New Jersey law bans pure cashless retail

March 19, 2019

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has signed legislation that requires retailers and restaurants to accept cash, effectively banning merchants in the state from…

Quiktract launches mobile contract, payment app

March 15, 2019

Quiktract Inc. recently launched its mobile app on the App Store and Google Play. This app provides contracts and mobile payments for the person-to-person…

Mobilizing the retail customer experience requires new levels of collaboration

Jim Kander, Spectralink's director of sales, Retail Americas, explains why retailers that are eager to go mobile CX need to do more than simply deploy a mobile…

Business enterprises slacking on mobile security, claims study

March 11, 2019

The latest Verizon Mobile Security Index reveals that nearly half, 48 percent, of enterprises are sacrificing security in order "to get the job done."

Papa Gino's, D'Angelo Grilled Sandwiches tap Recurrency to boost guest connection

March 5, 2019

Papa Gino's and D'Angelo Grilled Sandwiches are using Mobivity Holdings Corp.'s personalization suite, Recurrency, to improve guest connections.

Noble, FreedomPay team up on mobile payment for stadiums, theaters

March 4, 2019

Noble, a digital food ordering platform, has signed an agreement with FreedomPay, a company that offers PCI-validated standards for point-to-point encryption…

Report: Mobile device use in shopping grabs deep traction, BOPIS gets more popular

March 1, 2019

Shoppers are increasingly relying on mobile devices with 86.2 percent using smartphones to research products while in a brick-and-mortar store and 83.8 percent…

Mobile coupons spurring loyalty, customer engagement

Retailers and others have transitioned physical coupons to the mobile space, as a way to enhance customer loyalty and engagement.

Walmart's Jet City Grocery teams with Fulton Fish Market on delivery

February 22, 2019

Omnichannel a prime focus this year, reveals report

February 15, 2019

Sixty-seven percent of retailers are all about omnichannel this year and 50 percent view a mobile shopping app as a top priority, according to a Shopgate…

Mobile in-app more popular than mobile web with holiday shoppers

February 14, 2019

Mobile consumers made 108 percent more purchases in-app compared to mobile web transactions and that number is likely to keep increasing, according to a study…

Kroger debuts mobile pay app, rewards debit card

February 13, 2019

Kroger is officially announcing Kroger Pay, a smartphone app that combines loyalty card and payment information and will speed checkout at the point of sale.

Amazon takes yet another stab at live video shopping strategy

February 11, 2019

Amazon Live is Amazon's latest attempt to be the online "QVC" live-streaming video shopping destination, featuring shows focused on everything from Valentine's…

David's Tea taps Nudge Rewards to empower associates, boost in-store experience

February 11, 2019

David’s Tea is deploying Nudge Rewards frontline employee performance technology to improve communication between stores and its corporate organization, boost…

NPD: Mobile restaurant ordering to triple by 2020

February 6, 2019

Restaurant digital orders have grown an average of 23 percent, per year since 2013, and will triple by the end of 2020, according to a report from NPD Group.

Autonomous stores coming fast, but is Amazon Go on first?

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

In many people's eyes, one of the most disruptive retail developments has been the late 2016 launch of Amazon Go, but some observers have questioned its…

Target debuts mobile payment, contactless card options

January 22, 2019

Europe electronics retailer deploying mobile self-checkout

January 9, 2019

MediaMarketSaturn, the largest consumer electronics retailer in Europe, is using MishiPay's mobile self-checkout technology in its Hamburg store.

Kroger taps MoneyGram for bill payment services

December 19, 2018

MoneyGram has announced an agreement with Kroger to provide bill payment services inside the grocery chain's 1,900 Money Service locations, which include…

H&M Home debuts voice-enabled shopping, mobile payment via Google Assistant

December 18, 2018

H&M Home has launched a holiday gift guide partnership with Google that uses Google Assistant voice technology to allow ordering on mobile phones and…