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Study analyzes how, why teens shop
April 16, 2008
Minneapolis Star Tribune: If parents can hardly predict how their teenagers will behave on a given day, what chance do stuffy stockbrokers have? The odds…
read nowTesco to offer bachelor's degree in retail management, shelf-stacking
April 15, 2008
Daily Mail (U.K.): Tesco plans to offer degrees in the art of shelf-stacking and retail management. It wants the two-year course to be recognized as the…
read nowSelf-checkout could reinvent the c-store
April 15, 2008
Convenience Store Decisions: Will self-checkout prove a viable solution for convenience stores? It just may, for some. At least a couple of the larger…
read nowKIOSKCOM: Show opens with digital signage component
April 15, 2008
LAS VEGAS — KioskCom Self Service Expo opens its spring show today in Las Vegas with a twist: Digital signage gets a room of its own. Joel Davis, president…
read nowAmerican Apparel deploys Motorola item-level RFID
April 13, 2008
HOLTSVILLE, N.Y. — The Enterprise Mobility business of Motorola Inc. announced that American Apparel Inc. has rolled out RFID at the item level. American…
read nowOnline retailers benefit from 'buying under the influence'
April 13, 2008
Los Angeles Times: BUIs — those who buy under the influence — may be the Internet's dirty little secret. And with retail e-commerce up 19 percent to $136.…
read nowInnovation in experience design 'the last frontier'
April 13, 2008
Business Week: Innovation in product design has lost its meaning and, therefore, its value. But there is still one frontier that remains wide open: experience…
read nowOpinion: Store design should emphasize comfort
April 13, 2008
Retail Week: In a debate on store design trends, Fitch chief creative director Tim Greenhalgh said shoppers are looking for places where "you can go and feel…
read nowMost people uneasy with customized Web content
April 13, 2008
Reuters: Nearly 60 percent of 2,513 people in the United States questioned in a Harris Interactive poll said they were uneasy when Web sites use information…
read nowSnap.Send.Get connects mobile phones, product info
April 13, 2008
PALO ALTO, Calif. — SnapTell, provider of image recognition-based mobile marketing solutions, was recently selected by Gartner, world's leading information…
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Making multi-channel make sense
by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance
Creating consistent experiences is crucial.
read nowBest Buy benefits from axing loyalty card fees
April 10, 2008
Forbes: When Best Buy removed annual fees from its Rewards Zone bonus card program, the company yielded about 10 times the number of shoppers opting to sign…
read nowOnline sales to drive in-store technology growth
April 10, 2008
Inside Retailing (Australia): With Internet sales expected to account for almost 20 percent of turnover by 2012-15, and Web sites becoming increasingly…
read nowGamer Doc takes on game market with themed stores
April 10, 2008
Ars Technica: Big box retailers like Best Buy and Circuit City are getting into the video game market by dedicating more in-store space to gaming. Other…
read nowMore retail technology on the way, and soon
April 10, 2008
Arizona Daily Star: More new technologies are likely on the way for retail stores, speakers said Thursday at this year's Global Retailing Conference, held by…
read nowInterest in electronic shelf labels grows
April 10, 2008
San Jose Business Journal: With the click of a mouse, the local grocery store could drop prices for a happy hour sale, and just as easily, with another click…
read nowConsumer needs to be the central focus of multi-channel retail
April 9, 2008
Retail Week: Multichannel retailing should be about allowing customers to access your services in whatever form they find easiest, while continuing to act as…
read nowShopperDNA gauges effectiveness of in-store marketing
April 9, 2008
Progressive Grocer: Marketing and sales management consulting firm Cannondale Associates has developed an analytical process and methodology for successfully…
read nowSelf-service store may employ RFID instead of people
April 9, 2008
RFID Journal: Food retail research and consulting company Food Information Service Europe is in discussion with retailers in the Netherlands and Belgium to…
read nowA.R.E. Retail Design Award winners named
April 8, 2008
The Association for Retail Environments has published the complete list of winners in its 2008 Retail Design Awards. Store of the Year was awarded to…
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