E-commerce News & Media
Time lists top holiday retail trends
December 28, 2012
Time.com compiled a list of the top 10 retail trends from the 2012 holiday shopping season, giving a glimpse at the current state of shoppers. Here is a sample…
read nowReport: Online holiday shopping sales up 15.2 percent
December 27, 2012
2012 marked another strong season for e-commerce retail, according to the Chase Holiday Pulse, which aggregates payment processing data from 50 of Chase…
read nowSimpleRegistry offers crowd-sourced gift ideas
December 26, 2012
Online gift registry tool SimpleRegistry has added the ability to crowd-source gift ideas, according to the website BetaKit.
read nowPolyvore potentially 'cracking the code' on e-commerce
December 21, 2012
Polyvore, the largest fashion retail community on the web, is cracking the code of commerce 3.0, according to a Forbes article.
read nowIn spite of cost, customized merchandise worth considering
December 21, 2012
Online shopping has not only allowed for retail convenience, but also retail personalization. More and more retailers are allowing for item customization with…
read nowLowest-price e-commerce hurts shopper loyalty
December 21, 2012
The rise of e-commerce and the hunt for the lowest prices is causing once-loyal shoppers to abandon allegiance to certain stores, according to an article on…
read nowEbay Now pilot delivering in New York and Cali
December 19, 2012
Same-day delivery via Ebay Now is a growing effort on the part of brick-and-mortars to compete with Internet rivals like Amazon.
read nowAmazon's FreeTime Unlimited geared toward kids with Kindles
December 19, 2012
Amazon has lured in adults with its Amazon Prime subscription service and is now setting its sights on children. FreeTime Unlimited is "part streaming media…
read nowWeb outages are costly nightmares for retailers
December 14, 2012
The days between Thanksgiving and Christmas mean big money for retailers, and with the increase in online shopping revenue, glitches in a retailer's website…
read nowMicrosoft to begin selling Surface at retail stores
December 12, 2012
Microsoft said Tuesday it would make its Surface tablet computer available to outside sellers as soon as mid-December, citing interest from retailers and…
read nowMost retail brands miss the mark on mobile functionality, study shows
December 12, 2012
While consumer spending reports indicate that mobile commerce is gaining speed, a new study finds that most top 20 retail brands fall short of consumer…
read nowArticle discusses 3 ways to make showrooming an opportunity
December 12, 2012
One-in-five consumers are now showrooming, according to new research by Aprimo/Teradata and Forrester Research, which revealed that 96 percent of those…
read nowAre deal-day monikers becoming overused?
December 11, 2012
It started with Black Friday. Then came Cyber Monday, which was later preceded by Small Business Saturday and Sofa Sunday, and followed by Giving Tuesday. Oh…
read nowThe retailer 'race to the bottom' brings pricing conundrums
December 11, 2012
As retailers become tangled up in price confusion in what a Forbes blogger calls a "race to the bottom," the consumer now has quite a few pricing styles to…
read nowKIOSK to showcase the LockSpot at NRF Big Show
December 11, 2012
KIOSK Information Systems announced its solution for the booming online retail trend and increase in home parcel delivery. KIOSK will demo the LockSpot, an…
read nowCarrier biller mopay offering loyalty, CRM tools
December 6, 2012
Direct carrier biller mopay is making its payment platform more useful to merchants, adding functionality that includes a mobile loyalty management suite.
read nowMultichannel makes shoppers take longer to make purchases, study shows
December 6, 2012
A new report from retail researchers Conlumino and loyalty specialist Webloyalty has found the advent of multichannel retailing has lengthened the shopping…
read nowGoogle acquires BufferBox, takes aim at Amazon's shipping business
December 3, 2012
Google may be gearing up to enter the shipping and logistics business with its recent acquisition of BufferBox, a self-service parcel pickup company, according…
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NCR announces $650 million-dollar deal to acquire Retalix
by Natalie Gagliordi — Editor of KioskMarketplace.com, Networld Media Group
The cash deal for the retail POS software company allows NCR to expand its solutions portfolio and end-to-end offerings.
read nowMobile users shop in record numbers
November 28, 2012
PayPal announced the final numbers for Cyber Monday, the unofficial start to the online portion of the shopping season, and as expected, the numbers are…
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