Despite government shutdown, retail imports rose in October

November 12, 2013

Import volume at the nation's major retail container ports grew 6.5 percent in October over the same month last year despite the government shutdown, and…

Technology meets beauty in a New York subway station

A L'Oreal retail kiosk in the Bryant Park subway station gives New Yorkers a high-tech beauty consultation.

Christopher & Banks installs retail analytics platform

November 12, 2013

QuantiSense, a provider of retail exception management software, has announced that specialty women's apparel retailer Christopher & Banks Corp. has…

More than half of mobile sales originating from email made on a tablet

November 12, 2013

A new report from email marketing services provider Yesmail Interactive, an Infogroup company, finds that 56 percent of mobile online sales originating from a…

Report says retail shrink averages 1.4 percent of sales

November 12, 2013

Shrink, comprised of shoplifting, employee or supplier fraud, organized retail crime and administrative errors, cost the retail industry more than $11…

Make sure your associates are not practicing survey coercion

by Jim Joseph — President, Lippe Taylor

Last week in my class at NYU we discussed consumer surveys as a market research technique. They are a tried and true approach to getting feedback or getting to…

Survey says most online retailers ignoring site-search data

November 12, 2013

Global e-commerce companies are missing significant opportunities to improve the effectiveness, reach and return of their marketing and sales programs…

Amazon, USPS to offer Sunday package delivery

November 11, 2013

Earlier this year, the U.S. Postal Service sought to staunch some of its financial bleeding by eliminating letter delivery on Saturday. That didn't end up…

Moneris goes wireless for new chip-and-PIN mPOS reader

November 11, 2013

Moneris, a Canadian debit and credit card processor, is set to roll out PAYD PRO, which it said is the first mobile POS system to use chip-and-PIN technology.

New PCI guidelines will go live Jan. 1, 2014

November 11, 2013

The PCI Security Standards Council, an open, global forum for the development of payment card security standards, has published version 3.0 of the PCI Data…

Smartphones are transforming retail, not with technology, but with messy humanity

A profound transformation in retail is now underway. But it's not what you think.

Venezuela military seizes big-box retail store, lowers prices

November 11, 2013

Violent rhetoric and imagery can be common in marketing, what with retailers slashing prices at a pace that would make Jason Voorhees say "Hey, whoa, let's not…

POS-maker GiftLogic adds new touchscreen option

November 11, 2013

GiftLogic recently began offering a touchscreen interface as an optional component of its hardware bundle for use with GiftLogic POS software, the company…

Retail industry adds 37,600 jobs in October

November 11, 2013

The National Retail Federation issued the following statement from NRF president and CEO Matthew Shay and chief economist Jack Kleinhenz on the October jobs…

Silver Jeans Co. unveils new tech-centric store design

November 11, 2013

YCD Multimedia, a provider of smart digital signage solutions, today announced that Silver Jeans Co., a producer of high quality and well-fitting jeans in the…

President Obama reportedly supports $10.10 minimum wage

November 11, 2013

Reports surfaced last week that President Obama supports an increase in the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, from the current $7.25 an hour. This…

Transforming your customers' necessary errands into something they want to do

by Micah Solomon — president, four aces inc

In anticipation of a recent overseas retail banking event where I was keynote speaker, I had the pleasure of interviewing Umpqua Bank Regional VP Michele…

Barnes & Noble announces 'Discovery Friday,' marketing campaign

November 11, 2013

Barnes & Noble, Inc. wants to start the holiday shopping season earlier than anyone else: Today the retailer announced Barnes & Noble Discovery Friday…

Strong 'shopping intensity' expected for Thanksgiving-holiday period

November 8, 2013

Consumers are geared up for the Thanksgiving shopping days, according to a special national consumer poll of 1,000 households that was commissioned by the…

Payleven launches mPOS solution in France

November 8, 2013

The German mobile payments mPOS startup Payleven, which provides a wireless card reader that connects to mobile devices via Bluetooth, has launched a trial in…