ARTS releases SOA blueprint for retail

January 13, 2008

NEW YORK — The Association for Retail Technology Standards, the standards division of the National Retail Federation, announced the release of the SOA…

Wincor Nixdorf and DigitalPersona Partner for retail POS systems

January 13, 2008

AUSTIN, Texas - Wincor Nixdorf has formed a partnership with globally-recognized biometric authentication solutions provider DigitalPersona to set new…

Wincor Nixdorf bringing retail IT platform to the U.S.

January 10, 2008

AUSTIN, Texas — Wincor Nixdorf, supplier of IT solutions for the retail and banking industries, announced the U.S. introduction of its TP.net software…

Celerant announces retail RFID solution

January 9, 2008

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Retail software provider Celerant Technology Corp. announced the release of RFID for POS, to be launched at the upcoming NRF Show at the…

IBM unveils new retail software architecture

January 9, 2008

ARMONK, N.Y. — IBM announced the IBM Retail Integration Framework, an enterprise software architecture designed to help retailers accelerate the…

AccuPOS earns Intuit Gold Developer status

January 7, 2008

LOS ANGELES — Attitude POSitive, provider of POS, inventory management and time clock software for the retail and hospitality industries, announced that its…

New NCR self-checkout can go anywhere in the store

January 6, 2008

DAYTON, Ohio — NCR announced a new solution that allows retailers who have deployed NCR FastLane self-checkout at the front of the store to extend it to…

NRF to focus on tech beyond the store

Show looks at relationship between retail, emerging technology.

NCR introduces contactless, mobile payment suite for retail

January 3, 2008

DAYTON, Ohio -- NCR Corp., in partnership with ViVOtech, has introduced a suite of contactless payment terminals for the point of sale. These solutions enable…

Kroger, University of Cincinnati testing mobile payments

January 2, 2008

CINCINNATI — The University of Cincinnati announced the launch of a mobile payment program for UC Mobile student clients with merchants on the UC campus and in…

The Tesco-Kroger connection

December 25, 2007

Wall Street Journal: Britain's largest retailer, Tesco PLC, opened its first stores in the U.S. last month, but Americans have already gotten a taste of the…

Retail tech spending expected to increase

December 25, 2007

Associated Press: Stores spend $34.5 billion a year on all kinds of technology, from the cables and routers behind-the-scene to in-store devices such as price…

Hordes line up to cash in gift cards

December 25, 2007

The Arizona Republic: For those who love to shop, what happens Wednesday could be as exciting as unwrapping gifts on Christmas Day or during Hanukkah. Malls…

Retail Wi-Fi open to hacking

December 19, 2007

Security consultancy AirDefense recently published its "2007 Retail Shopping Wireless Security Survey," which found that most of the wireless devices in use…

Retailers to discuss 'green' initiatives at NRF

December 19, 2007

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Speakers at NRF's 97th Annual Convention and EXPO, January 13-16 in New York City, will teach retailers how to Dream Big and Dream Green.

Home Depot launches project-oriented store

December 19, 2007

RICHMOND HILL, ON. — The Home Depot Canada is changing the way customers shop for home improvement projects with the opening of its first project-orientated…

NRF: U.S. should follow Europe's lead on 'hidden' credit card fees

December 19, 2007

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Retail Federation welcomed a ruling by the European Commission that hidden fees currently charged by MasterCard to process…

More gift cards going unredeemed

December 17, 2007

A Consumer Reports survey conducted in October found that among people who received a gift card during the 2006 holiday season, 27 percent of them left one or…

The planning puzzle

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

For technology, intelligent planning makes all the difference.

Co-Op offers surcharge-free ATM use at Costco

December 11, 2007

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. — Co-Op Financial Services, which operates the Co-Op Network, now offers surcharge-free ATM access at 341 Costco Wholesale…