Retail - Convenience Stores News & Media
Village Pantry revamps employee training system
January 25, 2009
Convenience Store News: Indianapolis-based Village Pantry sought to revamp its on-the-job training with a solution that provided consistent, high-quality…
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NRF: Stu Armstrong on in-store digital media
At retail Big Show, the president of the Digital Signage Association delivered 11 reasons to deploy in-store media.
read nowLoyalty 360, PCATS announce partnership
January 19, 2009
ALEXANDRIA, Va., and CINCINNATI, Ohio — The Petroleum Convenience Alliance for Technology Standards (PCATS) and Loyalty 360, the Loyalty Marketer's Association…
read nowNew research reveals the best retail customer experiences of the year
January 19, 2009
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Retail Customer Experience magazine announced the publication of its inaugural Best Retail Customer Experiences report, a comprehensive…
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Shoppers willing to pay more for products they can touch
A new study suggests that consumer desire for a product is intensified at the moment of first contact.
read nowTop 10 customer experience resolutions for the New Year
by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance
January 4, 2009
Bruce Temkin, customer experience blogger and vice president with Forrester Research, has just published his Top 10 resolutions companies should be making in…
read nowUser-generated classified ads coming to pharmacy screens
December 23, 2008
SINGAPORE — Linux-based digital signage provider 1-2-1VIEW will be rolling out a network of sites with a classified ads section for 33 outlets of the Tigas…
read nowIndependent retailers tout their differences this holiday
December 14, 2008
Indianapolis Business Journal: Unlike their larger counterparts, locally owned merchants aren't pushing deep discounts to lure shoppers through their doors.
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Consumer desire driving green retail IT
Shoppers increasingly value transparency, sustainability when making buying decisions.
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Marketing show heavy on innovation
by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance
Fresh ideas from the In-Store Marketing Expo in Las Vegas.
read nowNFC mobile phone payments come to Latin America
November 4, 2008
PARIS — Silicon Valley-based ViVOtech announced that its provisioning software for Near Field Communication (NFC) mobile payments is being used in the first…
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Targeting attractive segments in tough times
Many shoppers are going "full spend ahead" despite the economy.
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Balancing the needs of customers, investors
Rigorous inventory control can keep both parties satisfied.
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Billpay tech coming to checkout lanes
October 16, 2008
BROOKFIELD, Wis. — Fiserv Inc., a leading provider of information technology services to the financial industry, announced it has partnered with PayScan…
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NCR unveils SelfServ 60 line
The company pulls the sheet off its new point-of-decision kiosk.
read nowNRF, Retail Customer Experience announce pavilion partnership
October 14, 2008
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — NetWorld Alliance, publisher of Retail Customer Experience magazine and RetailCustomerExperience.com, and the National Retail Federation…
read nowPayment-enhanced driver's license doesn't work in c-stores
October 13, 2008
Convenience Store News: While the concept behind New York state's new enhanced driver license was to streamline encrypted information with available retail…
read nowC-Store TV Network expands
October 12, 2008
DETROIT — Destination Media announced from the NACS Show that the much anticipated C-Store TV network expanded to additional locations in Los Angeles and…
read nowIBM publishes report on customer shopping preferences
October 9, 2008
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — IBM announced the findings of a survey of nearly 4,300 U.S. and U.K. consumers that revealed insights into consumer behaviors…
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