Lowe's hires on Target leader for digital strategy

November 6, 2018

Seemantini Godbole will be the new CIO at Lowe's come Nov. 12.

Banks banking on Garmin contactless pay feature

November 6, 2018

Several top European banks, including KBC Bank and Insurance in Belgium, Rabobank and ABN Amro in the Netherlands and BNL Gruppo BNP in Italy, will begin…

Target debuts holiday deals early, mobile checkout

November 6, 2018

Target has kicked off its Black Friday sales, offering select deals nearly one month early.

7-Eleven pilots mobile payment app

November 5, 2018

Convenience store giant 7-Eleven is testing a mobile app called Scan & Pay that allows customers to skip the line and pay for purchases with the 7-Eleven…

Why retail success requires boosting operational efficiency

Nick East, Zynstra CEO, explains why retailers can no longer afford to have in-store IT systems be a drag on customer experience, especially when there are…

Grocer preps pilot for robotic e-commerce fulfillment

November 5, 2018

Albertsons, one of the largest grocery chains in the U.S., is partnering with Takeoff Technologies to test an AI-based microfulfillment technology that will…

PlayerLync receives $12.5M from funding effort

November 5, 2018

Mobile content platform PlayerLync has secured $12.5 million in its latest funding round and aims to use the funds for growth strategies, from marketing to…

Walmart BYOD helping associates work smarter

November 5, 2018

Walmart is deploying a mobile device associate initiative aimed at helping team members work smarter using their own smartphones.

Europe's new privacy rules may have a silver lining: Improving customer experiences

Seeta Hariharan, general manager and group head, TCS Digital Software & Solutions Group, explains why retailers would be wise to view the new privacy…

Blind group claims Walmart self-checkout kiosks violate ADA rules

November 2, 2018

The National Federation of the Blind and three Maryland residents are suing Walmart claiming the company's self-checkouts violate the Americans with…

Displaydata taps Bill Barton SVP sales

November 2, 2018

Bill Barton, a sales management leader with over two decades of experience, has been named senior vice president, sales, at Displaydata.

Click and collect still emerging in retail segment

November 2, 2018

Just 37.6 percent of retailers are offering click and collect capability to consumers, according to OrderDynamics' research report, Omni-2000 Research: Global.

Emotion in customer care: Just how important is it?

Julien Rio, head of marketing at Dimelo, explains why retailers need to solve problems from the lower levels of the hierarchy of needs when it comes to…

Customer identification remains a challenge for retailers, reveals survey

November 1, 2018

Just 23 percent of brick-and-mortar retailers are able to identify a customer prior to checkout, compared to 60 percent of online retailers and the inability…

4 rules for getting consumers to opt-in to SMS marketing campaigns

Dan Slavin, CEO, CodeBroker explains how SMS marketing represents a real opportunity for marketers.

American shoppers put money where their trust is, reveals research

October 31, 2018

American shoppers are increasingly shopping at retailers they trust, according to new PCI Pal research.

Survey: Younger shoppers hitting brick-and-mortar retailers, older consumers jumping online

October 31, 2018

Millennials are increasingly shopping at brick-and-mortar stores while older consumers are gravitating to online stores to shop, according to a new Euclid…

Nick Gerostathos now CFO for Hero Digital

October 31, 2018

Customer experience agency, Hero Digital, has named Nick Gerostathos as its chief financial officer, reporting to CEO David Kilimnik.

GameStop taps Right Media Solutions to upgrade digital signage

October 30, 2018

GameStop Corp. has selected Right Media Solutions to upgrade its digital video network to more than 3,800 locations. The network will be powered by Commercial…

The customer experience is broken: Lifecycle marketing is the fix

Augie MacCurrach, CEO, Customer Portfolios, offers insight on what leads to a broken customer experience and tips and advice on how to fix it.