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High gas prices driving more online shopping
April 24, 2008
eMarketer: One-third of online U.S. adults say they are more likely to shop online because of high gasoline prices, according to a recent iCongo-sponsored…
read nowBlockbuster tests cappuccinos, children's play areas
April 24, 2008
Display & Design Ideas: Dallas-based Blockbuster Inc. has begun testing new concepts, including the option to buy a cappuccino or fountain drink, offering…
read nowNCR integrates RFID with Oracle E-Business suite
April 24, 2008
DAYTON, Ohio — NCR Corp. announced it has integrated its RFID software solution, NCR TransitionWorks for RFID and Mobility, with the Oracle E-Business Suite.
read nowTaurus, F. Curtis Barry partner on multi-channel software
April 23, 2008
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Taurus Software and F. Curtis Barry & Company have announced a joint venture to develop a new software product for retailers.
read nowMotorola unveils high-performance RFID reader
April 23, 2008
LAS VEGAS — The Enterprise Mobility business of Motorola, Inc. announced the new Motorola XR450, an industrial-class fixed RFID reader featuring both bi- and…
read nowRetail designers emphasizing local connections, customer amenities
April 23, 2008
CoStar: Architect Tipton Housewright says today's retail designers are placing emphasis on having their environments blend in with local culture. They're also…
read nowLinking CRM, content management is key to pleasing customers
April 22, 2008
Destination CRM: For most retailers, interacting with customers is tricky business. Although the integration of the Internet and Web 2.0 into consumers…
read nowSurvey: Two-thirds of shoppers will try smaller-format stores
April 21, 2008
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Grocery stores might be worried that giant Wal-Mart Supercenters will lure away customers, but results from a recent retail research…
read nowIn British retail, cash is still king
April 21, 2008
Off License News: Cash is still the most popular form of payment among retail customers despite efforts by card companies to push plastic alternatives.
read nowChecks on the way out for Europe
April 20, 2008
Finextra: The demise of checks in Western Europe is set to accelerate over the next few years, with around 60 percent of retailers no longer accepting them by…
read nowLexmark unveils RFID printing solution
April 17, 2008
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Lexmark International Inc. premiered its new RFID Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Laser Option at this week's RFID Journal LIVE! 2008 event.
read nowStudy: 18-to-30-year-olds drawn to out-of-home media
April 16, 2008
MediaPost: Aegis Media Americas' Posterscope USA concluded what it termed the first consumer-insight research study of the U.S. out-of-home market. The study…
read nowExperticity names Alex Richardson to board of advisors
April 16, 2008
SEATTLE — Experticity, provider of video-assisted customer support solutions, announced that Alex Richardson, a managing director of Selling Machine Partners…
read nowStudy analyzes how, why teens shop
April 16, 2008
Minneapolis Star Tribune: If parents can hardly predict how their teenagers will behave on a given day, what chance do stuffy stockbrokers have? The odds…
read nowTesco to offer bachelor's degree in retail management, shelf-stacking
April 15, 2008
Daily Mail (U.K.): Tesco plans to offer degrees in the art of shelf-stacking and retail management. It wants the two-year course to be recognized as the…
read nowSelf-checkout could reinvent the c-store
April 15, 2008
Convenience Store Decisions: Will self-checkout prove a viable solution for convenience stores? It just may, for some. At least a couple of the larger…
read nowKIOSKCOM: Show opens with digital signage component
April 15, 2008
LAS VEGAS — KioskCom Self Service Expo opens its spring show today in Las Vegas with a twist: Digital signage gets a room of its own. Joel Davis, president…
read nowAmerican Apparel deploys Motorola item-level RFID
April 13, 2008
HOLTSVILLE, N.Y. — The Enterprise Mobility business of Motorola Inc. announced that American Apparel Inc. has rolled out RFID at the item level. American…
read nowOnline retailers benefit from 'buying under the influence'
April 13, 2008
Los Angeles Times: BUIs — those who buy under the influence — may be the Internet's dirty little secret. And with retail e-commerce up 19 percent to $136.…
read nowInnovation in experience design 'the last frontier'
April 13, 2008
Business Week: Innovation in product design has lost its meaning and, therefore, its value. But there is still one frontier that remains wide open: experience…
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