Walmart shoppers paying attention to ads on pharmacy health care kiosks

September 10, 2018

Visitors at Walmart stores who watched advertising at in-store health care kiosks watched for an average of four minutes, according to Pursuant Health, a…

How 5G, meshed with IoT, will make mobile carriers the enablers of retail engagement

Video, gaming, AI, robotic, AR/VR platform CIOs and CTOs looking to embrace newer digital transformation solutions should look holistically within the mobile…

Examining the online apparel retail customer experience

Brooke Patton, research content specialist at GutCheck, offers insight on the retail apparel industry which is straddling an omnichannel landscape and how it…

Dunkin' Donuts taps Amazon's Alexa for new order option

September 7, 2018

Dunkin' Donuts is getting chummy with Alexa, announcing this week that its On-the-Go Mobile Ordering is available through Amazon's cloud-based voice service.

Consumer spend remains on a growth path

September 7, 2018

Consumers are still spending and the activity is driving robust economic growth.

University of Missouri – Kansas City deploys smart kiosks

September 7, 2018

The University of Missouri — Kansas City has installed smart kiosks on its campus, making it the first U.S. campus to have the same kind of kiosks that can be…

Understanding the true extent of brand counterfeiting

Chrissie Jamieson, vice president of marketing, MarkMonitor, explains why retail brand protection has never been more important than it is today and that it is…

Human connection still tops with shoppers, retailers

September 6, 2018

Retail shoppers prefer real-person interaction over chatbots when it comes to customer service and 66 percent of consumers view customer service as important…

Amazon expands Whole Foods delivery once again

September 6, 2018

Amazon Prime members in 28 cities can now tap quick delivery from their Whole Foods Market.

Survey: Keeping up with change, customer needs are big retail challenges

September 6, 2018

Striving to meet, and exceed, the retail customer’s expectations and keeping up with change is the top challenge retailers are facing today, according to a new…

Retail innovation report offers insight on in-store tech transformation

Ed King, co-founder, HighStreet Collective, shares insight from the Retail Innovation Radar report which provides data on technologies retailers should…

Heads up SMB retailers: Shoppers like your text

September 5, 2018

More than half, 56 percent, of consumers want to text with the small to mid-size retailer and 53 percent of SMBs want to text other retailers more often.

UK courier pilots self-serve kiosks for sending parcels

September 5, 2018

Customers at three U.K. depots will be able to pay for parcel shipment at Parcelforce Worldwide self-serve kiosks during a trial that will run from today…

ZIVELO Introduces Turn-Key Kiosk Deployment Services

ZIVELO is proud to announce the offering of turn-key services solutions to help deploy, install, manage, and support our best-in-class self-service products.

Tips for aligning digital tech to the retail customer journey

Julie Smith, principal, and Kristen Lenci, a managing principal and leader, Point B, offer up insight on why it's critical retailers aligning digital…

Trouble buying kid footwear? There's an app for that

September 4, 2018

Finding and determining a good shoe wear fit for kids isn't easy.

'Near me' is top mobile shopper search

September 3, 2018

A good majority, 82 percent, of mobile shoppers are doing "near me" searches, and 60 percent of mobile consumers are clicking on the first search result that…

4 steps for retailers striving to be customer-centric

Ron Jacobs, CEO of Jacobs & Clevenger, explains why retailers must become customer-centric to survive.

Retailers see a rosy online revenue path ahead

September 3, 2018

An e-commerce performance report reveals 91 percent of retailers expect online revenue growth this year and will be doubling down on the mobile and…

Citi innovation leader talks customer interaction, building customer loyalty

by Will Hernandez — Editor, NetWorld Media Group

Mary Hines, managing director of customer engagement and innovation at Citi, gave the opening keynote in Chicago at the annual CONNECT: The Mobile CX Summit…