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Sam's Club claims 'first' among major retailers with move to EMV
June 6, 2014
Sam’s Club is set to become the first mass retailer to implement EMV chip-enabled technology, according to an announcement this week from MasterCard. The…
read nowMarketLive announces vetted partner ecosystem
June 6, 2014
E-commerce platform MarketLive has announced MarketLive Implement, an implementations services program to enable a vetted ecosystem of partners to extend the…
read nowRetail Solutions partners with Gigwalk on real-time retail data
June 6, 2014
Retail Solutions Inc. (RSi), a global provider of cloud-based, Big Data analytics and real-time intelligence for the consumer products industry, announced it…
read nowViewpoints acquires reviews platform PowerReviews
June 6, 2014
Consumer reviews platform Viewpoints announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire PowerReviews from Bazaarvoice. With the acquisition, the…
read nowReport from Capgemini, GS1 finds four critical components for omni-channel
June 5, 2014
A new report titled “Are You Ready? How to Create an Always-On, Always-Open Shopping Experience” by Capgemini Consulting, the global strategy and…
read nowShopperTrak signs Journeys as 1,000th customer
June 4, 2014
ShopperTrak announced it has signed Journeys as its 1,000th customer. Through this partnership, ShopperTrak said it will enable Journeys, a division of…
read nowSurvey says retailers place a premium on customer traffic data
June 4, 2014
In-store analytics firm Brickstream has published results from a survey of 124 executives from global retail corporations that explores their primary…
read nowWoolworths selects merchandising tool from Galleria
June 3, 2014
Woolworths, Australia’s largest retailer, said it plans to implement Galleria’s Foundation Services, Promotional Display Optimization and Store Operations…
read nowCars.com using Stibo to manage its online experience
June 3, 2014
Cars.com, an automotive digital marketing company and online resource for buying and selling new and used vehicles, announced that it has selected Stibo…
read nowRetailers ready to go one more round in debit card fee fight
June 3, 2014
Merchants aren’t ready to throw in the towel quite yet. On Monday, the National Association of Convenience Stores and the National Retail Federation announced…
read nowBitPay helps Hester Street Fair accept Bitcoin
June 3, 2014
Digital currency solution provider BitPay has announced a partnership with Hester Street Fair, an outdoor marketplace in New York City. According to the…
read nowSpending on Father's Day to top $12.5 billion
June 3, 2014
As the smallest of the American gift-giving holidays, Father’s Day is a blip on the retail sales radar compared to Christmas and Mother’s Day, but the…
read nowMaritz Loyalty Marketing rebrands as Bond Brand Loyalty
June 3, 2014
Maritz Loyalty Marketing announced it has rebranded as Bond Brand Loyalty. According to the company, Bond’s new positioning combines traditional loyalty…
read nowPCI Security Standards Council seeks proposals for 2015 special interest groups
June 2, 2014
The PCI Security Standards Council has announced the start of the PCI special interest group proposal period for 2015 projects. Beginning today through July 7…
read nowSears testing concept shops for 'connected living' products
June 2, 2014
Sears has announced the launch of its new Connected Solutions store format. The 1,700 square foot concept is being launched at three Chicago-area locations…
read nowCensus Bureau says online shopping, mail order businesses up 27 percent
May 30, 2014
Electronic shopping is showing rapid growth compared to the rest of the retail trade sector, with the number of establishments growing 27.4 percent between…
read nowAmazon is planning a music streaming service for Prime subscribers
May 30, 2014
Consumers have gotten used to the business model pioneered by companies such as Spotify — you can listen as much as you want to all of the music in their huge…
read nowChina’s Rainbow Department Store chain pilots self-checkout tech, UK's Tesco trials high-speed self-checkout
May 30, 2014
NCR has won a contract for a self-checkout pilot project from China’s Rainbow Department Store chain, according to a company announcement. After an initial…
read nowCoinstar sweepstakes to celebrate one billionth transaction
May 30, 2014
Coinstar announced it will soon celebrate its one billionth transaction. To date, Coinstar said it has processed 649,963,558,659 coins, weighing approximately…
read nowAmazon launches collectible coin store
May 29, 2014
Amazon has announced the launch of its Collectible Coins store, a marketplace that it says gives customers direct access to more than 10,000 unique U.S. coins…
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