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Trying on Clothes, 2.0
by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance
Do shoppers want high-tech dressing rooms?
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TNS unveils new in-store metric for grocers
July 13, 2008
Marketing Daily: TNS is unveiling a new way to measure grocery-store behavior, one it says will give both grocery retailers and packaged-goods marketers new…
read nowIBM webinar reveals self-service trends
July 13, 2008
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Employee-facing self-service is on the rise, and more self-service devices will be managed centrally in the next several years. Those are…
read nowBig-name retail comes to grips with online
July 9, 2008
CNBC: If there's one indisputable truth about retailing on the Internet, it's that the established retail cliques have consistently underestimated how it…
read nowADFLOW, Shopguard develop trigger technology for kiosks
July 9, 2008
CHICAGO — ADFLOW Networks, a provider of Web-hosted digital signage and interactive kiosk solutions, announced that it has partnered with Shopguard, one of the…
read nowWeb shoppers swayed by site design
July 9, 2008
Bluhalo: Some 80 percent of online shoppers are willing to use sites that are well presented and easy to use, according to research by PayPoint.net. A total…
read nowCalgary Co-op completes self-checkout install
July 8, 2008
DALLAS — Calgary Co-operative Association Limited (Calgary Co-op) has completed a chain-wide rollout of self-checkout that has enhanced customer service and…
read nowUSPS updates tech with NCR
July 8, 2008
DAYTON, Ohio — The U.S. Postal Service has selected NCR Corp. as the exclusive provider of retail POS hardware for thousands of postal counters across the…
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Building the perfect survey
Best-practices for crafting a survey that customers will complete.
read nowDigital signage innovations create fashion-forward displays
July 7, 2008
Display & Design Ideas: Digital signage has become commonplace in retail. So in order to really spice things up, retailers have begun incorporating a…
read nowCheckpoint acquires OAT to become one-stop RFID shop
July 7, 2008
RFID Journal: Checkpoint Systems of Thorofare, N.J., announced that it would acquire OATSystems of Waltham, Mass. Checkpoint is best known for its leadership…
read nowExperiential store environment leads to big sales boost
July 7, 2008
Display & Design Ideas: Caryn Lerner, president and chief executive of Toronto-based Holt Renfrew & Co. Ltd., recently attributed a sales increase of…
read nowPRN to develop Condé Nast content for Checkout TV network
July 6, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO — Thomson's Premier Retail Networks Inc., which provides digital-media solutions at retail, and magazine and Web-site publisher Condé Nast…
read nowNintendo solves return dilemma
July 6, 2008
Retail Solutions Online: Every year, retailers and manufacturers lose tens of billions of dollars due to unverifiable product returns, product return fraud…
read nowWal-Mart, JCPenney use experimental branding to reach new audience
July 6, 2008
Dallas Morning News: Last month, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. mailed shoppers a 33-page Canopy catalog and launched the Canopy brand Web site. Online, the…
read nowIn-store Web access drives sales for JCPenney
July 2, 2008
Internet Retailer: It's been nearly two years since J.C. Penney Co. Inc. connected all 35,000 of its point-of-sale systems to the Web, giving associates in…
read nowUnderstanding the female shopping psyche
July 1, 2008
Belfast Telegraph (U.K.): Dr. Karise Hutchinson, who teaches human resources at the University of Ulster, writes in the Belfast Telegraph of the difficulty…
read nowMore supermarkets testing paperless coupons
July 1, 2008
CHICAGO — Unicous Marketing Inc. announced that the company projects that 2,800 grocery stores across the country will offer its EZ-PIC paperless, in-store…
read nowOnline retailers boost sales through IP geotargeting
July 1, 2008
Directions Magazine: It's not enough anymore to just have a good supporting Web site to capture additional retail sales. The Web experience for individuals…
read nowSurvey: Small stores, independents preferred over big names
June 30, 2008
Retail Week: On Friday, Retail Week published the "100 Stores You Must Visit" and a quick scan through the names reveals an uncanny fact: the great bulk of the…
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