LightSpeed launches cloud analytics for independent retailers

June 19, 2014

Commerce platform LightSpeed has announced the launch of its Advanced Reporting for LightSpeed Cloud. According to the company, this product adds big data…

Garden Ridge rebranding all stores to At Home

June 17, 2014

Garden Ridge, a home décor retail chain, has announced that it is investing $20 million to rebrand all stores to the successful At Home brand. According to the…

Alibaba goes boutique: What we can learn from 11Main

Although most retailers don’t have the resources of an Alibaba-sized parent company, we can use key insights from Alibaba’s newest venture to aid our own…

Paytronix unveils quick-to-deploy rewards program

June 17, 2014

Paytronix Systems Inc., a provider of reward program solutions to restaurants and retailers, has announced its new Express Pilots program designed to help…

Sephora adding 13 new ministores to JCPenney locations this month

June 17, 2014

In 2006, Sephora and JCPenney launched a partnership which saw the beauty brand set up stores-within-stores inside JCPenney locations. Later this month 13 more…

Groupon adds Freebies to its iOS app

June 16, 2014

Groupon has announced the launch of Freebies on iOS devices, which the company said creates the most widely distributed mobile coupon destination in the United…

Paypal launches website detailing retail trends and holidays around the world

June 13, 2014

PayPal has announced the launch of PassPort, a website designed to educate and empower small businesses with free tools to expand their global sales.

Ibotta adds 'Social Saving' to its mobile shopping app

June 12, 2014

Ibotta, a mobile shopping app that offers users cash back on purchases, has launched the latest 2.4 version of its app, which includes a new Social Saving…

Study says 98% of shoppers buy private-label products

June 12, 2014

More shoppers are purchasing private label (store brand) products this year compared to last year, according to a recent study of more than 6,200 consumers by…

Survey says consumers still prefer shopping on a desktop to a mobile device

June 11, 2014

Digital analytics firm comScore and UPS have released their third annual UPS Pulse of the Online Shopper study. According to the companies, the survey asked…

Loyalty Builders launches analytics tool for catalog marketers

June 11, 2014

Software-as-a-service firm Loyalty Builders has announced a new analytics and marketing tool for retailers who sell via catalogs.

More than half of mobile app users opt in to push notification

June 10, 2014

Branding and marketing firm Urban Airship has released its latest Good Push Index data study, which tracks user behaviors on more than 70 apps that ask users…

Shopzilla combines three retail marketing services under Connexity brand

June 10, 2014

According to the company, Connexity will uniquely combine consumer insights and media buying within the same programmatic platform, helping marketers learn…

SHOP.CA says its loyalty program increased sales sevenfold

June 9, 2014

Online retailer SHOP.CA has announced results from its May launch with Aeroplan as its loyalty partner. Sales in the month increased more than seventimes over…

Why the future of retail is exciting, not gloomy

by Kristen Gramigna — Chief Marketing Officer, BluePay

Brick-and-mortar retailers are primed to emerge victorious in the battle for shopper dollars.

A tale of two pricing strategies

by Dale Furtwengler — President, Furtwengler & Associates, P.C.

Imagine two companies. One touts the results the customer can expect and charges premium prices, the other touts its low prices. Which one wins?

How Retailers Win with Analytics

Technology has made it easy for retailers to gather an abundance of data about their operations, but knowing how to make sense of that data isn't always so…

Buttoned-up loyalty: The case of Men’s Wearhouse and Jos. A. Bank

by Fred Thompson

Consider the benefits to be gained when two merging companies start unifying their loyalty strategies early on.

Spending on Father's Day to top $12.5 billion

June 3, 2014

As the smallest of the American gift-giving holidays, Father’s Day is a blip on the retail sales radar compared to Christmas and Mother’s Day, but the…

Maritz Loyalty Marketing rebrands as Bond Brand Loyalty

June 3, 2014

Maritz Loyalty Marketing announced it has rebranded as Bond Brand Loyalty. According to the company, Bond’s new positioning combines traditional loyalty…