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NRF: June retail sales mark twelve consecutive months of growth
July 13, 2011
Warm weather, lower gas costs and strong Father's Day promotions put consumers in a spending mood in June, boosting retail sales for the 12th consecutive month…
read nowWhole Foods Market to talk store design, visual merchandising at IRDC
July 13, 2011
Whole Foods Market, VMSD magazine's 2011 Peter Glen Retailer of the Year, will get the spotlight in a special session at the 2011 International Retail Design…
read nowMicrosoft makes surprise decision to expand retail presence
July 13, 2011
A story at WindowsITPro.com reports that Microsoft will dramatically step up the pace of store openings over the next two years.
read nowStudy affirms importance of in-store technology
July 12, 2011
Retailers are turning to technology to boost customer satisfaction, productivity and multi-channel sales, according to a study co-sponsored by HP and RSR…
read nowNCR gobbles up Radiant Systems
July 11, 2011
NCR Corp. and Radiant Systems Inc. today announced a definitive agreement for NCR to acquire Radiant Systems, a provider of multichannel point-of-sale and…
read nowCash-flush retailers will spend on IT
July 11, 2011
Retailers have extra cash and nearly half of the top 100 plan to lay out some of it on technology, a Reuters news story reports.
read nowRosetta Stone launches 'experience store' concept
July 11, 2011
A Business Wire story at MarketWatch.com reports that Rosetta Stone has opened two new concept stores in West Hollywood, Calif., and McLean, Va. Both stores…
read nowKamal Osman Jamjoom upgrades Oracle retail applications to support growth
July 10, 2011
In a move intended to improve merchandise management across its franchise and private label brands, Middle East retail group Kamal Osman Jamjoom has upgraded…
read nowSome supermarkets rethink self-checkout
July 10, 2011
Ten years after its introduction, some grocery chains are beginning to replace DIY checkout lanes with speedier or more customer service-oriented formats…
read nowOracle confers 2011 Retail Excellence Awards
July 10, 2011
Oracle announced its 2011 Retail Excellence Award winners recently at its annual Oracle Retail CrossTalk conference. The awards recognize outstanding…
read nowMercedes Dealers get top marks for retail experience
July 10, 2011
According to a report in MediaPost.com, Mercedes dealers received the highest satisfaction index rating for the third year in a row in the Pied Piper Prospect…
read nowIt's alive! Google Wallet gets turned on
July 7, 2011
According to the site SprintFeed, citing an internal memo from SprintNextel Corp., Google's Nexus S 4G smartphone on the Sprint wireless network is set to get…
read nowSingTel flagship store sets the bar for an interactive retail experience
July 7, 2011
Asian communications giant SingTel and digital self-service specialist Yeahpoint have announced the opening of the new flagship SingTel retail store at…
read nowMuzak extends partnership with Sports Authority
July 6, 2011
Muzak, a Mood Media company and provider of sensory branding services for business in North America, announced today that it has signed a new agreement with…
read nowNIKE, Hurley and Converse open third Salvation retail store
July 6, 2011
According to a Business Wire story on MarketWatch.com, Nike continues to make retailing inroads into the youth-oriented action sport and culture market with…
read nowDuane Reade introduces 'Virtual Assistant'
July 6, 2011
Shoppers entering the flagship Duane Reade drugstore in Manhattan, New York, will now be greeted by the retail industry's first "virtual assistant." As…
read nowNetWorld Alliance publishes introductory guide to self-service and kiosk usability
July 6, 2011
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – NetWorld Alliance, publisher of Kiosk Marketplace and other B-to-B news and information portals, has published "Executive Briefing…
read nowTransaction Wireless secures patent for social gifting tech for Facebook
July 5, 2011
Transaction Wireless, a provider of multi-channel digital gift card and integrated marketing solutions, announced today that it has been granted a United…
read nowInteractive window displays debut in UK
July 4, 2011
Hidden Creative, a Manchester, UK creative agency, has unveiled the newest in window displays: a fully interactive display that window shoppers control with…
read nowCanadian Tire adds mobile shopping app, digital signage kiosks
July 4, 2011
According to Retail Info Systems News, 1,200-store general merchandise retailer Canadian Tire is testing both a personalized location-based mobile shopping app…
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