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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…
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…
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…
read nowBlack 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…
read nowOpinion: 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…
read nowEarly 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…
read nowCyber 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…
read nowAustralian 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…
read nowReport: 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…
read nowFour 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…
read nowPayPal 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.
read nowReport 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…
read nowThe 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…
read nowAmazon 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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