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Opinion: Most loyalty programs use the wrong incentives
September 22, 2008
Wall Street Journal: The biggest problem with loyalty programs, according to two professors of management science, is that most retailers adopt a…
read nowFrito-Lay uses fake store to watch customer behavior
September 11, 2008
BNET: When Frito-Lay wants to see the impact of a packaging change or an end-cap display, the Dallas salty snack purveyor no longer has to wait for sales…
read nowGaps closing between consumer multichannel expectations, retailer readiness
August 25, 2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Sterling Commerce, an AT&T Inc. company, today released the results of a recent survey that shows that the gaps are closing between…
read nowXterprise announces retail RFID suite
August 20, 2008
DALLAS — Xterprise Inc. has announced a new suite of solutions for retail applications, which introduce advanced inventory management and execution…
read nowNeighborhood retail making a comeback
August 17, 2008
Springfield Business Journal: During the past 50 years, the commercial development industry has followed rooftop demographics as they moved farther out on the…
read nowSolidcore 'runtime control' secures the POS
August 17, 2008
CUPERTINO, Calif. — Solidcore Systems Inc., provider of software to detect and prevent unwanted change, has released POS Check and Control for easily securing…
read nowExpert: Shoppers can't afford to be loyal
August 10, 2008
The Globe and Mail: Shoppers cannot afford to remain loyal, according to retail guru and "true-life sixties-era Mad Man" Don Watt. "They will remain loyal if…
read nowVendorNet launches cross-channel inventory tool
August 5, 2008
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — VendorNet, a supply chain collaboration solutions provider, has announced the availability of its StoreNet Manager, an e-commerce and…
read nowDespite customer qualms, retailers ready for contactless
August 4, 2008
RFID Journal: Just as one study found British consumers to be uncomfortable with the idea of contactless payment cards, other unrelated research determined…
read nowMore stores broadening selection in lieu of new-store construction
August 3, 2008
Chicago Tribune: Guitars at Best Buy. Frozen pizzas at Menards. Yoga pants at Walgreens. As the economy slows and the retail industry cuts back on investment…
read nowThirty-six million Americans now print online coupons
August 3, 2008
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — The number of people turning to the Web for coupons has soared to 36 million in 2008. That's an increase of 10 million people from…
read nowInfosys tool tracks shopper, shelf activity in real-time
July 30, 2008
BANGALORE, India — Infosys Technologies Limited has launched ShoppingTrip360, a platform that enables a suite of managed-information services to create a…
read nowOft-quoted retail statistic doesn't give the full picture
July 30, 2008
NEW YORK — A new global shopper study, "Shopper Decisions Made In-Store" (SDMIS), reveals what's truly happening in the world's retail shopping aisles.
read nowShoppers want retailers to show how green they are
July 21, 2008
Boston Business Journal: A retail business may be green and sustainable, but unless those details are clearly communicated to shoppers, the store might not be…
read nowFull-service gas stations are thing of the past
July 14, 2008
The Jackson (Tenn.) Sun: Poplar Corner Service Station in Jackson, Tenn. is one of a dwindling number left in the United States that offers full service. The…
read nowIBM webinar reveals self-service trends
July 13, 2008
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Employee-facing self-service is on the rise, and more self-service devices will be managed centrally in the next several years. Those are…
read nowBig-name retail comes to grips with online
July 9, 2008
CNBC: If there's one indisputable truth about retailing on the Internet, it's that the established retail cliques have consistently underestimated how it…
read nowCalgary Co-op completes self-checkout install
July 8, 2008
DALLAS — Calgary Co-operative Association Limited (Calgary Co-op) has completed a chain-wide rollout of self-checkout that has enhanced customer service and…
read nowUnderstanding the female shopping psyche
July 1, 2008
Belfast Telegraph (U.K.): Dr. Karise Hutchinson, who teaches human resources at the University of Ulster, writes in the Belfast Telegraph of the difficulty…
read nowStudy: Customers won't tolerate waiting in line more than four minutes
June 26, 2008
DALLAS — A study conducted by M/A/R/C Research found 10 percent of shoppers are frustrated enough to leave a check-out line if the wait is too long. The study…
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