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Despite 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 nowMore stores broadening selection in lieu of new-store construction
August 3, 2008
Chicago Tribune: Guitars at Best Buy. Frozen pizzas at Menards. Yoga pants at Walgreens. As the economy slows and the retail industry cuts back on investment…
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.
read nowFlagship stores vital for brand relationships
July 27, 2008
Business Day: Many run at a loss, but flagship retail stores play a big role in building a richer customer relationship with a brand, says global branding…
read nowShoppers want retailers to show how green they are
July 21, 2008
Boston Business Journal: A retail business may be green and sustainable, but unless those details are clearly communicated to shoppers, the store might not be…
read nowInternet coupon usage up, but Sunday paper still rules
July 17, 2008
NEW YORK — Internet coupons are of increasing interest to consumers, according to a recent analysis by consumer and media measurement firm Scarborough…
read nowModiv Media upgrades in-aisle marketing technology
July 17, 2008
BOSTON — Modiv Media has released the newest generation of in-store media delivery and self-service shopping, melding advanced behavioral and contextual media…
read nowTNS unveils new in-store metric for grocers
July 13, 2008
Marketing Daily: TNS is unveiling a new way to measure grocery-store behavior, one it says will give both grocery retailers and packaged-goods marketers new…
read nowIBM webinar reveals self-service trends
July 13, 2008
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Employee-facing self-service is on the rise, and more self-service devices will be managed centrally in the next several years. Those are…
read nowBig-name retail comes to grips with online
July 9, 2008
CNBC: If there's one indisputable truth about retailing on the Internet, it's that the established retail cliques have consistently underestimated how it…
read nowCalgary Co-op completes self-checkout install
July 8, 2008
DALLAS — Calgary Co-operative Association Limited (Calgary Co-op) has completed a chain-wide rollout of self-checkout that has enhanced customer service and…
read nowPRN to develop Condé Nast content for Checkout TV network
July 6, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO — Thomson's Premier Retail Networks Inc., which provides digital-media solutions at retail, and magazine and Web-site publisher Condé Nast…
read nowWal-Mart, JCPenney use experimental branding to reach new audience
July 6, 2008
Dallas Morning News: Last month, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. mailed shoppers a 33-page Canopy catalog and launched the Canopy brand Web site. Online, the…
read nowUnderstanding the female shopping psyche
July 1, 2008
Belfast Telegraph (U.K.): Dr. Karise Hutchinson, who teaches human resources at the University of Ulster, writes in the Belfast Telegraph of the difficulty…
read nowMore supermarkets testing paperless coupons
July 1, 2008
CHICAGO — Unicous Marketing Inc. announced that the company projects that 2,800 grocery stores across the country will offer its EZ-PIC paperless, in-store…
read nowStudy: Customers won't tolerate waiting in line more than four minutes
June 26, 2008
DALLAS — A study conducted by M/A/R/C Research found 10 percent of shoppers are frustrated enough to leave a check-out line if the wait is too long. The study…
read nowLoyca retail loyalty system now available in U.K.
June 25, 2008
BELGIUM — Databac Group has announced that its loyalty system Loyca, a card-based solution that enables retailers to respond in real-time to marketing…
read nowsoundDNA player gives retailers advanced audio messaging, music capabilities
June 25, 2008
PASADENA, Calif. — DMI Music & Media Networks, formerly Private Label Radio, a provider of out-of-home music and media programming solutions to Fortune…
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