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ShopYourWay merges Sears, Kmart multichannel experiences
March 15, 2009
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — Sears Holdings Corp. announced the unification of its multichannel services under an initiative dubbed ShopYourWay. Both Sears and…
read nowVirgin Megastore closings mark the end of a retail era
March 15, 2009
Reuters: The planned U.S. closure of the Virgin Megastore chain by mid-June will mark the end of the British music retail invasion. HMV was the first to land…
read nowLawmakers consider automatic recall warnings at the checkout
March 15, 2009
Los Angeles Times: With more food recalls happening weekly, consumer advocates, supermarket chains and legislators are exploring better ways to stop the sale…
read nowSears aims to be more interactive
March 12, 2009
Chicago Sun-Times: Sears' new president of home electronics, Karen Austin, wants to take advantage of Circuit City's demise by giving Sears shoppers more…
read nowTeen retailers shut down concept stores, focus on main brand
March 12, 2009
Wall Street Journal: As recently as last year, retail concept stores were all the rage in the teen apparel business. These shops, offering the feel and prices…
read nowRetail sales beat expectations two months in a row
March 11, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Beating analysts' expectations for a second straight month, February retail sales showed surprising growth. According to the National Retail…
read nowRetailers not cutting IT budgets in 2009
March 11, 2009
Retail Week: The Global Retail CIO Survey 2009, conducted by Martec International, polled 57 chief information officers and IT directors globally, who account…
read nowZappos urges customers to upload videos of themselves
March 11, 2009
TechCrunch: Online footware and apparel retailer Zappos.com is partnering with video hosting and sharing platform Magnify.net to launch a "BoxBreak" campaign…
read nowShopperTrak reports retail foot traffic drop for February
March 11, 2009
CHICAGO — ShopperTrak RCT Corporation's Retail Traffic Index (SRTI) today reported that total U.S. foot traffic for the month of February fell a sharp 9.…
read nowPaymo aims to make mobile payments a reality in the U.S.
March 11, 2009
Fortune: The mobile phone has yet to become a tool for payments in the United States, largely because the different players in the mobile payment ecosystem …
read nowLunds, Byerly's supermarkets deploy two-sided receipt printing
March 10, 2009
DAYTON, Ohio — Lund Food Holdings Inc., parent company of Lunds and Byerly's supermarkets, is deploying a new point-of-sale solution featuring two-sided…
read nowComplimentary passes offered for KioskCom, The Digital Signage Show
March 10, 2009
TRUMBULL, Conn. — JD Events, the company behind KioskCom Self Service Expo and The Digital Signage Show, announced that it will provide qualified end-users…
read nowJeweler lets shoppers share their personal stories online
March 9, 2009
AUSTIN, Texas — Bazaarvoice, provider of hosted social commerce applications, today announced that Zale Corp., a leading specialty retailer of fine jewelry in…
read nowCEO: Retail entering a new era
March 8, 2009
Retail Solutions Online: Green Hills Market CEO Gary Hawkins offers an intriguing premise in a series of new position papers. He feels the retail industry is…
read nowStudy: Windows POS terminals steal market share from Linux
March 8, 2009
Progressive Grocer: POS terminals running Microsoft Windows operating systems increased from 71 percent of shipments to nearly 76 percent in 2008, taking share…
read nowAsk the Experts: What is the latest in audience measurement for digital signage?
March 8, 2009
We asked Brian Dusho, president and chief strategy officer of BroadSign International, to talk about the state-of-the-art in audience measurement technology…
read nowAsk the Experts: Which digital displays are best for in-window?
March 5, 2009
We asked Mike Zmuda, director of business development at NEC Display Solutions, which type of display is best when it comes to in-window digital signage.
read nowiCongo version 8 adds dynamic catalog creation, enhanced merchandising
March 4, 2009
MONTREAL — iCongo, provider of e-commerce and cross-channel systems, today announced a set of new features to its retail e-commerce and cross-channel system.
read nowIBM: Few retailers taking advantage of supply chain transparency
March 4, 2009
RFID Journal: Supply chain leaders at companies around the world share similar challenges: They want to improve supply chain visibility, manage risks, know and…
read nowStore closings spell big opportunities for the survivors
March 4, 2009
The Associated Press: Retailers left standing amid the carcasses of their competitors are going after orphaned customers. They're using aggressive mailers…
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