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Amazon getting into the wine business
November 8, 2012
Amazon.com Inc. today announced the launch of Amazon Wine (www.amazon.com/wine), a marketplace offering customers more than a thousand wines crafted by…
read nowActivists using online gift registry to help victims of Hurricane Sandy
November 8, 2012
Online gift registry is a much-loved and often-used tool for getting the right gifts into the hands of newlyweds and graduates. Now, it's also being used to…
read nowReport: Online retail up 15 percent over last year
November 8, 2012
comScore Inc. has released its Q3 2012 U.S. retail e-commerce sales estimates, showing that online retail spending reached $41.9 billion for the quarter, up 1…
read nowStaples to allow Amazon to install shipping lockers in its stores
November 6, 2012
Office supply retailer Staples announced Monday that it is going to allow Amazon to install its shipping lockers in its U.S. stores. The lockers, which have…
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Price-matching becomes retail holiday strategy
by Natalie Gagliordi — Editor of KioskMarketplace.com, Networld Media Group
With showrooming abounding, retailers look to match prices of online competitors. Is that a good idea?
read nowRetail CIOs think industry needs tech overhaul
November 1, 2012
Retail is in serious need of a technology revolution, according to recent research from Virgin Media Business.
read nowIn the wake of Sandy, brick-and-mortars become supply heroes
October 30, 2012
Storm preparations for Hurricane Sandy provided brick-and-mortar retailers a morale boost, serving as a reminder that online shopping is useless in times of…
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Will same-day shipping make us happier customers?
by William Cusick — President, Customerspectives
Both Amazon and Walmart are vying to be your retailer of choice, and one aspect that we are all apparently about to start demanding is same-day delivery of our…
read nowTarget gears up for holidays with price match policy
October 17, 2012
Target Corp announced the introduction of its new Holiday Price Match policy that, for the first time, will offer guests the ability to match select online…
read nowBest Buy combats showrooming with changes to price-matching policy
October 15, 2012
Best Buy, realizing the potentially dangerous effects of showrooming, has changed its tune on holiday season price-matching. The electronics retailer…
read nowFine jewelry retailer revamps web approach
October 12, 2012
Fine jewelry brand Ritani has a new retail scheme designed to pair the best parts of fine jewelry e-commerce sites and brick-and-mortar stores in the form of…
read nowOne iota releases in-store e-commerce solution for retail
October 11, 2012
The cloud-based retail solutions company One iota announced the launch of the SmartPod, a fully integrated self-service kiosk designed to help stores increase…
read nowBrick-and-mortar retailers gaining ground on Web-only, off-shore rivals
October 11, 2012
An analysis by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia reported by The Australian Financial Review found that brick-and-mortar retailers are gaining ground on…
read nowWalmart battles Amazon with launch of same-day shipping
October 10, 2012
Rival retail giants Walmart and Amazon go toe-to-toe once again, with Walmart announcing Tuesday that it had begun testing same-day delivery for online…
read nowIntermix to use Shopatron to enhance e-commerce experience
October 10, 2012
Intermix, a multi-brand women's and specialty retailer, announced it is now using Shopatron’s order management solution to integrate its retail locations into…
read nowFacebook announces more retail focus with Collections feature
October 9, 2012
Facebook confirmed yesterday that it is piloting a Pinterest-like addition to its interactive business tools.
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Your favorite retail 'store' might just be your pickup locker
by Chris Petersen — Owner, IMS
The growth of ecommerce is literally old news. Pure e-tailers and traditional retailers with online sites are increasingly winning the hearts and wallets of…
read nowSurvey: retail CFOs not concerned with showrooming
October 3, 2012
An annual poll by financial consulting firm BDO shows that the majority of retail CFOs are not concerned with the showrooming phenomenon.
read nowHybris study finds consumers prefer to purchase direct from retailer, instead of via social media
October 3, 2012
The communication software provider Hybris announced the results of its U.S. 2012 Social Media and Shopping Survey which analyzed U.S. consumers' attitudes…
read nowGoogle removes shopping catalog from the confines of tablets
October 2, 2012
A little more than a year ago Google introduced Google Catalogs for iPad, followed by a similar app for Android. The apps were accessible only on tablet…
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