Are 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…

The 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…

KIOSK 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…

Carrier 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.

Multichannel 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…

Google 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…

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.

Mobile 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…

Black Friday foot traffic went up while one-day sales declined

November 27, 2012

Black Friday data shows that foot traffic in stores rose 3.5 percent over Black Friday 2011 while sales saw a 1.8 percent decline from Black Friday 2011. Why…

Opinion: Online retail has taken billions in tax revenue from states

November 26, 2012

An opinion piece on Politico by Rep. Steve Womack of Arkansas takes aim at online retailers. Womack believes that online retail has created a fundamental…

Early promotions get credit for Thanksgiving online sales

November 26, 2012

According to analytics findings from IBM, U.S. shoppers once again took advantage of early promotions this holiday season, driving a 17.4 percent increase in…

Cyber Monday could see record number of shoppers

November 26, 2012

Cyber Monday is here, and if a survey for Shop.org by BIGinsight is correct, more than 129 million shoppers will turn to the Web today to search out retailer…

Australian retail marketing scheme Click Frenzy becomes #clickfail

November 21, 2012

It was supposed to be the biggest online shopping event of the year down under, Australia's answer to Black Friday. But Tuesday evening's Click Frenzy event…

Delivering loyalty: Ten lessons learned From Zappos.com

Zappos.com is more than an electronic shoe store. It is a community that happens to put you in a pair of great-looking shoes.

Report: For mobile shopping, personalization outweighs privacy concerns

November 19, 2012

Nearly three out of four (72 percent) of consumers aged 20-40 in the United States and the United Kingdom use mobile devices while in-store to compare prices…

Four in ten retailers offering free shipping on Cyber Monday

November 19, 2012

Shoppers won't have to go too far to find great deals Thanksgiving weekend and Cyber Monday; in addition to the plethora of in-store promotions, many companies…

PayPal enters physical shopping market on Amsterdam high street

November 16, 2012

A high-end shopping district in Amsterdam has implemented round-the-clock window shopping with a 24/7 mobile commerce platform utilizing QR codes and PayPal.

Report finds most retailers do not have tablet-optimized websites

November 15, 2012

Skava, a provider of multi-touchpoint retail technology, today announced the results of "The Impact of Tablet for Retailers 2012." The study confirms that only…

I Saw Mommy Googling Santa Claus [Infographic]

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

U.S. holiday retail sales are expected to reach $586 billion in 2012. Online and mobile sales will account for larger portion of those sales than ever before.

The mobile technology impact on retail

November 12, 2012

A recent article on guardian.co.uk looked at the impact technology is having on industries ranging from education to farming. In terms of retail, advances in…