Circuit City brings tablet PCs to the aisles

August 20, 2008

REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft Corp. and Circuit City Stores Inc. have announced that select Circuit City stores are empowering their sales associates with tablet…

Toys 'R' Us rolling out new superstore concept

August 19, 2008

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Toys 'R' Us, a $13.79 billion company based in Wayne, N.J., is trying to run with the market leader — Wal-Mart — by building toy…

J.C. Penney, Sears test social media for back-to-school promos

August 19, 2008

Internet Retailer: Multichannel retailer J.C. Penney has launched a virtual game called "DorkDodge" in which female teens must escape the embrace of several…

Virgin opens Warner Bros. store-within-a-store

August 19, 2008

Video Business: Virgin Entertainment Group has opened a 400-square-foot store-within-a-store as part of a tribute to Warner Bros.' 85th anniversary…

Casual Male launches big-and-tall social networking site

August 18, 2008

DMNews: Multichannel apparel merchant Casual Male Retail Group Inc. has launched BoldXL, a social networking site for young big-and-tall consumers. The niche…

DHL, METRO announce big RFID retail rollout

August 18, 2008

RFID News: Freight deliverer DHL and European retailer METRO Group have announced they will cooperate to launch France's largest RFID-enabled retail logistics…

Social media proves important for back-to-school shopping

August 18, 2008

NEW YORK — JupiterResearch has found that an increasing number of retailers are using social media to target teens and young adults during the 200…

Japan to start overseas cell phone technology push

August 18, 2008

Yahoo News: Japan will start an aggressive push to market abroad its mobile technology, especially the nation's popular "wallet phone," a government official…

TruMedia's PROM software targets digital signage ads

August 18, 2008

TAMPA, Fla. — TruMedia Technologies Inc. is now giving retailers and marketers access to an extremely powerful tool, allowing them to automatically target…

New media, new opportunities

August 17, 2008

Blogs, forums, e-mail level the playing field among retailers.

The pursuit of pampering

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

August 17, 2008

The Lexus experience goes from the showroom to the waiting area. Result? Total luxury.

Strategic thinking

August 17, 2008

Six tips to make in-store video rock your marketing plan.

Marketing nirvana

by Julie Sturgeon — independent journalist, CEOEditor, Inc.

August 17, 2008

The rules for building true customer relationships have become more subtle and a lot more clever.

Neighborhood retail making a comeback

August 17, 2008

Springfield Business Journal: During the past 50 years, the commercial development industry has followed rooftop demographics as they moved farther out on the…

Grocery shopping more enjoyable now than in the 1950s, says shopper

August 17, 2008

Elizabethton (Tenn.) Star: Jeanette Hyatt says shopping for groceries in 1953 was like "being in slow motion" when compared to grocery shopping today. Grocery…

Solidcore 'runtime control' secures the POS

August 17, 2008

CUPERTINO, Calif. — Solidcore Systems Inc., provider of software to detect and prevent unwanted change, has released POS Check and Control for easily securing…

Culturing a customer-friendly environment

August 17, 2008

How sensitive are you to differences in ethnicity?

Grocers shift strategy to fight discounters

August 14, 2008

Business Week: Executives at mid-market grocery giants such as Safeway, SuperValu and Delhaize Group have cut their growth projections recently amid slowing…

Polo Ralph Lauren launches mobile shopping

August 14, 2008

Reuters: Is the tech-savvy fashionista ready to shop by mobile phone? Polo Ralph Lauren Corp. hopes so. Polo is the first luxury retailer to launch a mobile…

Smart shopping carts gain momentum

August 13, 2008

The Canadian Press: Smart-cart technology — shopping carts with attached interactive video consoles — is gaining momentum in the United States and Europe.