Rockport online experience gets social bookmarking, parametric navigation

October 12, 2008

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. — The Rockport Company LLC has redesigned Rockport.com through its partnership with GSI Commerce Inc. Providing Rockport users with a…

IBM publishes report on customer shopping preferences

October 9, 2008

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — IBM announced the findings of a survey of nearly 4,300 U.S. and U.K. consumers that revealed insights into consumer behaviors…

Research: Most retail Web sites fail basic usability test

October 7, 2008

Internet Retailer: To gauge the quality of online customer experiences, Forrester Research analysts recently reviewed 1,200 Web sites, including e-commerce…

LACOSTE celebrates anniversary with mobile store-in-store environment

October 7, 2008

CHESTNUT RIDGE, N.Y. — MC2, an exhibit, environment and event producer, is working with LACOSTE S.A. on a special mobile store-in-store environment to…

AT&T creates online version of its Experience Store

October 6, 2008

Telephony Online: AT&T has launched a beta version of its Online Experience Store, taking its brick-and-mortar presence virtual. With a new 3-D shopping…

Best Buy opens store designed for women

October 6, 2008

DENVER — Best Buy has opened a new store in Denver, built in partnership with the local community it will serve on a daily basis. While designing the store…

Scheels, PlayNetwork create multimedia experience store

October 5, 2008

REDMOND, Wash. — PlayNetwork announced that Scheels, experts in "all-sports superstore" retailing, leveraged the company to provide custom music, digital…

The great indoors

by Rebecca Barnes

October 1, 2008

REI courts eco-savvy consumers wiht sustainable store design.

Men's 'shopping shrines' court lifestyle dollars

October 1, 2008

Forbes: While women are cutting back on discretionary purchases, men are still buying. According to the NPD Group, a retail market research firm, sales in…

Oracle enters the retail space-planning business

October 1, 2008

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. — Oracle has announced plans to acquire Advanced Visual Technology Ltd., provider of 3-D visual macro space planning software for…

Lighten up!

by Julie Sturgeon — independent journalist, CEOEditor, Inc.

October 1, 2008

Illuminating a retail space responsibly is easy - once you sort through the myriad choices, of course.

Can you spot the millionaire?

October 1, 2008

The 'new wealthy' are out there shopping. The first step to reaching them is knowing who they are.

4 ways to turn over a green leaf

October 1, 2008

Eco-friendly experiences cultivate the bottom line.

Fred Meyer goes HD

September 25, 2008

In-Store Marketer: Fred Meyer has outfitted its electronics departments with a new high-definition digital signage network. Custom content is being developed…

Opinion: Most loyalty programs use the wrong incentives

September 22, 2008

Wall Street Journal: The biggest problem with loyalty programs, according to two professors of management science, is that most retailers adopt a…

Kodak unveils new experiential store design

September 22, 2008

COLOGNE, Germany — Eastman Kodak Company today unveiled its new "KODAK EXPRESS Experiential Store" design, which creates a new photo retailing paradigm for…

Expert: Retail sector undergoing extreme makeover

September 18, 2008

BUSINESS EDGE (Canada): Major Canadian retailers are redesigning their stores in a bid to become more service-oriented and tech-savvy. Anson Lee, director of…

Short may not be sweet for online product descriptions

September 18, 2008

SMART COMPANY (Australia): A recent online retail customer experience survey found that around 60 percent of top e-commerce sites used very brief product…

Best Buy opens first Mobile store in Canada

September 17, 2008

(Canada) MarketNews: The store concept is focused on selling mobile phones, contracts and accessories, but there are a few differentiating factors that will…

L.L.Bean to open retail store in Beijing

September 16, 2008

FREEPORT, Maine — L.L.Bean, a leading U.S. retailer of outdoor gear and apparel, says it plans to open its first store in China this month.   According to a…