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Target forms new Digital Advisory Council
May 29, 2014
Target Corp. announced it has formed a Digital Advisory Council. According to the company, the panel of technology industry leaders will help guide Target's…
read nowSurvey says shoppers want 'more personal, less personalization'
May 29, 2014
A new "Truth About Shopping" study explores global consumer attitudes and behavior related to all areas of shopping today, including online, mobile and…
read nowEuropean study says mobile shopping driving impulse buys
May 29, 2014
The growth in smartphone usage is driving impulse purchases, according to a new Europe-wide study of mobile usage conducted by global financial group ING.
read nowEighty percent of consumers believe total data privacy no longer exists
May 28, 2014
The vast majority (80 percent) of consumers aged 20-40 in the United States and the United Kingdom believe total privacy in the digital world is a thing of the…
read nowStudy shows Millennials prefer malls to online shopping
May 28, 2014
OpinionLab has released a new study that provides a snapshot of Millennials as they shop in malls and stores across the country. The study analyzes Millennials…
read nowCheckpoint Systems launches new EAS tools
May 27, 2014
Checkpoint Systems Inc., a global supplier of merchandise availability solutions for the retail industry, has announced the launch of the next generation of…
read nowSAP unveils multichannel tool for apparel retailers
May 27, 2014
SAP AG has announced its SAP Fashion Management application, which the company says was developed in collaboration with leading fashion brands and retailers…
read nowEngineers develop facial-recognition product using NFC
May 26, 2014
A group of engineers and designers from Logic PD created a point-of-sale facial recognition system that uses NFC to help combat card fraud during a recent…
read nowMichaels partnering with museums for in-store summer programs
May 23, 2014
Michaels announced it has teamed with seven leading North American museums to create Passport to Imagination 2014, a low-cost, in-store summer program where…
read nowVandalism forces removal of giant automated convenience store
May 23, 2014
A giant vending machine located on the Omaha side of the Bob Kerrey Pedestrian Bridge linking Omaha to Nebraska has been removed after being repeatedly…
read nowNearly one in two U.K. shoppers need help with self-service checkout
May 23, 2014
Nearly one in two U.K. supermarket shoppers say they regularly need help when using self-service checkouts, a survey by independent U.K. market research firm…
read nowReport says 62 percent of shoppers are motivated to purchase when ads are pushed while in store
May 22, 2014
Global mobile agency Fetch has announced the results of its ‘Engaging the Mobile Shopper’ report, which was conducted among more than 300+ US adults aged 18 …
read nowStudy says brand absence 'makes the heart grow fonder'
May 22, 2014
New research from marketing agency Momentum Worldwide says that people in countries with long-established consumer spending power — Japan, the U.K. and…
read nowGoogle overtakes Apple as most valuable brand
May 21, 2014
Google has overtaken Apple to become the world's most valuable global brand in the 2014 BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brand ranking, worth $159 billion…
read nowFoot Locker launching Eastbay shop-in-shop
May 21, 2014
Foot Locker Inc. has announced the introduction of its latest retail collaboration: Eastbay Performance Zone at Champs Sports. According to the company, the…
read nowUSAA, Amazon.com top annual customer service ratings by Temkin Group
May 21, 2014
Based on a study of 10,000 U.S consumers, USAA's banking business took the top spot in the 2014 Temkin Customer Service Ratings, which rates 233 companies…
read nowTesco store testing new automated checkout scanner
May 21, 2014
Tesco announced that its newest Tesco Extra store in the U.K. city of Lincoln is using a new checkout scanner belt from Datalogic that it says reduces customer…
read nowU.S. retail market up 2 percent in the first quarter of 2014
May 21, 2014
The U.S. retail market increased 2.28 percent year over year in Q1 2014, totaling $1.08 trillion for the quarter, according to projections from eMarketer.
read nowHolmes Place adds video wall, sound system from Mood Media
May 21, 2014
Mood Media Corp., designer of in-store consumer experiences, has announced that it is working with Holmes Place Poland, the Warsaw branch of the premium health…
read nowInComm launches platform for mobile wallet providers
May 21, 2014
Prepaid product and transaction services company InComm has announced the launch of InComm Mobile Platform for mobile wallet providers and merchants. According…
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