Want to connect with customers? Think mobile first. [infographic]

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

Most Americans now own a smartphone and are using them to shop and eat out.

Deloitte: Digital influences more than $1 trillion in retail store sales

April 28, 2014

Digital interactions influence 36 cents of every dollar spent in the retail store, or approximately $1.1 trillion, according to a new study from Deloitte…

Tealium joins MarketLive Connect program

April 28, 2014

E-commerce platform MarketLive today announced that Tealium, a provider of enterprise tag management technology, has become an exclusive partner of MarketLive…

Speedy checkout wins retail technology of the year

The top retail innovation in InformationWeek's Elite 100 went to Kroger Co.'s QueVision system.

Coupons.com launches new retail marketing platform

April 24, 2014

Coupons.com Inc. has unveiled Retailer iQ, a targeting and analytics platform for grocery, drug and mass merchandisers that the company says fundamentally…

Survey says most mobile users are not interested in, or don?t want, mobile shopping technology

April 23, 2014

The future of mobile shopping may already be here, but it seems the mobile shopper is still a few steps behind. According to a study conducted by…

Visual product search company Slyce to go public

April 23, 2014

Visual product search platform Slyce announced it has entered into a definitive amalgamation agreement with Oculus Ventures Corp. that will enable Slyce to be…

Upstream Commerce unveils real-time pricing tool

April 21, 2014

Upstream Commerce has announced its Dynamic Pricer, which provides retailers the capability to automatically control and change their pricing in real time…

Square reportedly in acquisition discussions with rivals

April 21, 2014

Square reportedly is discussing the possibility of a sale with several rivals as the mobile point-of-sale provider continues to lose money and burn through the…

Pulsate launches beacon-based marketing platform

April 17, 2014

Pulsate announced it has launched an end-to-end marketing platform for the physical world. The startup provides a cloud platform and its own micro-context…

Omnico releases study on Millennial shopping behavior

April 17, 2014

Global retail technology firm Omnico Group has released results from its latest national primary research campaign revealing that consumers are increasingly…

Mobile messaging platform Outspoken adds Passbook support

April 16, 2014

Outspoken, a B2C mobile messaging company, has announced the expansion of its mobile marketing platform to support the Apple Passbook application. According to…

A retailer's customer experience checklist

Although they may be harder to tick off in a simple box, customer-centric strategies are extremely important to get right.

NRF announces cybersecurity initiative

April 16, 2014

The National Retail Federation is moving forward with the creation of a program that will provide retailers access to information on cybersecurity threats…

Rogers launches NFC-enabled mobile wallet in Canada

April 14, 2014

Rogers Communications Friday launched the suretap wallet, a new application that lets customers use their NFC-enabled smartphones to make payments at tens of…

Securities analyst predicts NFC-enabled iPhone

April 11, 2014

Apple this fall will release a new iPhone with NFC integration and also include the technology in its long-rumored iWatch, according to an investor note from…

How to ensure a symbiotic mobile marketing strategy

A brand's app and mobile wallets create a cross-pollination effect that's unrivaled for driving consumer engagement.

VeriFone unveils its first handheld EMV-capable payment terminal with Bluetooth, 3G radio and Wi-Fi

April 9, 2014

VeriFone Systems has announced the VX 690, its first handheld EMV-capable payment terminal featuring Bluetooth, 3G radio and Wi-Fi connectivity. According to…

Checkpoint Systems unveils new RFID label for apparel

April 8, 2014

Checkpoint Systems, a global supplier of merchandise availability solutions for the retail industry, has announced its new Zephyr 2 RFID label, which is…

Leaf unveils Payment Apps

April 7, 2014

Leaf, creator of a mobile POS tablet specifically designed for commerce, has launched its Payment Apps, a marketplace through which merchant acquirers…