Retail Top 100 2012, No. 63: In-store audio

July 4, 2012

Microsoft's new technology could be a mood lifter

by Bryan Pearson — President, LoyaltyOne

If there is one thing I have learned during my years in marketing, it is that it's a lot easier to engage a happy person than an angry one.

Five steps to successful time off

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

We all need time away from work to clear our mind, recharge our batteries, and dedicate precious time to our family and friends. That's easier said than done…

Go mobile or go home: Check-out lines are disappearing

Retailers must embrace mobile POS solutions to stay relevant.

Study: Multichannel retailers expect more growth than online-only stores

July 3, 2012

Online-only and multichannel retailers both expect growth in the next year, according to new research from Eccomplish, which found about 73 percent of them are…

Retail Top 100 2012, No. 64: Anthropologie

July 3, 2012

Robotic retail: AndyVision debuts in campus store

July 3, 2012

Retail now has its very own robot – AndyVision. The robot's designer Priya Narasimhan, a professor at Carnegie Mellon, who heads the Intel Science and…

IBM, retail partners testing augmented reality

July 2, 2012

IBM may soon roll out augmented reality to help retailers better serve their customers, according to a story on PCWorld.com, that said the company's research…

Apple's Genius Bar getting makeover?

July 2, 2012

Apple is testing a new design of its Genius Bars to try to accommodate more users, according to ifoapplestore.com.

Study: Consumers easily fooled by discounts, freebies

July 2, 2012

Math is hard; just ask the numerous shoppers who struggled with fractions in a study recently completed at the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of…

Vending kiosks providing retailers variety of solutions

From dispensing products to tracking consumer behavior, vending kiosks are the new go-to retail solution.

Riding the Marrakesh Express to the roots of retail

by Chris Petersen — Owner, IMS

ControlCase authorized to certify PCI Compliance

June 29, 2012

ControlCase, a PCI-compliance company headquartered in McLean, Va.,  recently received authorization to validate the full range of payment applications and…

Dick's launches retail catalog via app

June 29, 2012

Dick's Sporting Goods has released 2012 Football, a Digital Publishing Suite app for the iPad that is basically a retail catalog selling football cleats…

Retail trade organizations voice concern over health care ruling

June 29, 2012

Retail stocks deepened their loss on Thursday after the Supreme Court upheld President Barack Obama's health-care overhaul, according to Christine Pollack…

RCE Podcast episode 2: ACA upheld, nude grocery shopping and Obama's gift registry

June 29, 2012

The National Retail Federation reacted very strongly to yesterday's Supreme Court decision to uphold the legislation commonly known as "Obamacare," and our…

Four retailers who translated social media into revenue

Marketing pros give tips on what to do with all those fans and followers.

Google unveils 'Save-to-Wallet'

June 29, 2012

Internet search giant Google has unveiled a new "Save-To-Wallet" API for the Google Wallet at its I/O conference in San Francisco, according to NFCworld.com.

Virgin Mobile opening first retail stores

June 28, 2012

Sprint Nextel's Virgin Mobile, the pay-as-you-go carrier, is opening its first 10 retail stores tomorrow in Chicago, becoming the second U.S. prepaid service…

Practice customer experience management by focusing on the employee experience

by Kimberly Nasief — President, Measure Consumer Perspectives

Customer experience management can be directly linked to how the employees understand and view their workplace. It's easy to understand that if the employees…