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Best Buy Canada selects Stibo multichannel platform
July 12, 2012
Stibo Systems has announced that Best Buy Canada has selected its solution to optimize its customer's online and mobile e-commerce experience. Best Buy Canada…
read nowNivea promotes products via digital shelf
July 11, 2012
Nivea in Germany is replacing some of its standard in-store product shelves with the digital multidisplay shelf-edge display solution designed by Crystal…
read nowBailey 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…
read nowBest 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…
read nowVirgin 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…
read nowColonial 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…
read nowBig 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…
read nowMacy'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…
read nowCoinstar'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…
read nowModell'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…
read nowThe 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…
read nowTesla 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…
read nowResearch 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…
read nowPostea 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…
read nowSteam 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…
read nowNYC 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.
read nowWill 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…
read nowTechnology 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…
read nowConverse opens largest mall location in Jersey
May 7, 2012
Converse Inc. has opened the doors to its first mall-based location in Westfield Garden State Plaza, the brand's fourth inline retail location in the United…
read nowModell's Sporting Goods launches e-commerce site
April 24, 2012
New York-based Modell's Sporting Goods used technology from MarketLive to create its new e-commerce site, according to a company press release.
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