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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…
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…
read nowSolidcore '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…
read nowHome 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…
read nowExpert: 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…
read nowChina 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…
read nowVendorNet launches cross-channel inventory tool
August 5, 2008
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — VendorNet, a supply chain collaboration solutions provider, has announced the availability of its StoreNet Manager, an e-commerce and…
read nowDespite customer qualms, retailers ready for contactless
August 4, 2008
RFID Journal: Just as one study found British consumers to be uncomfortable with the idea of contactless payment cards, other unrelated research determined…
read nowThirty-six million Americans now print online coupons
August 3, 2008
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — The number of people turning to the Web for coupons has soared to 36 million in 2008. That's an increase of 10 million people from…
read nowInfosys tool tracks shopper, shelf activity in real-time
July 30, 2008
BANGALORE, India — Infosys Technologies Limited has launched ShoppingTrip360, a platform that enables a suite of managed-information services to create a…
read nowOft-quoted retail statistic doesn't give the full picture
July 30, 2008
NEW YORK — A new global shopper study, "Shopper Decisions Made In-Store" (SDMIS), reveals what's truly happening in the world's retail shopping aisles.
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