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by Jim Joseph — President, Lippe Taylor

I was walking down Bleeker Street in NYC the other day, just kind of strolling along. If you don't know, Bleeker Street is a quiet little street in Greenwich…

Sears loses $145 to one of its kiosks

December 2, 2010

Retailers who wish to offer a product with a price that is different online from the one in store should consider strategies to handle customers who discover…

A View into Your Holiday Morning

by Lisa Biank Fasig — Director, JZMcBride and Associates

Regardless of the Black Friday hype, the holiday shopping season still has a long way to go. After all, the Saturday before Christmas is often the busiest…

Lessons learned from Macy's: Going local can have big payoffs

A local strategy can drive sales, allow flexibility with promotional campaigns.

A two-way integration of digital signage and mobile

by Christopher Hall — w, t

EnQii and Kombi have partnered on an app to further integrate digital signage and mobile techs.

Kodak intros new Smart Print System

December 1, 2010

Eastman Kodak Co. today announced the availability of the PYNK Smart Print System at 5,000 CVS/pharmacy stores nationwide.

NRF: BVI Networks to show shopper behavior analysis tool

November 30, 2010

BVI Networks, provider of the RetailNEXT in-store intelligence system, will release its next generation software for retailers at the National Retail…

IDC report lays out the importance of the multichannel experience

November 30, 2010

Hybris, a multichannel commerce software vendor, has announced the findings of research it has commissioned from IDC looking at how retailers can improve their…

AisleBuyer introduces mobile self-checkout app for Android

November 29, 2010

AisleBuyer LLC, provider of mobile checkout solutions, announced today that its mobile self-checkout application is now available in the Android Marketplace.

Gomez launches Retail User Experience Index

November 29, 2010

Gomez, the web performance division of Compuware Corp., has introduced the Gomez Retail UX (User Experience) Index. The UX Index is a view into the aggregate…

Deploying social media to cultivate customer loyalty

Average spending on social media to achieve loyalty increased by 193 percent over the past year.

Former redbox exec to lead rival DVD kiosk start-up

November 29, 2010

Public Media Works Inc., the Los Angeles-based parent of upstart DVD-rental kiosk company EntertainmentXpress, has hired former redbox executive Greg Waring as…

Holiday Shopping Dilemma

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

 ...when to buy.

Holiday Shopping Index: Most consumers don't know what they're buying this year

November 28, 2010

With the traditional holiday shopping season just beginning, retail stores and online merchants are angling to capture their share of consumer spending.

Black Friday weekend sees bigger crowds, $45 billion in spending

With one of the biggest shopping days of the year under their belts, retailers have reason to smile.

More than 106 million Americans to shop on Cyber Monday

November 27, 2010

Looking to get the biggest bang for their buck this holiday season, a record number of Americas will hit retailers’ websites this Cyber Monday to take…

Eataly

by Jim Joseph — President, Lippe Taylor

I had an amazing shopping experience this past weekend - Eataly - a full blown retail celebration of Italy that just opened in Manhattan near the corner of…

Netshoes launches customized web shopping experience

November 23, 2010

ATG, a provider of cross-channel commerce solutions, announced that Brazilian sports retailer Netshoes has successfully completed the re-platform and re-launch…

Old Navy launches 'virtual Black Friday' in Facebook game

November 22, 2010

CrowdStar and Sibblingz, which provide platforms for building social games, today announced the launch of an in-game Old Navy branded virtual store for the…

What impact will OnLive have on video game retail?

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

The "games-in-the-cloud" service could disrupt game retail the way Netflix did movie retail - if consumers embrace it.