New Pioneer retail display encourages hands-on experience

January 25, 2009

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. Professional Sound and Visual Division, introduced its Pioneer Pro DJ Retail Experience (Pro-DJ6S and…

NRF: Stu Armstrong on in-store digital media

At retail Big Show, the president of the Digital Signage Association delivered 11 reasons to deploy in-store media.

Localization, not standardization, the new winning retail strategy

January 21, 2009

Wall Street Journal: With consumer confidence eroding and retailers seeing sharp declines in sales, Edeka is one of several Western European grocers taking…

New research reveals the best retail customer experiences of the year

January 19, 2009

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Retail Customer Experience magazine announced the publication of its inaugural Best Retail Customer Experiences report, a comprehensive…

NRF's Sonic Bar highlights retailing innovations

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

The high-concept concept store gave attendees a taste of retail's future — one that is available today.

NRF sees green with eco-friendly concept store

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

At this year's Big Show, attendees got a glimpse of what a truly environmentally friendly store might look like, and how it would operate.

Software from Q helps retailers buck the downturn

January 9, 2009

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — With Marks & Spencers shedding staff, Debenhams and Next reporting weak sales over Christmas, Zavvi in receivership and others major…

Shoppers willing to pay more for products they can touch

A new study suggests that consumer desire for a product is intensified at the moment of first contact.

Photo gallery: The retail windows of Christmas 2008

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

The retail window display is a fixture of holiday merchandising, and nobody does it better than New York City.

Grocery stores stepping into the financial services world

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

Recent additions to Kroger's financial services product line see the company moving into territory traditionally dominated by banks.

New GameStop prototype store opened in Florida

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

December 21, 2008

A member of the gaming forum NeoGAF has stumbled upon a prototype store for the next generation of the GameStop shopping experience. Although he was told by…

Paco Underhill to speak at Digital Signage Expo

December 8, 2008

ATLANTA — Digital Signage Expo, Interactive Technology Expo and Out-of-Home Network Show have announced that Paco Underhill, founder and managing director of…

CompUSA reinventing itself, making retail more interactive

December 8, 2008

Miami Herald: Troubled electronics retailer CompUSA recently launched a new initiative that leans on the strengths of online retailer TigerDirect, while at the…

Macy's continues tradition of extravagant holiday window displays

December 7, 2008

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: The theme of this year's display at the Herald Square flagship — which bills itself as the world's largest store and is…

Morrison's, UK's fourth-largest food retailer, adds customer-centric merchandising tech

December 7, 2008

CHICAGO — Galleria Retail Technology Solutions has announced that Morrison's, the UK's fourth largest food retailer, will utilize its customer-centric…

Marketing show heavy on innovation

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

Fresh ideas from the In-Store Marketing Expo in Las Vegas.

FutureVision Gallery coming to In-Store Marketing Expo

November 9, 2008

DALLAS, Texas — Reflect Systems, a provider of digital signage software and services, will present new capabilities for interactivity and rich-media user…

Kraft reinventing the cheese aisle

November 5, 2008

SANTA ANA, Calif. — Display Boys, a full-service, premium retail display specialist, is partnering with Kraft Foods to reinvent the cheese aisle. The…

Hardware chain adds customer behavior analytics from Quantivo

November 2, 2008

SAN MATEO, Calif. — Quantivo, a provider of customer behavior analytics technology, announced that Orchard Supply Hardware (OSH) has deployed Quantivo Retail…

Best Buy analyzing shopper traffic with Verint

October 28, 2008

MELVILLE, N.Y. — Verint Systems Inc. announced that its Nextiva Retail Traffic Analysis solution is being used by Best Buy Co. Inc. as part of a program…