Consumers want more value from loyalty programs, reveals report

December 12, 2019

Over a third of consumers, 38%, avoid retail loyalty programs with many stating that they don't feel there is enough value in participating. For those opting…

Retailer offers unique customer journey

December 12, 2019

The Canada Goose store in Toronto promises coat-buyers a different type of shopping and purchase experience in that there is no inventory to put in a bag and…

Purolator installs one-stop 'shop and ship' kiosk at mall

December 11, 2019

Purolator has unveiled its Quick Stop Kiosk that allows shoppers to buy gifts and ship them from a convenient location at the CF Toronto Eaton Centre.

Unicol debuts digital kiosk enclosure

December 11, 2019

Unicol has introduced the Obelisk Digital Signage System, a column style kiosk/totem enclosure for large format screens that allows for a wide range of…

Biometrics to secure $2.5T in mobile payments by 2024

December 11, 2019

Biometric authentication will be used to secure $2.5 trillion in mobile payment transactions by 2024, a tenfold increase from the $228 million forecast for…

KC barbecue joint serving Nebraska Furniture Mart customers

December 10, 2019

Blind Box BBQ is opening Monday inside Nebraska Furniture Mart at 1601 Village West Prkwy., in Kansas City. The 7,000-square-foot restaurant features a bar…

mPOS transactions will surge to $1.9T by 2024

December 10, 2019

Juniper Research is forecasting a surge in mobile point-of-sale transactions, with new data showing volume will more than double to $1.9 trillion by 2024…

Topgolf taps LG digital signage to enhance customer experience

December 9, 2019

Topgolf Entertainment Group, a sports and entertainment community, is installing more than 10,000 displays from LG Business Solutions USA in more than 50 of…

PayPal, Venmo expanding presence at brick and mortar retailers

December 9, 2019

PayPal is planning to increase its presence in physical retail stores, both on the PayPal and the Venmo platforms, according to Axios.

Retail Business Services teams with UST Global on unattended store

December 9, 2019

Retail Business Services, the services company of Ahold Delhaize USA, has announced a frictionless store technology, piloted under the name lunchbox, which…

Coinme introduces bitcoin purchasing in Denver Safeway stores

December 6, 2019

Coinme, blockchain financial technology company that operates a network of bitcoin ATMs, has entered the greater Denver area by adding more than 100 bitcoin…

Denver's Empower Field at Mile High launches self-service concessions

December 6, 2019

The Denver Broncos, in conjunction with Aramark, its food and beverage provider, has unveiled concessions improvements at Empower Field at Mile High, including…

CaixaBank debuts facial recognition system for payments at Nestle Market

December 6, 2019

CaixaBank, based in Spain, announced the launch of a payments system trial at a Nestle Market, marking the first time that a grocery or retail store uses…

Dave & Buster's debuts mobile guest engagement commerce app

December 5, 2019

Dave & Buster's is launching a guest engagement app experience that lets guests tap their smartphones on games, provides instant reloading capability for…

American Express study reveals rise in online payment fraud

December 5, 2019

American Express issued a report showing that 77% of merchants reported being victim of some type of fraud, adding that efforts to mitigate those risks are…

The Vitamin Shoppe debuts interactive kiosks to drive product trials

December 5, 2019

The Vitamin Shoppe, an omnichannel retailer of nutritional products, has included Vengo Labs' interactive sampling technology in its new innovation store in…

SMBs want better credit card rewards, benefits

December 5, 2019

While small business credit cards are generally getting high marks from their customers, they are falling short in a key area that involves terms, rewards and…

Cyber Monday reveals mobile driving ecommerce train

by David Jones — Editor, Networld Media Group

December 5, 2019

A record holiday shopping performance on Cyber Monday was driven by heavy use of mobile by retailers looking to take advantage of the short holiday season.

Black Friday restaurant gift card sales nearly 10% higher this season

December 4, 2019

A Paytronix analysis of Black Friday restaurant gift card sales reveals a 9.73% increase compared to last year and sales for the holiday shopping weekend…

Interactive wayfinding kiosks to post free ads for small retailers

December 4, 2019

Small businesses in Aurora, Illinois, a Chicago suburb, can post ads for free on the eight recently installed CityPost interactive touchscreen kiosks…