Retail Gift Card Association releases Holiday Gift Card Trend Tracker Survey

November 21, 2013

The holiday shopping season is just around the corner and to kick it off, the Retail Gift Card Association has released the results of its Holiday Gift Card…

Isis announces alliance program to support merchant technology

November 21, 2013

Isis, the mobile commerce joint venture created by AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile USA Inc. and Verizon Wireless, today announced the launch of the Isis…

Survey of retail executives shows mixed sentiment for the holiday season

November 21, 2013

Retailers may be making their (inventory) lists and checking them twice this holiday season. A new retail outlook survey from CIT Group Inc., a provider of…

Focus! But on what?

by Dale Furtwengler — President, Furtwengler & Associates, P.C.

Many of the most successful people I know attribute a great deal of their success to their ability to focus their time, effort and energy. The question is, how…

CXM company Sitecore acquires e-commerce vendor commerceserver.net

November 20, 2013

Sitecore, a provider of customer experience management software, announced that it has acquired commerceserver.net. According to the companies, the acquisition…

Survey shows that a majority of consumers will shop online for the holidays

November 20, 2013

An ongoing shopper behavior study conducted by The Integer Group and M/A/R/C Research shows that 30 percent of shoppers say the ease, speed, and low prices…

RSR releases omni-channel self-assessment tool for retailers

November 20, 2013

Retail Systems Research has announced the launch of the RSR Omni-channel Maturity Survey, an online self-assessment tool that helps retailers determine where…

Photos: Barneys New York holiday window displays

November 20, 2013

The "Empire State" meets state-of-the-art display technology from Christie for a fully immersive visitor experience this holiday season at the Barneys New York…

Ebay: The other e-commerce giant that is reinventing retail

by Chris Petersen — Owner, IMS

Why do today's most innovative retailers seem to start with a vowel?

Square Register gets a new look

November 20, 2013

Square has redesigned its POS solution. The company said the new Square Register is more intuitive for merchants and customers, optimized for efficiency and…

The importance of building buzz in your organization before deploying digital signage

by Jessica Webster — Marketing Specialst, Horizon Display

The greatest asset you have invested in is not your product or service. It's not even your awesome new touch technology, it's your employees. That is why…

Eyeview 'Black Friday Booster' helps retailers send hyper-local video ads

November 20, 2013

Eyeview, a provider of personalized digital video advertising solutions for brand marketers, has announced a new solution to help retailers promote Black…

Mintel's senior retail and apparel analyst releases Black Friday comments

Ali Lipson gives a roundup of recent retail news, and her thoughts on the impact for US retailers this holiday season.

Checkpoint launches RFID system for retail point-of-exit

November 20, 2013

Checkpoint Systems, Inc., a supplier of merchandise availability solutions for the retail industry, has announced RFID-based EAS Overhead 2.0, which the…

NRF reports October sales growth of 2.5%

November 20, 2013

Positive retail sales numbers in the month of October point to a good holiday sales season ahead. According to the National Retail Federation — the world's…

Westfield, eBay partner to launch digital storefronts in San Francisco

November 20, 2013

Westfield Labs, an entity of the Westfield Group, has unveiled its first partnership pilot with eBay, which it says unites the power of mobile and online…

Shopkick goes live with Apple's iBeacon at Macy's

November 20, 2013

Shopping app shopkick announced that today it deploys the first Apple iBeacon-based presence signal at any major retailer. ShopBeacon transmitters are now live…

Webinar on retail caching available on demand

November 19, 2013

On Nov. 12, Retail Customer Experience presented "Caching in on the Customer Experience," a live webinar sponsored by STRATACACHE. 

E-commerce platform for SMB adds mobile capabilities

November 19, 2013

Volusion, a provider of e-commerce software and services for small to medium-sized businesses, has released an assortment of features to help its merchants…

Building an “Insurance Store in a Box” Solution

From an innocuous request-for-info email 2 years ago, Meridian and Direct General Auto Insurance commenced on the path of a self-service solution that would…