NRF: Italian grocer adopts Oracle retail planning tool

January 18, 2010

Grocery retailer Esselunga announced at NRF that it is using an Oracle Retail planning platform to make more profitable and competitive pricing decisions in…

Macy's Terry J. Lundgren elected as chairman of NRF Board of Directors 

January 18, 2010

The National Retail Federation announced Terry J. Lundgren, Chairman, president and CEO of Macy's Inc., will serve as the chairman of the NRF Board of…

The lost art of the loss leader

Traditional strategies for promotional discounting are being ignored, and retailers are losing revenue as a result.

British retailer offering 'divorce registry'

January 17, 2010

U.K. retailer Debenhams is offering a new twist on the traditional gift registry. It recently added divorce registries to its stores, according to a report…

Macy's adds features to online gift registry

January 17, 2010

Macy's has announced enhancements planned for its online Wedding & Gift Registry, beginning Feb. 1.

NRF: Holiday season ends on high note as sales increase 1.1%

January 14, 2010

In the end, retailers got the best Christmas present of all: a holiday season of gains, not losses. After a year that saw holiday sales decrease by 3.…

NCR's coupon-to-card app brings new capabilities to multichannel offer management software

January 14, 2010

NCR Corp. has announced that a new coupon-to-card application is available for its multichannel offer management software, the NCR Advanced Marketing solution.

74. Deal of the day

Once Woot.com took the Internet by storm, it was only a question of time before deal-of-the-day specials became an online mainstay. Each morning, the site…

NRF: Microsoft unveils new Dynamics ERP retail offering

January 13, 2010

Microsoft Corp. introduced Microsoft Dynamics AX for Retail, a new end-to-end offering designed for midsize specialty retailers, at this week's National Retail…

The Home Depot transitions to Fujitsu U-Scan retail self-checkout software

January 13, 2010

Fujitsu has announced that The Home Depot has launched an initiative to transition to Fujitsu U-Scan self-checkout software in their U.S. and Canadian retail…

American Apparel adds RFID to two more stores, switches RFID software

January 13, 2010

Continuing on its venture into item-level tagging of garments at its hundreds of stores, clothing retailer American Apparel is moving forward with its RFID…

NRF: Sir Terry Leahy's six drivers for growth in 2010

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

The Tesco CEO gave a generous speech at NRF where addition to his ten management tips, he also offered six drivers of growth for the coming years.  

75. Financial services at supermarkets

More customers are jumping at the chance to do their banking while polishing off the grocery list. In-store branches tend to be full-service locations that are…

NRF: L.L.Bean ranks No. 1 in customer service for third year

January 12, 2010

L.L. Bean has once again landed at the number one position as the retailer with the best customer service. According to the fifth annual NRF…

76. Circuit City bankruptcy

Perhaps the writing was on the wall when the Wall Street Journal added Circuit City's Philip Schooner to its "Worst CEOs of the Year" list in December 2007.

NRF: Tesco CEO Sir Terry Leahy's 10 lessons for success

A legend of retail shares a wealth of advice with a packed house Tuesday morning.

Motorola empowers retailers to mobilize customer loyalty programs

January 11, 2010

The Enterprise Mobility Solutions division of Motorola has announced its Mobile Loyalty Solution – a comprehensive managed service that enables retailers to…

EuroShop RetailDesign Award: EHI awards prizes to the best store concepts

Awards were presented for the best store designs worldwide during the Retail Fair of the NRF BIG Show yesterday in New York.  

Target.com announces vendor partners for re-platforming effort

January 11, 2010

Target announced today that it has selected its core vendor partners to assist in building and managing the new Target.com eCommerce platform.

Hot Topic implements NCR Netkey kiosk, digital signage solutions

January 11, 2010

NCR Corporation has announced that Hot Topic, Inc., a mall and Web-based specialty retailer of apparel and accessories, has implemented NCR Netkey self-service…