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September retail sales fall short
October 10, 2014
Traffic decreased substantially compared to last year and last month. However, healthier economic conditions and less government disruption led to significant…
read nowICSC predicts 4 percent rise in holiday retail revenue
October 9, 2014
Positive economic signals point to a stronger holiday shopping season as the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) forecasts a 4.0 percent increase…
read nowSurvey says U.S. consumers plan to spend more this holiday season
October 9, 2014
Holiday gift purchases expected to average $718; Consumer enthusiasm for Black Friday shopping hits eight-year peak.
read nowStudy says shoppers are abandoning mobile shopping carts due to poor customer care
October 8, 2014
New research from Contact Solutions shows that consumers have high expectations for retail care when shopping via mobile device, and if those expectations…
read nowStepsAway brings location-based marketing to mall retailers
October 8, 2014
Retailers using the StepsAway solution at launch include Sephora, Express, Art of Shaving and Things Remembered, among others.
read nowEarthLink launches PCI Compliance Solutions Suite
October 7, 2014
EarthLink Holdings Corp., a managed network and cloud solutions provider for multiunit businesses, announced the launch of a new PCI Compliance Solutions…
read nowAcromobile partners with Bitnet for merchant bitcoin acceptance
October 7, 2014
Acromobile Payments with bitcoin acceptance is available to any merchant as a fully integrated Order-to-Bitcoin-to-Cash solution with integration to leading…
read nowMoment.me launches tool for real-time aggregation of place-based social content
October 7, 2014
According to the company, business owners can simply input an address or the name of their establishment and Moment.me will aggregate all the content that has…
read nowNRF forecasts holiday sales to increase 4.1 percent
October 7, 2014
Holiday sales on average have grown 2.9 percent over the past 10 years, including estimates for 2014, and are expected to represent approximately 19.2 percent…
read nowStudy charts 10 percent rise in shoppers who buy via mobile device
October 6, 2014
Since 2012, the incidence of shoppers using mobile devices to make purchases has increased from 25 percent to 35 percent.
read nowChristopher & Banks focuses on inclusiveness, launches 'missy-petite-women' format
October 3, 2014
Christopher & Banks will operate approximately 190 stores with this real estate and merchandise format that brings the CJ Banks brand under the Christopher …
read nowVera Bradley implements ShopperTrak for in-store analytics
October 3, 2014
A leading designer of women's handbags and accessories, luggage and travel items, eyewear, stationery and gifts, Vera Bradley has implemented ShopperTrak’s…
read nowQuri launches Impact tool to track in-store conditions
October 2, 2014
Impact performs a granular, real-time analysis of in-store conditions data, including location, merchandising efforts and inventory.
read nowGlobal Payments boards the Apple Pay train
October 2, 2014
Payment products provider will allow its partner developers to add Apple's system in their offerings through an SDK.
read nowScandit releases Mobile App Suite for Retail
October 1, 2014
According to the company, Scandit’s Mobile App Suite for Retail provides a series of fully customizable, cross-platform mobile applications for retail…
read nowMarketLive unveils cloud-based transaction processing platform via AWS
October 1, 2014
According to the company, customers benefit from global infrastructure capabilities, responsive scaling for peak periods and included redundancy capabilities.
read nowSephora, Starbucks, Home Depot rank highest in digital gifting benchmark
September 30, 2014
Sephora, which has ranked among the top five spots for the past two years, took the number one spot for the first time this year.
read nowMCX intends to expand network through InComm partnership
September 30, 2014
InComm, a provider of integrated point-of-sale technology products to retailers, has entered into a strategic partnership with the Merchant Customer Exchange…
read nowHy-Vee to utilize Agilence's Retail 20/20 to improve in-store operations
September 30, 2014
The employee-owned grocer is based in West Des Moines, Iowa, and operates 237 stores in Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota…
read nowPayPal and eBay to become separate companies next year
September 30, 2014
Move comes months after investor Carl Icahn suggested a split so that both entities could focus on their strengths.
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