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Half of smartphone users now shop online via mobile device
May 10, 2011
Fifty percent of smartphone users now have completed some sort of purchase with their mobile phones, a 20 percent increase in the last nine months. Eleven…
read nowRetail Customer Experience publishes comprehensive guide to PCI DSS compliance
May 10, 2011
Retail Customer Experience has announced the publication of "Understanding PCI DSS and Payment Card Security," a comprehensive guide to card payment security.
read nowRetailers take action against Amazon in Tennessee
May 10, 2011
According to Times Free Press, a coalition of big box retailers, along with smaller retail businesses participated in a 30-second television ad that aired…
read nowStudy shows word-of-mouth advertising down drastically in wake of recession
May 10, 2011
Despite an explosion in consumer conversation technology, Americans have cut back substantially since 2008 on the opinions they share by word-of-mouth (WOM…
read nowColes pilots online ordering, pick-up service
May 9, 2011
According to Business Spectator, Australian supermarket chain Coles is expanding its online retail shopping platform to include "Click & Connect," which…
read nowNRF supports bill to repeal health care employer mandate
May 9, 2011
The National Retail Federation today endorsed legislation that would repeal the employer mandate provision of last year's health care reform law.
read nowMerchant e-Solutions launches mobile POS solution PayEverywhere
May 9, 2011
Merchant e-Solutions, Inc., a Redwood City, Calif.-based payment processor, announced it has rolled out a new suite of mobile point of sale applications on its…
read nowVisa preparing to announce mobile payment strategy this month
May 5, 2011
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Visa Inc. CEO Joseph Saunders said a "significant" announcement regarding the credit card processor's mobile payments…
read nowBarnes & Noble College launches social commerce platform
May 5, 2011
Barnes & Noble College, an operator of campus bookstores and a wholly owned subsidiary of the bookseller Barnes & Noble, Inc., has announced the launch…
read nowWashable RFID tag simplifies inventory tracking process
May 5, 2011
DAILY RFID has released a washable RFID tag to use in garments to simplify the tracking process. It is designed with two small holes in the middle to attach to…
read nowPhone app guides consumers to DVD kiosks
May 4, 2011
Integrating technologies to better serve consumers is all the rage in the retail world, and Gulf Coast Multi Media is jumping on the band wagon with DVDFind, a…
read nowRetail association urges change in food item pricing rules
May 4, 2011
According to Boston.com, the Retailers Association of Massachusetts, a trade association representing more than 3,200 merchants, is advising the state…
read nowOnline grocer utilizes BI to deliver customer service promise
May 4, 2011
According to STORES.com, FreshDirect, a New York-based online grocery delivery company, uses business intelligence (BI) strategies and technologies to help it…
read nowIndustry position paper goes beyond planograms
May 4, 2011
A new industry position paper, "Achieving Sustainable Compliance: Getting Beyond the Planogram to Maximize Profits," provides insights on the impact accurate…
read nowRSR releases state of retail benchmark report
May 3, 2011
RSR Research's latest report, "Crystal Ball 2.0: The State of Retail Demand Forecasting, Benchmark 2011," finds that retailers believe demand forecasting…
read nowSears chairman takes blame for first-quarter losses
May 3, 2011
According to Reuters, Sears Holdings Corp. Chairman Edward Lampert took the blame for the company's first-quarter losses during the annual shareholders meeting…
read nowStudy: One in four shoppers will pay more for environmentally friendly products
May 3, 2011
According to a shopper experience study currently underway by The Integer Group and M/A/R/C Research, titled "The Checkout," nearly one in four shoppers are…
read nowWhen two become one: Corporate Safe Specialists merges with Fire King
May 3, 2011
Corporate Safe Specialists Inc., a Posen, Ill.-based provider of cash-management products and services has merged with its portfolio company, FKI Security…
read nowNRF: Retailers increasing mobile, search efforts
May 2, 2011
In an effort to better serve multi-touchpoint, always-on, and empowered consumers, a growing number of retailers are experimenting with mobile and social…
read nowKidlandia opens shop inside FAO Schwarz
May 2, 2011
According to DDi Online, Kidlandia, a San Francisco-based company that lets kids personalize fantasy maps to create their own "kingdoms," has opened its first…
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