Apple partners with French designer Philippe Starck?

April 16, 2012

Apple is working with Philippe Starck, the famous French product designer, on a "revolutionary" project to be unveiled later this year, according to…

Students develop online fitting rooms

April 16, 2012

Who needs a fitting room at a brick-and-mortar store now that a company in Estonia has designed technology that allows customers to try on new clothes on their…

NRF: March retail sales growth marks positive start to spring

April 16, 2012

Thanks to an earlier Easter holiday and unseasonably warm weather through much of the country, retailers in March witnessed solid sales growth. According to…

Canadian retailers finally embracing kiosks

April 16, 2012

Canadian retailers are embracing kiosks, hoping to increase sales for DVD rentals as well as a variety of other products, according to Metro News Canada.

44Doors, QR codes and the art of mobile marketing

Tim Hayden, the CMO for mobile marketing company 44Doors, spoke with Mobile Payments Today at the Retail RAMP conference in Chicago. Hayden discussed how…

Mobibucks discusses its ready-made m-payment solution

Louisville, Ky.-based Mobibucks is marketing it's ready-to-deploy mobile payment solution. Company SVP Bill Baustien took time at the Retail RAMP conference in…

Nanonation rocks out ambient digital signage, product info kiosks (Video)

The company talks retail solutions in digital signage and kiosks.

Macy's embracing technology to mirror online shopping experience

April 13, 2012

The success of its online sales is inspiring Macy's Chief Executive Terry Lundgren to make some changes to the in-store shopping experience, according to a…

New Balance opens Boston 'Experience' store

April 13, 2012

New Balance is stepping up its game with a new 2,500-square-foot high-tech store at Copley Square in Boston that opens today. The store features artistic…

Fujitsu demos mobile, kiosk printers

Fujitsu recently launched a new mobile printer designed to work with Apple iOS systems but also has a version for Android formats. Cherryh Butler of…

RedDotNet launches NFC integrated kiosk

RedDotNet showed off its 15-inch, NFC- integrated kiosk at CETW in San Francisco. Robb Kirschenmann, the company's vice president of operations, spoke with…

Digital Signage Today publishes updated buyer's guide for media players

April 12, 2012

Digital Signage Today has published the 2012 edition of its Digital Signage Media Player Comparison Guide.

3 ways to stop theft at the self-checkout

Security experts give tips on protecting inventory.

Gucci unveils mobile POS program

April 12, 2012

Gucci sales associates at select U.S., Europe and Asia locations are equipped with personal Apple iPhone 4S devices to provide shoppers with a more convenient…

Harbortouch releases POS software for retail merchants

April 12, 2012

Harbortouch, a national supplier of touchscreen point-of-sale systems, has launched new versions of its free POS system program for the retail, spirits and…

Golf retailer opens experiential store in Baltimore County

April 12, 2012

Golfsmith, the nation's largest specialty golf retailer, is opening a high-tech 22,000-square-foot facility this week in Baltimore County, Md. The store will…

Big-box retailers shifting focus to smaller stores

April 12, 2012

Big-box retail came alive in 1962, when Walmart, K-Mart, and Target opened their first stores, but after nearly 50 years of kicking mom-and-pop shops to the…

Beating the showrooming blues

by Jeff Weidauer — Vice President, Marketing & Strategy, Vestcom International, Inc.

Today's Wall Street Journal carries an article on what's being called "showrooming." This is a relatively new activity where shoppers go to a local brick &…

Are Best Buy's best days behind it?

by Lisa Biank Fasig — Director, JZMcBride and Associates

The news that Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn left the company yesterday created quite a stir across Wall Street and the retail sector. It may also have consumers…

Macy's using Lilitab iPad kiosks to market 'Fashion Star' merch

April 11, 2012

Macy's is using Lilitab iPad kiosks to feature the clothing it's selling from NBC's reality television series "Fashion Star."