ShopYourWay merges Sears, Kmart multichannel experiences

March 15, 2009

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — Sears Holdings Corp. announced the unification of its multichannel services under an initiative dubbed ShopYourWay. Both Sears and…

Virgin Megastore closings mark the end of a retail era

March 15, 2009

Reuters: The planned U.S. closure of the Virgin Megastore chain by mid-June will mark the end of the British music retail invasion. HMV was the first to land…

Lawmakers consider automatic recall warnings at the checkout

March 15, 2009

Los Angeles Times: With more food recalls happening weekly, consumer advocates, supermarket chains and legislators are exploring better ways to stop the sale…

Capturx solutions for merchandising

Capturx helps teams more efficiently plan, execute and track store resets and merchandising. Using Capturx for Autodesk Design Review, planning and…

Sears aims to be more interactive

March 12, 2009

Chicago Sun-Times: Sears' new president of home electronics, Karen Austin, wants to take advantage of Circuit City's demise by giving Sears shoppers more…

Teen retailers shut down concept stores, focus on main brand

March 12, 2009

Wall Street Journal: As recently as last year, retail concept stores were all the rage in the teen apparel business. These shops, offering the feel and prices…

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…