SearchDex unveils online shopper behavior analytics tool InferClick

February 28, 2012

Digital marketing company SearchDex has announced the release of InferClick, a new solution that it says empowers online retailers with actionable insights…

Sainsbury's using QR codes

February 27, 2012

Sainsbury's launched today a new initiative to help show customers the difference that buying Fairtrade products makes to the lives of farmers and growers in…

UK kitchenware retailer tracking inventory with new technology

February 27, 2012

Lakeland, a U.K. kitchenware retailer with 57 stores and a multi-channel business, has started to implement Maple Lake's merchandise planning solution in a bid…

MasterCard EMV announcement: The reality

by Brad Cyprus — Chief of Security and Compliance, Vendor Safe Technologies

In 2011, Visa announced a plan to introduce the Europay MasterCard Visa standard (EMV) to the US market, and to do so, they determined that they should…

Skunkworks, reorganization and other tactics to excel in the digital age

by Aaron Shapiro — CEO, HUGE

Outside of the technology sector, most of the large companies that I encounter are startlingly similar.

Plus-size retailer selling merch on Facebook

February 23, 2012

Plus-size women's apparel cataloger Ulla Popken has launched a new Facebook page integrated with MarketLive's e-commerce platform.

Checkpoint helping apparel retailers deploy RFID

February 22, 2012

Checkpoint Systems Inc., a global supplier of shrink management, merchandise visibility and apparel labeling solutions for the retail industry, has launched…

How to use liveblogging to promote retail events

Customers might not be able to attend your in-store event, but they can interact with your brand online.

Groupon buys two mobile payment, tech companies

February 20, 2012

Daily deal site Groupon snapped up a couple of companies late last week to bolster its mobile capabilities. Groupon announced on Friday it has bought…

Indian mall using kiosks to promote sales, brands

February 20, 2012

Touch Infotainment, promoted by JGI Ventures, has designed a kiosk that tells shoppers about all the deals offered by various brands at a mall. It can give…

Cloud-based customer queuing system to reduce lines

February 17, 2012

Lavi Industries, a provider of crowd control solutions and customer flow management, today announced a cloud-based virtual customer queuing solution.

Study shows that retail 'showrooming' is reality

February 16, 2012

A new study has substantiated the predictions of brick-and-mortar retailers who fear that shoppers are using their stores as "showrooms" and then purchasing…

Visa's product chief criticizes PayPal's new offline offering

February 16, 2012

As the mobile payment competition heats up, so does the rhetoric. According to the Wall Street Journal, Jim McCarthy, Visa's global head of product, criticized…

Billing Revolution becomes Buck, announces single-click mobile checkout

February 15, 2012

Mobile payment platform provider Billing Revolution is changing its name and working with some new high-profile partners. The payment start-up announced it has…

Northern Brewer using multi-channel retail software from Retail Anywhere

February 15, 2012

Northern Brewer of Minnesota has implemented Retail Anywhere's end-to-end, cloud-based multi-channel retail software.

Impinj providing chip-based serialization for item-level tagging

February 15, 2012

RFID provider Impinj has launched a chip-based EPC serialization method to give brand owners the flexibility to decide when, where and how they manage the…

In-store radio network expands Texas footprint

February 14, 2012

A professionally-produced, private-label radio station is now playing throughout 90 locations of Spec's Wines, Spirits and Finer across Texas

Virtual Piggy gives kids an m-payment app of their own

February 9, 2012

Mobile payments are about to get kid-friendly. Virtual Piggy, Inc. announced it has released a new mobile iOS application that will let parents and kids manage…

Webinar provides simple overview of the complexities of EMV

February 8, 2012

Retail Customer Experience recently hosted the webinar "EMV is coming to the U.S. ...are you ready?" The live event, sponsored by Cryptera, is now available…

Consumers create the basis for growth strategies: Retail predictions for 2012

Once again, in 2012, there is a clear recognition that the omnichannel consumer is in charge.