Retailers get hands-on with new tech

Attendance at KioskCom, The Digital Signage Show up from fall.

Gallery: Major electronics retailer bringing digital signage to 200 stores

October 16, 2008

ISTANBUL, Turkey — Teknosa, the largest electronics retailer in Turkey, announced that it will implement digital signage networks in roughly 200 of…

Do customers want to haggle?

Is the "garage sale interaction" appealing to today's shopper?

NRF, Retail Customer Experience announce pavilion partnership

October 14, 2008

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — NetWorld Alliance, publisher of Retail Customer Experience magazine and RetailCustomerExperience.com, and the National Retail Federation…

KioskCom Europe: Lines blur between digital signs, kiosks

Integrated touchscreens, networked signage hint at convergence.

Roche adds MyWebGrocer ad network, interactive circular

October 8, 2008

Progressive Grocer: Roche Bros. has become the first Buy4Now client to add MyWebGrocer's functionality into its online channel, less than a month after the…

LACOSTE celebrates anniversary with mobile store-in-store environment

October 7, 2008

CHESTNUT RIDGE, N.Y. — MC2, an exhibit, environment and event producer, is working with LACOSTE S.A. on a special mobile store-in-store environment to…

SlideBuy brings touchscreen-delivered info to the retail shelf

October 6, 2008

GRAFTON, Wis. — Frank Mayer & Associates Inc. is introducing the SlideBuy Shopper Information System at the KioskCom Self Service Expo Show, October…

Best Buy opens store designed for women

October 6, 2008

DENVER — Best Buy has opened a new store in Denver, built in partnership with the local community it will serve on a daily basis. While designing the store…

MTI upgrades tool for electronics merchandising

October 2, 2008

HILLSBORO, Ore. — MTI, a provider of interactive merchandising technology, announced the release of Freedom Universal 2.0.   According to a news release…

EK3, Atlantic Lottery launch digital merchandising campaign

October 1, 2008

LONDON, Ontario — EK3 Technologies Inc. has announced a new digital merchandising program with Atlantic Lottery Corp. The program, reportedly the first of its…

Oracle enters the retail space-planning business

October 1, 2008

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. — Oracle has announced plans to acquire Advanced Visual Technology Ltd., provider of 3-D visual macro space planning software for…

Tapping the wisdom of crowds

Crowdsourcing gives retailers a way to learn customer needs, wants.

iCap measures customer reaction to end-caps

September 28, 2008

TAMPA, Fla. — TruMedia Technologies Inc. has adapted its out-of-home digital measurement solution to retail environments. The new iCap solution measures…

BlinkMedia unveiling its Intelligent Shopping Cart

September 21, 2008

TechTree (India): BlinkMedia announced plans for its Intelligent Shopping Cart, a battery-powered, tablet-like device that will rest on a shopping cart. Tied…

Shopping bags that matter as much as what is in them

September 21, 2008

Boston Globe: Over the past two years, a growing number of merchants have increased their investment in shopping bags, selecting heavier, more durable…

Touchscreens engage shoppers at NY Fashion Week

September 21, 2008

NEW YORK — Azure Media, a mobile marketing strategy firm, released FIA Touch, an interactive and mobile digital signage solution during the Mercedes-Benz New…

Startup will show how 'green' products really are

September 10, 2008

Wired: Ever since companies across America, from Exxon to Wal-Mart, started "going green," scientists, environmentalists and skeptics have all been wondering…

Macy's deal makes it exclusive Tommy Hilfiger dept. store

September 7, 2008

Houston Chronicle: Starting this week, Tommy Hilfiger U.S.A. will have an exclusive alliance with Macy's that leaves it as the only U.S. department store…

DSE East coming to Philadelphia

Digital signage's largest tradeshow spins off an East Coast convention.