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Study suggests consumer behavior this year may presage fundamental shift in holiday shopping patterns
November 1, 2013
SGK, a global brand development, activation and deployment company, announced that the results of its early holiday shopping study identify consumer behaviors…
read nowBrazilian retailer Casa Pernambucanas drives expansion with Oracle Retail
November 1, 2013
Casa Pernambucanas, a leading home goods retailer with more than 250 stores in southern and midwestern Brazil, has implemented Oracle Retail Merchandise…
read nowCanadian retailers expecting a slow holiday
November 1, 2013
Canadian holiday retail sales are expected to grow 3.5 percent over last year, supported primarily by online commerce, Ernst & Young Canada says.
read nowBig Lots is getting out of the wholesale business
November 1, 2013
Broadline closeout retailer Big Lots, which operates 1,527 stores in the U.S., announced today that it is shutting down its wholesale operations, which have…
read nowGroupon revamps website, mobile app
November 1, 2013
Groupon has rolled out a completely redesigned website, as well as updated versions of its iPhone, Android and iPad mobile apps, all with new features that the…
read nowGoogle's mystery barge is likely a floating retail store for Glass
November 1, 2013
Residents of the San Francisco bay area have been wondering just what that giant barge is that showed up a few days ago. There have been plenty of rumors…
read nowWalmart kicks off its holiday marketing campaigns
November 1, 2013
Retail giant Walmart is trying to get a head start on the competition by beginning its aggressive holiday marketing today, according to a report from the…
read nowDemandware unveils software solution for large-scale retailers
October 31, 2013
Demandware, Inc., a provider of enterprise cloud commerce solutions, today announced a solution tailored to the needs and scale of large retailers. According…
read nowUK pharmacy chain goes contactless
October 31, 2013
Boots UK, which sells pharmaceuticals and beauty supplies (but not boots), has gone completely contactless. The U.K.-based company, working with Visa Europe…
read nowSears might spin off Land's End, auto center businesses
October 31, 2013
After losing money in back-to-back quarters, Sears is suggesting that it might spin off its Land's End and auto center divisions to raise some much-needed…
read nowNew York's SuperPier slowly coming into focus
October 31, 2013
The website The Business of Fashion writes today about SuperPier, an experimental retail and event location planned to open in New York's Westside in 2015.
read nowLantronix, Bixolon partner on mobile printing solution for retail, POS
October 31, 2013
Lantronix, Inc., a global provider of smart networking and communications solutions for machine-to-machine applications, today announced a partnership with…
read nowStaples to add third-party merchants
October 31, 2013
Yet another retail giant is super-sizing its offerings: Office supply chain Staples is dramatically increasing the number of products it sells, chiefly through…
read nowJ. Jill tests new store design in four markets
October 31, 2013
Today, specialty retailer J.Jill unveiled a redesigned store concept in four markets across the United States. The store design is a pure expression of…
read nowSurvey: 85% of consumers return to a retailer when notified of a discount
October 31, 2013
Nearly 90 percent of Americans repeatedly buy products retailers have on promotion, according to a new survey conducted by Synqera, a global technology startup…
read nowForeSee introduces new multichannel customer experience capabilities
October 31, 2013
ForeSee today introduced the ForeSee cx360 SM platform, a multichannel customer experience analytics platform providing cutting-edge capabilities that help…
read nowHome decor store Creative Habitat installs analytics tool from Epicor
October 31, 2013
Epicor Software Corporation, a provider of business software solutions for manufacturing, distribution, retail and services organizations, announced that…
read nowTravel agency Thomson unveils new interactive store design
October 30, 2013
British travel agency Thomson is opening a new prototype store tomorrow in Kent, which it says will "modernize customer experience."
read nowNRF: Broad gains seen in retail sales in September
October 30, 2013
While government statistics released this week show a slight decrease in retail sales in September, driven by the automobile sector, the National Retail…
read nowWebinar to discuss benefits of in-store caching tech
October 30, 2013
On Tuesday, Nov. 12 at 2:00 PM EST, Retail Customer Experience will present a live webinar, "Caching In on the Customer Experience."
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