AOpen showcasing retail digital signage at ISE13

January 25, 2013

Electronics manufacturer AOpen will be showcasing its digital signage communications technology solutions in the Digital Signage Store at Integrated Systems…

Retail Top 100 2012, No. 11: Behavioral targeting

January 25, 2013

Dual-facing digital signage display to debut at ISE13

January 25, 2013

At this year's Integrated Systems Europe, Display Solution AG partner U-See2 will unveil the DS1962, what the companies are calling "the world's first…

NRF: Intel demonstrates smart shelves for retail

At NRF 2013, Intel's senior principal engineer Mary Murphy-Hoye demonstrates the company's latest smart-shelf technology.

Intel demos gamified interactive Pepsi vending machine

Intel's Ravi Sirigineedi shows off the interactive digital signage and retail concept at this year's NRF BIG Show. The machine allows consumers to both buy…

NRF 2013: Intel's Guess that Spice

Intel's Guess that Spice, an interactive experience educating customers about the scent and flavor properties found in McCormick's array of spices, combines…

Apple granted patent for "distinctive design" of stores

January 24, 2013

Retailers looking to take a page from Apple's playbook on store design and layout now have to worry about copyright infringement. The U.S. Patent &…

Tesco pilots new kiosk, AR tech

January 24, 2013

U.K. retail chain Tesco is piloting a "magical" augmented reality mirror and digital mannequin in several locations, according to digitalartsonline.co.uk.

Retail Top 100 2012, No. 12: Zappos

January 24, 2013

DPAA sponsoring digital place-based ad summit at DSE13

January 24, 2013

The Digital Place-based Advertising Association will sponsor an all-day DPb Advertising Summit at Digital Signage Expo in Las Vegas on Feb. 26. The fourth…

Amy Poehler brings the funny to Best Buy Super Bowl ad

January 23, 2013

Best Buy is hoping Amy Poehler makes a big score during her Super Bowl commercial for the electronics retailer. According to an article on latimes.com…

Lowe's to add 45K seasonal workers

January 23, 2013

Lowe's announced this week its plans to hire approximately 45,000 seasonal employees at its stores in the U.S. during spring — the busiest time of year in the…

New Amazon fulfillment center brings hundreds of jobs to Cali town

January 23, 2013

Amazon announced yesterday plans to open a new 1 million-square-foot, state-of-the-art fulfillment center in Tracy, Calif., creating hundreds of full-time jobs…

Retail Top 100 2012, No. 13: Retail CRM

January 22, 2013

Commentary: When driving customer loyalty, less is more

Overloading a program with benefits is not the most effective approach.

Target's price matching: Revolutionary or redundant?

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

Deciding whether to match online prices with brick-and-mortar benefits is a growing retail conundrum.

What if Best Buy charged admission?

by Doug Stephens — President, Retail Prophet Consulting

O.K., suspend your disbelief just for a moment and hear me out…

Retail Top 100 2012, No. 14: Facebook

January 21, 2013

M-commerce still small as retailers focus on the basics

January 21, 2013

A new report by Forrester Research for trade group Shop.org shows that smartphones generated only a small portion of online sales last year — about $5 billion…

Blog discusses the psychology of sales resistance

January 21, 2013

The next time consumers struggle to resist clearance sales, they could be taking a few tips from a Psychology Today blog that gives insight into the…