Report: Most successful e-tailers use formal analytics

March 17, 2010

As online commerce sales grow and take additional market share away from traditional brick-and-mortar channels, retailers are under pressure to increase sales…

Webloyalty releases summit findings

March 16, 2010

Webloyalty, a provider of incremental revenue for online businesses and facilitator of the event, has announced the findings of its recent Webloyalty etail…

Survey: Tech-savvy shoppers setting the pace in Canada

March 15, 2010

A new IBM global survey, including 4,000 Canadians, reveals we are more loyal than most to our primary retailers. The study also revealed technology is giving…

Report: Mobile retail market to exceed $12 billion by 2014

March 11, 2010

A new report from Juniper Research has found that one-to-one marketing, allied to the rapid proliferation of smartphones, will be among the key drivers of a…

Target unveils scannable mobile coupon program

March 10, 2010

Target announced that it is the first national retailer to offer a scannable mobile coupon program that allows guests to receive exclusive offers directly on…

Jesta unveils multichannel software module

March 4, 2010

Jesta I.S. Inc., a supplier of business solutions for the soft goods and specialty markets, has announced the extension of its Vision Suite to support…

Best Buy's video-on-demand service 'coming out soon'

March 3, 2010

Entertainment-starved consumers will soon have another option for their instant gratification fix: According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Best Buy…

RAMA Research reveals habits, preferences of social media users

March 2, 2010

The Retail Advertising and Marketing Association, a division of NRF, released new research today at NRF’s Retail Innovation & Marketing Conference on the…

Viewpoints adds blogs, content publishing to reviews platform

March 1, 2010

Viewpoints Network, a social technology and media company, today announced the addition of a new Blogs & Content Publishing module to The Viewpoints…

Swedish retail giant relaunches its e-commerce site

March 1, 2010

TrueAction, a GSI Commerce company, has announced in a news release the expansion of its portfolio into international markets with the redesign and launch of…

Nine West launches 'lookbook' Facebook app

February 23, 2010

Digital shopping provider Fluid Inc. has announced Nine West as the second customer deploying Fluid Fan Shop, its new Facebook shopping component of Fluid…

Study: Multichannel experience dysfunctional

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

February 22, 2010

eGain Communications Corp., a provider of multichannel customer service and knowledge management software, reported in a news release that more than 70 percent…

Viewpoints, ForeSee partner for online customer satisfaction measurement

February 16, 2010

ForeSee Results and Viewpoints Network have announced they will be joining forces to provide Viewpoints.com and Viewpoints Technology Platform (VTP) clients…

Study: Consumers desire better 'touch and feel' shopping experience

February 16, 2010

Three out of four consumers still want to visit a physical retail store when buying a communications product or service, but they are not very satisfied with…

Study: Most retailers failing at channel integration

February 14, 2010

CrossView, a cross-channel commerce solution and retail technology provider, has released a study showing that many retailers currently fail at cross-channel…

MobileCoupons offers free m-coupon tool to retailers

February 10, 2010

MobileCoupons.com announced it has launched an online coupon creator that makes it easy for retailers and restaurants to create and distribute mobile and…

CompUSA opening more 'Retail 2.0' stores

February 10, 2010

CompUSA has announced the opening of three new retail stores: Houston, Texas, Newark, Del., and Euless, Texas. These new openings make a total of 32 CompUSA…

Target mobile tech converts gift cards to virtual barcodes

February 7, 2010

Target guests no longer need to carry their Target GiftCards in order to redeem them, thanks to the Target Mobile GiftCard.

Retailers target younger shoppers with mobile coupons

February 1, 2010

Recent tests of mobile coupon programs from J.C. Penney, Target, 7-Eleven and other retailers are attempting to reach younger shoppers where they live — on the…

Abercrombie & Fitch, Hollister build mobile storefronts

January 25, 2010

Digby, developer of mobile commerce solutions for the retail and e-commerce market segments, announced today that global retailer Abercrombie & Fitch has…