Bailey Banks & Biddle revamps in-store, online experience

July 11, 2012

Luxury jeweler Bailey Banks & Biddle is revamping its in-store and online shopping experience by implementing a new design studio, according to a company…

Best Buy: Another retailer copying Apple

July 6, 2012

Best Buy Co. is hoping to channel a bit of Apple's success by copying its design, according to the The Wall Street journal, which featured a photo of Best…

Virgin Mobile opening first retail stores

June 28, 2012

Sprint Nextel's Virgin Mobile, the pay-as-you-go carrier, is opening its first 10 retail stores tomorrow in Chicago, becoming the second U.S. prepaid service…

Colonial Candle to open 'hands-on' boutique in S.C.

June 15, 2012

Colonial Candle has chosen Charleston, S.C., as the location for its first boutique. The 3,000-square-foot flagship store is the 103-year-old candle company's…

Big box retailers discovering less is more

June 7, 2012

Big box retailers opening smaller-format stores in urban settings is trendier than ever. Kohl's, for example, in March opened seven stores nearly half the size…

What Amazon's move into luxury apparel really means

by Doug Stephens — President, Retail Prophet Consulting

Internet retail behemoth Amazon has turned a dangerous eye toward the luxury apparel market. Long regarded as more of a clearinghouse for commodity items…

Macy's launching shipping program

June 6, 2012

Macy's Inc. is expanding its pilot program that used 23 store locations as backup sites for its online distribution centers. By fall, that number will grow to…

Coinstar's coffee kiosks have a name -- Rubi

June 5, 2012

It's official: Coinstar coffee kiosks are coming to market. It's not exactly news, considering the company previously discussed the business venture with us…

Modell's ups its online game with new e-commerce provider

May 31, 2012

Modell's Sporting Goods has chosen e-commerce provider Shopatron as the order management solution to deliver sports gear to fans via Modells.com. Modell's will…

The Body Shop tests 'entertailing' in Britian

May 29, 2012

The Body Shop on New Bond Street in London is more than a store; it's an oasis of calm, according to theglobeandmail.com, and the prototype for a new…

Redbox sets sights on Canada

Will the retail giant push out the smaller competition?

Tesla Motors relying on new stores to drive sales

May 24, 2012

Tesla Motors is growing its network of retail stores across the United States in preparation for deliveries of Model S, the world's first premium electric…

Roundtable: Vidal Sassoon's lasting legacy for retail

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

The beauty pioneer changed the way people think about hair and built a retail empire in the process.

Research reveals behaviors of cost-conscious grocery shoppers

May 15, 2012

A new research report sponsored by MaxPoint Interactive revealed the changing behavior among cost-conscious grocery shoppers as they move through the path to…

Postea teams with NCR to deliver '21st-Century post office'

May 14, 2012

Postea Inc., a technology provider for the postal, mailing and logistics industry, and NCR Corp. are partnering to "bring the post office into the 21st…

Steam Wallet comes to GameStop

May 14, 2012

All U.S. GameStop locations are now offering customers the use of Steam Wallet, a platform for the delivery and management of PC and Mac games with more than…

NYC to welcome first Piperlime retail location

May 10, 2012

Piperlime, the e-retailer that launched in 2006, is opening its first brick-and-mortar location this fall in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City.

Will Apple succeed in Walmart?

May 10, 2012

Forbes recently ranked Apple as the 17th largest corporation in the United States, a huge leap from when it finished 35th on last year's list. Part of the…

Where Best Buy went wrong

Experts discuss why the retail giant is shrinking and whether it can stage a comeback.

Technology upgrades helping Victoria's Secret exceed sales expectations

May 7, 2012

Doubling its technology infrastructure investments on inventory management and point-of-sale systems may have helped Limited Brands, owner of Victoria's Secret…