CTIA: Sprint expands M2M portfolio with partnerships

Sprint VP uses the country's largest wireless convention to discuss the company's newest business partners.

GMC Inspire platform offers enterprise solution for customer engagement

March 24, 2011

GMC Software Technology, a global company offering end-to-end software solutions, has introduced GMC Inspire, a Customer Communications Management (CCM…

Walgreens to purchase Drugstore.com

March 24, 2011

According to NYTimes.com, Walgreens has announced that it plans to buy Drugstore.com for $409 million. Drugstore.com sells over-the-counter health, beauty…

NCR to sell DVD rental machines to retailers

March 24, 2011

NCR Corp. has plans to sell its own DVD kiosks to retailers, who will then brand them with their own logos and sell DVDs, video games or music CDs that are now…

OfficeMax will carry new BlackBerry PlayBook tablet

March 24, 2011

OfficeMax Inc., a major office supplies and services provider, yesterday announced it will offer the new BlackBerry PlayBook tablet in all of its 1,000 retail…

Netflix offers apology and refund for outage

March 24, 2011

According to DigitalTrends.com, Netflix offered an account credit to its customers for an outage on its website that lasted more than an hour on Tuesday…

Beanstalk Loyalty offers Facebook check-in via POS terminal

Retailers can use social media on kiosks and POS terminals to better market to their customers.

CTIA 2011: Mobile payments for the underbanked

PayNearMe's Mike Kaplan says that stores like 7-Eleven can do business with people outside the financial mainstream with mobile payment applications.

CTIA 2011: Sprint exec compares wireless to water

Talking about the company's M2M partnerships, Wayne Ward gives an interesting analogy for his business model.

Home Depot announces barcode program for smartphones

March 23, 2011

According to TechNewsDaily.com, Home Depot announced its first mobile barcode program, which allows customers to take a picture of a 2-D barcode, known as a QR…

Sunrise MarketPlace launches redesigned website

March 23, 2011

Sunrise MarketPlace, a Citrus Heights, Calif., retail and business district, has partnered with Mallfinder, a developer and provider of integrated marketing…

Miva Merchant offers mobile commerce option to online store owners

March 23, 2011

Miva Merchant, an e-commerce software company, has released a new mobile e-commerce framework designed to give online store owners the ability to develop…

Payvment paves the way for shopping on social networks

by Kim Williams — Reporter, NetWorld Alliance

Facebook Shopping Mall sets the stage for the next major shopping portal.

Top 100: 70. RadioShack

Radio Shack’s biggest challenge, according to Bruce Geller, chief executive officer of investment management firm Dalton, Greiner, Hartman, Maher, is that it’s…

Top 100: 69. Dick's Sporting Goods

Dick’s has succeeded where other big box efforts in the sporting goods category have failed by catering to serious enthusiasts and their families who want a…

Aggregator site launches commitment-free coupons program

by Kim Williams — Reporter, NetWorld Alliance

Services like Xferral offer an easy way to browse deal-a-day sites like Groupon and others.

Tayloring for Everyone

by Lisa Biank Fasig — Director, JZMcBride and Associates

Holy pencil skirt! It looks like Ann Taylor might actually be too small for its "Julie"-cut trousers.

Acqueon launches new multichannel outbound notification software application

March 22, 2011

Acqueon Technologies Inc., a product specialist in Customer Interaction Management (CIM), announced its new communications and notifications management…

Apple sues Amazon for use of term 'App store'

March 22, 2011

According to Bloomberg.com, Apple Inc. is suing Amazon.com Inc., claiming the retailer’s use of the term “App Store” is trademark infringement.

Price Chopper to implement IBM data-warehouse platform

March 22, 2011

IBM today announced that Price Chopper, a Golub Corp. company and one of the largest supermarket and pharmacy chains in the Northeast region, will implement…