Omnichannel News & Media

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…

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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.

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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.

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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…

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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.

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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…

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Multichannel and showrooming helped retailers that did it right

November 27, 2012

Booz & Co. chief retail analyst Thom Blischok said Monday on CNBC that retail companies did well if they successfully integrated their online and…

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Black Friday foot traffic went up while one-day sales declined

November 27, 2012

Black Friday data shows that foot traffic in stores rose 3.5 percent over Black Friday 2011 while sales saw a 1.8 percent decline from Black Friday 2011. Why…

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Opinion: Online retail has taken billions in tax revenue from states

November 26, 2012

An opinion piece on Politico by Rep. Steve Womack of Arkansas takes aim at online retailers. Womack believes that online retail has created a fundamental…

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Early promotions get credit for Thanksgiving online sales

November 26, 2012

According to analytics findings from IBM, U.S. shoppers once again took advantage of early promotions this holiday season, driving a 17.4 percent increase in…

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Using the smartphone 'key' to get to shoppers' wallets

by Christopher Hall — w, t

A survey highlights the importance of smartphones this holiday season and how in-store media can activate smartphone shoppers.

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Report: For mobile shopping, personalization outweighs privacy concerns

November 19, 2012

Nearly three out of four (72 percent) of consumers aged 20-40 in the United States and the United Kingdom use mobile devices while in-store to compare prices…

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PayPal enters physical shopping market on Amsterdam high street

November 16, 2012

A high-end shopping district in Amsterdam has implemented round-the-clock window shopping with a 24/7 mobile commerce platform utilizing QR codes and PayPal.

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Report finds most retailers do not have tablet-optimized websites

November 15, 2012

Skava, a provider of multi-touchpoint retail technology, today announced the results of "The Impact of Tablet for Retailers 2012." The study confirms that only…

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I Saw Mommy Googling Santa Claus [Infographic]

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

U.S. holiday retail sales are expected to reach $586 billion in 2012. Online and mobile sales will account for larger portion of those sales than ever before.

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American Marketing Association, PRI hosting webinar on omnichannel

November 15, 2012

Platt Retail Institute Director and Research Fellow Steven Keith Platt is scheduled to join Rick Chavie, vice president of omni-commerce for hybris software…

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The mobile technology impact on retail

November 12, 2012

A recent article on guardian.co.uk looked at the impact technology is having on industries ranging from education to farming. In terms of retail, advances in…

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