, 2009

MSNBC: Jon Lowder usually disdains computer-generated telephone calls — "robo-calls," he grumbles — but when he got two this week from Costco Wholesale Corp.…

New Pioneer retail display encourages hands-on experience

January 25, 2009

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. Professional Sound and Visual Division, introduced its Pioneer Pro DJ Retail Experience (Pro-DJ6S and…

Basics of a POS solution

Michael Glenny of Dell explains the different components of a retail POS system.

Interactive storefront window at Elle MacPherson, NYC

At the Elle MacPherson Intimates store in New York, passersby are drawn in by an interactive application running inside the window that allows them to shape…

Study: Retailers should pay more for top-notch workers

January 22, 2009

Innovations Report: As resources become tighter, managers in the retail service sector are searching for ways to be more efficient and one place they should…

NRF: Stu Armstrong on in-store digital media

At retail Big Show, the president of the Digital Signage Association delivered 11 reasons to deploy in-store media.

WINCOR: Wincor Nixdorf offers outsourced debit, credit processing for retailers and FIs

by Tracy Kitten — Editor, AMC

January 21, 2009

PADERBORN, Germany — An ability to provide a more comprehensive package of services and solutions for retail and banking is something Wincor Nixdorf AG…

Localization, not standardization, the new winning retail strategy

January 21, 2009

Wall Street Journal: With consumer confidence eroding and retailers seeing sharp declines in sales, Edeka is one of several Western European grocers taking…

NRF exhibitors, part 3: Self-service, transactions

In this last of three special looks at NRF Big Show 2009 exhibitors, we focus on providers of self-service and transaction solutions.