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Retail strategy firm, LG roll out digital signage to more than 600 stores
August 22, 2012
Atlanta-based strategy and design agency Info Retail has joined forces with LG Electronics USA Inc. to roll out immersive digital signage in an effort…
read nowBest Buy names new CEO
August 20, 2012
Best Buy Co. announced Monday that Hubert Joly will be its new CEO. The former chief executive of hospitality and restaurant giant Carlson will step into the…
read nowCaribou Coffee announces partnership with Chicago's Jewel-Osco
August 20, 2012
Caribou Coffee Company Inc. is expanding its retail and commercial footprint in the Chicago area by partnering with the Jewel-Osco grocery chain. Caribou…
read nowRetailers try to outbribe one another to target back-to-school shoppers
August 17, 2012
The bribes are plentiful this back-to-school season as retailers vie for a piece of the $83.8 billion that the National Retail Federation expects Americans to…
read nowMacy's suing J.C. Penney
August 17, 2012
Macy's filed suit Thursday against J. C. Penney, accusing the rival department store chain of interfering with its contract with Martha Stewart. A New York…
read nowNRF: School, college shoppers still have a lot left to buy
August 16, 2012
Even though they began shopping for back-to-school and college items earlier than ever this year, families with school and college-aged students as of Aug. …
read nowMajor retailers launch their own mobile payment method
by James Wester
August 16, 2012
Spoken of in hushed tones by merchants and retailers at payment conferences far and wide, "The Merchant Mobile Payment Alternative," a mobile payment scheme to…
read nowFinland retail co-op using VeriFone's PaaS solution
August 15, 2012
VeriFone Systems Inc. announced it has won its largest to date payments-as-a-service contract with an agreement to supply a complete range of payments services…
read nowEmcien technology to help retailers understand customer-buying patterns
August 14, 2012
Emcien Corp. has released its latest version of EmcienPatterns, a solution that analyzes customer buying patterns to provide actionable insights for managing…
read nowCasio releases business tablet aimed at retailers
August 14, 2012
Japanese electronics manufacturer Casio announced the release of an Android-based tablet designed for commercial and business use. Retail workers will soon be…
read nowUK retailer launches 'experimental' store
August 14, 2012
A UK-based general merchandise retailer, Wilkinson, is opening a new store and format called Wilko in Crawley, West Sussex, according to diyweek.net.
read nowCharlotte Russe launches Facebook store
August 14, 2012
Charlotte Russe is launching newly redesigned e-commerce web and mobile sites that also leverage Facebook, according to a company press release from Fluid…
read nowHSN measuring mobile customer experience with ForeSee
August 13, 2012
Multichannel retailer HSN is now using ForeSee technology to measure and analyze the customer experience of its mobile-optimized site and mobile apps with the…
read nowHello Kitty goes high fashion in Asia
August 13, 2012
Hello Kitty's first and only high-end fashion brand is heading toward its roots in Asia with the opening of 15 stores across the continent. Pynkiss boutiques…
read nowFreeMonee raises $34M in 2nd round of funding
August 10, 2012
FreeMonee Network, a provider of consumer gift incentives, has announced $34 million in investment funding. This round is more than triple the initial $1…
read nowHalfords Auto driving customer experience with feedback program
August 8, 2012
Halfords Autocentres has hired Empathica to run its new customer experience management program. The platform, which replaces a mystery shopping program…
read nowTempur-Pedic opens flagship retail store
August 8, 2012
Tempur-Pedic International's first retail location is now open inside a 3,500–square-foot space in Natick Mall in Natick, Mass.
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