Modell's ups its online game with new e-commerce provider

May 31, 2012

Modell's Sporting Goods has chosen e-commerce provider Shopatron as the order management solution to deliver sports gear to fans via Modells.com. Modell's will…

Survey: Consumers using Pinterest to engage with retailers more than Facebook, Twitter

Good deals still the leading reason for visits, but deals and promos are losing their luster.

Mobile check-in kiosks to drive store sales

May 31, 2012

Software designer Solekai Systems has partnered with a mobile solutions start-up called Raging Mobile to develop a prototype for a mobile phone check-in kiosk…

Study: Consumers want choice of manned, self-service checkout

May 31, 2012

Consumers want a choice of service options with manned checkout (60 percent) and self-service (21 percent), according to a recent survey conducted by TNS on…

Retail Top 100 2012, No. 78: TJ Maxx

May 30, 2012

New BlueSnap solution helps online merchants offer 'high-margin commerce'

May 30, 2012

BlueSnap, a provider of Open Commerce technology and services has a collection of solutions to help merchants increase average revenue per sale and lifetime…

You had me at hello, but: What neuromarketing and Big Data miss

I'm a geek. I love big data and ferreting out patterns. Nothing fascinates me more than the burgeoning field of neuromarketing.

Retail Top 100 2012, No. 79: Dollar General

May 30, 2012

Coinstar testing photo kiosk

May 30, 2012

Coinstar is at it again. No longer satisfied with ruling the coin-counting and the DVD kiosk industries, it's been piloting several new kiosk projects…

MyDealerLot providing RFID technology for Mercedes-Benz USA

May 30, 2012

MyDealerLot is now part of the Mercedes-Benz USA Preferred Vendor Status Program to provide Automated Customer Recognition, Targeted Messaging and Asset…

NRF announces winners of 'This is Retail' (videos)

Nearly 1 million votes were cast during the contest.

What you missed at London's Screenmedia Expo

The show emphasized retail's need for digital signage.

Can pricing build trust?

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

As business owners, we instinctively know that trust is essential to our success. The day we lose our customers trust is the day we lose their business. Game…

Omaha grocery stores welcoming bank-in-a-box kiosks

May 29, 2012

Underbanked Americans in Omaha can obtain financial services via credit union now that Centris Federal Credit Union has partnered with Nexxo Financial Corp.

Retail Top 100 2012, No. 80: Family Dollar

May 29, 2012

Retail catalogs surviving the Internet Age

May 29, 2012

Many may think that the catalog is on its way out as online spending continues to increase, but in fact, the opposite is true.

The Body Shop tests 'entertailing' in Britian

May 29, 2012

The Body Shop on New Bond Street in London is more than a store; it's an oasis of calm, according to theglobeandmail.com, and the prototype for a new…

Holographic Greeter using 360° HD technology

May 29, 2012

Marketing Ad Group has incorporated 360-degree HD image technology into its Holographic Greeter. The result is a dynamic range of view that is unrestricted…

Transparent digital signage electrifies Casio G-Shock (Video)

May 29, 2012

Crystal Display Systems recently posted a video of transparent digital signage deployed in the Casio store in London's Covent Garden district.

Staying on your customer's friends list

by Bryan Pearson — President, LoyaltyOne

Many of us strive to be No. 1, but when it comes to social circles, the first task is to make it into the 150.