Survey: Consumers embrace biometric authentication

May 8, 2017

It's long-accepted wisdom that the American masses will resist biometric identification as an intrusion into their privacy. However, the uptake of Apple Touch…

Customer loyalty 101: How to avoid alienating today's shopper

Winning customer loyalty is a continuous and important objective for retailers, but it's not always an easy task. Unfortunately, alienating customers can be.

Amazon's NJ fulfillment footprint expands once again

May 8, 2017

Amazon aims to open three more fulfillment centers in New Jersey, which will bring the total of center to 10 and the new sites will create more than 2,50…

Study: Personalization gets respect but little deployment action

May 8, 2017

New research reveals that while a large number (95 percent) retailers understand the value of personalilzed marketing not a big number of retailers are…

Costco bulletproof when it comes to Amazon, claims analyst

May 8, 2017

A retail industry analyst believes Costco may be the only retailer Amazon can't hurt due to its "sustainable" business model and intense focus on food and…

Are you sitting on a data goldmine? What all retail brands need to know

Thanks to market research, point-of-sale information, loyalty cards, online and mobile transactions, location data, and social media, retailers are sitting on…

Razorfish wins award for T-Mobile digital signage deployment

May 5, 2017

Razorfish won the Installation of the Year APEX Award at DSE 2017 for its work at the T-Mobile's Times Square Store. The company deployed multiple solutions…

Mother's Day spend may be a record-setter this year

May 5, 2017

Shoppers will spend the most ever this year come Mother's Day, averaging about $186 on purchase, reveals a NRF survey conducted by Prosper Insights &…

Jewel-Osco promotes a top leader to retail operations chief

May 5, 2017

Mike Withers, Jewel-Osco president, is taking on a new role after being promoted to executive vice president of retail operations for the company's parent…

Whole Foods advances 365 concept into new stage

May 5, 2017

Whole Foods Markets has developed a 2.0 version of its 365 store concept and opening the first location in Texas.

5 keys to leading in the age of analytics

Data is a critical corporate asset that organizations are starting to monetize in new ways to get ahead of their competition. The bottom line? Companies that…

Electronic paper display market to reach $4.2 billion by 2022

May 4, 2017

The electronic paper display market is expected to reach $4.274 billion by 2022, according to a report by Allied Market Research. The report calculates the…

A new spin on loyalty

As loyalty programs have expanded to include more emotional benefits, they have seen the value associated with meeting a consumer's needs. Now companies are…

Boohoo has nothing to cry about when talking U.S. growth

May 4, 2017

One U.K. retailer isn't spilling tears over its U.S. retail revenue achievement.

CardFlight launches 2 new mPOS devices

May 4, 2017

CardFlight, a mobile point-of-sale provider, is launching the Swift B200 and Swift B250, a new series of mobile card readers that use Bluetooth Low Energy…

Elite Manufacturing develops 3-sided outdoor kiosk

May 4, 2017

Elite Manufacturing Technologies, a provider of precision sheet metal components and assemblies, has developed a three-sided outdoor kiosk using 65-inch…

Consumers eager to use electronic pay options

May 4, 2017

A new study reveals more than a third of Americans and Europeans are happy to trade cash for electronic payment options and 20 percent have already made the…

Amazon retail sales on the rise

May 3, 2017

Amazon shareholders are a happy bunch given shares hitting an all-time high due to healthy retail and cloud computing sales in the first quarter.

Amazon offers free Prime to town as film award celebration

May 3, 2017

Those living in Manchester, Massachusetts who don't have a Amazon Prime membership will be getting a free one very soon.

Consumers feel misunderstood by retailers, claims study

May 3, 2017

Just 61 percent of consumers believe companies understand their needs and that less than stellar percentage is leading to fading loyalty.