NRF: Holiday retail sales rose 4.1 percent

After a season full of peaks and valleys, retailers' 2011 holiday sales beat expectations.

President Clinton, new technologies headed to NRF 2012

More than 22,000 attendees will explore the latest technologies to help improve their customer experience.

Self-service, online options driving customers to avoid salespeople

January 11, 2012

It's no big shock that many shoppers don't like to be continually asked if they need assistance from store associates, but an article in today's NY Times…

New RFID/NFC solution monitors inventory, security

January 11, 2012

Retailers now have a RFID/NFC integrated solution to not only manage inventory and security but also to enhance the customer shopping experience, according to…

Walgreens announces solid fiscal year

January 11, 2012

Coming off a fiscal year highlighted by record profits, its strongest increase in net income in a decade and its largest growth in earnings per share in more…

adiVERSE from Intel

A virtual extended range search engine footwear wall developed with adidas. The footwear wall demonstrates how retailers can give in-store shoppers access to…

So you aren't Johnny Depp ...

by Harvey Mackay — Author, Mackay Mitchell

Do you lack the dazzle of Angelina Jolie's lagoon-blue eyes or the regal command of Meryl Streep's screen poise? Come up short on George Clooney's suave or…

Provision 3-D kiosks now have metric-measuring capabilities

January 10, 2012

Provision Interactive Technologies has integrated Intel's AIM Suite, an audience impression metric technology, into its 3-D holographic kiosk displays.

Verizon's 4G helps 3-D kiosks personalize shopping experience

January 10, 2012

A new breed of mobile commerce applications from TelePresence Tech, a 3D telepresence innovator,  Verizon Wireless and Alcatel-Lucent is on display this week…

Vodafone Hungary launches sicap kiosks

January 10, 2012

Sicap mobile money kiosks are now available in Vodafone Hungary's Smart Stores in Budapest as part of a pilot study to test customer service solutions.

Dish, redbox fighting 56-day delay?

January 10, 2012

Warner Bros., hoping to extend the 28-day delay that streaming and DVD kiosks must adhere to before renting new releases, may be getting push back from two of…

Publix discontinuing grocery service

January 9, 2012

Lakeland, Fla.-based Publix Super Markets Inc. is discontinuing its pilot program featuring curbside grocery service later this month, according to…

Social media giving power to the people

January 9, 2012

Social media puts power into the consumer's hand, according to Mark Cooper, the research director for the Consumer Federation of America. He told the Kansas…

Report: in-game purchases to hit $4.8 billion in 2016

January 9, 2012

Juniper research has issued a new report predicting that in-game purchases are set to increase dramatically in the next few years driven in large part by…

Intuit to offer GoPayment mobile POS, redesigned reader to Canadian merchants

January 9, 2012

Intuit is looking to expand its GoPayment mobile point-of-sale product north of the border. The company announced it plans to offer GoPayment to merchants in…

I scream for a social ice cream party

by Lisa Biank Fasig — Director, JZMcBride and Associates

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Technology allows shoppers to create digital doppelgangers

January 8, 2012

A new retail product designed to give shoppers an interactive experience is now available from ComQ.

1 million Facebookers printing from Kodak kiosks

January 8, 2012

More than 1 million people will have printed photos from Kodak picture kiosk by the end of month, according to a company press release.

ComQi turns on digital signage 'delayMirror' for retail (video)

January 8, 2012

ComQi, a global provider of in-venue multichannel message management, announced today the launch of a new retail product: delayMirror. The delayMirror is a…

Apple to shop Target

January 5, 2012

Target will serve as a new home to Apple stores this year when the company opens store-within-store locations throughout 25 of the country's second-largest…