Kodak unveils new experiential store design

September 22, 2008

COLOGNE, Germany — Eastman Kodak Company today unveiled its new "KODAK EXPRESS Experiential Store" design, which creates a new photo retailing paradigm for…

Hackers 'are picking on the small guys'

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

New research into recent card breach incidents may surprise merchants.

Best Buy opens first Mobile store in Canada

September 17, 2008

(Canada) MarketNews: The store concept is focused on selling mobile phones, contracts and accessories, but there are a few differentiating factors that will…

Offer employees $2K to quit? It works for Zappos

September 17, 2008

Tech.Blorge: Zappos, the enormous online shoe and accessory retailer on track to top $1 billion in revenue this year, has an unusual strategy to retain the…

L.L.Bean to open retail store in Beijing

September 16, 2008

FREEPORT, Maine — L.L.Bean, a leading U.S. retailer of outdoor gear and apparel, says it plans to open its first store in China this month.   According to a…

Buyers snap up organic hygiene items

September 14, 2008

(Forth Wayne, Ind.) Journal Gazette: Sales of natural personal-care products are growing strongly, despite a softer U.S. economy. Even with high prices for…

Store hosts wedding of employee, customer

September 7, 2008

Fayetteville Observer: Weddings are common enough. But one in a retail store? That's the love story of Vanessa Thomas and Christopher Romano, who were married…

Gaps closing between consumer multichannel expectations, retailer readiness

August 25, 2008

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Sterling Commerce, an AT&T Inc. company, today released the results of a recent survey that shows that the gaps are closing between…

Customer-centric planning

Retailers must look at touchpoints from the shopper's point of view.

Xterprise announces retail RFID suite

August 20, 2008

DALLAS — Xterprise Inc. has announced a new suite of solutions for retail applications, which introduce advanced inventory management and execution…

Toys 'R' Us rolling out new superstore concept

August 19, 2008

Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Toys 'R' Us, a $13.79 billion company based in Wayne, N.J., is trying to run with the market leader — Wal-Mart — by building toy…

Virgin opens Warner Bros. store-within-a-store

August 19, 2008

Video Business: Virgin Entertainment Group has opened a 400-square-foot store-within-a-store as part of a tribute to Warner Bros.' 85th anniversary…

Neighborhood retail making a comeback

August 17, 2008

Springfield Business Journal: During the past 50 years, the commercial development industry has followed rooftop demographics as they moved farther out on the…

Solidcore 'runtime control' secures the POS

August 17, 2008

CUPERTINO, Calif. — Solidcore Systems Inc., provider of software to detect and prevent unwanted change, has released POS Check and Control for easily securing…

Cameras move beyond loss prevention

Video systems earn greater role in merchandising.

Home and garden center adds interactive digital signage

August 13, 2008

MINNEAPOLIS — Wireless Ronin Technologies Inc., a Minneapolis-based digital signage provider, announced that Bachman's Inc., a Minneapolis-based floral, home…

Madden 09 draws midnight crowd

Food, games and a live band used to get gamers to stay up late and shop.

Expert: Shoppers can't afford to be loyal

August 10, 2008

The Globe and Mail: Shoppers cannot afford to remain loyal, according to retail guru and "true-life sixties-era Mad Man" Don Watt. "They will remain loyal if…

China shop boosts customer service with real-time location system

August 10, 2008

RFID Journal: When a customer is ready to make a purchase at high-end china retailer William Ashley, a salesperson runs an inventory check for the items via…

Retailing to the digital native

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

A new type of shopper requires a new level of engagement.