AT&T opens high-tech, bilingual store in Queens

February 27, 2012

New York Yankees pitcher Dwight Gooden was on site today to help AT&T celebrate the grand opening of its largest and newest store in New York.

UK kitchenware retailer tracking inventory with new technology

February 27, 2012

Lakeland, a U.K. kitchenware retailer with 57 stores and a multi-channel business, has started to implement Maple Lake's merchandise planning solution in a bid…

Retailers increasing traffic with Pinterest

Retailers are using Pinterest, the newest social media site, to grow traffic and increase sales.

PeopleMatter Secures $14 Million Series C Funding led by Morganthaler Ventures

PeopleMatter, provider of the fastest-growing talent management solution (TMS) specifically designed for hourly workforces in the service industry, announced…

MasterCard EMV announcement: The reality

by Brad Cyprus — Chief of Security and Compliance, Vendor Safe Technologies

In 2011, Visa announced a plan to introduce the Europay MasterCard Visa standard (EMV) to the US market, and to do so, they determined that they should…

Skunkworks, reorganization and other tactics to excel in the digital age

by Aaron Shapiro — CEO, HUGE

Outside of the technology sector, most of the large companies that I encounter are startlingly similar.

ShopIgniter releases platform to secure Facebook purchases

February 24, 2012

ShopIgniter has launched a social commerce platform to help secure Facebook purchases. The suite includes tools and back-end integration to execute integrated…

Report predicts future of mobile commerce

February 24, 2012

More than half of the U.S. smartphone population used their phone to perform retail research while inside a store in 2011, illustrating the emergence of savvy…

TIO to launch cloud-based wallet

February 24, 2012

TIO Networks, an expedited bill-payment processor, will launch a cloud-based wallet platform, TIO Wallet, designed to help the estimated 60 million Americans…

Nordstrom to spend $1B to grow e-commerce

February 24, 2012

Nordstrom's online sales are exploding, and the company is investing $1 billion over the next five years to support its e-commerce infrastructure, according to…

CROSSMARK using Aldata to help clients optimize shelf space

February 23, 2012

CROSSMARK, a sales and marketing services organization, is now using Aldata's Shelf Planning and Space Automation solutions to tailor product assortments for…

Plus-size retailer selling merch on Facebook

February 23, 2012

Plus-size women's apparel cataloger Ulla Popken has launched a new Facebook page integrated with MarketLive's e-commerce platform.

Flash sale sites lead to full-price purchases

Research suggests that many new luxury consumers are entering the category via flash sales sites.

Teenagers have changed: Here's what it will take for them to succeed in retail

by Bob Phibbs — CEO, The Retail Doctor

In the Wall Street Journal article, "What's Wrong With the Teenage Mind?" Alison Gopnik takes an in-depth look at two trends affecting the maturation of…

High-end retailers doing better than big box stores

February 22, 2012

High-end retailers had more to celebrate this holiday season than their box box counterparts, judging by the results of four major retailers who reported…

Is this the end of Facebook commerce already?

With a few notable exceptions, it just doesn't make sense to invest in a Facebook storefront, according to one expert.

Study: Retailers must engage employees to please shoppers

February 22, 2012

Employee engagement in the U.S. retail sector has sunk to its lowest levels since 2009, according to a new study claiming that employee engagement is directly…

Online auction site targets retailers, smartphones

February 22, 2012

Trade Me, an online auction site, hopes to boost the sale of new goods by integrating retailers into its platform.

Checkpoint helping apparel retailers deploy RFID

February 22, 2012

Checkpoint Systems Inc., a global supplier of shrink management, merchandise visibility and apparel labeling solutions for the retail industry, has launched…

Walmart buying largest Chinese e-retailer

February 22, 2012

Walmart Stores plans to buy a controlling stake in the fast-growing Chinese online retailer Yihaodian.