ShopKeep POS and LevelUp Launch Integrated Mobile Loyalty Platform for iPad POS

Simple, streamlined solution gives merchants ability to process mobile payments, drive loyalty, and manage their store right from an iPad® register.

Social media not significant sales driver, study finds

February 6, 2013

While digital technology continues to reshape the way companies and consumers interact, social media is not replacing the in-store shopping experience…

The single greatest miss in retail store metrics: Footfalls

by Chris Petersen — Owner, IMS

Online retail knows everything about you, but stores are not even sure you were there.The old saying is "build it and they will come." One of the greatest…

Kiosk replaces coupon clipping with convenient deals (Video)

Zebra Technologies discusses its latest solution that makes couponing easier for both the shopper and the retailer.

Micah Solomon, Dr. Chris Petersen added to Retail Customer Experience Executive Summit agenda

February 6, 2013

The fourth annual Retail Customer Experience Executive Summit will take place August 13-14 at the Hard Rock in San Diego.

NCR finalizes Retalix acquisition

February 6, 2013

NCR Corp. announced another step toward its transformation to a hardware-enabled, software-driven business model with news of its completed acquisition of…

Earthlink VP talks PCI compliance at NRF 2013

Earthlink's VP of MPLS Network Solutions Greg Griffiths discusses the company's new solutions for PCI compliance and its new service level agreement.

Customers test showers and ovens at Cali home supply store

February 5, 2013

The kitchen and bath specialty store Fixtures Living is going big on the "try before you buy" approach.

Tesco installs Cummins Allison coin-counting kiosks

February 5, 2013

Cummins Allison today announced that the U.K grocery chain Tesco has installed more than 15 Money Machine self-service coin counters in its Superstores and…

NRF: Mobile assisted selling from Zebra

At this year's NRF show, Zebra Technologies demonstrated its new in-store technology that uses tablets for an assisted shopping and checkout experience.

Retailers miss out on revenue with dead Pinterest links

February 4, 2013

Although it is often hailed as the ideal social network for commerce, Pinterest poses problems for retailers with disconnected marketing and e-commerce…

To bundle or not to bundle?

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

Business owners can’t seem to win. If they bundle their offerings, customers ask for itemization of the various components with the price of each clearly…

Study calls automated self-service growing global trend

February 4, 2013

Analysts at Mintel, the consumer, product and media intelligence trend-tracker, named automated self-service as one of the biggest areas of opportunity and…

JC Penney ditches RFID plans for tagging and self-checkout

February 4, 2013

JC Penney has shelved its plans for a large-scale RFID implementation across store locations, according to an article on rfidjournal.com. As February marks the…

FreeMonee: The Power of the Gift

FreeMonee: The Power of the Gift

ATM & Mobile Executive Summit: essential insights into the future of cash and payments

Executive event will assemble industry experts to discuss the interlinked future of cash, ATMs and mobile technology.

An amazing customer experience from TSA?

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

Last Friday I was in line for security at Logan airport. I noticed that there was only one agent checking IDs, so I figured this was going to be a long and…

GiftWise kiosk wins PayBefore award

February 1, 2013

Paybefore has chosen Self-Service Networks' GiftWise Gift Card Kiosk as a winner in the 7th annual Paybefore Awards in the Best Retail Merchandising category.

Facebook offers gift cards, moves closer to retail market

February 1, 2013

Facebook took another step into the retail market yesterday with the introduction of gift cards that consumers can use at Target and a handful of other…

French made: Tax on personal data could cause dust up

by Bryan Pearson — President, LoyaltyOne

If there is one thing the French government is not laissez-faire about these days, it is taxes. But its recent proposal to attach tariffs to personal…