InComm patents 'Value Insert' solution for more effective RFID

March 2, 2012

InComm, a prepaid product and transaction services company, has announced that InComm Japan has received a patent for its "Value Insert" Radio Frequency…

Report: Major retailers teaming on their own mobile wallet

March 1, 2012

The Wall Street Journal is reporting a group of about two dozen retailers, including big box retailers Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Target Corp., have been working…

Fashion brand Boden puts focus on search and navigation for traditional and mobile e-commerce

March 1, 2012

SLI Systems has announced that Boden, a leading global retailer of men's, women's and children's apparel, has created a richer, more engaging online shopping…

GlobalShop 2012: Family Dollar using new technology to get 'on-site insight' to increase sales

Retailers can measure customer shopping patterns with ShopperGauge.

Kokley unveils new iPad apps for retailers

February 29, 2012

Kokley Inc. will introduce its software solutions for in-store iPad programs at GlobalShop 2012 and Digital Signage Expo. These include Kokley Complete as well…

Video: Understanding the basics of QR codes

Nick Sears of rVue covers how QR codes work, and offers best practices for deploying them.

First Data's OfferWise streamlines offer redemption at the point of sale

February 28, 2012

First Data Corp. has announced the availability of its OfferWise solution, a new open platform that the company says simplifies the offer redemption process…

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…