Engineers develop facial-recognition product using NFC

May 26, 2014

A group of engineers and designers from Logic PD created a point-of-sale facial recognition system that uses NFC to help combat card fraud during a recent…

Michaels partnering with museums for in-store summer programs

May 23, 2014

Michaels announced it has teamed with seven leading North American museums to create Passport to Imagination 2014, a low-cost, in-store summer program where…

Major store transformation at In The Pink

In The Pink Stores, the largest chain of Lilly Pulitzer Signature Stores in the US, has launched mPOS as part of a major store transformation project.

Vandalism forces removal of giant automated convenience store

May 23, 2014

A giant vending machine located on the Omaha side of the Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge linking Omaha to Nebraska has been removed after being repeatedly…

Nearly one in two U.K. shoppers need help with self-service checkout

May 23, 2014

Nearly one in two U.K. supermarket shoppers say they regularly need help when using self-service checkouts, a survey by independent U.K. market research firm…

Trend: Online retailers discover value in having stores

Companies that began as pure-play online retailers are discovering the power of having physical stores to build their brand.

Report says 62 percent of shoppers are motivated to purchase when ads are pushed while in store

May 22, 2014

Global mobile agency Fetch has announced the results of its ‘Engaging the Mobile Shopper’ report, which was conducted among more than 300+ US adults aged 18 …

Maximizing the value of a retail loyalty program

by Fred Thompson

The grocery industry seemingly changes daily, with new products and initiatives to meet rapidly shifting consumer preferences as well as new technology that…

Webinar: Case Study: Control Labor Costs with Latest Cloud Technology

How can store managers proactively hit their sales per labor hour targets if they don’t have immediate access to timely and accurate workforce information?

Study says brand absence 'makes the heart grow fonder'

May 22, 2014

New research from marketing agency Momentum Worldwide says that people in countries with long-established consumer spending power — Japan, the U.K. and…

Google overtakes Apple as most valuable brand

May 21, 2014

Google has overtaken Apple to become the world's most valuable global brand in the 2014 BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brand ranking, worth $159 billion…

Foot Locker launching Eastbay shop-in-shop

May 21, 2014

Foot Locker Inc. has announced the introduction of its latest retail collaboration: Eastbay Performance Zone at Champs Sports. According to the company, the…

USAA, Amazon.com top annual customer service ratings by Temkin Group

May 21, 2014

Based on a study of 10,000 U.S consumers, USAA's banking business took the top spot in the 2014 Temkin Customer Service Ratings, which rates 233 companies…

How data design can take the pain out of purchases

by Bryan Pearson — President, LoyaltyOne

Owning new things is supposed to give us pleasure, but the process of acquiring them can come with pressure.

Tesco store testing new automated checkout scanner

May 21, 2014

Tesco announced that its newest Tesco Extra store in the U.K. city of Lincoln is using a new checkout scanner belt from Datalogic that it says reduces customer…

U.S. retail market up 2 percent in the first quarter of 2014

May 21, 2014

The U.S. retail market increased 2.28 percent year over year in Q1 2014, totaling $1.08 trillion for the quarter, according to projections from eMarketer.

Holmes Place adds video wall, sound system from Mood Media

May 21, 2014

Mood Media Corp., designer of in-store consumer experiences, has announced that it is working with Holmes Place Poland, the Warsaw branch of the premium health…

Is Olapic a vision for the future of multi-channel retailing?

by Chris Petersen — Owner, IMS

Retailers can now create "look books" from consumer photos in real time.

InComm launches platform for mobile wallet providers

May 21, 2014

Prepaid product and transaction services company InComm has announced the launch of InComm Mobile Platform for mobile wallet providers and merchants. According…

Erik, Jamie Nordstrom exchange roles in Nordstrom multi-channel business

May 20, 2014

Nordstrom Inc. announced today that two executive team members, Erik Nordstrom and Jamie Nordstrom, are exchanging roles to further strengthen the company's…