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Late flurry of online sales nails UPS, retailers
December 26, 2013
A number of large retailers that promised to deliver goods before Dec. 25, including Amazon, Walmart and Kohl's, missed some of their deadlines, and the finger…
read nowUK retailers could see a very green Christmas Day online
December 23, 2013
U.K. shoppers waiting till the 11th hour and 59 minutes could result in a record-breaking online Christmas Day shopping splurge, with 117 million visits to…
read nowReport says Millennials find holiday promotional 'games' deceitful and manipulative
December 20, 2013
It's an opportunity for progressive retailers to connect in a more relevant manner to a new generation of shopper. Consumer attitudes about holiday retail are…
read nowSports Authority goes live with shopkick
December 20, 2013
Shopkick has announced it has partnered with Sports Authority, one of the largest full-line sporting goods retailers in the United States. All shopkick users…
read nowStudy says shopper satisfaction up 23 percent since 2008
December 20, 2013
Motorola Solutions has unveiled the results of its seventh annual Holiday Shopping Study which found that overall in-store satisfaction has grown 23 percent in…
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Target reports massive card data breach, as many as 40 million affected
December 19, 2013
Target released a statement this morning acknowledging that it was hit by a massive card data breach between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15. According to the statement…
read nowReport suggests that private label, national brands must work together
December 18, 2013
About one year ago, Information Resources Inc. predicted that private label in the United States had hit a proverbial glass ceiling. This prediction has proven…
read nowEight in 10 retailers to end standard shipping deadlines before Dec. 20
December 18, 2013
It's the final stretch for holiday shoppers, and retailers are preparing for the ultimate shipping rush that's very likely to occur in the coming days.
read nowMarketing budgets focused on increased customer engagement in 2014
December 18, 2013
New research from StrongView shows that marketers plan to increase their budgets on activities that increase customer engagement in 2014. However, according to…
read nowRetailer John Lewis rolls out new in-store tech for the holidays
December 18, 2013
The upscale retailer John Lewis, which operates 43 department stores throughout the U.K., has announced three new in-store technology initiatives it is taking…
read nowEyeing omnichannel growth, Macy's to build major new fulfillment center
December 18, 2013
Macy's has announced it will build a major new direct-to-consumer fulfillment center near Owasso, a city in Tulsa County, Okla., to support continued sales…
read nowAmazon rumored to acquire mobile payments startup Gopago
December 17, 2013
Italian media is reporting that Amazon has moved to expand its mobile presence by acquiring the mobile payments startup Gopago. The Silicon Valley-based firm…
read nowKohl's, JCPenney, Nordstrom top Google's 2013 most-searched apparel brands and retailers list
December 17, 2013
Google's Zeitgeist feature, which lets users browse dozens of different interactive lists that detail online activity, offers up this year-end list of the…
read nowHeavy snowstorm brought down retail traffic, sales last week
December 17, 2013
The time to procrastinate is nearly over for holiday shoppers. ShopperTrak, the world's largest counter and analyzer of retail shopper traffic, reported GAFO …
read nowBaroque Japan Limited uses ambient scent for product launch
December 17, 2013
Tokyo-based Baroque Japan Limited, operator of more than 340 apparel and accessories stores in Asia, has introduced "Azul by Moussy-in the spotlight," a line…
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Univ. of Arkansas researchers develop risk assessment tool for mobile POS
December 17, 2013
The researchers studied 26 different retail scenarios and found that there is no "one size fits all" system.
read nowSelfridges takes product photography operation in-house
December 17, 2013
Selfridges has taken its entire online photography operation in-house to improve customer experience and boost the efficiency of its imaging process, the…
read nowHalf of holiday shoppers plan to wrap up lists online, highest in NRF survey history
December 17, 2013
According to NRF's latest holiday survey conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics, nearly half (49.9 percent) of holiday shoppers indicate they plan to do…
read nowGoogle Shopping exec on Diane von Furstenberg, using Hangouts for online retailing
December 16, 2013
At the recent launch event for the fourth-annual PSFK Future of Retail Report, Laura Jones, product marketing manager for Google Shopping, spoke about a recent…
read nowRetail haggling is making a comeback
December 16, 2013
NBC News reports that this holiday season, retailers are seeing the return of a practice once mainly relegated to single-location stores, flea markets and…
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