NRF 2014: The show floor, in tweets and vines

Attendees made good use of social media at this year's BIG Show.

Tapping big data to improve the customer experience

We will have 40 trillion gigabytes of data by 2020. What are we going to do with it?

Sleep Train implements cloud-based analytics tool

January 21, 2014

Software provider Manthan Systems announced today that Sleep Train Inc. has gone live with ARC Merchandise Analytics, its cloud-based advanced analytics…

Tata Consultancy Services launches digital business unit

January 21, 2014

Tata Consultancy Services, an IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, today announced the launch of its Digital Software & Solutions…

Sears, Kmart using mobile marketing platform from Pikato

January 16, 2014

Pikato today launched its retail mobile marketing solution that it says personalizes the customer shopping experience to significantly increase consumer…

American Eagle Outfitters testing iBeacons

January 16, 2014

American Eagle Outfitters and app developer Shopkick have announced plans to launch shopBeacon in 100 top-performing American Eagle Outfitters and Aerie stores…

The Jones Group Inc. Selects VeriFone payment solutions

January 15, 2014

VeriFone Systems has announced that The Jones Group Inc. has selected VeriFone solutions to enable mobile payment acceptance and enhance customer experience…

NRF 2014: The coolest new products, and why

Many of today's coolest new products are the result of the small daily activities of consumers.

Mobile POS I Love Velvet comes to Android

January 14, 2014

I Love Velvet, a mobile point-of-sale hardware and software provider, has announced a major expansion to its supported devices, with the addition of the…

Deckers Outdoor implements mobile retail plan

January 13, 2014

VeriFone Systems announced today at the NRF Conference & EXPO that Deckers Outdoor Corporation has implemented VeriFone mobile retailing hardware and…

Mindtree introduces two new solutions at NRF show

January 13, 2014

Mindtree, a global information technology solutions company, today unveiled two solutions created to drive consumer engagement and commerce, Integrated…

Natural Markets deploys ThoughtWorks technology throughout its grocery/restaurant chain

January 13, 2014

ThoughtWorks, a provider of retail technology solutions and strategic customer experience consulting, today announced that it has partnered with Natural…

Opterus announces version 14.1 of Store Ops-Center with new user interface

January 13, 2014

Opterus, a provider of cloud store communications and task management solutions, today announced the release of Store Ops-Center (SOC) Version 14.1. In this…

QuantiSense releases supply chain and logistics analytics application

January 13, 2014

Today at the NRF Annual Convention & EXPO, QuantiSense announced the release of its QuantiSense Supply Chain & Logistics analytic application.

Sitecore partners with Microsoft to build joint e-commerce solution

January 13, 2014

Sitecore, developer of customer experience management software, today announced at the National Retail Federation's Annual Convention & Expo that it will…

NCR makes four debuts at NRF

January 13, 2014

NCR Corp. is showcasing new software, software-as-a-service and retail technology solutions at the 2014 National Retail Federation Convention & Expo:

SAP unveils new mobile retail apps

January 13, 2014

Today at the NRF Convention & Expo, SAP AG announced the launch of SAP Shopper Experience, a personalized retail mobile app that the company said…

Epicor announces CRM 7.0, POS for Windows 8 tablets

January 13, 2014

Today at the NRF Convention & Expo, Epicor Software Corp. announced the general availability of Epicor Retail CRM 7.0, which it says gives retailers a…

Celerant unveils new browser-based retail management tool

January 13, 2014

Celerant Technology today announced at the NRF Convention & EXPO its new retail management system, Stratus Retail. According to the company, this entry…

Checkpoint Systems, RGIS partner on retail RFID

January 13, 2014

Checkpoint Systems, a global supplier of merchandise availability solutions for the retail industry, and RGIS, a provider of supply chain, inventory, insight…