Amazon sellers get green light to send any kind of item to Amazon warehouses

April 14, 2020

One month after banning what its sellers could send to its warehouses Amazon has reversed course.

COVID-19 fosters self-service innovation in China

April 8, 2020

While the coronavirus pandemic has hammered business activity worldwide, it has also fostered a wealth of self-service innovation. Nowhere is this more evident…

COVID-19 drives grocery shoppers to self-checkout

April 8, 2020

Nearly two-thirds of consumers are changing their grocery shopping habits in response to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent consumer survey…

Publix rolls out contactless pay to all stores

April 6, 2020

Publix, a Lakeland, Florida-based grocery chain, is rolling out contactless payment to all stores, including its organic GreenWise Market, as part of a…

Kroger launches senior shopping hours in Georgia

March 31, 2020

Supermarket grocery chain Kroger is deeming one hour every morning as senior shopping time.

Amazon hiring 100K workers to meet online sales crush in wake of COVID-19

March 17, 2020

Amazon is hiring on 100,000 workers in a quest to meet the "surge in demand" from online sales as people worldwide are sequestered home in light of the…

Lots of web content not catching consumer attention

March 17, 2020

A Contentsquare study reveals over two thirds, 69%, of all web content published by brands, is "unseen" by consumers, with the banking sector leading the list…

Retail union group calls Amazon tech a Trojan horse aimed at grabbing customer data

March 9, 2020

(Updates with response from Amazon) 

Walmart piloting health centers as part of retail supercenter

March 9, 2020

Walmart Health is the latest retail initiative from the country's biggest retailer and if two current pilot programs, both in Georgia, prove successful Walmart…

El Paso Airport selects LiveReach Media for passenger flow technology

March 2, 2020

El Paso International Airport has selected motion analytics and DOOH provider LiveReach Media to measure passenger wait times and provide passenger flow…

Amazon debuts first Go Grocery store

February 25, 2020

Omnichannel giant Amazon is opening the doors today to its first cashierless grocery store, called Amazon Go Grocery, in Seattle.

Banana Republic taps Postmates for on-demand delivery

February 21, 2020

Fashion retailer Banana Republic is partnering with Postmates to provide customers free on-demand delivery in New York City and southern California.

Cruise company teams with Sephora to expand beauty offerings

February 13, 2020

Starboard Cruise Services is teaming up with beauty retailer Sephora to launch the Sephora Collection on select ships.

Staples latest store concept is all about connecting

February 12, 2020

Staples' latest store concept, Staples Connect, offers spaces where professionals and students can connect and interact and have access to hands-on learning…

Microsoft Store taps R.R.Donnelley & Sons to boost in-store marketing strategy with digital signage

February 10, 2020

Microsoft Store is partnering with R.R. Donnelly & Sons Company, a multichannel marketing and business communications provider, for creative and print…

7-Eleven debuts cashierless store at headquarters

February 5, 2020

7-Eleven has opened the doors to its first cashierless store, located at its Irving, Texas headquarters.

Amazon Go store to offer fountain soda, espresso, hot foods

February 4, 2020

The Amazon Go store in San Francisco's financial district at 300 California St. will be selling hot food, espresso and fountain soda when it reopens in the…

Toshiba to present 'frictionless store,' printers at NRF

January 10, 2020

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions will display its "Frictionless Store," employing multi-layered shelf sensor technologies and computer vision with real-time…

Ingenico unveiling mobile checkout technology

January 10, 2020

Ingenico Group said it will unveil its iCON case for mobile checkout next week at the National Retail Federation's Retail Big Show.

Fiserv, ExxonMobil unveil Alexa-enabled gas payments

January 10, 2020