Best Buy expanding Magnolia program

October 28, 2010

Best Buy is opening Magnolia Design Centers, the company's premium home entertainment and electronics brand, in two more California locations.

Can Halloween scare up more retail sales?

Trick-or-treating can be just as indicative of consumer interest in holiday purchases as back-to-school.

Using assumptions as a problem-solving tool

Author shares a four-question approach to isolating and solving operational problems.

Cost of Loyalty – For Retailers

by Lisa Biank Fasig — Director, JZMcBride and Associates

Often times, as I cash in my CVS Extra Bucks or Nordstrom Notes, I wonder how much these loyalty programs cost retailers. For some, I imagine they are a…

Why Apple Will Dominate Location Based Marketing

by Doug Stephens — President, Retail Prophet Consulting

Location based services are quickly becoming the marketers most powerful tool to reach consumers in a contextual and relevant way.  But could an unlikely…

Walls + Forms unveils Shop-in-A-Box temporary store kit

October 25, 2010

Walls + Forms, Inc., provider of displays and wall systems for over twenty years, has introduced its Shop-In-A-Box, a reusable, temporary store environment…

Target shoppers can use Kodak kiosks to print photos from Facebook

October 24, 2010

Target Corp. announced recently it will allow shoppers to print their photos directly from Facebook through the Kodak photo kiosks in its stores, according to…

Microsoft powering VUKUNET ad platform

October 21, 2010

NEC Display Solutions of America Inc. recently announced that it is using Microsoft Corp.'s enterprise-ready software platform to support its VUKUNET digital…

Apple opening new retail store in Chicago

October 21, 2010

According to MacRumors.com, Apple is set to open its new Lincoln Park retail store in Chicago on Saturday, Oct. 23, at 10 a.m.

Luxury and designer brands finding more success online

October 21, 2010

According to the newly released "Trend Report: Luxury & Designer Brands Online" — a study of 20 online fashion brands released recently by PM Digital and…

Emerging technology and data trends in customer loyalty

Social networking is adding volumes of attitudinal data that complements behavioral transactional data.

The future of wired retail

New technologies and new shoppers are forcing the retail industry to change, and embracing change is the only way forward.

CETWorld introduces new educational track

October 20, 2010

Customer Engagement Technology World (CETW), formerly the KioskCom Self Service Expo and The Digital Signage Show, has announced that this year's fall show…

Soon-to-be-released SWAGG mobile gift card app adds Crocs

October 20, 2010

Mobile commerce enabler Firethorn Holdings LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Inc., has announced that casual footwear trendsetter Crocs Inc. is the…

Gap on new logo: Never mind

The retailer quickly backpedaled on its new logo design after customer furor. Was it all just a PR stunt?

Walgreens picks Bazaarvoice for social commerce strategy

October 19, 2010

Bazaarvoice, a provider of hosted social commerce applications that drive sales, recently announced that Walgreens has selected its social commerce platform…

Wincor Nixdorf expands BEETLE/Fusion line of POS systems

October 18, 2010

Wincor Nixdorf Inc. today announced that it has expanded its BEETLE/Fusion product line of touch-based point-of-sale systems.

NRF: Economy still a downer; blue skies on the holiday horizon

October 18, 2010

Though Americans are still operating with the recession in the back of their minds and many have fundamentally changed their shopping habits, some findings…

Educating Consumers

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

 Are you stimulating consumption...

The three 'R's of loyalty

Technology is taking the realm of loyalty marketing from evolution to revolution.