Consumer desire driving green retail IT

Shoppers increasingly value transparency, sustainability when making buying decisions.

Redbox adds Blu-ray titles to its $1 rental offerings

November 25, 2008

Eyewear retailer features smart mirrors, environment simulator

November 20, 2008

SAN MATEO, Calif. — N3L Optics announced the grand opening of its sport performance sunglass store at Hillsdale Mall in San Mateo, Calif. today. N3L Optics…

Marketing show heavy on innovation

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

Fresh ideas from the In-Store Marketing Expo in Las Vegas.

Sephora chooses RedPrairie for warehouse management

November 18, 2008

MILWAUKEE — RedPrairie Corp. announced today its Warehouse Management solution is running in cosmetics retailer Sephora's new Salt Lake City distribution…

Leaked memo: Best Buy redoubling customer service efforts in wake of slowing sales

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

November 16, 2008

With fear of a global recession casting a shadow over much of retail, one major player is using that fear as an opportunity to motivate staff and improve its…

Five things shoppers will do this holiday

A tough economy is impacting shopper plans and behaviors.

Digital signage increases revenue by 50 percent for Virgin

November 11, 2008

LAS VEGAS — Epson, a supplier of value-added point of sale (POS) solutions, announced that Virgin Megastores, its showcase customer, has recapped the results…

The cautionary lessons of Circuit City

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

A reminder of the importance of great employees.

NFC mobile phone payments come to Latin America

November 4, 2008

PARIS — Silicon Valley-based ViVOtech announced that its provisioning software for Near Field Communication (NFC) mobile payments is being used in the first…

Connecting with conversational marketing

From "friending" to "tweeting" — social networking at retail.

Study: Electronics retail gets high marks for customer satisfaction

November 3, 2008

ARLINGTON, Va. — Consumers are very satisfied when shopping online and at traditional retail outlets for consumer electronics, according to new data from the…

Hardware chain adds customer behavior analytics from Quantivo

November 2, 2008

SAN MATEO, Calif. — Quantivo, a provider of customer behavior analytics technology, announced that Orchard Supply Hardware (OSH) has deployed Quantivo Retail…

Targeting attractive segments in tough times

Many shoppers are going "full spend ahead" despite the economy.

Design Within Reach integrates channels with Retail.net

October 27, 2008

SALT LAKE CITY — Tomax Corp. announced the launch of its Retail.net solution at Design Within Reach. Design Within Reach is a multi-channel retailer offering…

HGTV content coming to in-store screens

October 26, 2008

SAN FRANCISCO — Thomson's Premier Retail Networks Inc. (PRN) and HGTV announced an agreement to present customized content produced by HGTV for display on…

Balancing the needs of customers, investors

Rigorous inventory control can keep both parties satisfied.

Virgin launches pop-up store for Rock Band 2

October 22, 2008

NEW YORK — Virgin Megastore Times Square has teamed with MTV Games to help celebrate the special edition release of the popular game Rock Band 2 by creating a…

ROBOTGALAXY concept lands in New York

October 22, 2008

NEW YORK — ROBOTGALAXY, a new interactive toy and online game concept, announced its first New York City Spaceship at Toys "R" Us Times Square. The ROBOTGALAXY…

U.K. apparel retailer integrates channels

October 22, 2008

WILTSHIRE — Rowland's Classic Clothing has implemented the OPTIONS suite of mail order management and retail software systems to manage sales made in-store, by…