Family Dollar to welcome redbox kiosks

June 5, 2012

Family Dollar Stores will be the newest locations for Coinstar’s redbox DVD kiosks. The retailers have entered into a multi-year agreement, according to a…

Ikea consumers to shop via TV remote controls

June 5, 2012

It seems it was only a matter of time before consumers were able to buy products via remote control while watching TV. What's perhaps surprising, however, is…

IBM Mobile Shopper provides in-store digital scanning, self-checkout

June 4, 2012

IBM has launched retail technology that allows consumers to scan items into their mobile phones while shopping and then check themselves out at an IBM…

Google buys, shuts down e-commerce rating service

June 4, 2012

Google has officially acquired KikScore, a U.S.-based company that gives scores to e-commerce businesses based on their service. Google will not be keeping the…

Study: Consumers want choice of manned, self-service checkout

May 31, 2012

Consumers want a choice of service options with manned checkout (60 percent) and self-service (21 percent), according to a recent survey conducted by TNS on…

You had me at hello, but: What neuromarketing and Big Data miss

I'm a geek. I love big data and ferreting out patterns. Nothing fascinates me more than the burgeoning field of neuromarketing.

Retail catalogs surviving the Internet Age

May 29, 2012

Many may think that the catalog is on its way out as online spending continues to increase, but in fact, the opposite is true.

Solar powered QR codes help Korean retailer increase sales

May 25, 2012

Korean discount retailer Emart recently placed 3D QR code sculptures throughout Seoul that could only be scanned between noon and 1 p.m., which are slow…

PayPal partners with POS makers, merchants on mobile payments

by James Wester

Company announces partners bringing its offline strategy to the real world.

Target kickin' it with Shopkick

May 24, 2012

Target has partnered with shopkick, an app that allows consumers to earn points for shopping (at participating stores) that can then be redeemed for a variety…

NRF: Retailers leveraging tablets to elevate brand, boost sales

May 23, 2012

With more than 60 million Americans forecast to own a tablet computer by the end of this year, retailers say tablets are driving an increasingly larger share…

CrossView allows retailers to implement cross-channel commerce

May 22, 2012

CrossView, Inc., a cross-channel commerce solutions and retail technology provider, has enhanced its cross-channel commerce portfolio of software that is…

Charlotte Russe selects Innotrac for e-commerce solution

May 18, 2012

Innotrac Corp., a commerce provider integrating digital technology, fulfillment and contact center solutions, is helping Charlotte Russe run its e-commerce…

Checkout on Demand offering multi-channel payments

May 14, 2012

Checkout on Demand, a provider of multi-channel retailing software, has teamed up with SecureTrading to provide online payment processing for its latest retail…

Steam Wallet comes to GameStop

May 14, 2012

All U.S. GameStop locations are now offering customers the use of Steam Wallet, a platform for the delivery and management of PC and Mac games with more than…

Another nail in the coffin of big box stores?

by Chris Petersen — Owner, IMS

You don't need to look very far to see another article on the growth of online retailing. The phenomenon of online shopping is truly worldwide. While Amazon…

What does Facebook's app store mean for retailers?

The bottom line for retailers is this: Now, the way Facebook works can be customized to lift sales.

Smartphone apps could be retailers' No. 1 ally

May 9, 2012

Smartphone apps could be the magic bullet of marketing for retailers, according to a December 2011 ABI Research survey of U.S. consumers. The study, "Mobile…

Two tales of retail showrooming

by Jeff Weidauer — Vice President, Marketing & Strategy, Vestcom International, Inc.

By now most folks have heard about "showrooming," the relatively new activity where consumers visit a brick and mortar store, look at a product they are…

AT&T releases mobile checkout app for retailers

May 8, 2012

AT&T is helping retailers shorten their checkout lines with its newest product, VeriFone GlobalBay Solutions, that allows associates armed with mobile…