iCap measures customer reaction to end-caps

September 28, 2008

TAMPA, Fla. — TruMedia Technologies Inc. has adapted its out-of-home digital measurement solution to retail environments. The new iCap solution measures…

Infrared tech measures crowds, shortens lines

September 28, 2008

The Blackpool Citizen: U.K. supermarket Morrisons has implemented a system from iQM that uses infrared technology to measure shoppers entering the store. The…

PCI standard v1.2 clarifies rules

Latest version is tougher on malware, easier on firewalls.

British grocery shopping habits changing

September 25, 2008

Australian Food News: Consumer research from MINTEL highlights that, in the last 12 months alone, 41 percent of shoppers have switched to cheaper brands and…

FTC holds workshop on RFID

September 25, 2008

RFID Journal: Industry experts, government officials and consumer advocates from the United States and abroad met with the Federal Trade Commission in…

Jewel-Osco opens first green store

September 25, 2008

ITASCA, Ill. — Jewel-Osco, one of the largest private employers in the state of Illinois, announced it will seek Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design…

Fred Meyer goes HD

September 25, 2008

In-Store Marketer: Fred Meyer has outfitted its electronics departments with a new high-definition digital signage network. Custom content is being developed…

Survey: Most consumers just don't care about 'going green'

September 25, 2008

MediaPost: Based on a survey of nearly 2,800 consumers who are representative of U.S. consumers age 16 and over, research firm Yankelovich found that "only…

Luxury retailers emphasize off-price operations

September 25, 2008

Business Week: With the economy stalled and consumer spending in free fall, snobbery is a bit harder to pull off than in years past. Even the most upscale…

Research: Physical stores still beat online for product information, experience

September 25, 2008

Internet Retailer: The E-tailing Group's 4th Annual Cross-channel Shopping study compared the experience of finding product information at multi-channel…

Motorola unveils comprehensive location solution

September 24, 2008

MADRID, Spain — Motorola announced the addition of a real-time location solution to the Wireless Next Generation (Wi-NG) architecture for its RF Wireless…

Online retailers wrestle with shipping discounts

September 24, 2008

Advertising Age: Retailers counting on online shopping to buoy sales in a tight economy are wrestling with a big problem: free shipping. In the coming…

Digital Signage Expo East wrap-up

Quality attendees meant more bang for the buck, exhibitors said.

Brands are sold on shopper marketing

September 23, 2008

Brandweek: In-store marketing tactics have not only become actively embraced by marketers of consumer packaged goods, many rank it as one of their most…

Conference to focus on the future of grocery stores

September 22, 2008

The Packer: The Retail Store Development Conference will focus on how a shrinking market affects future retail development, including demographics, financing…

Shoppers look to store staff as economic barometer

September 22, 2008

Reuters: U.S. consumers are doing their own research on just how bad the economy is faring, checking to see how well-staffed their favorite stores are as a…

Opinion: Most loyalty programs use the wrong incentives

September 22, 2008

Wall Street Journal: The biggest problem with loyalty programs, according to two professors of management science, is that most retailers adopt a…

Kodak unveils new experiential store design

September 22, 2008

COLOGNE, Germany — Eastman Kodak Company today unveiled its new "KODAK EXPRESS Experiential Store" design, which creates a new photo retailing paradigm for…

Hackers 'are picking on the small guys'

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

New research into recent card breach incidents may surprise merchants.

Two-thirds of young U.K. shoppers use catalogs

September 21, 2008

Hellmail: According to research carried out by Royal Mail, almost two thirds of young consumers in the UK use a catalog to shop. In fact, 54 percent of all UK…