Fashion retailer expands digital gift card distribution

April 2, 2015

Charming Charlie said it recently expanded its relationship with Stored Value Solutions.

Wincor Nixdorf introduces Albert to Australia

April 2, 2015

The new mPOS terminal features an Android platform that adapts to customer needs and provides real-time analytics and business insights, Wincor says.

Fujitsu Australia piloting retail digital signage and mobile analytics with iSIGN

March 30, 2015

Toronto-based interactive mobile advertising solutions provider iSIGN Media Solutions Inc. and its Australian distributor and reseller, JEA Technologies…

South African digital signage firm launches retail analytics division

March 30, 2015

Moving Tactics Retail Analytics is a division focused on the gathering of data from brick-and-mortar retail environments through the use of a variety of…

San Francisco Soup Company executive discusses the restaurant's use of BLE beacons

Clayton Chan, COO for San Francisco Soup Company, discusses the restaurant chain's use of BLE beacons.

Retail ISAC launches cyber sharing portal supported by FS-ISAC

March 26, 2015

The Retail Cyber Intelligence Sharing Center (R-CISC) announced it has reached another key milestone and expanded the capabilities of its Retail Information…

Retail of the future: Five insights from SXSW Interactive

by Jeannie Walters — Chief Customer Experience Investigator, 360Connext

In the case of retail tech, the biggest question wasn’t around the technology itself, but how to use it.

Goorin Bros. achieves PCI compliance with fingerprint readers

March 24, 2015

Employees log on with their unique biometric credential and are automatically logged off after each transaction.

Zumigo launches validation service for online retailers

March 24, 2015

Identity verification company Zumigo Corp. has introduced what it says is the industry's first merchant payments validation service based on the real-time…

The weak link in Apple Pay's security chain

Crooks have been using a surprisingly low-tech tactic to worm their way around Apple Pay's tokenization and biometric safeguards.

Survey says nearly half of product manufacturers implementing item-level RFID

March 23, 2015

For retailers, RFID provides greater than 95-percent inventory accuracy, improved sales, decreased out-of-stocks, increased margins and expedited returns…

Digital Signage Enhances the Consumer Experience For Retailers

As technology advances, so too must the landscape of retail. Retailers are converting to digital signage to avoid the outdated static marketing campaigns…

QuickBooks Online now integrating with Bigcommerce

March 13, 2015

The direct integration is first available to Bigcommerce merchants, and will automatically update and transfer invoices, expenses and other financial data.

Edgecase debuts visual shopping for mobile

March 11, 2015

Retailers can now let shoppers tap and swipe their way to a more relevant selection of products to drive new levels of engagement, all within the mobile…

Apple Watch aims to alter payment and shopping experience

by Will Hernandez — Editor, NetWorld Media Group

Apple revealed new details about its latest device as the wearable market received a major shot in the arm Monday.

Jirafe announces predictive commerce intelligence platform Insight

March 6, 2015

With the release, online merchants can get answers about their customer, marketing, and merchandising data and take action on what they learn in seconds.

Five major misconceptions about cryptocurrency

by Scott Slucher — Account Executive, Networld Alliance

With all the heated rhetoric surrounding the topic, we thought it would be helpful to reach out to people who work with cryptocurrencies on a daily basis to…

In-mall mobile retail solution StepsAway expands footprint into 10 new malls

March 5, 2015

Major retailers such as GNC and Things Remembered are extending StepsAway engagement to drive more brick-and-mortar transactions.

Everything But Water adopts Mi9 Retail End-to-End Suite

February 27, 2015

Everything But Water said it is using the Mi9 Retail End-to-End Suite to increase business efficiency, streamline processes and improve visibility into…

Two-thirds of consumers expect drone-delivery in the next five years, study says

February 25, 2015

According to the Walker Sands 2015 Future of Retail Study, two-thirds of consumers expect to receive their first drone-delivered package in the next five…