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Blockbuster tests cappuccinos, children's play areas
April 24, 2008
Display & Design Ideas: Dallas-based Blockbuster Inc. has begun testing new concepts, including the option to buy a cappuccino or fountain drink, offering…
read nowRetail designers emphasizing local connections, customer amenities
April 23, 2008
CoStar: Architect Tipton Housewright says today's retail designers are placing emphasis on having their environments blend in with local culture. They're also…
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Evincii launches 'in-store search'
by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance
Company wants to do for shelves what Google does for the Web.
read nowStudy analyzes how, why teens shop
April 16, 2008
Minneapolis Star Tribune: If parents can hardly predict how their teenagers will behave on a given day, what chance do stuffy stockbrokers have? The odds…
read nowTesco to offer bachelor's degree in retail management, shelf-stacking
April 15, 2008
Daily Mail (U.K.): Tesco plans to offer degrees in the art of shelf-stacking and retail management. It wants the two-year course to be recognized as the…
read nowKIOSKCOM: Show opens with digital signage component
April 15, 2008
LAS VEGAS — KioskCom Self Service Expo opens its spring show today in Las Vegas with a twist: Digital signage gets a room of its own. Joel Davis, president…
read nowInnovation in experience design 'the last frontier'
April 13, 2008
Business Week: Innovation in product design has lost its meaning and, therefore, its value. But there is still one frontier that remains wide open: experience…
read nowOpinion: Store design should emphasize comfort
April 13, 2008
Retail Week: In a debate on store design trends, Fitch chief creative director Tim Greenhalgh said shoppers are looking for places where "you can go and feel…
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Making multi-channel make sense
by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance
Creating consistent experiences is crucial.
read nowOnline sales to drive in-store technology growth
April 10, 2008
Inside Retailing (Australia): With Internet sales expected to account for almost 20 percent of turnover by 2012-15, and Web sites becoming increasingly…
read nowMore retail technology on the way, and soon
April 10, 2008
Arizona Daily Star: More new technologies are likely on the way for retail stores, speakers said Thursday at this year's Global Retailing Conference, held by…
read nowConsumer needs to be the central focus of multi-channel retail
April 9, 2008
Retail Week: Multichannel retailing should be about allowing customers to access your services in whatever form they find easiest, while continuing to act as…
read nowEscalate releases Customer1 version 4.0
April 7, 2008
SAN DIEGO — Escalate Retail announced the availability of Version 4.0 of its Customer1 point of service software application. The upgraded version of…
read nowReport: Multi-channel must be seamless, customer-centric
April 7, 2008
SARATOGA SPRINGS, New York — CORESense, a software-as-a-service multi-channel retail management system company serving small to medium-sized specialty…
read nowIBM WebSphere Premises Server connects with sensor data
April 7, 2008
ARMONK, NY — IBM announced the release of WebSphere Premises Server version 6.1, a software product that enables business process transformation by responding…
read nowNorth American consumers demand more self-service
April 7, 2008
ORLANDO, Fla. — A growing legion of North American consumers use self-service in their everyday lives, and the latest research from NCR Corp. shows an…
read nowShopatron rolls out in-store pickup solution
April 7, 2008
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — Shopatron, a provider of e-commerce solutions for consumer goods manufacturers, directs orders from manufacturers' Web sites to…
read nowManufacturing-on-demand could reinvent video retailing
April 6, 2008
Screen Digest: The video business is approaching saturation point in many markets. Retailers struggle to accommodate an ever-expanding DVD catalog while…
read nowInaugural Customer Experience Summit announced
April 6, 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The inaugural Customer Experience Summit, co-hosted by RetailConnections and by Cathy Hotka & Associates, will take place August 17-19…
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