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Raymark partners with Toshiba to strengthen presence in Asia
April 28, 2009
MONTREAL — Raymark, global provider of advanced retail software solutions, has announced its partnership with Toshiba TEC, whose retail hardware division…
read nowBaesman launches Store Attribute Manager for retail store profiling
April 27, 2009
HILLIARD, Ohio — Baesman, provider of database marketing programs for the retail industry, has announced its new Web-based store profiling technology to…
read nowDesign brings multi-touch interface to large displays
April 27, 2009
EE Times: A San Francisco design house has demonstrated a technology for bringing a multi-touch interface to large screen displays. Moto Development Group…
read nowOracle introduces Oracle Retail Data Model
April 26, 2009
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. — To help retailers accelerate their design and implementation of an enterprise data warehouse, Oracle today introduced the Oracle…
read nowHMV to trial cinemas
April 26, 2009
Retail Week (U.K.): HMV will open its first cinema this autumn as it continues to expand its reach beyond core entertainment retailing. It has entered into a…
read nowAsk the Experts: In a tough economy, what are some simple and effective ways to motivate staff?
April 26, 2009
Today's expert is Shep Hyken, author of "The Cult of the Customer." We asked him to share some simple tips on how to keep retail staffers motivated, when the…
read nowNew retail display system provides item-level intelligence
April 23, 2009
DIXON, Ill. — UPM Raflatac, Seeonic and Alliance have announced the deployment of a new generation of Alliance's MAXRPM, an inventory management system for…
read nowNetflix CEO: Kiosks are our main competition
April 23, 2009
MarketWatch: Netflix Inc. chief executive Reed Hastings said Thursday that the online DVD rental pioneer expects $1 kiosks to be its main competitor by the…
read nowEspresso Book Machine prints books on demand, while the customer waits
April 23, 2009
Times Online: Beginning next week a small revolution in bookselling will make searching for obscure, out-of-print and otherwise long-forgotten books a whole…
read nowSurvey shows effectiveness of in-store cosmetics demos
April 21, 2009
GOLDENROD, Fla. — Cosmetic Promotions, a national marketing and promotion company, completed a six-month customer response survey on in-store demonstrations.
read nowZenhire, Associates Interactive offer pre-hire training tool
April 21, 2009
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Retail training firm Associates Interactive has announced that it will develop customized training programs for Zenhire Inc., a provider of…
read nowTesco plans next-gen loyalty program
April 21, 2009
Marketing Week: Supermarket giant Tesco intends to create a next-generation loyalty scheme as a powerful weapon in its fight to prevent rivals eroding its…
read nowNCR buys DVD kiosk operator TNR
April 21, 2009
Home Media Magazine: NCR Corp. has bought the remaining equity in TNR Holdings Corp., which operates The New Release and MovieCube kiosks. NCR had been a…
read nowJ.C. Penney rolling out 'smart fixture' kiosks
April 21, 2009
The Dallas Morning News: Penney is melding its online and in-store presence with something it calls a "smart fixture," a device which hasn't been given a…
read nowStudy: Shoppers trading down, changing shopping patterns
April 19, 2009
Progressive Grocer: The recession and related consumer financial concerns are driving dramatic change in shopping and eating behavior. Recent Retail Forward…
read nowOffice Depot offering free resumes, faxing
April 19, 2009
BOCA RATON, Fla. — Office Depot announced it is offering customers free copies of their resumes and free faxing from April 19 to May 30, 2009.
read nowVirtual shopping trips yield real results
April 16, 2009
Brandweek: Despite the flash-in-the-pan success of virtual reality mediums like Second Life, marketers are flocking to VR—for research purposes. Computerized…
read nowDenver retailer is half gallery, half store
April 15, 2009
The Denver Post: Part gallery and part retail shop, Composition offers what owner Jennifer Roberts calls "curated rotational retail." The themed shopping…
read nowMother's Day spending dips, but 'moms will understand'
April 15, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. — It's not easy having the hardest job in the world, but mom will likely understand the reasoning behind smaller, less expensive gifts for…
read nowGamefly debuts video game rental kiosks
April 15, 2009
The Daily Toreador (Texas Tech Univ.): GameFly, an online video game rental service, recently launched its G-Box Kiosk, the first of its kind at colleges and…
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