Survey explores how the "pester power" of children drives retail sales

December 19, 2014

Advertising can work to build demand for devices, but despite the large advertising budgets involved, success isn’t guaranteed.

Retailers estimate holiday return fraud will cost them $3.6 billion

December 19, 2014

More than three-quarters of those polled cite organized retail crime as impacting return fraud rates.

WingCash makes its digital wallet brand available to merchants

December 19, 2014

Brand Cash is a closed-loop, digital currency that a business creates with WingCash, and that a consumer can use either for online purchases or at a…

Best Buy deploys directional audio for latest Call of Duty launch

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

The retailer used a high-tech approach to prevent the bombast of "Advanced Warfare" from permeating the store.

ShopKeep POS now supports Apple Pay, chip cards

December 18, 2014

For a limited time, new merchants receive a free reader at signup.

Global mobile NFC payments to exceed $130 billion by 2020

December 18, 2014

This equates to 254 million mobile users making five payments per month at an average of slightly less than $9 per transaction.

Second consecutive week sees $5B weekdays of online desktop spending

December 17, 2014

The online desktop spending season-to-date remains up 15 percent, still ahead of forecast.

Provision Interactive to deploy promotional kiosks at Rite Aid stores

December 17, 2014

Provision Interactive Technologies Inc., a subsidiary of Provision Holding Inc., announced plans for the rollout of Provision's 3D Savings Center digital…

Fueling the fire: Motivating your staff over the next week

by Doug Fleener — President and Managing Partner, Dynamic Experiences Group, LLC

Take a lesson from the 'age of rail' to keep your stores humming through this last week of holiday shopping.

How to ensure stellar customer engagement for 2015

by Jeannie Walters — Chief Customer Experience Investigator, 360Connext

Getting retail employees to engage with customers is tough. Here are four things you can do to help them succeed.

Study says more people buying beauty and personal care products online

December 16, 2014

The research found that Beauty and Personal Care, an industry traditionally rooted in the ability to touch, smell, sample and experiment with products in…

Survey says online shoppers lack trust in credit cards

December 16, 2014

Connexity's Bizrate Insights finds U.S. shoppers most trust their personal bank, PayPal and Amazon.

Japanese department store buys into digital signage

December 16, 2014

Japanese department store chain PARCO last month opened its new store in Fukuoka, Japan, deploying digital signage throughout the store as part of its ICT…

NCR Silver POS adds LevelUp

December 16, 2014

NCR Silver merchants can activate the LevelUp application as a payment option in their POS system.

First Data and Verifone partner to fight consumer payment data theft

December 16, 2014

First Data will offer Verifone's Secure Commerce Architecture (SCA) to provide safer, streamlined transactions and expedite EMV integration in the United…

Blade Financial introduces debit-card program for bitcoin businesses

December 16, 2014

"The reality is, consumers just don’t have enough ways to spend their cryptocurrency."

Using data to spike holiday shopping traffic

Three ways retailers and manufacturers can accomplish greater loyalty and sales during the busy holiday season.

LA kiosk recycles foreign currency into gift cards, charitable donations

December 15, 2014

Los Angeles-based Leftovercash Inc. rolled out its first automated foreign currency conversion kiosk at the Northridge Fashion Center Mall in the San Fernando…

A retail marketing wish list, from wise men to golden rings

by Bryan Pearson — President, LoyaltyOne

Who knows? Someone may be watching.

UK consumers want more mobile purchasing options, survey says

December 12, 2014

Some 47 percent of mobile users in the U.K. would like to use their mobile phone more to pay for physical or quasi-physical goods and services.