Retail - Department Stores News & Media
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…
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October 5, 2008
Times Herald-Record: IBM announced a survey of nearly 4,300 U.S. and U.K. consumers that shows purchasing decisions are made across multiple retail channels…
read nowMen'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…
read nowTarget upgrades info delivery with KANA
October 1, 2008
MENLO PARK, Calif. — KANA Software Inc., provider of multichannel customer-service technology, has closed a seven-figure transaction with leading retailer…
read nowOracle 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…
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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…
read nowOpinion: 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…
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Hackers 'are picking on the small guys'
by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance
New research into recent card breach incidents may surprise merchants.
read nowOffice Depot adds online photo services
September 21, 2008
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Office Depot announced the launch of a new digital photo service with digital imaging market leaders Kodak and LifePics, allowing…
read nowTouchscreens engage shoppers at NY Fashion Week
September 21, 2008
NEW YORK — Azure Media, a mobile marketing strategy firm, released FIA Touch, an interactive and mobile digital signage solution during the Mercedes-Benz New…
read nowOffer employees $2K to quit? It works for Zappos
September 17, 2008
Tech.Blorge: Zappos, the enormous online shoe and accessory retailer on track to top $1 billion in revenue this year, has an unusual strategy to retain the…
read nowMacy's deal makes it exclusive Tommy Hilfiger dept. store
September 7, 2008
Houston Chronicle: Starting this week, Tommy Hilfiger U.S.A. will have an exclusive alliance with Macy's that leaves it as the only U.S. department store…
read nowTarget, Photobucket partner for photo services
August 28, 2008
MINNEAPOLIS — Target and Photobucket, the leading stand-alone photo and video sharing site, announced an agreement that offers expanded online photo services…
read nowWal-Mart Mexico signs with Thomson for in-store media
August 26, 2008
PARIS — Thomson's Premier Retail Networks Inc. (PRN) announced it has reached an agreement with Wal-Mart Mexico to operate its retail media network that covers…
read nowGaps closing between consumer multichannel expectations, retailer readiness
August 25, 2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Sterling Commerce, an AT&T Inc. company, today released the results of a recent survey that shows that the gaps are closing between…
read nowUsing the VIP treatment as retail differentiator
August 24, 2008
The Age (Australia): Butlers, concierges, valets, stylists and personal assistants who will pick out a sweater for your pooch — these and more will be offered…
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Customer-centric planning
Retailers must look at touchpoints from the shopper's point of view.
read nowXterprise announces retail RFID suite
August 20, 2008
DALLAS — Xterprise Inc. has announced a new suite of solutions for retail applications, which introduce advanced inventory management and execution…
read nowCircuit City brings tablet PCs to the aisles
August 20, 2008
REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft Corp. and Circuit City Stores Inc. have announced that select Circuit City stores are empowering their sales associates with tablet…
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