Article: With in-store and online offerings, its okay to be different

February 13, 2013

With the rise of omnichannel, a retailer must reformulate in order to integrate all of its shopping channels. Part of this undertaking includes finding the…

NRF: Foresee talks about the importance of multichannel

At this year's NRF show, Larry Freed, president and CEO of Foresee discusses the increasingly multichannel behavior of shoppers, including some findings from a…

Voto app brings democracy to shopping

January 29, 2013

Retailers looking for a tool to boost customer engagement have a new mobile application to add to their array of choices. The iPad kiosk company ArmorActive…

Tesco pilots new kiosk, AR tech

January 24, 2013

U.K. retail chain Tesco is piloting a "magical" augmented reality mirror and digital mannequin in several locations, according to digitalartsonline.co.uk.

M-commerce still small as retailers focus on the basics

January 21, 2013

A new report by Forrester Research for trade group Shop.org shows that smartphones generated only a small portion of online sales last year — about $5 billion…

Elo targets retail digital signage

January 21, 2013

Elo Touch Solutions, a global supplier of touch-enabled technology, has launched new interactive digital signage and mobile touch-computing…

IBM collaborates with jewelry chains for multichannel redesign

January 18, 2013

IBM and Signet Jewelers Ltd. recently announced a collaboration on an e-commerce strategy and digital marketing redesign for Signet's national U.S. store…

NRF: JDA intros customer engagement cloud solution

January 14, 2013

JDA Software Group today announced the release of JDA Customer Engagement Cloud, a single solution addressing omnichannel commerce and optimization logic in…

Survey: Retailers seek to master omnichannel in 2013

January 14, 2013

The rise of the connected shopper is causing a change in strategic focus for retailers. According to the 2013 Shop.org/Forrester Research State of Retailing…

Target implements permanent online price-match policy

January 8, 2013

With flat December sales dampening its holiday shopping season, Target today announced a policy change that could bolster the retailer's value-driven…

Time lists top holiday retail trends

December 28, 2012

Time.com compiled a list of the top 10 retail trends from the 2012 holiday shopping season, giving a glimpse at the current state of shoppers. Here is a sample…

Report: Online holiday shopping sales up 15.2 percent

December 27, 2012

2012 marked another strong season for e-commerce retail, according to the Chase Holiday Pulse, which aggregates payment processing data from 50 of Chase…

SimpleRegistry offers crowd-sourced gift ideas

December 26, 2012

Online gift registry tool SimpleRegistry has added the ability to crowd-source gift ideas, according to the website BetaKit.

Most retail brands miss the mark on mobile functionality, study shows

December 12, 2012

While consumer spending reports indicate that mobile commerce is gaining speed, a new study finds that most top 20 retail brands fall short of consumer…

Article discusses 3 ways to make showrooming an opportunity

December 12, 2012

One-in-five consumers are now showrooming, according to new research by Aprimo/Teradata and Forrester Research, which revealed that 96 percent of those…

The retailer 'race to the bottom' brings pricing conundrums

December 11, 2012

As retailers become tangled up in price confusion in what a Forbes blogger calls a "race to the bottom," the consumer now has quite a few pricing styles to…

Coca-Cola partners with HSN for multichannel merchandising

December 10, 2012

HSN announced recently that it will partner with the Coca-Cola Company to create multi-year merchandise, marketing and digital experience. 

Multichannel makes shoppers take longer to make purchases, study shows

December 6, 2012

A new report from retail researchers Conlumino and loyalty specialist Webloyalty has found the advent of multichannel retailing has lengthened the shopping…

NCR announces $650 million-dollar deal to acquire Retalix

by Natalie Gagliordi — Editor of KioskMarketplace.com, Networld Media Group

The cash deal for the retail POS software company allows NCR to expand its solutions portfolio and end-to-end offerings.

Mobile users shop in record numbers

November 28, 2012

PayPal announced the final numbers for Cyber Monday, the unofficial start to the online portion of the shopping season, and as expected, the numbers are…