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Pepper robot boasts record sales, may be the retail assistant of the future
June 21, 2015
Retail assistant of the future flies off sales shelves
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Amazon revamps rating process to make reviews more valuable
June 21, 2015
The world’s biggest etailer hopes to make product reviews more valuable, and more trustworthy, for consumers by revamping and re-weighing actual reviews.
read nowWhy upscale, newer brands can escape negative Groupon effect
June 19, 2015
Some experts caution that restaurant brands may come across as desperate when they offer daily deals, but a new study from the University of Maryland's Robert…
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'Living Services' promises to radically change retailer-consumer interaction
June 19, 2015
There’s a tsunami of change coming toward the retail business environment and interaction with the customer that may turn today’s approaches and strategies in…
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Gap store closing may spur new customer experience for brand fans and Old Navy, Banana Republic shoppers
June 19, 2015
Retail giant Gap Inc. may be closing down 175 North America stores and laying off about 250 workers but there may be a huge silver lining for another brand…
read nowDrone delivery scheduled for take off in just one year
June 18, 2015
Drones in retail delivery could be a reality within the next year as the Federal Aviation Administration is finalizing rules regarding unmanned drone…
read nowApple Watch debuts in retail locations worldwide
June 18, 2015
Apple is now selling its first-ever wearable, Watch, in its retail stores and is making progress in pushing out the device to consumers who have been waiting…
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Starbucks shuttering all 23 La Boulange bakeries, 14 San Francisco locations to close
June 17, 2015
Just three years after buying up La Boulange as part of its strategy to be a bakery brand, Starbucks is shuttering all 23 La Boulange bakery café locations and…
read nowLightspeed POS enjoying big transaction-processing, customer-base growth
June 17, 2015
Commerce platform player Lightspeed POS today reported that it is processing $10 billion in transactions every year and its customer base now boasts 24,00…
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Toys, games segment enjoying consistent increasing sales growth
June 17, 2015
Don’t write off traditional games and toys in light of video games just yet as the retail category enjoyed a 3.6 percent global sales boost in 2014, according…
read nowConnexity buying PriceGrabber
June 17, 2015
Connexity is buying PriceGrabber and the acquisition will reportedly make the marketing services company the second largest product listing lead generation…
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Starbucks expands mobile pay, national rollout continues through the year
June 17, 2015
Starbucks continues national rollout of Mobile Order & Pay into southern, central U.S. locations.
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CVS buys up Target pharma sites in $1.9B purchase
June 16, 2015
CVS Health is buying mega retailer Target’s pharmacy and clinic business units for $1.9 billion, which gives CVS Health an additional 1,660 pharmacies across…
read nowMasterCard announces tokenization support for private-label cards
June 15, 2015
BJ's Wholesale Club, Kohl's and JCPenney will be among the first retailers to bring mobile payments to their private label cardholders later this year.
read nowAmerican Express POS rates lowered to less than 2%
June 12, 2015
Harbortouch, a POS system and merchant services provider, is offering special pricing on American Express transactions at a rate of 1.99 percent for merchants…
read nowRetail, foodservice sales see May surge
June 12, 2015
U.S. retail and food services sales for May hit $444.9 billion, an increase of 1.2 percent from the previous month, and 2.7 percent above May 2014, according…
read nowCloud-based solution available to help control supply chain
June 12, 2015
FusionOps, a provider of cloud-based supply chain analytic applications, has launched an analytics suite — FusionOps Retail — designed specifically for the…
read nowAmerican Apparel adds CIO
June 12, 2015
American Apparel has named Brian McHale as its SVP and chief information officer, according to a company press release.
read nowWhite Castle VP concerned over proposed overtime changes
June 11, 2015
White Castle Vice President Jamie Richardson testified in a hearing by the House Education and Workforce Committee's Subcommittee of Workforce Protection about…
read nowWebinar registration open: 'How to Deliver a Stellar Site Search Experience'
June 11, 2015
The free webinar will teach business owners how to craft a user-friendly site search experience.
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