Best Buy combats showrooming with changes to price-matching policy

October 15, 2012

Best Buy, realizing the potentially dangerous effects of showrooming, has changed its tune on holiday season price-matching. The electronics retailer…

Leaked display directions reveal retailers already prepping for iPad mini

October 12, 2012

Signs of the impending launch of Apple's smaller-version iPad are popping up, as reported by appleinsider.com.

Pre-orders for iPhone 5 available down under

September 13, 2012

Australian retailer Kogan is already taking pre-orders for unlocked versions of the newly unveiled iPhone 5, according to an article on cnet.com.

RFID pilot a success at Colombian electronics chain

September 11, 2012

Colombian electronics chain Grupo Éxito announced the results of its major pilot study that tested the effectiveness of RFID tags for tracking merchandise. 

Microsoft plans holiday pop-up shops

September 11, 2012

Microsoft announced plans to launch pop-up retail spots at 32 locations, including New York, San Francisco, Vancouver and Toronto. The temporary retail stores…

Best Buy looks to improve employees as a way to boost sales

September 7, 2012

After a decline in sales and uneven store performances, Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly plans to put more focus on employee training, according to an article on…

Target to get geeky with new partnership pilot

August 27, 2012

Shoppers at Denver-area Target stores will have extra help in solving electronics problems. Starting in late October, the Geek Squad will be available 80-hours…

Kodak quits retail imaging

August 27, 2012

In a step toward emergence from Chapter 11 reorganization, Eastman Kodak Company announced plans to sell its consumer and document imaging businesses.

Best Buy chairman, founder resigns

June 7, 2012

More tumult at troubled retail giant Best Buy: Richard Schulze, who founded the company and has served as its director for nearly four decades, has resigned.

Are Best Buy's best days behind it?

by Lisa Biank Fasig — Director, JZMcBride and Associates

The news that Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn left the company yesterday created quite a stir across Wall Street and the retail sector. It may also have consumers…

Sony moves to common pricing

by Dale Furtwengler — President, Furtwengler & Associates, P.C.

Sony's CEO, Phil Molyneux, announced a move to common pricing beginning April 1, 2012. What is common pricing? More importantly, what is the impetus for this…

Report: in-game purchases to hit $4.8 billion in 2016

January 9, 2012

Juniper research has issued a new report predicting that in-game purchases are set to increase dramatically in the next few years driven in large part by…

Best Buy grows its business IT services with acquisition of mindSHIFT

November 7, 2011

Best Buy announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire mindSHIFT Technologies Inc., a managed service provider (MSP) for small and mid-sized…

Apple to provide self-checkout via app

October 30, 2011

Apple is launching an update to its retail store iOS app to allow consumers to use self-checkout to buy accessories and other shelf-stocked items at the…

Holiday 2011: Study predicts more retail sales, fewer in-store shoppers

September 20, 2011

Despite the struggling economy and high unemployment rates, consumers plan to stuff their holiday stockings a little fuller this year.

Apple opens five new stores, including first in Alaska

August 8, 2011

MacRumors reports five new Apple stores are opening on Saturday, including the first Apple store in the state of Alaska.

Retail Customer Experience Executive Summit: Microsoft vs Apple

Attendees toured the Mall of America and weighed in on Apple's and Microsoft's customer experiences.

Marshall Electronics to launch retail-integrated e-commerce

July 17, 2011

Marshall Electronics, developer, manufacturer and distributor of professional audio/visual equipment, has signed an agreement with retail-integrated e-commerce…

Best Buy to sublease space, shrink stores

June 23, 2011

Big box retailer Best Buy Co. Inc. is planning to sublease parts of its stores to smaller retailers, according to StreetInsider.com.

Shopatron helps Klipsch develop premium ecommerce site

June 22, 2011

Klipsch, the manufacturer of high-end audio speakers, is making its products available online with the help of ecommerce solutions provider Shopatron.