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Study: Consumers desire better 'touch and feel' shopping experience
February 16, 2010
Three out of four consumers still want to visit a physical retail store when buying a communications product or service, but they are not very satisfied with…
read nowReport: Customer satisfaction strong in 4Q 2009
February 15, 2010
Customer satisfaction with the goods and services that Americans buy remains strong in the fourth quarter of 2009, according to the American Customer…
read nowStudy: Most retailers failing at channel integration
February 14, 2010
CrossView, a cross-channel commerce solution and retail technology provider, has released a study showing that many retailers currently fail at cross-channel…
read nowResearchers find security flaw in chip-and-PIN payment system
February 14, 2010
The United Kingdom's Retail Week reports that researchers at Cambridge University have tricked a chip-and-PIN payment system into authenticating a payment when…
read nowNRF: January retail sales continue slow road to recovery
February 11, 2010
Post-holiday sales and gift cards helped consumers open up their wallets at the beginning of 2010 to take advantage of special deals on popular apparel…
read nowMobileCoupons offers free m-coupon tool to retailers
February 10, 2010
MobileCoupons.com announced it has launched an online coupon creator that makes it easy for retailers and restaurants to create and distribute mobile and…
read nowECRS unveils entry-level self-checkout unit
February 10, 2010
Retail automation provider ECR Software Corp. (ECRS) has unveiled its small-footprint self-checkout solution at the 2010 National Grocers Association Synergy…
read nowCompUSA opening more 'Retail 2.0' stores
February 10, 2010
CompUSA has announced the opening of three new retail stores: Houston, Texas, Newark, Del., and Euless, Texas. These new openings make a total of 32 CompUSA…
read nowOpinion: Michelle Obama is saving retail
February 9, 2010
BNET blogger Lydia Dishman spells out the many ways the fashion-savvy First Lady is boosting the bottom lines of apparel retailers and brands. She starts with…
read nowSurvey: Wegmans is top supermarket, Costco favorite mass grocer
February 8, 2010
Wegmans and Costco were selected as the No. 1 grocery retailers in a consumer survey conducted by Market Force Information Inc., a worldwide leader in customer…
read nowKiosk prototype uses facial recognition to personalize experience
February 8, 2010
PFU Systems Inc. has a new prototype dual-display kiosk that relies on facial recognition technology to deliver a more personalized advertising experience…
read nowAshley Furniture eyeing smaller store format
February 8, 2010
Ashley Furniture, which currently operates 390 large retail locations, is looking to open 300 smaller stores this year, according to a report in the Milwaukee…
read nowSurvey indicates majority of wine shoppers would use self-service wine info kiosks
February 7, 2010
More than 80 percent of wine and spirits shoppers would use a self-serve kiosk for product information such as tasting notes, food pairing recommendations and…
read nowTarget mobile tech converts gift cards to virtual barcodes
February 7, 2010
Target guests no longer need to carry their Target GiftCards in order to redeem them, thanks to the Target Mobile GiftCard.
read nowJo-Ann Stores goes live with JDA supply chain management
February 4, 2010
JDA Software Group has announced that Jo-Ann Stores Inc. is live with JDA's supply chain management software solutions. Operating in 48 states with annual…
read nowGreen Room Retail CEO chimes in on pop-up shop phenom
February 3, 2010
Provider of retail solutions including retail design, point-of-purchase, shop-in-shop and flagship store design, Green Room Retail founder and CEO Richard Ash…
read nowStoreFixture launches new line of retail display elements
February 3, 2010
StoreFixture.com, a DisplayShops specialty site, has launched its newest line of retail displays and display counters, called The Essentials Line. These…
read nowSyncsort announces clickstream data integration tool
February 2, 2010
Syncsort has announced availability of its clickstream data integration solution. The solution dramatically reduces the time, cost and effort required for…
read nowVideo game buy-back company e-Play halts operations
February 2, 2010
Less than a year after a trial rollout in northeastern Wal-Marts, e-Play LLC appears to have gone defunct.
read nowNew Sony store takes aim at Apple
February 1, 2010
Geek.com reports on a new Sony retail store coming to Japan, with a planned opening date of March 13. It reportedly will have two floors, with the upstairs…
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