From connectivity to smart infrastructure, Motorola prepares for retail's future

by Natalie Gagliordi — Editor of KioskMarketplace.com, Networld Media Group

A look at how shoppers, retailers and stores are using tech to smarten up. 

Albertsons ends customer rewards program

July 2, 2013

Albertsons has removed the key benefit to shoppers joining its loyalty rewards program — lower prices.

Survey: Lots of talk, few results on customer experience initiatives

July 2, 2013

A new Forrester survey found that while most businesses list an innovative customer experience as a top priority, not many have figured out how to attain it.

Apple reportedly eyes former YSL chief to lead retail division

July 2, 2013

Apple may be tapping a former high-end fashion CEO to head its retail division. Apple Insider reported that Yves Saint Laurent's recently departed CEO Paul…

Have you experienced your customer experience - as a customer?

Can you assume, with any confidence, that shoppers will enjoy something you've never tried yourself?

Rite Aid, PAI enter turnkey ATM agreement

July 2, 2013

Rite Aid Corp. has selected payment processing solutions provider Payment Alliance International to provide turnkey ATM services at approximately 1,500 Rite…

Digital signage driving customer engagement at Telecom Italia store in Rome airport

July 1, 2013

YCD-Multimedia, a global provider of smart digital media solutions, has announced that Telecom Italia has selected YCD's digital signage platform to implement…

Coinstar now offically known as Outerwall

July 1, 2013

Stockholders have cleared the way for the official name change of Coinstar. The company announced that stockholders approved an amendment to the Restated…

No touchscreen required: New tech turns tables interactive

Digital signage projection helps to turn every table into a touchscreen.

Abercrombie's exclusionary marketing

by Dale Furtwengler — President, Furtwengler & Associates, P.C.

On an apparently slow news day someone resurrected a comment Mike Jeffries, Abercrombie's CEO, made in an interview in 2006 in which he said that Abercrombie…

Big Data helping Russian retail chain improve path to purchase

June 28, 2013

Synqera, a Saint Petersburg, Russia-based technology firm, announced its joint pilot program with Ulybka Radugi, a large Russian retail chain. Ulybka will…

PAI provides a payment processing option for gun-sellers

June 28, 2013

Recently, retailers who sell guns have been caught in the crossfire of an impassioned Second Amendment debate. And whether it's due to conscience or community…

Square discontinues gift cards

June 28, 2013

No more gift cards through Square. According to Reuters, the mobile-POS-turned-mobile-wallet provider is ditching its gift card program.

French retailer Orchestra looks down the endless aisle

The children's specialty retailer turned to touchscreen kiosks to solve its out-of-stock issues.

Samsung's Singapore flagship resembles Apple store design

June 27, 2013

Samsung may be taking another page from the Apple playbook with its latest Samsung Experience Store at VivoCity in Singapore. According to psfk.com, the store…

Stride Rite intros new store design in Ohio

June 27, 2013

Stride Rite Children's Group has announced the opening of its newest retail store at Easton Town Center in Columbus, Ohio, marking the launch of the new…

Motorola shows off retail kiosk at Innovation Showcase

June 26, 2013

Motorola Solutions Inc. held its annual Innovation Showcase last week, touting its latest inventions to technology analysts and the press, dailyherald.com…

Thumbvista launches new location-based messaging platform

June 26, 2013

Thumbvista Mobile Marketing has announced its new geofencing and location-based messaging platform that gives retailers the ability to target potential…

MICROS introduces commerce platform

June 26, 2013

MICROS Systems Inc., a provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, has introduced the new MICROS Commerce Platform…

Square offers easier online commerce with new virtual marketplace

June 26, 2013

Square is expanding its services to the online world. The company has announced its new Square Market, an online marketplace that will let businesses sell…