Crate and Barrel taps Glympse to boost curbside experience

January 5, 2021

Crate and Barrel is teaming up with Glympse, a day-of-service mobile communications platform, to boost curbside pickup.

Jewelry retailer taps Loop Commerce to boost digital gifting

November 25, 2020

Catbird, a New York jewelry designer and retailer, is deploying Loop Commerce's GiftNow to streamline, personalize and enhance the gifting experience.

Foot Locker debuts power store concept in Canada

November 24, 2020

A Foot Locker community power store is now open for business in Vancouver, British Columbia, and the footwear retailer plans to open a second in Toronto in…

Fashion designer develops vending machine for hand bags

November 20, 2020

Paris-based fashion designer Jacquemus has created a vending machine offering a selection of the designer's hand bags, including the tiny Chiquito and the new…

Raymour & Flanigan taps Rightpoint for website build

November 17, 2020

Furniture retailer Raymour & Flanigan has launched a website providing a "differentiated e-commerce experience," built on Episerver by Righpoint, a Genpact…

Canada retailer deploys mobile shopping tool to drive contactless shopping

November 17, 2020

Lee Valley Tools, an Ottawa, Canada tool and garden retailer, is offering consumers a mobile shopping tool to foster contactless shopping at its 20 locations…

New Balance aims to modernize customer experience with Aptos technology

November 10, 2020

Athletic leader New Balance will deploy Apotos cloud-based applications across its retail footprint in North America and Europe in a quest to modernize and…

Lowe's hiring on 20K staffers for holiday season

November 5, 2020

Home improvement retailer Lowe's Companies, Inc. is gearing up to hire on 20,000 associates to support customer demand this holiday season and is dedicating an…

Cannabis vending machines evolve, but face hurdles

November 3, 2020

A new cannabis vending machine, called Anna, has hit the market in Colorado, with other states on the horizon, but the automated dispensers must overcome a…

How digital gifting led Dover Saddlery to an e-commerce victory

by Dana Springfield — Vice President of Marketing, Dover Saddlery

Dana Springfield, VP of marketing at Dover Saddlery, shares how the retailer's pivot in the arrival of the pandemic led to a robust and winning sales formula…

How Brooks Running overcame fraud and boosted customer experience

by Rich Stuppy, Rich Stuppy

Rich Stuppy, chief customer experience officer at Kount, shares how running sneaker retailer Brooks Running dealt with fraud and improved the customer…

Dick's Sporting Goods president named to Yum Brands board

October 14, 2020

Yum Brands Inc. has named Lauren R. Hobart, president of Dick's Sporting Goods Inc., to its board, effective Nov. 12, a news release said. Hobart, a former…

Health beauty retailer taps NCR for faster checkout, simpler store operations

October 13, 2020

Kruidvat, which is part of the A.S. Watson Group that operates over 1,200 retail stores in Belgium and the Netherlands, is deploying NCR's Next Generation…

Cocoon Technology installs self-service kiosks at Thrive Cannabis Marketplace

September 18, 2020

Cocoon Technology has installed its CocoonPod self-service kiosks at Thrive Cannabis Marketplace at 2755 W. Cheyenne Ave, 103, North Las Vegas, the first of…

Petco may be heading to sale block or IPO

September 11, 2020

Petco may soon be sold by CVC Capital Partners and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and it could bring a tidy sum given a value point of $6 billion.

Sporting goods retailer taps Oracle Cloud for greater associate-customer engagement

September 7, 2020

Sporting goods retailer Scheels is deploying Oracle Retail Xstore and Oracle Retail Xstore Office Cloud Service to its 28 stores in a quest to give associates…

Payless relaunches in North America with new online platform, concept stores

August 19, 2020

Footwear retailer Payless is relaunching in the North American market with a revamped e-commerce platform as well as new brick-and-mortar concept stores.

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Vans teams with The Simpsons on footwear brand

August 4, 2020

Footwear and apparel retailer, Vans, has a new product line out and it's all about The Simpsons, a longtime popular cartoon series.

L Brands advances cost reduction strategy, moving forward on layoffs

July 30, 2020

L Brands, Inc., the parent company of Bath & Body Works, Victoria's Secret Beauty and Secret Lingerie as well as PINK, is moving forward on a substantial…