Study: Pricey products trigger happy responses in consumers

January 15, 2008

MSNBC: The more we believe an item is worth, the happier we are with our purchase — at least for a short time, says a study released in Proceedings of the…

IBM unveils results of new retail loyalty survey

January 13, 2008

NEW YORK — IBM unveiled a new survey of 19,000 U.S. consumers which found that across multiple retail segments, only 21 percent of consumers are advocates for…

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…

NRF 2008 opens in New York

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

January 13, 2008

NEW YORK — The National Retail Federation's 97th Annual Convention & Expo opened this morning at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. Approximately 60…

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…

Marketers experimenting with digital signage

January 9, 2008

Promo: Borders is not the only retailer discovering what behemoths like Wal-Mart already know: In-store TV is a smart way to talk to customers. The networks…

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…

Circuit City testing smaller stores

January 8, 2008

This Week in Consumer Electronics: Circuit City has seen the future of CE retailing, and it may very well be found in its new store format, The City. The…

Stores use live DJs to lure shoppers

January 7, 2008

Marketplace: Department-store entertainment used to be a guy in a tuxedo tinkling the ivories. But with a stronger focus on young consumers, big retail shops…

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…

Top source of retail shrink: employees

January 2, 2008

Progressive Grocer: Retailers suspect that their own employees are the main source of retail shrink, according to a new Retail Systems Research Benchmark…

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…

U.S. retail sales rise 14 percent after the holidays

January 2, 2008

Reuters: Post-holiday discounts and shoppers redeeming gift cards helped boost retail sales 14 percent for the last full week of December, according to data…

M-commerce sites raise retail eyebrows

January 1, 2008

Internet Retailer: M-commerce sites and services are popping up, and many e-retailers and other e-commerce players such as comparison shopping sites are…

Airport retail taking off

January 1, 2008

Indianapolis Business Journal: Retailers and restaurateurs have flooded Indianapolis International Airport with letters-of-interest for space in the Midfield…

Retailers rebound from disappointing holiday

December 27, 2007

Business Week: After the most disappointing holiday sales season in five years, retailers are turning to "desperation discounting" to rescue bleak holiday…

Retailers brace for fiercely competitive 2008

December 26, 2007

The Kansas City Star: The new year is still days away but retailers have already decided how to rock your world in 2008. Expect a fiercely competitive year as…

Independent merchants fight big retailers with selection, service

December 25, 2007

The Columbus Dispatch: This season finds independent retailers across the country dealing with a new set of economic challenges even as they still contend…

Tesco to carry Dell computers

December 25, 2007

ROUND ROCK, Texas — Dell and Tesco announced the availability of Dell notebook and desktop computers in Tesco, a premier international retailer with operations…