Givex set to acquire Chase Paymentech gift card business

January 26, 2015

Global provider of cloud-based data processing services announced today that it has agreed to acquire Chase Paymentech's gift card business.

Why merchants should adopt a mobile wallet strategy

by Michelle Evans — Head of Digital Consumer Research, Euromonitor

Michelle Evans, senior consumer finance analyst at Euromonitor International, states her case for why retailers need to have a way to reach consumers anytime…

Ingenico debuts new mPOS product for small businesses

January 21, 2015

Company partners with Beamm to provide merchants with a product that combines tablet POS software with cloud-based tools.

Roundy's selects Market6 for vendor collaboration portal

January 21, 2015

The leading Midwest grocer has selected Market6’s retailer/supplier collaboration software platform, Market6 Foundation, to deliver a new vendor collaboration…

Mood Media launches music solution for small, medium retailers

January 20, 2015

The new solution provides access to a catalog of more than 5 million tracks that are fully licensed for commercial use and one-on-one collaboration with a Mood…

In retail cyber-security, bigger isn't always better

Here are four surprisingly non-technical reasons small- to mid-size retailers have a leg up when it comes to fighting cyber-crime.

Drinking from a digital signage firehose at Retail's BIG Show

Digital signage and dynamic place-based media expert inundated by the digital flood at this year's National Retail Federation show.

Execs from Overstock.com, Massachusetts Division of Banks headline speaker lineup for Virtual Currency Today Summit

Conference, held April 29 in Boston, will explore the growing trend of consumers using bitcoin and other virtual currencies as a method of payment.

PayPal Here comes to Windows

by Will Hernandez — Editor, NetWorld Media Group

The partnership between the two companies gives small and medium-sized merchants another option for mobile point-of-sale services as Microsoft positions its…

NRF puts patent trolls in the crosshairs

The National Retail Federation has announced the launch of United for Patent Reform, a new coalition co-chaired by NRF and Oracle and comprised of grocery…

Verifone announces multiple mPOS initiatives for retailers

January 14, 2015

Company also puts emphasis on contactless and EMV acceptance.

OneView Commerce demos upgraded fitting room experience

January 14, 2015

According to the company, shoppers can communicate with sales staff, browse styles, receive product recommendations, request merchandise, browse both online…

ShopKeep launches mobile app for iOS

January 14, 2015

The app works with ShopKeep Register, the company’s point of sale application, and offers users the ability to monitor business operations via their mobile…

Neiman Marcus debuts digital mirror

Luxury fashion retailer Neiman Marcus has announced the rollout of the MemoryMirror by MemoMi in its Walnut Creek location, with other rollouts scheduled later…

RetailNext announces strategic alliance with hyper-local deal platform StepsAway

January 9, 2015

The joint solution will enable retailers and mall operators to better target and measure personalized promotions.

GS1 publishes new retail RFID guidelines

January 6, 2015

Developed by retailers, suppliers and technology solution providers, TIPP offers a standardized system to benchmark the performance of RFID-tagged items in…

Five things to look for next week at NRF

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

The BIG Show is bigger than ever, so where do you begin? Start with our checklist of five things to look for at retail's biggest gathering.

How Apple killed the digital wallet

Rick Oglesby, a senior research analyst for Double Diamond Payments Research, explains how Apple Pay changed the outlook for mobile payments.

ShopKeep POS now supports Apple Pay, chip cards

December 18, 2014

For a limited time, new merchants receive a free reader at signup.

Bindo adds invoicing to tablet-based POS

December 12, 2014

Retailers can now deliver invoices directly to individual customers through Bindo's new invoicing feature.