Abercrombie & Fitch: Sex Obviously Doesn't Sell

by Bob Phibbs — CEO, The Retail Doctor

If “sex sells” then why have they lost so many of their customers? Sure their Manhattan store sells $100 million a year to gawker tourists, but how about the…

NRF: Three-quarters of online retailers are dialing up mobile strategies

One in five retailers boasts having a fully implemented mobile strategy in place already.

Viewpoints launches post-purchase email service

June 28, 2010

Viewpoints Network, a social technology and media company, has announced the launch of its new Post-Purchase Email Service for the Viewpoints Technology…

Report: U.K. online shopping booming in home and fashion sectors

June 28, 2010

Internet shopping in the home and fashion sectors has been booming according to the new Transactis Home and Fashion Online Retail Index, as total web spend was…

Digital Signage and Emergency Messaging on Campus

Digital signage can deliver real-time emergency messaging, provided it can function across multiple platforms.

eParty Unlimited adds product videos to site, sees sales take off

June 27, 2010

Treepodia, provider of automated online product video technology and services, has announced today that entertainment and party products e-commerce site eParty…

EZface gives customers 'virtual hair coloration'

June 27, 2010

EZface, a provider of virtual makeover technology, has introduced its EZface Virtual Hair Coloration in-store kiosk. According to the company, the application…

Pricing and Policy Decisions

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

OpinionLab releases mobile feedback system

June 24, 2010

OpinionLab, provider of voice-of-customer (VOC) listening technologies, recently announced the launch of DialogCentral, a portable, universal feedback system.

Top 100: 6. Digital delivery of products

Not very long ago, buying new computer software meant driving to the store and purchasing something in a cardboard box; buying music meant another drive, this…

Pennsylvania's new wine kiosks get panned

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

A massive new kiosk that dispenses wine by the bottle is being met with ridicule in oenophile circles.

Top 100: 7. Apple Stores

They represent only a fifth of Apple’s total revenue, but what a stylish fifth it is. In the relatively short time Apple Stores have dotted the shopping mall…

BI-LO launches customer health and wellness initiative

June 22, 2010

South Carolina-based supermarket chain BI-LO has launched a new health and wellness initiative called BI-LO thrive!, which includes a full-time registered…

Sears, Kmart to sell movies, TV shows on demand

June 22, 2010

Two more retailers have joined the growing list of companies wanting to snag some of the revenue being spent on at-home, on-demand entertainment: Reuters…

Radiant rolls out real-time retail reporting tool

June 22, 2010

Radiant Systems Inc. has announced that it has launched CounterPoint SmartAlerts, a powerful new tool within its CounterPoint retail product suite that helps…

UK retailer One Stop uses behavioral planning tool to optimize store space

June 22, 2010

Galleria Retail Technology Solutions has announced that One Stop, a leading UK convenience retailer, has selected Galleria to help it optimize selling space…

SocialConnect weaves together brand experience, the social web

June 22, 2010

Bazaarvoice, a provider of hosted social commerce applications, has announced the SocialConnect suite to help brands safely and effectively leverage the power…

Opinion: Do not give in to 'dumb discounting'

Cutting prices can be a useful tool with core customers, but will just as often backfire on a retailer.

Eyewear retailer brings sunlight into the store

Transitions Optical's new kiosk uses artificial daylight to show off its adaptive lenses.

Top 100: 8. The iPhone

When the first iPhone was announced in early 2007, it was billed by some as the third major computing platform, after Windows and Mac OS. It was to be the Holy…