Amazon happy with customer response to Go store but guarded about future plans

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

While encouraged by customer response Amazon isn't ready to announce much about its plans for its innovative cashierless store. The company is making sure the…

Etsy CEO: It's all about gross merchandise sales

March 9, 2018

Etsy, an online spot for selling handmade and antique crafts and items, is mainly focused on one financial point: gross merchandise sales.

Target expands delivery, boosts wages amidst earnings report criticism

by Judy Mottl — Editor, RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com

Target CEO Brian Cornell is not upset over his company's latest mixed earnings despite street criticism. Cornell says his company has the team and strategy in…

Talking With: InfoVista's Ricardo Belmar on retail customer experience trends, tech in play

by Judy Mottl — Editor, RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com

Ricardo Belmar, senior director, worldwide enterprise product marketing at InfoVista, has been entrenched in the world of networks, technology and retail…

Customer fog: Why your customers leave

by Chip Bell — Customer Loyalty Consultant/Author, Chip Bell Group

Chip Bell explains what customer forensics® is all about why it remains largely completely misunderstood by retailers.

Hopdoddy Burger Bar taps T3 to revamp web, mobile experience

February 27, 2018

Hopdoddy Burger Bar is revamping its web and mobile experience with the help of innovation agency T3.

Study: Consumers are spending, tapping social media, blogs for product research

February 26, 2018

A TD Bank study reveals 73 percent of consumers made a major purchase in the last year, and the biggest spenders are using social media and blogs to conduct…

Wayfair, Panera push the mobile commerce experience forward

by Judy Mottl — Editor, RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com

Wayfair is hot for mobile as it's allowing the retail home furnishing seller to drive an enhanced customer experience that is proving rewarding for the bottom…

Walmart Store No 8 incubator advances VR strategy

by Judy Mottl — Editor, RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com

Walmart is fulfilling a big part of its one-year-old technology incubation strategy by buying a virtual reality startup. As a leader notes, it's just the start…

Rent the Runway taps kiosks, scanners to boost in-store digital experience

by Judy Mottl — Editor, RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com

Consumer fashion rental company is pumping up its retail customer experience with the help of Aila Technologies.

Insights from NRF's Big Show: Key retail tech trends to watch for in 2018

Matt Sebek, vice president of digital, World Wide Technology Asynchrony Labs, pinpoints the big trends coming into play for customer experience from NRF's Big…

Amazon launching Whole Foods Market delivery service

February 8, 2018

Amazon Prime members living near a Whole Foods Market will be able to tap free 2-hour delivery as long as they're buying $35 in goods from the supermarket…

CVS Health all about the customer, seamless retail experience

by Judy Mottl — Editor, RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com

CVS Health Executive VP and President Helena Foulkes shares insight on the retailer's multi-pronged strategy to boost the customer experience and meet every…

Authenticity, change big focus points for retail start-up entrepreneurs

by Judy Mottl — Editor, RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com

While five company founders sell everything from beauty products and pizza to retail items and ice cream, they share similar goals when it comes to delivering…

Boxed.com may be focus of a bidding war

January 26, 2018

The Boxed.com start-up, which has been dubbed "Costco for millennials," is getting potential funding attention from some big names, including General Mills…

CES 2018 reveals how retail is changing

by Jeff KAGAN — Wireless Analyst, Telecom Industry Analyst

Anyone attending CES 2018 this year couldn't but help notice the annual conference revealed one big truth, writes industry analyst Jeff Kagan. That big truth…

Amazon Go disrupts, re-invents, elevates the customer experience

by Judy Mottl — Editor, RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com

Amazon's supermarket, which boasts a cashier-less checkout, is open to the masses after a year in beta with Seattle-based company employees. Industry pundits…

Amazon Prime membership gets more expensive for some

January 22, 2018

Amazon is increasing the cost of its monthly Prime subscription service, from $10.99 to $12.99, which represents an increase of 18 percent.

Why Levi's isn't acting its age when it comes to retail customer experience

by Judy Mottl — Editor, RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com

The self-described, 165-year-old fashion icon is way beyond just selling jeans these days.

Walmart chief: Retail is about change, customer experience a team sport

by Judy Mottl — Editor, RetailCustomerExperience.com & DigitalSignageToday.com

Walmart CEO/President Doug McMillon says the top brick-and-mortar retailer can't afford to get comfortable as it has a lot of work to do and remains committed…