Study: Background noise inspires innovative purchases

June 26, 2012

A new study shows that moderate background noise may inspire consumers to buy more innovative products.

Eight mistakes that kill your retail sales training

by Bob Phibbs — CEO, The Retail Doctor

You've only got one shot at training new hires. One. You can't go back...

Retail Top 100 2012, No. 67: Staples

June 26, 2012

Redbox closes deal to buy NCR's DVD kiosks

June 26, 2012

Coinstar's Redbox has completed the acquisition of NCR's DVD kiosk business, including DVD kiosks, DVD inventory, intellectual property and certain retailer…

Groupon pushing deals with street-side touchscreens

June 26, 2012

Groupon is hoping the multitouch displays it's deploying in Chicago this week will entice passersby to purchase deals. The Chicago-based deal company partnered…

Why tablets are so compelling to kids ... of all species

by Chris Petersen — Owner, IMS

The twins absolutely love their iPad. They can't get enough time on it. In this Miami family, the teenagers also exhibit a high preference for consumer…

Supermarket offers free groceries ... if you shop nude

June 25, 2012

Bumping into an old friend at a grocery store is always awkward, but now imagine if you were both naked. That was a likely scenario last week at Priss, a new…

Obama campaign uses gift registry to raise funds

June 25, 2012

Consumers no longer just register for baby showers and weddings — they're also making lists for their birthday and graduation gifts. So why shouldn't…

Plans for Amazon retail store moving ahead

June 25, 2012

Amazon's new retail store in Seattle, where the company is based, will be on the ground retail level in one of the three towers its constructing, according to…

Driving growth by changing the marketing and sales dynamic

Marketing execs can get so caught up in words, pictures and messages that they fail to focus on ROI.

Feds charge a suspected major cyber thief

by Brad Cyprus — Chief of Security and Compliance, Vendor Safe Technologies

Everyone in retail can breathe a little easier today knowing that federal authorities have charged David Benjamin Schrooten, or as he is known in cyber space…

Retail Customer Experience launches retail podcast

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

The weekly wrap-up show will focus on the big events of the week, with food-for-thought for the days ahead.

Home Depot happy with decision to give employees mobile devices

June 22, 2012

Home Depot's Jennifer Smith discussed Wednesday at Motorola's product launch in New York City the success of the retailer's mobile device deployment.

Will consumers opt-in for the 'store of the future?'

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

Motorola Solutions recently launched a variety of solutions to help retailers deliver what it calls the "store of the future." Many of the company's solutions…

Tom Litchford to join NRF as VP of Retail Technologies

June 22, 2012

The National Retail Federation announced today that Tom Litchford – a 30-year retail technology veteran who has held prominent roles at Microsoft Corporation…

Motorola shares vision for future of retail

Motorola unveiled new customer experience solutions at its New York event this week.

Retail Top 100 2012, No. 68: Lowe's

June 21, 2012

AutoZone using iPads at the shelf

June 21, 2012

NCR unveils grocery store management suite

June 21, 2012

Technology solutions that increase customer service, customer loyalty and store efficiency are more important than ever and are increasingly within reach of…

Understanding retail's 'third shelf'

by Doug Stephens — President, Retail Prophet Consulting

There have always been two "shelves" in retail. The first can be found in the retail store and is where the product is most often evaluated and ultimately…