Luxury consumer confidence hits all-time low

January 30, 2008

Display and Design Ideas: Luxury consumer confidence has never been lower, dropping 23.8 points from the third quarter to 63.6 points in the fourth quarter…

Brand-sponsored events boost purchase intent

January 28, 2008

BrandWeek: A new survey shows in-person events can boost purchase intent by as much as 52 percent. According to the report, released this month by the…

Interactivity 'the future of customer service'

January 22, 2008

Nikki Baird with Retail Systems Research identified three areas of investment that retailers have eyes on for the coming year: cross-channel care, mobility and…

Green shoppers drive larger baskets

January 22, 2008

Progressive Grocer: A new study, performed by Catalina Marketing in conjunction with the FMI Sustainability Task Force, found that when one nonfood green…

Spanning the gap

January 22, 2008

How do you get Millennials and Baby Boomers to shop in the same store?

De-escalation

January 22, 2008

How to cool down the fired-up customer.

NRF 08: emphasis on 'green'

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

Retail's Big Show saw a major emphasis on the environment.

Ben Stein speaks at NRF

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

Actor/economist gives state-of-the-economy address to retailers.

NRF board calls for economic stimulus

January 15, 2008

NEW YORK, N.Y. — The National Retail Federation Board of Directors has called on Congress and President Bush to enact legislation to stimulate the nation's…

Study: Pricey products trigger happy responses in consumers

January 15, 2008

MSNBC: The more we believe an item is worth, the happier we are with our purchase — at least for a short time, says a study released in Proceedings of the…

IBM unveils results of new retail loyalty survey

January 13, 2008

NEW YORK — IBM unveiled a new survey of 19,000 U.S. consumers which found that across multiple retail segments, only 21 percent of consumers are advocates for…

Marketers experimenting with digital signage

January 9, 2008

Promo: Borders is not the only retailer discovering what behemoths like Wal-Mart already know: In-store TV is a smart way to talk to customers. The networks…

Loungewear retailers targeting tweens

January 9, 2008

Boston Globe: Abercrombie & Fitch will unveil its latest concept store later this month. Called Gilly Hicks Sydney, it's an intimate apparel store aimed…

Digital signs, original content coming to Wal-Mart Canada

January 8, 2008

LONDON, Ontario — EK3 Technologies Inc., a digital merchandising firm, has announced an original in-store program recently launched in Wal-Mart Canada stores.

Stores use live DJs to lure shoppers

January 7, 2008

Marketplace: Department-store entertainment used to be a guy in a tuxedo tinkling the ivories. But with a stronger focus on young consumers, big retail shops…

NRF to focus on tech beyond the store

Show looks at relationship between retail, emerging technology.

Apparel brand loyalty 'a thing of the past'

January 1, 2008

Sify: For a brief while, apparel brands seemed to think they could ride on brand equity alone and consumers would lap up anything. Not anymore. With so many…

Retailers brace for fiercely competitive 2008

December 26, 2007

The Kansas City Star: The new year is still days away but retailers have already decided how to rock your world in 2008. Expect a fiercely competitive year as…

The Tesco-Kroger connection

December 25, 2007

Wall Street Journal: Britain's largest retailer, Tesco PLC, opened its first stores in the U.S. last month, but Americans have already gotten a taste of the…

Independent merchants fight big retailers with selection, service

December 25, 2007

The Columbus Dispatch: This season finds independent retailers across the country dealing with a new set of economic challenges even as they still contend…