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Digital signage innovations create fashion-forward displays
July 7, 2008
Display & Design Ideas: Digital signage has become commonplace in retail. So in order to really spice things up, retailers have begun incorporating a…
read nowCheckpoint acquires OAT to become one-stop RFID shop
July 7, 2008
RFID Journal: Checkpoint Systems of Thorofare, N.J., announced that it would acquire OATSystems of Waltham, Mass. Checkpoint is best known for its leadership…
read nowExperiential store environment leads to big sales boost
July 7, 2008
Display & Design Ideas: Caryn Lerner, president and chief executive of Toronto-based Holt Renfrew & Co. Ltd., recently attributed a sales increase of…
read nowPRN to develop Condé Nast content for Checkout TV network
July 6, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO — Thomson's Premier Retail Networks Inc., which provides digital-media solutions at retail, and magazine and Web-site publisher Condé Nast…
read nowNintendo solves return dilemma
July 6, 2008
Retail Solutions Online: Every year, retailers and manufacturers lose tens of billions of dollars due to unverifiable product returns, product return fraud…
read nowWal-Mart, JCPenney use experimental branding to reach new audience
July 6, 2008
Dallas Morning News: Last month, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. mailed shoppers a 33-page Canopy catalog and launched the Canopy brand Web site. Online, the…
read nowIn-store Web access drives sales for JCPenney
July 2, 2008
Internet Retailer: It's been nearly two years since J.C. Penney Co. Inc. connected all 35,000 of its point-of-sale systems to the Web, giving associates in…
read nowUnderstanding the female shopping psyche
July 1, 2008
Belfast Telegraph (U.K.): Dr. Karise Hutchinson, who teaches human resources at the University of Ulster, writes in the Belfast Telegraph of the difficulty…
read nowMore supermarkets testing paperless coupons
July 1, 2008
CHICAGO — Unicous Marketing Inc. announced that the company projects that 2,800 grocery stores across the country will offer its EZ-PIC paperless, in-store…
read nowOnline retailers boost sales through IP geotargeting
July 1, 2008
Directions Magazine: It's not enough anymore to just have a good supporting Web site to capture additional retail sales. The Web experience for individuals…
read nowSurvey: Small stores, independents preferred over big names
June 30, 2008
Retail Week: On Friday, Retail Week published the "100 Stores You Must Visit" and a quick scan through the names reveals an uncanny fact: the great bulk of the…
read nowOver the course of a lifetime, women spend a year shopping
June 29, 2008
Sunday Telegraph: A new report estimates the average female spends 12 months of her time on Earth in shopping centers hunting down bargains and buying…
read nowNew kiosk prints, glues and binds books on demand
June 29, 2008
BlogCritics: Imagine going into a bookstore and buying a book out of a machine. It would be like looking through a jukebox or an ATM where you would browse for…
read nowStudy: Customers won't tolerate waiting in line more than four minutes
June 26, 2008
DALLAS — A study conducted by M/A/R/C Research found 10 percent of shoppers are frustrated enough to leave a check-out line if the wait is too long. The study…
read nowSprint Studio built around digital signage
June 25, 2008
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Hammond Communications Group, a supplier of turnkey digital signage solutions, and Sprint recently debuted the Sprint Studio in Kansas City.
read nowLoyca retail loyalty system now available in U.K.
June 25, 2008
BELGIUM — Databac Group has announced that its loyalty system Loyca, a card-based solution that enables retailers to respond in real-time to marketing…
read nowsoundDNA player gives retailers advanced audio messaging, music capabilities
June 25, 2008
PASADENA, Calif. — DMI Music & Media Networks, formerly Private Label Radio, a provider of out-of-home music and media programming solutions to Fortune…
read nowU.K. retail design suffering from neglect
June 24, 2008
Spring Fair: David Dalziel of top retail design consultancy Dalziel + Pow said that store design has been much neglected of late, and that shop owners…
read nowAlternative c-store offers healthy choices, green options
June 24, 2008
Dallas Morning News: The Green Spot Market and Fuels is the traditional convenience store turned on its head. Lottery tickets and cigarettes are absent from…
read nowRetalix, BT launch turnkey tech for grocery retail
June 23, 2008
LONDON — BT has joined forces with Retalix Ltd., to launch a range of in-store technology products and services for food and convenience retailers in the U.K.
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