Eye kiosk stands above KioskCom crowd

SoloHealth's EyeSite sweeps Self Service awards.

Lexmark unveils RFID printing solution

April 17, 2008

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Lexmark International Inc. premiered its new RFID Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Laser Option at this week's RFID Journal LIVE! 2008 event.

Evincii launches 'in-store search'

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

Company wants to do for shelves what Google does for the Web.

Self-checkout could reinvent the c-store

April 15, 2008

Convenience Store Decisions: Will self-checkout prove a viable solution for convenience stores? It just may, for some. At least a couple of the larger…

American Apparel deploys Motorola item-level RFID

April 13, 2008

HOLTSVILLE, N.Y. — The Enterprise Mobility business of Motorola Inc. announced that American Apparel Inc. has rolled out RFID at the item level. American…

Snap.Send.Get connects mobile phones, product info

April 13, 2008

PALO ALTO, Calif. — SnapTell, provider of image recognition-based mobile marketing solutions, was recently selected by Gartner, world's leading information…

Making multi-channel make sense

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

Creating consistent experiences is crucial.

Online sales to drive in-store technology growth

April 10, 2008

Inside Retailing (Australia): With Internet sales expected to account for almost 20 percent of turnover by 2012-15, and Web sites becoming increasingly…

More retail technology on the way, and soon

April 10, 2008

Arizona Daily Star: More new technologies are likely on the way for retail stores, speakers said Thursday at this year's Global Retailing Conference, held by…

Interest in electronic shelf labels grows

April 10, 2008

San Jose Business Journal: With the click of a mouse, the local grocery store could drop prices for a happy hour sale, and just as easily, with another click…

Consumer needs to be the central focus of multi-channel retail

April 9, 2008

Retail Week: Multichannel retailing should be about allowing customers to access your services in whatever form they find easiest, while continuing to act as…

ShopperDNA gauges effectiveness of in-store marketing

April 9, 2008

Progressive Grocer: Marketing and sales management consulting firm Cannondale Associates has developed an analytical process and methodology for successfully…

Self-service store may employ RFID instead of people

April 9, 2008

RFID Journal: Food retail research and consulting company Food Information Service Europe is in discussion with retailers in the Netherlands and Belgium to…

TimeTrade announces webinar on personalized retailing

April 8, 2008

BEDFORD, Mass. — TimeTrade Systems, provider of self-service appointment scheduling, announced it will host a complimentary Webcast on April 17 entitled "Drive…

Escalate releases Customer1 version 4.0

April 7, 2008

SAN DIEGO — Escalate Retail announced the availability of Version 4.0 of its Customer1 point of service software application. The upgraded version of…

Report: Multi-channel must be seamless, customer-centric

April 7, 2008

SARATOGA SPRINGS, New York — CORESense, a software-as-a-service multi-channel retail management system company serving small to medium-sized specialty…

IBM WebSphere Premises Server connects with sensor data

April 7, 2008

ARMONK, NY — IBM announced the release of WebSphere Premises Server version 6.1, a software product that enables business process transformation by responding…

North American consumers demand more self-service

April 7, 2008

ORLANDO, Fla. — A growing legion of North American consumers use self-service in their everyday lives, and the latest research from NCR Corp. shows an…

Shopatron rolls out in-store pickup solution

April 7, 2008

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — Shopatron, a provider of e-commerce solutions for consumer goods manufacturers, directs orders from manufacturers' Web sites to…

Muzak, DMX receive DOJ clearance on merger

April 7, 2008

FORT MILL, S.C. & AUSTIN, Texas — Muzak LLC and DMX Inc. announced that they have been informed by the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of…