OfficeMax joins up with Google Wallet

October 2, 2011

The Google Wallet continues to add merchants to its stable of partners. Today, office supply store OfficeMax Inc. announced it has launched new checkout…

Google opens its first bricks-and-mortar shop

October 2, 2011

The dominant player in search now has an in-store presence: The Register reports that the first Google Shop has opened, on Tottenham Court Road in London.

AT&T opens new high-tech store in Chicago

October 2, 2011

AT&T has announced the opening of a high-tech retail store in Chicago's Bucktown neighborhood. According to the company, the store offers a unique way for…

How data-driven creative is transforming the customer-retailer relationship

Data-driven insights are creating a new language for retailers and marketers to deliver personalization.

T-Mobile's new store design

T-Mobile is unveiling a new look in nearly 400 stores across the country. The new format is designed to make shoppers feel more comfortable and simplify the…

Makeovers go virtual

Modiface has debuted technology that allows head-to-toe makeovers via in-store kiosks, mobile phones or tablets.

Gilbarco gas pumps to greet customers by name, offer personalized promotions

September 28, 2011

Convenience store cashiers may not remember their customers by name or recall their favorite soft drinks, but fuel dispensers soon will — thanks to the…

Mattress retailer Sleepy's selects Mood Media for in-store music and messaging

September 28, 2011

Mood Media Corporation, an in-store media specialist, has won a contract to supply mattress retailer Sleepy's with in-store music and messaging for more than…

T-Mobile USA unveils new store design

September 28, 2011

Today T-Mobile USA Inc. announced the rollout of a new global design for nearly 400 new and remodeled stores across the country. According to the company…

The six incorrect reports you will hear about holiday retail – again

by Bob Phibbs — CEO, The Retail Doctor

Fruitcakes aren't the only things that reappear, stale, each holiday season.

You should stop issuing coupons. Here's why.

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

Megan McArdle, in her May 11, 2011 article, "Discriminatory Pricing," in The Atlantic, suggests that coupons are simply a way to distinguish between markets…

Northwoods Software delivers web-based planogram solution

September 27, 2011

Northwoods Software announced that it has delivered Hillman Planogrammer Version 1.0 to The Hillman Group Inc. Hillman Planogrammer is a web-based planogram…

Best Buy announces its plans for 2011 holiday season

September 27, 2011

Best Buy has launched its holiday season by announcing a collection of offers that delivers what people say they want most from a retailer: competitively…

NRF: 161 million people plan on celebrating Halloween, highest in survey's 10-year history

September 27, 2011

Ghouls and goblins galore, Halloween celebrations will be "BOOming" this year as more people than ever are expected to partake in traditional festivities.

DVD kiosks may steal Netflix market share

Netflix's decision to split its streaming and mailing services into separate businesses may create opportunities for DVD kiosk companies.

InContext Solutions, IMI Merchandising partner on virtual stores

September 26, 2011

InContext Solutions, a provider of web-based 3-D virtual store environments for research, visualization and e-commerce, has announced a partnership with IMI…

Sorry John-Boy, but Sam's Club is real

by Lisa Biank Fasig — Director, JZMcBride and Associates

The Waltons of our childhood lived as a tight-knit family during the Great Depression in a rambling old house in the middle of rural Virginia. The Waltons of…

Design Within Reach selects TD Retail for private-label credit card

September 25, 2011

North American furniture and home accessories retailer Design Within Reach has selected TD Retail Card Services to develop and administer its private label…

Deloitte forecasts a 2.5 to 3 percent increase in holiday sales

September 25, 2011

Although the slow U.S. economic recovery and uncertainty overseas are sending shivers through consumers this fall, retailers should expect small gains in 201…

Digital signage: How it affects our everyday lives (infographic)

by Christopher Hall — writer, self

Digital signage is everywhere, so much so that sometimes we don't even realize it. Nearly 70 percent of Americans see it every month, and more than half every…