Duane Reade wins design award

February 8, 2012

Duane Reade's flagship store in Manhattan's financial district took first place honors in the Convenience Store/Pharmacy category at the Retail Design…

Timberland stores testing interactive shopping experience

February 8, 2012

Timberland has launched an interactive shopping experience to help shoppers discover the great outdoors with Timberland gear, technologies and brand…

Target leads fight to stop 'showrooming'

Will other retailers follow Target's lead in asking vendors to create in-store-only products?

Study: Common perceptions about how video is used in shopping are incorrect

Consumers expect video as part of their shopping experience and rely on it when making purchase decisions.

Mobile retail startup Signature announces launch

January 26, 2012

Signature Labs, Inc. launched today, and the company said it is "making retail personal again by delivering VIP treatment to shoppers, both in and out of…

Review: LightSpeed focuses on retailer's experience to improve the customer's experience

Mac-based POS offers desktop, laptop, web, iPhone, iPod touch and iPad functionality out-of-the-box.

Survey says: 51% of shoppers seek online access via in-store kiosks

January 24, 2012

More than half (51 percent) of shoppers in the United States seek out in-store kiosks for access to the retailer's website, according to a recent survey from…

Marks & Spencer, NCR bring online fashion in-store

January 23, 2012

Marks & Spencer is working with NCR Corporation to trial new multi-media zones in its stores that combine digital touchscreens, video walls and displays of…

ComQi mobile apps get in touch with digital signage

January 19, 2012

ComQi, global multichannel message management provider, has announced the launch of five new place-based mobile applications interacting with digital signage…

DecisionPoint debuts tablet-based ordering solutions for retail

January 17, 2012

DecisionPoint Systems Inc., a provider of mobile and wireless systems for retailers, has unveiled a tablet-based ordering solution at the National Retail…

Retail chain Century 21 adds NCR Netkey digital signage solution

January 16, 2012

NCR Corp. recently announced that Century 21, a discount designer department store chain, will expand its use of digital signage to stores throughout the…

adiVERSE from Intel

A virtual extended range search engine footwear wall developed with adidas. The footwear wall demonstrates how retailers can give in-store shoppers access to…

3 things shoppers care more about than price

December 28, 2011

American consumers were less concerned with costs during the 2011 holiday shopping season than last year, according to the Foresee E-Retail Satisfaction Index…

The best way to feel a brand is to hear it

by Mark Murray — Director, The Store Channel

As we're all shopping (or perhaps "auditing") stores filled with the sounds of the season, it's a good time to talk sound. Believe me when I tell you - sound…

If you build it, they will come. Really.

by Paul Flanigan — Founder, The Preset Group

When Mark Zuckerberg was developing Facebook, he knew it would resonate with people who wanted an alternative to MySpace. He knew that a great platform for…

Shaping the customer experience with digital signage

by James Bickers

The goal is two-fold: accomplish the task at hand, and make the customer feel good about how it was accomplished.

HFA and Retail Radio announce licensing arrangement for in-store music

November 8, 2011

The Harry Fox Agency Inc. (HFA), provider of rights management, licensing and royalty services for the music industry, and Retail Radio, one of the fastest…

Old Navy joins location-based shopping app shopkick

November 8, 2011

Today shopkick, the location-based shopping app that rewards shoppers for walking into stores, announced Old Navy has joined its Partner Alliance. According to…

Big Y selects AisleBuyer mobile shopping platform

November 7, 2011

Big Y Foods, Inc. and AisleBuyer LLC have announced a partnership to provide Big Y's customers with a mobile application for iPhone and Android devices that…

5 Things: Five tips to get the most out of interactive digital signage in retail

An expert from tech titan HP offers his "5 Things" for interactive retail digital signage.