Retail Case Study: PCI Compliance and Video Surveillance

See how the Cisco Video Surveillance Solution is helping a food distribution company stay compliant with evolving PCI standards with minimized operational…

Walmart launching ‘Pick Up Today’ service this month

March 10, 2011

Walmart has announced plans to expand its U.S. multichannel platform by launching "Pick Up Today" later this month. The service allows customers to purchase…

Integrating Social Media into Customer Service

Although there are more ways than ever before to engage with customers, keeping track of all of those conversations and providing a consistent message can pose…

Merkle announces new retail marketing suite and leadership roles

March 9, 2011

Merkle, an independent customer relationship-marketing agency, announced the release of its new retail database-marketing suite. Merkle’s Retail Marketing…

Top 100: 79. BJ's Wholesale Club

Stock in BJ’s Wholesale Club jumped nearly 18 percent in July when private equity investor Leonard Green and Partners acquired a 9.5 percent ownership stake in…

Top 100: 78. Bath & Body Works

Bath & Body Works posted better-than-expected sales results for the third quarter 2010, driven by increased store transactions, enhancements in the direct…

Top 100: 77. Augmented reality

Everyone agrees that augmented reality (AR) is going to be huge over the next five to 10 years. Some AR applications use projectors and screens to insert…

The three key attributes of effective mobile retail apps

Very few successfully incorporate all three, and without all three, an app will likely be short-lived.

New study says creating emotional ties with consumers is a successful strategy

March 9, 2011

According to NRF.com, a recent research study by Kurt Salmon, a global management consulting firm, says that consumers feel a personality connection to the…

Are interactive window displays the future of retail?

March 9, 2011

According to NewsElectronics.co.uk, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz Institute are working on a prototype for…

Ford UK test drives 3-D technology (video)

Touch screens at British malls feature 3-D versions of Ford's newest vehicle.

Analysts say brick-and-mortar stores will live on

March 9, 2011

According to TheStreet.com, despite major retailers such as Blockbuster and Borders filing for bankruptcy, retail experts think the demise of brick-and-mortar…

Kiosks going all natural

March 9, 2011

Retailers wanting to deploy health-related kiosks now have a less-expensive option, thanks to the iHealthKiosk recently launched by Living Naturally.

Starbucks 40th Anniversary

by Jim Joseph — President, Lippe Taylor

When Starbucks announced its new logo earlier this year, they said that it was just the start of something big. We got all a twitter about it, but I for one…

Online Marketing for that Sock Puppet Feeling

by Lisa Biank Fasig — Director, JZMcBride and Associates

It has already been a full decade since I purchased my first holiday gifts online. In fact, in 2000 I made a point of purchasing ALL of my Christmas presents…

Godiva unveils new store design

March 8, 2011

According to WorldInteriorDesignNetwork.com, New York-based D-ash Design has created a new store design for Godiva chocolatier that will be used for retail…

DAILY RFID releases tamper-evident HF Tag for jewelry inventory and security

March 8, 2011

DAILY RFID, the leading producer and manufacturer of RFID readers and tags in the world, has released a tamper-evident HF RFID Tag for jewelry inventory and…

ECRS introduces new retail technology system

March 8, 2011

ECRS, a retail solutions company, has introduced LogicSync, a new business logic and methodology technology that bridges current EDI (Electronic Data…

Retailers using iPads to enhance shopping experience

March 8, 2011

According to InsideRetailing.com, more retailers are expected to begin incorporating Apple’s iPad into store operations. The shift seems to be retailers…

Kiosks reaching for 'the cloud'

March 8, 2011

A simple internet connection can fully support IN Media Corp.'s new kiosk