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Carphone Warehouse starts measuring customer experience
December 18, 2008
Retail Week: Carphone Warehouse is the latest retailer to work with Fizzback to assess the experience it provides to customers. Fizzback's technology allows…
read nowRFID-based 'magic mirror' coming to UK retail
December 17, 2008
The Future of Things: Paxar Corporation and the Italian "TheBigSpace" design firm have recently announced a collaborative initiative under which the two will…
read nowPersonal shopping devices prepare for tipping point in 2009
December 17, 2008
Retail Touch Points: Personal shopping devices for consumers are reaching their "tipping point." With at least one high-profile retailer signaling success with…
read nowHow retail can benefit from social media
December 17, 2008
The Gourmet Retailer: For some retailers, social media is proving to be a valuable tool for engaging consumers, driving sales and building customer loyalty…
read nowUnbound releases mobile retailing platform
December 16, 2008
NEWTON, Mass. — Unbound Commerce has released its Unbound Mobile Presence platform for retailers, giving them the power to connect with their increasingly…
read nowEmotional ads resonating with customers
December 16, 2008
WASHINGTON D.C. — Well-known celebrities, "true story" campaigns, children's holiday pageants and discounted toys were some of the components of retailer's…
read nowConsumers watching record numbers of video product tours
December 16, 2008
SAN RAMON, Calif. — SellPoint Inc., provider of on-demand rich media product tours, announced results that broke all previous records for both the number of…
read nowIndependent retailers tout their differences this holiday
December 14, 2008
Indianapolis Business Journal: Unlike their larger counterparts, locally owned merchants aren't pushing deep discounts to lure shoppers through their doors.
read nowAmerican Apparel expands RFID test
December 14, 2008
RFID Journal: American Apparel has begun tagging individual garments to achieve item-level visibility within several of its nearly 280 stores, more than 175 of…
read nowRetailers alter holiday music mix in-store to play on emotions
December 11, 2008
Forbes: With holiday shopping more stressful than ever this year, some retailers are eschewing traditional holiday music in their stores. Songs like Harry…
read nowLimo rides, employee discounts: retailers pull out the stops to woo shoppers
December 10, 2008
ABC News: Some stores and malls are trying to lure shoppers by treating them like A-listers, offering massages, drinks and a chance to relax at "rejuvenation…
read nowOnline killer app hasn't killed anybody yet
December 9, 2008
Wired: A plethora of new mobile phone applications allow users to type in a code or snap a picture of a product to find out exactly how much their local…
read nowStudy: Online shopper satisfaction holds steady
December 9, 2008
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Despite a decrease in online shopper satisfaction on Cyber Monday year-over-year, customer satisfaction with retail Web sites has remained…
read nowPaco Underhill to speak at Digital Signage Expo
December 8, 2008
ATLANTA — Digital Signage Expo, Interactive Technology Expo and Out-of-Home Network Show have announced that Paco Underhill, founder and managing director of…
read nowPointer Media Network launches with data on 80 million shoppers
December 8, 2008
Ad Week: Armed with two years of purchase data for 80 million individual consumers, Catalina Marketing is this week launching a new in-store ad network called…
read nowCompUSA reinventing itself, making retail more interactive
December 8, 2008
Miami Herald: Troubled electronics retailer CompUSA recently launched a new initiative that leans on the strengths of online retailer TigerDirect, while at the…
read nowWhite paper addresses social media for retail
December 7, 2008
MARINA DEL REY, Calif. — Guidance has published a new white paper offering retailers insight into identifying which Web 2.0 and social technologies will keep…
read nowMicrosoft RFID tool cuts Rite Care fulfillment time in half
December 7, 2008
LAS VEGAS — At this week's Gartner Application Architecture, Development and Integration Summit, Microsoft Corp. announced the general availability of BizTalk…
read nowMacy's continues tradition of extravagant holiday window displays
December 7, 2008
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: The theme of this year's display at the Herald Square flagship — which bills itself as the world's largest store and is…
read nowClothing designer brings RFID to the shopper
December 7, 2008
RFID Journal: At its store in Hollola, Finland, women's clothing designer Naisten Pukutehdas (NP) has extended its RFID system to the sales floor. The company…
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