Retail - Specialty Stores News
Survey: Shoppers will flee an unclean store
October 7, 2008
DALLAS — A study conducted by M/A/R/C Research found that as many as 18 percent of shoppers would discontinue shopping at a particular store if they believe…
read nowAT&T creates online version of its Experience Store
October 6, 2008
Telephony Online: AT&T has launched a beta version of its Online Experience Store, taking its brick-and-mortar presence virtual. With a new 3-D shopping…
read nowBest Buy opens store designed for women
October 6, 2008
DENVER — Best Buy has opened a new store in Denver, built in partnership with the local community it will serve on a daily basis. While designing the store…
read nowScheels, PlayNetwork create multimedia experience store
October 5, 2008
REDMOND, Wash. — PlayNetwork announced that Scheels, experts in "all-sports superstore" retailing, leveraged the company to provide custom music, digital…
read nowIBM: multi-channel accounts for 20 percent of retail sales
October 5, 2008
Times Herald-Record: IBM announced a survey of nearly 4,300 U.S. and U.K. consumers that shows purchasing decisions are made across multiple retail channels…
read nowOracle enters the retail space-planning business
October 1, 2008
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. — Oracle has announced plans to acquire Advanced Visual Technology Ltd., provider of 3-D visual macro space planning software for…
read nowConsumer recording studios use 3-D holographic tech
September 30, 2008
CHATSWORTH, Calif. — Provision Interactive Technologies, a subsidiary of Provision Holding Inc., announced that its new 3-D Holographic display, the HL4…
read nowLuxury retailers emphasize off-price operations
September 25, 2008
Business Week: With the economy stalled and consumer spending in free fall, snobbery is a bit harder to pull off than in years past. Even the most upscale…
read nowOpinion: Most loyalty programs use the wrong incentives
September 22, 2008
Wall Street Journal: The biggest problem with loyalty programs, according to two professors of management science, is that most retailers adopt a…
read nowKodak 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…
read nowBest 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…
read nowOffer 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…
read nowL.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…
read nowBuyers 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…
read nowStore 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…
read nowGaps 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…
read nowXterprise 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…
read nowToys '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…
read nowVirgin 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…
read nowNeighborhood 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…
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