Mother's Day revenue set to grow 3 percent this year

May 7, 2014

The time of year dedicated to pampering mom is quickly approaching and Americans are expected to splurge on gifts for Mother's Day. Market research firm…

SkuRun launches proximity marketing tool for c-stores

May 7, 2014

Start-up company SkuRun has announced the availability of its flagship product EnaBLE, an end-to-end mobile marketing platform that it says will help…

Report says imports are more 'Made in America' than label reveals

May 6, 2014

Imported products sold in the United States from clothing to cars contain far more U.S. parts or other content and value and support significantly more…

Amazon eyes mobile payments, POS

by Will Hernandez — Editor, NetWorld Media Group

The online retail leader has a chance to make an immediate impact with an mPOS product.

Duane Reade rolls out major app update, tests iBeacons

May 6, 2014

Duane Reade, the largest drugstore chain in New York City, has released the first update to its app for iPhone including the integration of iBeacon for 1…

Nordstrom Rack launches integrated online/mobile shopping site

May 6, 2014

Seattle-based Nordstrom, Inc., announced it has launched nordstromrack.com, a new e-commerce site and mobile app, built on a shared platform with HauteLook…

Stitch Labs integrates with Square

May 6, 2014

Inventory management tech provider Stitch Labs has announced an integration with Square. With this new integration, Stitch will now enable any seller to easily…

Chase adds dashboard for its mobile checkout

May 6, 2014

Chase Paymentech, a global merchant acquirer, payment processor and subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase & Co., has announced the launch of its Mobile Dashboard…

Amazon intros hashtag purchases on Twitter

May 5, 2014

Amazon and Twitter on Monday launched an initiative that lets consumers add items to their Amazon shopping cart using the micro-blogging service, according to…

Why loyalty tiers no longer rank

by Bryan Pearson — President, LoyaltyOne

For a lot of loyalty program members today, getting to gold is a treasure hunt, and only the program operator holds the map.

Cheese maker Castello brings a pop-up store, and an Iron Chef, to NYC

May 2, 2014

Artisan cheese maker Castello announced it is opening a pop-up store today in New York City's SoHo neighborhood. The store will be open through July 6.

NRF says jobs bounce back after slowdown

May 2, 2014

The National Retail Federation issued the statements below from President and CEO Matthew Shay and Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz in response to the April…

Report says less than two-thirds of retailers use push messaging

May 2, 2014

Mobile marketing analytics firm OtherLevels has released a study that looks at how the top Internet retailers are using mobile messaging.

Kohl's interactive experience at NRF 2014

Chad Brown with Xomni demonstrates his company's interactive assisted selling solution for Kohl's, at this year's NRF show.

ATM & Mobile Innovation Summit to explore Bitcoin, mobile payments

May 1, 2014

At the Sept. 10-12 event in D.C., speakers from across the payments ecosystem will discuss the future of the industry.

Shoppers happy to share personal information if there's a reward

May 1, 2014

Recent data from fashion shopping app Snapette, a business unit of PriceGrabber, shows that shoppers want to exchange personal demographic and shopping…

Groupon launches bulk shopping service

May 1, 2014

Groupon has announced the debut of an online bulk-shopping service called Groupon Basics, which enables customers to stock up and save money on more than 10…

Survey says college students are wary of mobile payments

April 30, 2014

An April poll of 2,503 college students around the country revealed that 42 percent would "probably not" or "definitely not" make more mobile payments if they…

Revel Systems unveils iPad-based POS features for the visually impaired

April 30, 2014

Revel Systems, a provider of iPad POS solutions, has announced a new hardware and software product bundle aimed at providing technology features for the…

Survey says 60 percent of consumers will purchase Mother's Day gifts online

April 30, 2014

Online shopping platform PriceGrabber has released the results of its 2014 Mother's Day Shopping Survey, revealing how families will celebrate mothers this…