Nordstrom Rack launches integrated online/mobile shopping site

May 6, 2014

Seattle-based Nordstrom, Inc., announced it has launched nordstromrack.com, a new e-commerce site and mobile app, built on a shared platform with HauteLook…

Cheese maker Castello brings a pop-up store, and an Iron Chef, to NYC

May 2, 2014

Artisan cheese maker Castello announced it is opening a pop-up store today in New York City's SoHo neighborhood. The store will be open through July 6.

Starbucks considers white-labeling its mobile app

April 25, 2014

Tech companies and national retailers have approached Starbucks about whether the coffee giant would consider licensing or white-labeling its successful…

Time Warner Cable debuts new Flagship Experience Store

Interactive digital signage creates a completely new atmosphere for buying cable services at NYC flagship store.

Acme Tools launches new mobile shopping site

April 21, 2014

Acme Tools, an authorized online retailer of tools and equipment, has announced the launch of its new mobile version of AcmeTools.com for online customers…

CVS adding health insurance billpay service

April 21, 2014

CVS/pharmacy, the retail division of CVS Caremark, announced the launch of its new service Bill Pay at CVS/pharmacy. Members of participating health plans can…

Bang & Olufsen launches next-generation retail concept in North America

April 16, 2014

Bang & Olufsen has unveiled its first newly redesigned store concept in North America at the new Madison Avenue showroom in New York. According to the…

Sephora bringing 'experiential beauty environment' to Coachella music festival

April 8, 2014

Sephora Collection, exclusive beauty sponsor of the 2014 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, has announced that it will be hosting The Sephora Collection…

For Nordstrom Rack, Canada is a moving target

by Lisa Biank Fasig — Director, JZMcBride and Associates

Canadians love their hockey, doughnuts and the metric system, but they apparently are not appreciating the fluorescent glow of a good American value.

PGA TOUR opening three experiential superstores

April 8, 2014

PGA TOUR Superstore has announced three new store openings in 2014 and a growth strategy that will more than double its current retail footprint, adding one…

Convenience stores hit record in-store sales in 2013

April 2, 2014

U.S. convenience stores reached record in-store sales in 2013, with sales climbing 2.4 percent to $204 billion. Combined with motor fuel sales of $491.…

Jewelry retailer YLANG 23 brings in-store experience online

March 26, 2014

MarketLive has announced that YLANG 23, a favorite among Hollywood celebrities and fashionistas, is relaunching its online retail commerce website on…

Retail roundtable: What could Radio Shack have done differently?

Is this once-great retailer going to go the way of Circuit City?

CreditCall, skyauth provide mobile payments for Berlin pop-up stores

March 10, 2014

Skyauth has launched its mPOS service for short-term-retailers by signing up its first customers, eight pop-up stores in Berlin.

Ross Stores opens 37 new locations

March 10, 2014

Ross Stores recently opened a total of 30 Ross Dress for Less and seven dd's Discounts stores in 14 different states. According to the company, these openings…

Retailer Runnings selects ShopVisible for e-commerce launch

March 10, 2014

Runnings, a general merchandise retailer with more than 34 brick and mortar stores across the upper Midwest, has announced its partnership with ShopVisible for…

Walls and Forms unveils new Verizon store package

March 6, 2014

Walls and Forms Inc., a company that specializes in the design, fabrication and manufacturing of retail display systems, modular wall systems, and wireless…

Five unique ways containers can add 'pop' to retail sales

Selling goods is just one way to leverage the power of a pop-up location.

Foot Locker elects J.M. Smucker president to board of directors

February 19, 2014

Foot Locker Inc., the New York-based specialty athletic retailer, announced today that its board of directors elected Steven Oakland as a director of the…

Big Lots is now the official Hostess outlet store

February 11, 2014

Hostess shut down its 600 thrift store outlets in the summer of 2013, but the brand announced it is reviving the concept by placing its overstock inventory in…