Sephora launches Beauty Board social shopping platform

March 13, 2014

Sephora has announced the launch of Beauty Board, its new social shopping platform designed to engage clients through beauty images and allow them to post…

Report says Target dropped prices 20 percent during data breach

March 13, 2014

360pi, which actively monitors millions of products from hundreds of retailer websites, today announced that according to its price intelligence data, Target…

Yelp launches in Mexico

March 13, 2014

Online reviews site Yelp Inc. today announced the availability of Yelp Mexico. Yelp's free iPhone and Android applications will be available as well as its…

RetailMeNot updates coupon app

March 13, 2014

Digital coupon distributor RetailMeNot has announced an update of its free RetailMeNot coupons app for iPhone and Android users.

Big data: Personalizing the customer experience in real time

Delivering a personalized customer experience is taking on new dimensions to address tectonic shifts in buying patterns.

If our data is currency, who is the bank?

by Doug Stephens — President, Retail Prophet Consulting

If our data is currency, who's the bank? It's a question that every brand and retailer should be giving serious thought to. Those who don't may soon find…

SecureBuy gets Canadian patent for signature capture tech

March 11, 2014

SecureBuy announced it has been granted intellectual property protection for its real-time, online biometric signature capture technology under Canadian patent…

SXSW: Retail innovation in the age of the customer

Discussions about how customers interact with brands gave way to how brands have a lot to learn from entrepreneurial retailers.

McAfee report details link between 'dark Web,' data breaches

March 10, 2014

The "McAfee Labs Threats Report: Fourth Quarter 2013," released today, highlights the ease of purchasing POS malware online, and of selling stolen credit card…

Fashion retailer ASOS launches shopping app

March 10, 2014

ASOS, a U.K.-based online fashion retailer, has announced the launch of its U.S. shopping app, offering more than 850 brands and the ASOS private label for…

Retailer Runnings selects ShopVisible for e-commerce launch

March 10, 2014

Runnings, a general merchandise retailer with more than 34 brick and mortar stores across the upper Midwest, has announced its partnership with ShopVisible for…

Pursway announces patented purchase influence tech

March 4, 2014

Big data analytics firm Pursway has announced the availability of its purchase influence targeting tools, MyPIVO (Purchase Influence Value Order), fastPIVO and…

Study: One-third of UK online sales made via mobile devices

March 3, 2014

One in three of all U.K. online sales are now made on a mobile device, according to research by Interactive Media in Retail Group, the U.K.'s industry…

CashStar launches new version of digital gifting platform

March 3, 2014

Digital gifting company CashStar has announced the release of CashStar 5. Delivered as an SaaS solution, the company said its platform delivers ROI for…

Neiman Marcus launches iOS app

February 27, 2014

Neiman Marcus today announced its new shopping app for the iPhone. According to the company, features of the app include:

CONNECT 2014 Mobile Innovation Summit announced for retail and restaurant industries

February 26, 2014

With a slogan of "Think Mobile First," Networld Media Group properties MobilePaymentsToday.com and RetailCustomerExperience.com will join forces to convene the…

With Flow, showrooming moves beyond barcodes

Amazon's mobile app uses live photo recognition to let showroomers build shopping lists.

Half of consumers now read emails only on mobile devices, conversion rates are twice that of desktop

February 26, 2014

For the first time ever, the proportion of consumers interacting with email on smartphones or tablets alone hit 50 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013…

Report reveals strong growth in mobile and tablet shopping traffic

February 24, 2014

In its latest Influence & Impact report, e-commerce provider ShopVisible found that site traffic from mobile devices and tablets significantly increased …

Austin pharmacy testing iBeacon marketing

February 19, 2014

Shelfbucks Inc., provider of an iBeacon-based promotion platform for retail stores, announced it has finalized the roll out of its solution in Austin's…