Contactless Touch – Interaction With Images Floating In-air

Neonode is the leader in providing products for Contactless Touch. Using our Touch Sensor Module you can easily retrofit your elevator control panels, self…

Contactless Touch - a Safer Method for Interaction

Neonode is the leader in providing products for Contactless Touch. Using our Touch Sensor Module you can easily retrofit your elevator control panels, self…

Black Friday goes bye-bye as retailers revamp holiday sales strategy

November 5, 2020

Black Friday is no longer in play with retailers as the infamous kick-off to holiday shopping just isn't doable or safe or even wanted by consumers this year…

Reality Interactive launches thermal scanner hub

November 5, 2020

Reality Interactive, a retail technology design firm and digital agency, has launched its Axsis thermal enabled digital hub, according to a press release. A…

The pandemic and cash use: What are the facts?

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Data from the Federal Reserve indicates consumers have a lot of cash on their hands as a result of the pandemic. Most have used cash while paying in person…

Australia airport introduces touchless passenger check-in, bag drop

November 2, 2020

Avalon Airport in Victoria, Australia, has introduced touchless passenger check-in and bag drop systems using speech, gesture and eye gaze technology provided…

Holiday consumer behavior will be different this year, reveals study

October 30, 2020

Consumers will spend with caution, spend more on at-home holiday celebrations and spend more than half the gift budget via e-commerce.

How digital gifting led Dover Saddlery to an e-commerce victory

by Dana Springfield — Vice President of Marketing, Dover Saddlery

Dana Springfield, VP of marketing at Dover Saddlery, shares how the retailer's pivot in the arrival of the pandemic led to a robust and winning sales formula…

CVS hiring big time for COVID-19, flu season

October 28, 2020

In order to be prepared for flu season and the continuing coronavirus pandemic, CVS plans to hire 15,000 workers with more than half in full-time and part-time…

Target puts reservations into play for holiday shoppers

October 27, 2020

Target customers anxious about COVID-19 and wanting a safer shopping experience can now make a reservation at the retailer's location.

Home Depot launches holiday deals well before Black Friday

October 27, 2020

Holiday sales are in full swing, well before Black Friday, at home improvement retailer The Home Depot.

Gap shuttering lots of mall-based locations

October 26, 2020

Gap will close 220 stores, many housed in mall centers, within the next four years.

Nope, Virginia, no Santa at Macy's this holiday

October 26, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic is prompting the elimination of a longstanding tradition this holiday season — the opportunity to sit on Santa's lap at Macy's.

Preparing for the new Next: Building confidence and resiliency

by Antony Wildey — VICE PRESIDENT OF GLOBAL SALES CONSULTING, Oracle

Antony Wildey, vice president, global sales consulting, Oracle Retail, explains that with the reopening of retail, the role of the store and the associates…

COVD-19 drives greater customer conversational commerce

October 19, 2020

Given shutdowns and social distancing due to the ongoing coronavirus, consumers are engaging in more ways than ever with retail businesses, beauty salons and…

Most Americans struggling financially, claims survey

October 19, 2020

As if the coronavirus and shaky economy isn't enough to worry retailers, now they're facing the fact that 70% of Americans are struggling to make ends meet.

Holiday shopping during a pandemic: Trends and transitions

by Audwin Cash — SVP, Atrius Enterprise Solutions

Audwin Cash, SVP enterprise solutions, Atrius, Acuity Brands, explains why consumers, while emphatically embracing online retail, also want a comprehensive…

Big consumer behavior shifts in holiday shopping this year

October 16, 2020

Consumers will be taking a more considered approach toward Black Friday and the Christmas holiday spend though 20% of U.S. shoppers plan to spend more given a…

Keywest Technology introduces transparent film that disinfects surfaces

October 15, 2020

Keywest Technology has introduced a transparent film, NanoShield, that adheres to surfaces and self-disinfects in less than 15 minutes.

Tech transformation of retail in the time of COVID-19

by Michele Dupre

Retail continues to move online and COVID-19 is limiting physical space. Michele Dupre, group vice president at Verizon Business, answers the question “Why…