Report: Back-to-school spending is up

July 14, 2010

Having outgrown shoes, shirts and even the backpacks they’ve used the last two years, children heading back to school this year will arrive in style. The…

NRF: June retail sales a mixed bag

July 13, 2010

June retail sales were more of a mixed bag than a solid indicator of the direction of consumer spending. According to the National Retail Federation, June…

CORESense unveils next-gen e-commerce platform

July 11, 2010

CORESense, a software-as-a-service provider of e-commerce and retail software solutions, has announced today the general availability of its Web 2.0 e-commerce…

Coldwater Creek launches mobile site

July 11, 2010

Coldwater Creek has launched a new mobile website that supports the iPhone and Android platforms. The new mobile website is an optimized version of Coldwater…

NRF releases blueprint for mobile retailing

July 8, 2010

Thanks to features like texting, GPS and Web browsing, mobile phones have quickly become a necessity many consumers cannot live without. Nearly three-quarters…

Apparel retailer Lilly Pulitzer goes mobile

July 8, 2010

Lilly Pulitzer has announced the launch of its first-ever mobile website, compatible with all Web-enabled mobile phones and optimized for the iPhone and…

ILoveVelvet brings retail platform to the U.S.

July 7, 2010

Technology firm ILoveVelvet has announced in a press release that it is introducing its suite of solutions to the United States retail market.ILoveVelvet's…

Slingshot releases Web-based POS system

July 6, 2010

Slingshot Software, a provider of Web-based enterprise software solutions for mid- to large-sized enterprises, today announced the general availability of its…

Social Guardian tool helps retailers protect online reputation

July 6, 2010

ChannelNet, a provider of multichannel solutions, has announced the launch of Social Guardian, its online reputation management service. The service is…

Cold Stone Creamery debuts 'social e-gifting' program

July 6, 2010

First Data Corp. and Cold Stone Creamery announced they have teamed up to offer a new gifting application through Facebook. Starting today, loyal Cold Stone…

Sam's Club now offering small business loans

July 5, 2010

Existing small business owners and entrepreneurs with hopes of starting up continue to seek access to capital in the form of bank loans, yet are still…

JCPenney to launch ALDO shop-within-a-shop

June 30, 2010

JCPenney Company Inc. and ALDO USA, Inc. have announced plans for JCPenney to become The ALDO Group's exclusive department store retailer in the United States…

F.Y.E. connecting stores, products with 'playful' website

June 29, 2010

F.Y.E., a national retail chain of more than 550 stores offering a wide selection of entertainment products, including CDs, DVDs, video games and more…

HSN to launch new mobile shopping site

June 29, 2010

HSN announced today the launch on July 1 of HSN Mobile, a user-friendly, mobile-optimized version of the retailer's top-ten-trafficked e-commerce site hsn.com.

Jeanne Bliss, author of "I Love You More Than My Dog," to give keynote at retail summit

June 29, 2010

Viewpoints launches post-purchase email service

June 28, 2010

Viewpoints Network, a social technology and media company, has announced the launch of its new Post-Purchase Email Service for the Viewpoints Technology…

Report: U.K. online shopping booming in home and fashion sectors

June 28, 2010

Internet shopping in the home and fashion sectors has been booming according to the new Transactis Home and Fashion Online Retail Index, as total web spend was…

eParty Unlimited adds product videos to site, sees sales take off

June 27, 2010

Treepodia, provider of automated online product video technology and services, has announced today that entertainment and party products e-commerce site eParty…

EZface gives customers 'virtual hair coloration'

June 27, 2010

EZface, a provider of virtual makeover technology, has introduced its EZface Virtual Hair Coloration in-store kiosk. According to the company, the application…

OpinionLab releases mobile feedback system

June 24, 2010

OpinionLab, provider of voice-of-customer (VOC) listening technologies, recently announced the launch of DialogCentral, a portable, universal feedback system.